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Telefónica, Madrid. Credit: JJFarq, Shutterstock. Telefónica has agreed to sell its Ecuadorian subsidiary to Millicom Spain for €330 million, continuing its strategic retreat from Latin America under chairman Marc Murtra. The sale of Otecel (which operates as Movistar Ecuador) which holds 28 percent of the local mobile markets with five millions customers was announced on Friday evening and is subjected …

John Blanca Iborra Spanish Property Choice recently moved his wife to Marbella Giuseppe John and his dog have fallen in love with Costa del Sol. John and Giuseppe Sharon Garner was featured in Series 5 of Sun Sea and Selling Homes when she helped the couple find their dream house in the sun. John Garner found that Sharon was a …

Europol explains how fake deep-learning AI can affect law enforcement. It also outlines what officials should do. Photo Credit: BoliviaInteligente via Unsplash In just a few years, when we laughed at bizarre, obvious fake AI videos on Facebook and wondered how anyone could think they were real, now we scroll by AI-generated content, not even realizing it isn’t a person. …

Despite her request to not be contacted, the company called her on her private number. Credit: Shutterstock Imagine that you are relaxing in your vacation like there isn’t tomorrow. Just recharge your batteries. You’re suddenly dragged into the work chats. It’s because they added you without your consent to a WhatsApp group by using your personal number. A Spanish woman …

Get the Editor’s Digest free In this weekly newsletter, Roula Khalaf, Editor of FT, chooses her favorite stories. In a conference in Barcelona last month with the headline “Europe: wake up call?””, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez took to the stage and urged the continent to “wake up once and for all . . . Take charge of its fate and put words into …

Turning on Airplane Mode can unlock a clever WhatsApp trick—letting you read messages in stealth mode, without showing you’re online. Credit : Shutterstock, lilgrapher You may not even know that you can read WhatsApp on your phone. How long has it been since you last used The airplane mode For flying? It’s the button that you press just before take-off …

Welcome to double standards games, corporate edition. Here’s the deal. Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services and investment bank. They warn job seekers not to use ChatGPT or Google during their interview. In an email sent by the bank to college students looking for work, it basically said: “Kids memorise everything. Don’t think of asking AI for assistance.” They’re …

These old Nokia and Samsung phones can be worth thousands of dollars to collectors. Credit : Konektus Photo, Shutterstock Vintage tech fever is sweeping across Europe, with collectors paying eye-watering prices for classic mobile phones – and your old Nokia could be worth more than you think. Vintage mobile phone: How old handsets have become collector’s gold We’ve all thrown …

Holiday Inn will manage the hotel. Credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Gandia’s new hotel will be open in 2027. The concept of the project, which was unveiled at Urbalab in Gandia, is a radical departure from what’s currently available on the beach. The establishment will cater to business travellers, but will also be open to other types of guests, as …

Google Gemini AI can now summarize PDF files for you. Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa via Unsplash Google’s latest update makes it much easier to manage PDF files. Gemini’s AI will be able summarise the PDF files in Google Drive as soon as they are opened. The update is available in over 20 different languages, and it began rolling out to …