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The Oscars. Credit: Instagram @theacademy Hollywood’s biggest event has now officially made AI-generated content a part of its programming. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed that films utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), will still be eligible to win Oscars. The new rules announced on April 15th, 2025 clarify that AI use will “neither hurt nor help” a film’s …

Spend, spend, spend! Banks are opening the vaults to offer cheap credit, and easy loans in order to fight the brewing financial crisis. Credit: Shutterstock, Tibor Duris In Spain and across Europe, banks are loosing their purse strings and granting loans at better rates in an effort to stave off the next financial storm that many economists believe could hit. …

Saying please to ChatGPT costs millions. Credit: Primakov, Shutterstock Being polite to your AI might make you feel warm and fuzzy, but it’s also burning through millions in electricity – literally. OpenAI’s Sam Altman admitted that he has to say “please” and thank you when interacting with chatbots such as ChatGPT. Stacking Here are some ideas to get you started. …

New phishing scam fools even the pros — Google now urges users to ditch passwords and switch to passkeys for better protection. Credit: JarTee, Shutterstock Google has confirmed a serious Gmail Phishing threat. Experts advise users to switch from passwords to passkeys to improve online security. Here we go again – another day, another cyber shocker. Google confirmed that a …

The iconic Tres Xemeneies Barcelona’s cultural future will be shaped by the power plant. The 1970s relic is named after the three massive chimneys that it has (that’s Tres Xemeneies Since its closure in 2011, the Catalan language website has been collecting dust. What? Tres Xemeneies Now, this is what it looks like But not much longer. Marvel and the …

Android phones will now restart automatically every three days if left inactive — a new security feature quietly introduced by Google. Credit : Pe3k, Shutterstock If you own an Android phone and notice it suddenly restarting every few days — don’t panic. Google has released a small but important security patch that could explain why. The tech giant introduced a …

Construction of new homes in Alicante has reached its highest levels since the bubble burst. COATA, Alicante’s Official College of Technical Architecture, has revealed that 2,727 new homes were built in the first three months of 2018. This is a 53% rise compared to the same period in last year. READ MORE ALICANTE CONSTRUCTION Comparing quarter to quarter, the increase …

A woman is playing with her dog, and a swimmer jumps into the Atlantic while the sun slowly sinks on a Spanish beach. A pair of massive US warships intrudes on the tranquil scene. The five destroyers, each weighing 9,000 tonnes, are based at Rota. Once a small farming village in the middle of nowhere, Rota is now home to …

The English buy in the south and Germans in the islands. Americans and French in the north. Spanish estate agents have said this. We are driving the boom in the property market. The English find the country the most attractive for investment. They are most prevalent in the South of the Peninsula, and to a lesser degree, in the Islands.The …

Photo: Maria O1 Press| Photo: Maria O1 Press Sarita Runeberg is a relentless leader who has pursued her goal to bring Finland at the top of Europe’s startup hub rankings since joining Maria 01 co-working in 2023. In that vein, the BBC reported that Maria 01 was laying the groundwork for what Runeberg hopes will be Europe’s largest start-up campus. The …