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It’s the battle of the baskets – and this time, it’s personal. Credit: CeltStudio, Shutterstock. Carrefour, Dia and Alcampo are going all-in to win your wallet – and your loyalty – with a new wave of Supersized loyalty cards that don’t just give you points… So what’s the deal with these new cards Pop-up What’s the best way to shop …

How to install the new WhatsApp walkie-talkie feature. Credit: Tada Images and Shutterstock Say goodbye to the WhatsApp you thought you knew — WalkieTalkie mode Here, And it’s TikTok can make group chats more exciting than your grandmother. How to install the new WhatsApp walkie-talkie feature on your smartphone. WhatsApp has taken a classic, no frills WalkieTalkie and made it …

By: Olivier Acuña Barba • Published: 26 May 2025 • 22:53 • 2 minutes read Elon Musk is about to launch his payments on X. Credits: Shutterstock/Evolf| Credits: Evolf/Shutterstock Tesla CEO Elon Mots confirmed that the X platform will soon launch a beta version of a payment service.  Tesla Owners Silicon Valley: How to Respond account’s Musk said that X Money will …

By: Olivier Acuña Barba • Published: 26 May 2025 • 22:28 • 2 minutes read JPMorgan CEO makes dramatic reversal regarding Bitcoin | Credits: lev radin/ Shutterstock Cryptocurrency is here to stay; it is a cliché and old adage crypto natives would repeat over and over, hoping it would one day come true. Jaimie dimon has made a complete U turn on …

Myra Cecilia Azzopardi & CAB Many British citizens living in Spain, who arrived before January 1, 2021, will reach the five-year legal residency milestone by 2025. That means they’re now eligible to become permanent residents under the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement. But there are many who face a real problem. “I cannot get an appointment for renewing or updating my TIE.  What …

Over half of the online listings for tourist rental homes in Alicante do not include license information as required by law. Mabrian, a tourist data analyst, has compiled the figures. It is reported that 56.8% do not provide a mandatory registration number for the Valencian Region. READ MORE TOURIST APARTMENT This is above the average national rate of 38%, but …

Rural Spain is disappearing. As young people migrate to cities and northern European ‘snowbirds’ snap up second homes, villages are left teetering on the edge of extinction. Diego Yuste, who became mayor of Tragacete (a mountain town located in Cuenca) in 2019, saw the population steadily decline. Tragacete was like many rural towns in that it lacked essential facilities to …

The housing crisis in SPAIN is affecting renters most. New figures show that three of four rental households are unable to afford the upfront costs for buying a home. According to a new report by the Bank of Spain, renters – especially young people and foreigners – are increasingly priced out of the housing market.  Many face what the report …

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Detecting a deepfake. Credit: MDV Edwards. Shutterstock Dutch forensic experts recently revealed a new method for detecting deepfake video by tracking subtle changes to facial colour that are caused by the heartbeat of a person. Zeno Geradts, of the Netherlands Forensic Institute NFI will be giving a presentation at the European Academy of Forensic Science (EAFS) Dublin conference from 26 …