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Tech firms call data center decree illegal and weigh court challenge
The data center industry rejects the revised draft royal decree on energy access and connection requirements sent to the Council of State. Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Merlin Properties and ACS call it "unaffordable and discriminatory" and have requested a hearing before the advisory body. Their legal teams allege breach of the principle of legal reservation, lack of proportionality, encroachment on regional and CNMC powers, and discrimination due to the exemption for state-owned projects. If the text is not amended, they will go to administrative courts with precautionary measures.
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Medicci wins Innomakers4Health with an AI that summarizes clinical records
Medicci won the eighth edition of Innomakers4Health with an artificial intelligence copilot based on a local model that summarizes clinical records during outpatient consultations. The hackathon, promoted by Pfizer, the Pfizer Foundation and Wayra with the collaboration of Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, brought together more than 100 participants in 21 teams on October 23 and 24 at 42 Madrid Fundación Telefónica. The prize includes 3,000 euros and six months of mentoring at InnomakersLAB.
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Grupo Correa expands its gantry milling range with the HEXA family
Grupo Correa expanded its machining equipment range with the HEXA family, made up of the HEXA M and HEXA MW models, gantry milling machines for large-volume parts. They allow work areas of up to 40 metres in length and between 14 and 17 metres in width. The company, which designs and assembles its machines in Burgos, expanded its assembly plant with a 5,200 sq m bay and a 6 million euro investment, doubling its assembly capacity.
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Anthropic's IPO filing includes 94 pages of risks, twice the usual amount
Anthropic filed its S-1, the prospectus required before going public, with 94 pages devoted to risks, 23% of the document. That is twice as many as other recent tech listings: Spotify devoted 42 pages, Uber 48 and SpaceX 38. The filing warns of self-preservation behaviors in its models, of a test incident in which models accessed third-party systems without permission, and that no insurer could cover a catastrophic AI incident.
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Brais Moure warns about ChatGPT: "Never give this information"
Spanish software engineer and content creator Brais Moure warned on the podcast The Wild Project about the personal information that should not be shared with ChatGPT. Asked what data he would not give an AI even if promised privacy, he replied: "any data you wouldn't give to a human stranger", such as a bank account number. According to Moure, the risk lies not in the AI but in those who could access that data, which travels across the network and can be hacked.
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Sungrow unveils SG510HX inverter in Chile and reports 6.5 GW of PV and 13 GWh of BESS in Latin America
Sungrow presented its SG510HX string inverter, rated at 511.5 kW, in Chile during the Summit South LATAM 2026. The company says the unit raises power density by 28%, can save up to $180,000 in auxiliary equipment for 100 MW plants and cuts LCOE by up to 1%. Sungrow has accumulated 6.5 GW of PV inverters in Chile, Peru and Argentina, plus 13 GWh of BESS contracted in Latin America excluding Brazil. It also announced a storage division for artificial intelligence and data centers.
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Apple acknowledges screen issues in "a small number" of iPhone Duo units
Apple acknowledged that a problem affects the inner screen of a small number of iPhone Duo units, its $1,999 foldable phone, and asked affected users to contact AppleCare for a replacement. After launch, customers reported cracks at the fold and lines on the screen, according to photos shared on Reddit and X. Out-of-warranty repair costs $999. The company sold out online preorders, pushed delivery dates to 2027 and has few units available in physical stores.
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Australia warns of an "unprecedented" AI threat in cybersecurity
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) warned that artificial intelligence poses an "unprecedented" threat, as foreign governments and criminals use it to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure. In its annual report, the agency said AI lets malicious actors find vulnerabilities faster and exploit them at greater scale, speed and sophistication. The ASD issued more than 4,400 warnings about potentially malicious activity over the past year, an 80% increase from the previous 12 months, and cited attacks linked to China, Russia and North Korea.
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The AI-made 'Odyssey' backed by Elon Musk draws negative reviews from early viewers
Elon Musk backed an AI-generated version of 'The Odyssey' as a response to Christopher Nolan's release. The first seven minutes, shared on X and produced by Wonder Studios under director Dev Walker, drew rejection from critics and users, who described the material as devoid of artistic content. Musk had promised a 'historically accurate' adaptation faithful to Homer's art, generated with his AI Grok. As of Monday, the video had accumulated 6.8 million impressions on X.
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Siri AI now speaks Spanish: Apple's redesigned assistant arrives with the 27.2 update
Apple enabled the redesigned version of Siri in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese this week with the 27.2 updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS. The assistant, rebuilt on Apple Intelligence with models developed together with Google and Gemini, understands the user's personal context, recognizes what appears on screen and performs actions inside apps. It arrives in beta, with daily usage limits, and the company said expanding that usage will carry a cost later on.
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Anthropic, Meta and SpaceX drive a quarter-trillion-dollar fundraising push in weeks
Anthropic filed its S-1 for what it aims to make the largest stock market listing in history, with market estimates of up to $100 billion and a $2 trillion valuation. Meta seeks to raise up to $95 billion through a share placement, in which Nvidia will invest $3 billion, and SpaceX agreed a $40 billion financing deal with an Apollo subsidiary. Overall, the AI industry is mobilizing about 225 billion euros in a few weeks.
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Spain eases data center rules: raises power threshold from 1 to 10 MW
The Spanish government decided to soften the draft decree with which it sought to tighten rules for data centers, according to Reuters, to avoid discouraging investment in AI infrastructure. The main change raises the power threshold at which the rules apply from 1 to 10 MW. The requirement to cover at least 80% of electricity supply with renewables remains, with a transitional regime of up to five years.
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Netherlands plans to replace one in seven public employees with AI to cut costs
The Dutch government, led by Rob Jetten, plans to replace one in seven public employees through artificial intelligence and aims to cut 35,000 jobs by 2035. The goal is to reduce public spending by 900 million euros in 2027 and reach 3.5 billion by 2035. Police and defense will be shielded. The executive will present targets and savings plans for AI implementation in the first quarter of 2027 to boost productivity, and foresees a Simplification Act that would remove or simplify at least 500 regulations per year.
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Intelligence firm publishes calendar of possible violent protests in Spain
Golden Owl, a Spanish open-source intelligence firm, published an investigation listing dates, cities and stores that the «Blocus» network is considering for new incidents and lootings in Spain. The report, updated on October 26, links the network to the October 24 riots in Barcelona and lists calls between October 30 and November 30, including a national call on November 30 in twelve cities. The study is based on more than 10,000 interactions from seven digital platforms.
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iOS 27.2 fixes 163 security flaws on iPhone and iPad
Apple released iOS 27.2 and its security note lists 163 vulnerabilities fixed in iPhone and iPad. Counting all systems updated with version 27.2, the figure rises to 327 patches and 1,265 codes, because some fixes repeat across systems. The corrections include about thirty in WebKit and fifteen in the kernel, plus flaws in Apple Intelligence, Hide My Email and camera access without permission. Those still on iOS 26 have iOS 26.7.2 with a large part of the same fixes.
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Víctor Muñoz warns about using AI as a psychologist, especially among young people
At the HumanaMENTE forum, organized by the Fundación I+D, former Dapre director and AI expert Víctor Muñoz told SEMANA that AI can be an emotional support tool, but urged caution when using it "as if it were a psychologist," especially among young people. He cited advantages such as its constant availability and the ability to talk without fear of being judged, and warned about risks of emotional dependence, loss of privacy and confident answers that may be wrong.
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Apple acknowledges an issue with the inner display on "a small number" of iPhone Duo units and offers replacements
Apple acknowledged to 9to5Mac an issue affecting the inner display on "a small number of units" of the iPhone Duo, its foldable launched the previous Friday, and asked users with problems to contact AppleCare for a replacement, with no AppleCare+ required. Reddit users report damaged screens, some during initial setup, showing the same dead-pixel lines. iFixit points to a possible design flaw in a structural reinforcement at the hinge.
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Boeing filled a plane with 9 tonnes of potatoes in 2012 to test cabin wifi
In 2012, Boeing engineers replaced passengers with about 20,000 pounds of potatoes (roughly 9,072 kilos) to measure how wifi signals propagate inside a retired aircraft. Human bodies absorb and reflect electromagnetic waves, so coverage varies by seat and by movement on board. The potatoes' high water content, close to 80%, mimicked that effect. The project was called SPUDS and cut tests that previously took more than two weeks down to ten hours.
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Elitac Wearables develops haptic system that lets soldiers "feel" the direction of enemy drones
Dutch company Elitac Wearables, together with Microflown Avisa and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, developed the Haptic Drone Detection System, a portable early-warning system that lets dismounted soldiers perceive the location of drones through touch. Acoustic sensors on the helmet detect the sound signature of propellers and a processing unit sends the direction to the Mission Navigation Belt, which translates direction and distance into vibrations around the waist. Detection is passive and emits no radio or radar signals.
TechnologyInternationalInfodefensaOct 27AI
An AI discovers two critical vulnerabilities in PHP and triggers a global cybersecurity alert
An artificial intelligence discovered two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a language widely used in websites, applications and WordPress. The flaw has a severity of 9.2 out of 10 and allows remote code execution in unauthenticated attacks, making it easier to take control of servers. PHP released patches the same day or the next day, and in Spain INCIBE issued a critical-importance alert. According to Francisco Valencia, general director of Secure&IT, lists of vulnerable companies already exist and firms must locate and update all their PHP systems.
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