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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

22 Aug, 2026 @ 10:30

International Affairs·Lead·National News·National News·Other News·Technology

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

17 Aug, 2026 @ 16:02

Environment·Lead·Madrid·Technology·Weather

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.

12 Aug, 2026 @ 15:29

Environment·Lead·Northern Spain·Technology

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

29 Jul, 2026 @ 15:28

Lead·Other News·Technology

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

22 Jul, 2026 @ 12:59

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Technology

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

4 Jul, 2026 @ 13:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics·Technology

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

24 Jun, 2026 @ 11:20

Lead·Technology

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

17 Jun, 2026 @ 14:30

Lead·Technology

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

16 Jun, 2026 @ 13:15

Lead·Technology

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

12 Jun, 2026 @ 16:50

Lead·Technology

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

12 Jun, 2026 @ 16:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·Technology

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

12 Jun, 2026 @ 10:31

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

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

26 May, 2026 @ 16:03

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Technology

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

18 May, 2026 @ 16:36

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

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

13 May, 2026 @ 10:25

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Technology

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

9 May, 2026 @ 15:00

Lead·Northern Spain·Technology

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

2 May, 2026 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

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

2 May, 2026 @ 10:00

Ibiza·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Technology·Travel News

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

1 May, 2026 @ 16:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Technology

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

28 Apr, 2026 @ 13:45

La Cultura·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Technology

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

22 Apr, 2026 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Technology

Costa Blanca mobile phone dealer in Spain cons insurance company out of €500,000

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

20 Apr, 2026 @ 11:28

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

The EES deadline has caused chaos across Europe for beleaguered travellers – but how have Spain’s airports fared?

TRAVELLERS from beyond the EU have been bracing for ‘nightmare’ scenarios at European airports since the new digital border control system was gradually rolled out

15 Apr, 2026 @ 18:48

Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Technology

Strap yourselves in: Today is World Quantum Day – but what does that even mean?

TODAY marks World Quantum Day, an annual celebration of quantum science and technology around the world. The date is not random. April 14, or 4.14,

14 Apr, 2026 @ 16:54

Education·Lead·Other News·Technology

How to Change PDF to Word with OnlyDoc: Your Ultimate Guide

THE main benefit of PDF files is their formatting: the layout remains consistent across devices and operating systems. However, when you need to edit a

12 Apr, 2026 @ 13:00

Business & Finance·Sponsored Article·Technology

Attendants at 6GLabNet's opening ceremony.

Top Spanish university unveils fibre-optic network to test next-gen 6G internet

A LEADING Spanish university is set to test faster-than-ever 6G internet for the first time, in what officials say will ‘revolutionise connectivity’ across the country.

10 Apr, 2026 @ 12:47

Barcelona·Lead·Technology

Technology

Make Meta pay! Calls for urgent crackdown on tech giants as global fraud epidemic costs victims a staggering €9.4 trillion

Heatwave breakthrough: Spanish scientists develop material that cools buildings by more than 10C without electricity

NASA and BBC take over abandoned Spanish villages to broadcast historic solar eclipse

Free special sunglasses are being handed out in Malaga ahead of next month’s solar eclipse

Flying taxis to slash Malaga-Marbella journey to just 15 minutes under ambitious Costa del Sol plan

Spain quietly bans controversial US tech firm Palantir from public contracts over national security concerns

Three in four people in Spain now doubt the truth of what they read online, report finds

BREAKING: Facebook and Instagram go down across Spain in mass outage

Silicon Valley giant OpenAI targets Madrid for its first office in Spain as ChatGPT demand explodes by 40%

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’

NASA photographed Torrevieja’s famous pink lake from space — and it could help find life on Mars

You can now use Spain’s favourite payment app in shops – here is how the new ‘Bizum Pay’ works

V-16 is here to stay: Spain’s traffic boss rules out a return to triangles: “There is no going back”

Spain’s only nuclear manufacturer misses out on global boom due to crippling brain drain of Spanish engineering talent

Revealed: Up to 3.5 million jobs at risk in Spain as AI revolution gathers pace — but there’s a silver lining

The art of raving: Ibiza’s superclubs are becoming immersive art venues in innovative British-led gallery takeover

Elon Musk’s Starlink service lands in Gibraltar – but what exactly is the satellite internet system?

The story behind Spain’s iconic Seat Ibiza – the best-selling runaround thanks to a touch of American marketing and German engineering

Tired of sluggish Wi-Fi? Spain moves to tackle slow internet with new law enforcing minimum speeds

Brussels will require all phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 – and use USB-C chargers

The EES deadline has caused chaos across Europe for beleaguered travellers – but how have Spain’s airports fared?

Strap yourselves in: Today is World Quantum Day – but what does that even mean?

How to Change PDF to Word with OnlyDoc: Your Ultimate Guide

Top Spanish university unveils fibre-optic network to test next-gen 6G internet

Lifeguards in Mallorca tourist hotspot to strike over working conditions at height of summer season

THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The birth of Lope de Vega, a 70s film star and a Liverpool football legend

From Cole Palmer in Marbella to the Beckhams and Michael Jordan in the Balearics – inside Spain’s summer celebrity trail

Councillors who delayed vote on demolition of 20-year eyesore hotel under investigation as Algarrobico drama drags on

Ten arrested after narco gang opens fire on Guardia Civil during dramatic high-speed chase off Andalucia coast

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