In a narcissistic twist, society’s benefactors broadcast that they are as generous as they are powerful, getting their names associated with culturally relevant institutions in exchange for cash
The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation
The head of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency believes that Europe must invest in open source to achieve technological independence
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups
A study has analyzed 3,300 Spanish-speaking groups on the world’s most popular instant messaging application
Oracle is the most indebted, and analysts warn that it is at risk of a credit rating downgrade. The five largest firms will issue $1.5 trillion in debt over five years
The co-presidential regime takes another step towards total control of information with a telecommunications law that subjects the network to state espionage and turns the regulatory body into a surveillance arm
The project is now expected to cost $300 million, which according to the president will be paid entirely by private donors, including tech companies and wealthy individuals
Barclays places technology at the heart of the ‘nuclear renaissance.’ Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are also launching plans in this area
EL PAÍS spoke with young people immersed in a community that navigates a digital universe marked by hate speech and threats that operates unchecked
The US subsidiary of the popular service, controlled by business figures close to Trump, is the final major platform to be drawn into the White House’s orbit
The investigation, in which Northeastern University also participated, reveals that the security features in the app do not match the company’s promises
Although the goal is to benefit American workers in advanced sectors, experts warn that the measure limits growth and innovation, especially in artificial intelligence
The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts
The Austrian activist who won data protection guarantees for Europeans believes the EU must achieve true digital autonomy
Paragon’s technology is one of the most powerful commercial espionage tools available, and can covertly activate microphones to turn smartphones into listening devices
Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’
Humanity is once again a laboratory for big tech, which deploys uncontrolled, unreliable tools that are already part of the daily lives of billions of people around the world
Internet giants are extracting basic resources and grabbing land to build their new data centers in Mexico, Chile, and Spain. This is a look at the impacts of several projects by Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, leaders of a multi-billion-dollar industry undergoing global expansion
A monitoring system run by the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion found a 1,500% increase in racist content targeting North Africans after unprovoked assault on an elderly resident
The company is testing a chatbot designed to interact with viewers while a movie is being shown
Giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have gone from avoiding any involvement in the military industry to signing large contracts with the Pentagon and Israel
Airplane seats are getting smaller and smaller, clothes are unrecognizable after the second wash, and machines now answer our calls. Quality and care for craftsmanship seem to be things of the past
From Sam Altman to Mark Zuckerberg, these are the key figures of the tech elite that rules the new global order
ChatGPT and Grok absorb fake news and regurgitate it when asked. Due to their design, these models and their competitors are highly susceptible to disinformation
New research shows that language models tend to repeat clichés they have learned in different languages
A study finds that chatbots trained with more parameters have a greater environmental impact than smaller versions, despite producing similar results on less complex tasks
