For the first time, the journal ‘Nature’ has chosen a non-human being — ChatGPT — as one of its scientists of the year (english.elpais.com)
Prices soar in Argentina after Milei’s currency devaluation (english.elpais.com)
In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’ (english.elpais.com)
Police investigation remains open. The photo of one of the minors included a fly; that is the logo of Clothoff, the application that is presumably being used to create the images, which promotes its services with the slogan: “Undress anybody with our free service!”
Paris prepares for the ‘banlieue’ Olympics (english.elpais.com)
Keys to enlarging the European Union: Steps and obstacles on a complex path (english.elpais.com)
On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game (english.elpais.com)
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words “2-3, sha-ger.” This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
The fight over how rape is defined threatens the first major European law on sexual violence (english.elpais.com)
The fight over how rape is defined threatens the first major European law on sexual violence (english.elpais.com)
Western support for Ukraine is wearing thin (english.elpais.com)
Abortion restrictions and discouragement of female university students: Moscow wants Russian women to focus on childbearing (english.elpais.com)
The large height difference between the sexes suggests that in northern Europe boys were fed better than girls (english.elpais.com)
The large height difference between the sexes suggests that in northern Europe boys were fed better than girls (english.elpais.com)
Boost public and private investment in R&D to 4% of GDP: This is how Finland is looking for its next Nokia (english.elpais.com)
Research and development in Finland hasn’t yet recovered the cruising speed of 3.54% of GDP that it had in 2008, which reached such a high level thanks to the phenomenal contribution of Nokia’s research. According to Sari Multala, the minister of Science and Culture for the Nordic country, the current government has proposed...
In Germany, the weight of historical guilt silences protests for Gaza victims (english.elpais.com)
Defending Israel’s security is considered a ‘reason of state’ in the country, where there is practically no public criticism of Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, statements in favor of Palestinian human rights are censored
Venezuela-Guyana dispute: Maduro mobilizes the army and announces annexation of Essequibo (english.elpais.com)
Revival of the ‘bouillons’: the cheap, noisy eateries triumphing in inflation-ridden Paris (english.elpais.com)
With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe’s Jews worry (english.elpais.com)
Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends (english.elpais.com)
Chinese automaker BYD goes after Tesla’s throne with more than 300,000 electric cars sold in a month (english.elpais.com)
Timothy Garton Ash: 'We Europeans became lazy and hubristic' (english.elpais.com)
Artificial intelligence guzzles billions of liters of water (english.elpais.com)
This is not an isolated case in the United States, a country that concentrates approximately 30% of all the data centers in the world. Arizona, Utah and South Carolina are well aware of the insatiable thirst of this type of infrastructure....
Twin galaxy of the Milky Way discovered at the edge of the universe (english.elpais.com)
How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it (english.elpais.com)
The United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 cross-border attack and was followed by Israel’s relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza.
‘People have no idea’: How smart devices spy on us and reveal information about our homes (english.elpais.com)
Jennifer Hermoso says she received threats after being kissed by president of Spanish soccer federation (english.elpais.com)
I have had to assume the consequences of an act that I did not provoke, that I had not chosen,” the World Cup winner player said. “I have received threats, and that is something you never get used to.”...
