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Five Gibraltar teams of 16 kids take on cream of UK in Cyber Centurion coding challenge

TEENAGERS from Gibraltar are taking part in a UK-wide team competition to solve coding problems and encourage the next generation of scientists. Five local teams

25 Oct, 2023 @ 09:23

Gibraltar·Technology

Police in Spain’s Barcelona province arrest minor for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child pornography

A MINOR has been arrested in Barcelona province on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The youngster is thought to have been

24 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Technology

Elon Musk's Tesla eyeing up massive Valencia deal in Spain

Elon Musk weighs banning X (Twitter) in the EU as bloc demands answers for ‘fake viral content’ relating to Israeli-Hamas conflict

THE OWNER of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, is considering removing the social media platform from European countries such as Spain thanks to new regulations

19 Oct, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Technology

Spanish startup’s private rocket launch is a success after taking off from Andalucia at the weekend – and it’s reusable

ELCHE startup PLD Space launched the first-ever private European rocket into orbit on Saturday morning. After two postponements in the spring, the first launch of

9 Oct, 2023 @ 15:05

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology

Spain will launch a rocket from Andalucia at 2am TOMORROW – here’s how you can see it

ELCHE’S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- in the early hours of Saturday morning from El Arenosillo in Huelva

6 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

RUSSIAN hackers launched a series of cyber attacks on Friday against Spanish government and Granada city council websites to coincide with the immigration summit and

6 Oct, 2023 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·National News·Politics·Technology

Apple CEO Tim Cook enjoy’s a special meal and live music concert in Spain’s capital Madrid

THE CEO of technology giant Apple, Tim Cook, made a visit to Spain this weekend, the day after the company launched its latest smartphone, the

24 Sep, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·Technology

ACCORDING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Spain’s most beautiful city is . . .

WOULD you leave your holiday plans to AI? Online travel sites already use it to help with customer service but the new generative AI bots

16 Jul, 2023 @ 13:28

Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel·Technology

Space rocket designed by Costa Blanca company will not launch until September after two delays

Space rocket designed by Costa Blanca company will not launch from Spain until September after two postponements

SEPTEMBER will be third time lucky for the launch of Spain’s first private rocket to be sent into space, amidst concerns of starting forest fires

27 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology·Valencian Community

Strong winds delay Costa Blanca company’s first private rocket launch in Spain

ELCHE’S PLD Space has called off Wednesday’s test launch of its first suborbital usable rocket due to strong high altitude winds. It was going to

31 May, 2023 @ 10:55

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·Technology

Costa Blanca company counts down to first private rocket launch in Europe from Spain’s Huelva

ELCHE’S PLD Space will launch the first private rocket in Europe -Miura 1- on Wednesday from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre, at the National Institute

30 May, 2023 @ 14:42

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·Technology·Valencian Community

Mallorca Economic Forum frets about dangers of AI to society and democracy

THE Palau de Congressos de Palma hosted the seventh Economic Forum this week. A number of tech experts held forth on the challenges posed by

18 May, 2023 @ 19:15

Balearic Islands·Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Technology

Spain’s Ministry of Equality to launch app to find out if men and women do the same household chores

THE EQUALITY Ministry will launch an app that will register the time men and women spend doing housework. Spain’s State Secretary for Equality, Angela Rodriguez

16 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Politics·Technology

Meta’s planned data centre for Toledo town will require ‘660 million litres of water a year’

A PLANNED data centre that will serve Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is due to be built in the Toledo municipality of Talavera de la

10 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics·Technology

Spain’s data protection agency opens probe into the ChatGPT artificial intelligence app

SPAIN’S AEPD data-protection agency has opened an investigation into the ChatGPT artificial intelligence application, on the basis that it may breach the country’s privacy laws.

16 Apr, 2023 @ 17:41

Lead·Technology

DIGITAL DYSTOPIA? How will Artificial Intelligence affect our lives in Spain and beyond?

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is being hailed by some people as the next industrial revolution. Others say it’s a danger to humanity and will soon get

16 Apr, 2023 @ 16:11

Lead·Must Read·Other News·Technology

City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while the government is forced to suspend ALL administrative deadlines

Andalucian Cybersecurity Centre opening its doors next week

The Cybersecurity Centre of Andalucia will open its doors next week in the Port of Malaga. The capital of the Costa del Sol will be

23 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Lead·Technology

Spain’s Nerja museum exhibits facial reconstruction of ‘Pepita’ an epipaleolithic skeleton almost 10,000 years old

THE Cueva de Nerja has managed to virtually ‘resurrect’ Pepita’s skeleton. ‘Pepita’ is the name given to the skeleton of a young woman found in

23 Mar, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Technology

Videogame Museum in Spain’s Malaga receives 11,000 visits in first month

THE OXO video game museum, a futuristic space with a retro touch, has received more than 11,000 visits in its first month of operation. The

6 Mar, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Technology

Foldable phones, rollable screens and augmented reality some of the highlights of this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

The latest gadgets and gizmos in the tech sector have been on display at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Some of the

1 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Lead·Technology

King Felipe opens World Mobile Congress in Spain’s Barcelona

OVER 80,000 people are expected to attend Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress(WMC) over the next four days, after it was officially opened on Monday by King

27 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Technology

Work begins on building €50 million data centre in Spain's Valencia region

Construction work starts on new €50 million data centre in Spain’s Valencia region

MEXICAN information technology company Kio will open the Valencian Community’s biggest data centre before the end of the year. The centre costing €50 million will

15 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ai Based Mobile Phone Car Number Plate Reader Created By Company On Spain's Costa Blanca

AI-based mobile phone car number plate reader created by Costa Blanca company in Spain

AN Elche company has created an artificial intelligence device that can convert smartphones into car licence plate readers, which could be used by police to

14 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Technology·Valencian Community

Forget 5G… 25G is coming to Spain with speeds of 20gbps – around 60 times faster than current high-speed internet

The first ultra speedy 25G PON technology has successfully been trialled in Spain on Telefonica’s existing fibre network, Nokia announced. The trial demonstrated nose-bleed-inducing speeds

17 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·Technology

Spain’s Malaga to open gaming museum in January 2023

OXO Videogame Museum, the Malaga Provincial Council’s initiative to open up to the technological field and position the province as the first ‘gamer’ destination in

21 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Technology

WATCH: Exploding meteor ‘bright as a full moon’ spotted in skies of south Spain amid days of endless rain

In spite of the endless rains that have soaked Andalucia this month, a meteor as bright as a full moon was spotted streaking through the

13 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Lead·Technology

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