Meghan O’Gieblyn, essayist: ‘I don’t think Trump really believes in God’
After abandoning her faith and turning to technology in search of existential answers, the American writer believes that ‘the solution to human nature is a spiritual one’
Is artificial intelligence turning off our minds?
Despite its undeniable advantages, using AI programs introduces latent threats such as biases, mental laziness, and cognitive debt
How does your phone know so many private details? How thousands of apps are exploiting mysterious indoor location tracking
Many Android users suspect their devices are listening to them, but research shows personal information is leaking via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Anu Bradford, jurist: ‘The biggest tariff of all is the uncertainty’
The Finnish-American law professor warns about the rise of digital authoritarianism in the US. As a defender of European-style regulation as a democratic model, she calls on the EU to resist external and internal pressure
Europe’s arduous technological rearmament
Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, semiconductors, space science and quantum physics are key sectors in today’s geopolitics, where power is tied to technology. European countries yearn to overcome their dependence on the US and China, but fragmentation complicates the path going forward
China has a plan: Technological innovation to secure its place on the geopolitical stage
Amid the trade war with the US, Beijing’s regime is prioritizing technology as a key driver of economic and political power
Eccentrics and visionaries: The 15 tech bros who rule the world
From Sam Altman to Mark Zuckerberg, these are the key figures of the tech elite that rules the new global order
Is Google’s reign coming to an end? AI threatens the leading search engine
Searches on Apple devices are falling for the first time ever as more and more young people are turning to smart chatbots
AI cannot feel emotions, but it can recognize them in an image
A study concludes that modern systems can learn sophisticated representations of emotion concepts, despite not being trained to do so
A robot shows that machines may one day replace human surgeons
The new system, which combines generative AI and machine learning, has performed with 100% accuracy some of the surgical tasks required to remove pig gallbladders
What is doxing? A glimpse into the battle for anonymity on social media
The Spanish ‘online hunter’ Isidoro Román Cuesta has revealed the real names behind more than 20 right-wing accounts on X
Katie Drummond: ‘Democracy in the US is under threat. And that threat is facilitated by technology and the makers of that technology’
Since 2023, this Canadian philosophy graduate has directed the most influential publication in the field of tech. She was a pioneer in understanding what is now obvious: the inseparable connection between technology and power. Since Donald Trump won the elections, ‘Wired’ has also been covering US political news, and subscriptions have skyrocketed
People who use emojis seem more attentive: ‘They respond to a universal human need’
According to recent research, using these symbols makes individuals appear more emotionally involved, regardless of which ones they use
AI swallows misinformation and spits it back at us: ‘It’s optimized to give useful information, but not for it to be correct’
ChatGPT and Grok absorb fake news and regurgitate it when asked. Due to their design, these models and their competitors are highly susceptible to disinformation
Vitaly Kovalev, the Russian hacker who has offices and gives bonuses to his employees
An international police operation identified — but failed to arrest — the developers behind some of the most successful ransomware programs
AI helps spread new stereotypes across cultures
New research shows that language models tend to repeat clichés they have learned in different languages
Social media is fueling conflict in the most bellicose era since World War II
The fake news spiral lies in the success of online disinformation that pushes other media to produce similarly false content
The most powerful AI models emit up to 50 times more carbon dioxide than smaller ones
A study finds that chatbots trained with more parameters have a greater environmental impact than smaller versions, despite producing similar results on less complex tasks
Algorithm or creativity? Fashion’s defining dilemma in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence is emerging as the ultimate force transforming the fashion industry — both as a business tool and a vehicle for artistic expression
Trump’s impossible smartphone: Why no one believes it can be made in the US at that price
The company controlled by the president’s children promises to sell the device for $499, a goal that’s not feasible with the current infrastructure
Matthias Steffen, IBM physicist: ‘You can almost feel that we’re reaching quantum advantage’
The engineer behind the company’s Quantum Starling system hopes this error-tolerant supercomputer will lead to new compounds for treating diseases
Lavina Ramkissoon, Africa’s AI Mom: ‘In our countries, many innovations are born out of necessity’
The expert has complete confidence in digital technology as a lever for change and artificial intelligence’s power to improve health and agriculture — but says it’s essential that humans maintain control
Welcome to the most technologically-advanced village in Spain: It doesn’t have high-speed internet, but there’s a uranium plant
The residents of the peaceful Juzbado, in the province of Salamanca, are surprised to learn that more than 90% of the local workers make their living from the technology sector
How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state
President Trump and his former star advisor, Elon Musk, have accelerated the deployment of a vast technological infrastructure that monitors the lives of millions of people. The system is focusing on immigrants — for now
The covert method Meta uses to track mobile browsing without consent — even in incognito mode or with a VPN
A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect users’ web browsing history on Android devices
Who makes a Nintendo? Globalization explained through the new Switch 2
The console exists thanks to a complex global network: designed in Japan, manufactured in Vietnam, and powered by a US-made processor. We took it apart piece by piece
Helen Toner, former OpenAI director: ‘If all AI development stopped now, its impact is already as big as the internet’
An expert on China and artificial intelligence security, whose conflict with Sam Altman made headlines, explains how she sees the evolution of this technology
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