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ESET expert: turning off the phone for five minutes, as Sánchez advises, "does little" for most users
Josep Albors, head of Research and Awareness at ESET Spain, tells 20minutos that turning off the phone for five minutes a day —advice Pedro Sánchez said he received from Moncloa's Systems officials after the Pegasus espionage case— only works in specific cases of malware present in RAM. For most users, who face more common threats, it "does little". Still, restarting from time to time frees memory and closes background apps.
TechnologyInternational20MinutosOct 23AI
Pedro Sánchez reveals the advice he was given at Moncloa to protect his phone after Pegasus
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on 'La Revuelta' that, after the Pegasus case, Moncloa's IT specialists advised him to turn off his phone for five minutes a day to strengthen its security. He explained that this brief disconnection hinders malicious programs that need the phone switched on. Experts say the measure has merit but has limits: an installed program can run again when the device is turned on. The NSA recommends restarting the phone once a week and ANSSI recommends doing so periodically.
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Goodfire researcher argues neural networks "are already clean"
Nick Cammarata, a mechanistic interpretability researcher at Goodfire and former member of the OpenAI team that developed techniques to explain what neurons in language models represent, published the article "Neural Networks Are Already Clean" on the company's website on October 15. In it he argues that AI is more understandable than previously thought and challenges the dominant explanation of neuronal polysemanticity based on superposition.
TechnologyInternationalXatakaOct 23AI
US Army prepares AeroVironment's E-HEL laser system to take down drones from vehicles
The U.S. Army is working on upgrades to AeroVironment's E-HEL (Enduring-High Energy Laser) system, based on the 30-kilowatt LOCUST X3 laser, to counter drones from moving vehicles. In September the company received the program's first production contract, worth $464.8 million, and the Army expects to decide in fiscal year 2031 whether to produce a new version installable on infantry platoon vehicles. The system, which according to the source costs less than $5 per shot, incorporates AI algorithms in its management.
TechnologyInternationalDefensa.comOct 23AI
SpaceX in talks for access to 80,000 base stations in the U.S. for its new mobile network
SpaceX is targeting a minimum of 80,000 base stations across the United States and is in talks with at least one major mobile infrastructure company to reach that goal, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. One of them would be Crown Castle, whose CEO said they are talking "with all parties." The deals would consolidate its path toward a fourth national mobile carrier. After the report, Crown Castle rose as much as 10% and AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile fell about 5%.
TechnologyInternationalBloomberg LíneaOct 23AI
OpenAI fires three safety researchers after reviewing their Signal chats
OpenAI fired three AI safety researchers —Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang— after an internal investigation concluded they violated policies on sensitive information, according to the company. The security team asked them to unlock their phones and found disappearing messages on Signal in conversations with an outside researcher. The dismissed researchers deny sharing confidential information and dispute the company's account. OpenAI says the dismissals were not over their safety criticism.
TechnologyInternationalEl MundoOct 23AI
Telefónica and IQM to deploy the first quantum computer in the Madrid region
Telefónica and IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnish group specializing in superconducting quantum computing, have partnered to deploy the first quantum computer in the Madrid region, at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. The system, an IQM Spark designed for research, education and early-stage development, will be installed before the end of 2026 and will give universities, hospitals, research centers and startups access to real quantum hardware. It will join the two computers Telefónica and IQM already provided to CESGA, in Galicia.
TechnologyInternationalExpansiónOct 23AI
Anthropic's IPO promises windfall gains for Iconiq, Spark and GIC
Anthropic's imminent IPO would generate multibillion-dollar gains for the funds that backed it. Iconiq has invested more than US$6 billion and holds a stake valued at about US$17 billion, based on the company's US$965 billion private valuation. Spark Capital invested US$75 million in 2023 and its stake is now worth US$7 billion. Singapore sovereign fund GIC holds about 1% after investing more than US$4.5 billion. The company is expected to file its IPO paperwork in the coming days.
TechnologyInternationalBloomberg LíneaOct 23AI
Observability gains weight in controlling agentic AI costs
55% of organizations cannot accurately control their AI costs, according to the Splunk State of Observability 2026, produced by Oxford Economics with 2,050 IT professionals from ten countries. The study notes that autonomous agents make consumption and behavior harder to anticipate, and that observability is increasingly tied to financial management. 87% consider monitoring AI workloads a priority, but 54% have no business results linked to that oversight and 56% cannot properly measure the quality of model responses.
TechnologyInternationalLa Ecuación DigitalOct 23AI
iPhone Duo frenzy fills stores: queues of nearly 24 hours for the 2,300-euro foldable
Dozens of people have queued since early morning outside Apple's official store in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, to buy the iPhone Duo, the company's first foldable model, priced from 2,300 euros up to 3,800 depending on storage. Some waited nearly 24 hours. Apple said stores will only have "limited units" for walk-in customers and that it is working to deliver orders, which on its website are pushed back to late January.
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Polish deputy prime minister calls for more pressure on Big Tech over illegal content
Poland's deputy prime minister and digitalization minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, announced more pressure on digital platforms over illegal content such as child sexual abuse material, criminal threats and posts inciting suicide. In an interview with Euronews, he said he will meet with representatives of the largest platforms to make clear they are also responsible for minors' wellbeing online. If they do not remove illegal material, the government intends to publicly flag cases of inaction.
TechnologyInternationalEuronewsOct 23AI
OpenAI cuts its valuation target to $1.25 trillion ahead of its IPO
OpenAI lowered its valuation target to $1.25 trillion for the funding round preceding its IPO, about $150 billion less than the $1.4 trillion it proposed in early October. According to the FT, interest from private banking clients was weaker than usual and some investors prefer to wait for Anthropic's debut. The figure is nearly 50% higher than the $852 billion valuation in March. The company seeks to raise up to $30 billion in bridge financing.
TechnologyInternationalExpansiónOct 23AI
Gemini brings Gmail and Calendar into Android Auto with Personal Intelligence feature
Google has begun rolling out the Personal Intelligence feature in the Gemini assistant within Android Auto. With the user's explicit authorization, the system accesses data from Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps or Google Photos by voice while driving: it can suggest the route to an appointment saved in the calendar, check a flight's status from email or identify destinations based on previous photos. The feature is off by default and its arrival in vehicles with Google built-in is expected in the coming months.
TechnologyInternationalkm77.comOct 23AI
Australia expands its Ghost Shark underwater drones with naval mines and kamikaze drones
Australia will expand the capabilities of its Ghost Shark uncrewed underwater vehicles to add naval mines, aerial kamikaze drones and supply systems for special forces. The announcement was made by Defense Industry Minister Pat Conroy at Anduril Australia's facilities in Sydney. The Ghost Shark will be able to carry up to 12 mines, launch swarms of Altius drones with explosive payloads of up to four kilograms and deposit underwater supplies. The program plans to invest 5.8 billion Australian dollars over a decade in autonomous undersea warfare.
TechnologyInternationalLibertad DigitalOct 22AI
AI identifies nearly 40,000 grounded icebergs along Antarctica's coast
An international team led by Kaihong Jiao of the University of Tasmania developed an artificial intelligence system that identified 39,619 stationary icebergs along the Antarctic coastline, with an estimated combined area of 13,430 square kilometres. The study, published in Earth System Science Data, combined radar imagery from Sentinel-1 satellites with the ResUNet neural network and an algorithm comparing observations 12 days apart. Of the targets, 92.6% measure less than one square kilometre.
TechnologyInternationalLa VanguardiaOct 22AI
Boeing validates satellite control of MQ-25A Stingray drone from USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier
Boeing, the US Navy and Lockheed Martin completed a communications test that established a satellite command-and-control link between the MQ-25A Stingray drone and a control station aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. The trial, with the ship in port and underway, validated a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) connection and the handover of control between ground operators and embarked personnel. The aircraft remained on the ground at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Illinois and connected via a Skyhook antenna to SpaceX's satellite constellation.
TechnologyInternationalInfodefensaOct 22AI
Spain's Navy to evaluate Marine Instruments' AI-powered maritime surveillance technology
Spain's Navy will evaluate the Marine Horizon Viewer (MHV) from Spanish company Marine Instruments, a surveillance solution that integrates gyrostabilized electro-optical and infrared sensors, real-time data processing and artificial intelligence to improve detection and tracking of targets in the maritime environment. It will be the first practical application of the General Action Protocol (PGA) between both parties, aimed at evaluating and validating new technological capabilities for naval surveillance. The system has an open architecture to integrate with radars, AIS, Sigint and unmanned platforms such as the M5D-Airfox.
TechnologyInternationalInfodefensaOct 22AI
New AI personal assistants push forward amid security concerns and reluctant companies
Meta and Instinct launched AI personal assistants in the past two months that handle tasks such as flight check-in, finding tickets or organizing dinners. Meta's Muse topped 10 million downloads in just over a month, according to Sensor Tower, versus 3.7 million for ChatGPT in the same period. Instinct is growing about 10% daily and around 40% of its users link a credit card within three weeks. Developers still must address security concerns and the reluctance of companies such as Amazon to let these agents in.
TechnologyInternationalLa VanguardiaOct 22AI
Hackers struggle to exploit PHP flaws despite global alert
A day after governments worldwide warned about software vulnerabilities in PHP, used in roughly 69% of internet sites, experts and nine security firms told NBC News they had not observed successful attacks. Researchers discovered the flaws in August and developed patches released on Wednesday. Sophos reported only a couple of real exploitation attempts, and experts attribute the difficulty to technical complexity and the limitations of available AI models.
TechnologyInternationalTelemundoOct 22AI
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over 43 million violations
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay about $25 billion (roughly 22 billion euros) for misleading Facebook users about its data privacy policy. A jury in the Santa Fe District Court found 43 million violations of state consumer protection laws, with fines of up to $5,000 each. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meta called the penalty disproportionate and said it will appeal.
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