Alexey Pajitnov and Ernő Rubik had a conversation with EL PAÍS in Spain, where the video game designer received an honorary award
The writer and professor has spent years analyzing the evolution of audiences and information consumption. She’s not optimistic about the future
Until recently, cheating meant having physical intimacy with another person, but not anymore. Today, mobile devices allow for an unprecedented kind of intimacy with others, while offering tons of explicit content. How does one reconcile this with having a partner?
The co-founder of Wikipedia, which is on the brink of turning 25 years old, says that his online encyclopedia is in good shape despite having been labeled ‘woke’ by the far right
A study has analyzed 3,300 Spanish-speaking groups on the world’s most popular instant messaging application
Activist Antoinette Torres Soler has developed a GPT model that puts the thoughts and voices of Afro philosophers, politicians and creators center stage
Two studies show how artificial intelligence is more effective than traditional campaigns at persuading the electorate
The 3D modeling systems that made ‘Toy Story’ possible have been key to enabling unmanned aircraft to navigate and aim their weapons with greater precision
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
The platform’s update aims to eliminate bots that spread misinformation and spam
A study by researchers at Oxford and Utah State University argues that large language models are not yet capable of reasoning or generating innovative theories because they are limited to existing information
‘Dumb’ phones, parties without cells, internet without social media... Some young people feel they’re connecting with the pre-digital age but this nostalgia for a time they didn’t experience also has a political element
The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with unknown adults. This issue has alarmed parents, pediatricians, and prosecutors
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
The attack is ‘an escalation’ in hacking, said the company Anthropic, whose tool Claude was used to target large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies and government agencies
A scientific team has managed to stack 41 layers of semiconductors, multiplying the density of the circuits by six, without needing to make them any smaller
The platform, which also counts Patti Smith and Joseph Gordon-Levitt among its users, has become an online refuge where people go to write and read texts away from the frenzy of social media
The technologist, one of the winners of the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, promotes the social use of technology — a mission that has led her to develop, among other projects, a system to combat online child sexual abuse
The use of artificial intelligence is leading to a flattening of our language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. Robotic verbiage erases vulnerability, humor, and everything that makes us human
Russian hackers paralyzed the Asahi Group, the largest manufacturer in the country, for two weeks, putting many of its bars and restaurants at risk
Artificial intelligence bots can alleviate loneliness, but they can also isolate and create dependency
More than 2,000 businesses were affected by this week’s failure, leading experts to sound the alarm over how our system’s stability relies on a handful of US companies
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
