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. …

TODAY, you could drive through the little town of Lucena, halfway between Córdoba and Granada, without really noticing it, but on April 21 in the year 1483, a major battle was fought here. Spain was a Muslim-controlled territory for nearly eight centuries. You can hear it in Andalucian placenames (even ‘Gibraltar’ comes from Arabic) and more so when people speak. …