Driverless taxis to hit Spain’s streets this year as Uber gets green light to launch robotaxis in Madrid
UBER will bring its range of robotaxis to the streets of Madrid by the end of 2026 after Spain's DGT granted the company permission.
New app for live music on the Costa del Sol promises to connect expats with over 70 local events
A NEW website and app has launched on the Costa del Sol to make it easier for international residents and tourists to discover live music
Malaga named Spain’s best city to build data centres in – as €1.3bn project nears approval
Malaga stood out thanks to competitive energy costs, favourable regulatory frameworks and less pressure on resources.
Robotaxis are coming to Spain: Google’s Waymo sets up Madrid base ahead of self-driving car trials
THE robotaxi giant, which like Google is owned by parent firm Alphabet, established a Spanish branch on the capital’s glitzy Calle Serrano on July 17.
Make Meta pay! Calls for urgent crackdown on tech giants as global fraud epidemic costs victims a staggering €9.4 trillion
A Spain-based anti-fraud firm is demanding tougher action against Meta and other tech giants, arguing they should be held financially responsible for scams spread through
Heatwave breakthrough: Spanish scientists develop material that cools buildings by more than 10C without electricity
SPANISH researchers have created a new material capable of cooling buildings by more than 10C without electricity, potentially leading to huge cost and energy savings
NASA and BBC take over abandoned Spanish villages to broadcast historic solar eclipse
NASA and BBC crews have rented out properties in ghost towns near Burgos, northern Spain, to broadcast Wednesday's eclipse.
Free special sunglasses are being handed out in Malaga ahead of next month’s solar eclipse
MALAGA is one of the 30 Spanish cities that will receive free sunglasses to safely watch the upcoming eclipse. This is part of the project
Flying taxis to slash Malaga-Marbella journey to just 15 minutes under ambitious Costa del Sol plan
FLYING taxis are set to soon whisk passengers between destinations across the Costa del Sol as authorities announce plans for real-life demonstrations within the next
Spain quietly bans controversial US tech firm Palantir from public contracts over national security concerns
THE Spanish government has quietly decided to ditch controversial tech firm Palantir from involvement in sensitive public contracts amid growing concerns over national security. According
Instagram and Facebook continue to dominate social media use in Spain – where Gen-Z logs over 40 hours usage a month
INSTAGRAM and Facebook remain the dominant social media platforms in Spain, with new data showing Gen-Z users are spending more than 40 hours a month
Gibraltar is ‘very likely’ to follow the UK’s social media ban for under-16s – but will Spain ever pass its own?
THE Rock is set to follow the UK’s social media ban for under-16s, but will Spain ever pass its own legislation? According to GBC, Gibraltar’s
Three in four people in Spain now doubt the truth of what they read online, report finds
THREE in four Spaniards now doubt the truth of what they read online, according to a new report by The Reuters Institute. The report found
BREAKING: Facebook and Instagram go down across Spain in mass outage
FACEBOOK and Instagram have gone down in a global Meta outage that has locked millions of users — including thousands across Spain — out of
Silicon Valley giant OpenAI targets Madrid for its first office in Spain as ChatGPT demand explodes by 40%
SILICON Valley giant OpenAI has set its sights on Madrid for its first Spanish office after a surge in ChatGPT users turned Spain into one
Apple to delay roll out of new ‘Siri AI’ across Europe over EU regulation concerns – which Brussels claims are designed to ‘rein in Big Tech’
BRUSSELS bureaucrats have come under fire after Apple announced it will delay rollout of its powerful new Siri AI to customers in Europe. The tech
NASA photographed Torrevieja’s famous pink lake from space — and it could help find life on Mars
AN ASTRONAUT aboard the International Space Station captured a striking photograph of Torrevieja’s famous pink lagoon from space. The picture was taken during Expedition 65
You can now use Spain’s favourite payment app in shops – here is how the new ‘Bizum Pay’ works
SPAIN’s most popular payment app can now be used in shops, spokespeople for Bizum have said, as the number of users nationwide surges past 30
V-16 is here to stay: Spain’s traffic boss rules out a return to triangles: “There is no going back”
SPAIN’S controversial new emergency car beacon is ‘here to stay’, the country’s traffic chief has warned, amid growing calls to bring back the classic roadside
Spain’s only nuclear manufacturer misses out on global boom due to crippling brain drain of Spanish engineering talent
SPAIN is struggling to hold on to its nuclear engineering talent just as the global atomic energy industry enters one of its biggest growth periods
Revealed: Up to 3.5 million jobs at risk in Spain as AI revolution gathers pace — but there’s a silver lining
SPAIN could lose millions of jobs over the next decade as artificial intelligence transforms the workplace – although millions of new roles are expected to
The art of raving: Ibiza’s superclubs are becoming immersive art venues in innovative British-led gallery takeover
THE island is known for some of the craziest nightlife in the world. But now Ibiza will transform its most famous dance venues into large
Elon Musk’s Starlink service lands in Gibraltar – but what exactly is the satellite internet system?
A NEW satellite-based broadband service has arrived in Gibraltar, promising reliable internet without the need for cables, phone lines or mobile masts. Known as Starlink
The story behind Spain’s iconic Seat Ibiza – the best-selling runaround thanks to a touch of American marketing and German engineering
THE very first SEAT Ibiza rolled off the assembly line at Martorell, Barcelona on 27 April, 1984. Marketing had come to Spain. SEAT (the Sociedad
Tired of sluggish Wi-Fi? Spain moves to tackle slow internet with new law enforcing minimum speeds
SPAIN is moving to tackle slow Wi-Fi once and for all, with proposals for a new law that would rid the country of sluggish internet
Brussels will require all phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 – and use USB-C chargers
SMARTPHONES and tablets sold in Europe will have to feature replaceable batteries starting next year, according to EU rules, amid efforts to slash electronic waste