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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
From chatbots to AI agents: tourism's technology challenge in Colombia
Technology is becoming a competitiveness factor in tourism. A global trend is to adopt artificial intelligence agents that, with human oversight, execute tasks and coordinate processes across systems. In Colombia, according to Anato, 60.3% of sales at surveyed agencies went through virtual channels in the third quarter of 2026, versus 49.2% in the same period of 2025. The next challenge is to leverage that digitalization so the tourism offering is easy to search, compare and book.
TechnologyColombiaLa RepúblicaOct 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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A PP video made with AI against the PSOE reopens the debate on the limits of technology in politics
Spain's PP party shared a video on social media that uses artificial intelligence to impersonate Begoña Gómez, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Santos Cerdán, among others, during the pre-election campaign. The PSOE is studying legal action; the PP argues it is political satire. More than half a dozen legal experts consulted by EL PAÍS agree that freedom of expression and the right to satire leave broad margins, though they stress that the AI-generated label and the context are key.
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Orange enters the artificial intelligence business with the launch of MentorIA
Orange is entering the development and distribution of artificial intelligence with MentorIA, an application for the school environment devised by Humansdid and developed by Spanish company BQ. The tool uses a conversational architecture based on the Socratic method: instead of giving solutions, it poses guiding questions, hints and challenges so that students complete the reasoning themselves. It starts with 4th-year secondary school students in History and Biology, after a pilot test in three schools in the Community of Madrid.
TechnologyInternationalCinco DíasOct 22AI
US tests shipping military supplies by rocket with a SpaceX capsule
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) sent combat rations, an L3Harris tactical radio, batteries, a desalinator and emergency medical equipment into space inside a SpaceX Starfall capsule. The experiment aims to check whether the supplies survive launch and reentry. It is the first step in a Pentagon plan to deliver military material anywhere on the planet in under an hour, though experts question its cost.
TechnologyInternationalEl ConfidencialOct 22AI
iPhone Duo sells out pre-orders and deliveries slip to January 25
Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, has sold out nearly all its units during the pre-order period, and the official website listed January 25 as the shipping date this Thursday, a wait of more than three months. The base model starts at 2,349 euros in Spain. The device, with a 7.6-inch inner display, titanium hinge and IP68 resistance, comes with trade-offs versus the Pro models, such as the absence of a 5x optical telephoto lens and of a physical SIM slot.
TechnologyInternationalEl ConfidencialOct 22AI
Asenof Fórum 2026 brought education and business leaders together in Barranquilla to discuss technical training and youth employment
Barranquilla hosted the XX National and International Congress of Asenof Fórum 2026, held on October 22 and 23, with representatives from the education sector, government authorities and business leaders. Participants addressed education quality, employability, artificial intelligence and technological innovation, and discussed the need to update technical education programs according to the skills employers require. The push for the National Movement for Young Talent and the Primero Educar program, focused on scholarships and access to technical programs, was also presented.
TechnologyColombiaDiario del SurOct 22AI
Morocco buys guided bombs from EDGE for its drone fleet
Morocco acquired guided munitions from Emirati conglomerate EDGE for its combat drones, according to Moroccan and specialized press. The contract was formalized on October 9 at the Marrakech air show and includes Desert Sting 16 (DS-16) glide bombs and Thunder P-31 kits, which add guidance to conventional 250-pound bombs. The manufacturer puts the DS-16 range at about 15 km and the P-31 at between 10 and 27 km. Prices and delivery timelines were not disclosed.
TechnologyInternationalLa RazónOct 22AI
US to provide US$15 million to Argentina for a cybersecurity center and to replace Chinese technology
The United States will provide US$15 million in non-reimbursable funds to launch a national cybersecurity operations center in Argentina, as part of a program to progressively replace Chinese equipment in state networks. The announcement followed a meeting between Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and US Under Secretary of State Christopher Landau. The project includes a security assessment of ARSAT's Internet backbone and foresees a first six-month diagnostic phase.
TechnologyInternationalTNOct 22AI
US blocks two devices for the first time over a HiSilicon chip linked to Huawei
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blocked authorization of two devices for the first time because they contain a video surveillance chip from HiSilicon, Huawei's semiconductor unit. According to the agency on October 22, the products are a car camera and a wireless video transmitter, which were halted before completing the process. The FCC thus used for the first time a power adopted in July 2026 and in force since October 13, which covers standalone components from blacklisted companies.
TechnologyInternationalInfobaeOct 22AI