A new artificial intelligence model could predict a cancer patient's risk of death from a photograph of their face, according to new research, although it is not yet perfectly accurate. In a test group of 3,820 cancer patients, more than half of those with a high risk score died within just 90 days after their photograph was taken.
Several Google Cloud services experienced disruptions this Tuesday in London, according to the company's service status page. British digital bank Revolut also reported an outage of its services the same day.
Waymo, Google's self-driving car business, announced its expansion to the Community of Madrid, where it expects to offer passenger transport in fully autonomous vehicles starting in 2027. The company will begin its testing phase in the coming weeks.
Panasonic accelerated its plans for mass production of perovskite solar cells integrated into glass, according to a company statement cited by Expansión. Large-scale production will begin in April 2029, a year earlier than planned, at a plant in Nagahama, Shiga prefecture. The company aims to reinforce Japan's push toward this next-generation technology and expand the deployment of renewable energy.
Sam Altman, creator of ChatGPT, says he has not slept well a single night since the tool launched and explains that the responsibility of being the creator of a language model used by hundreds of millions of people is enormous. In the interview he also argues that artificial intelligence will be capable of making an important scientific discovery at some point in the next two years.
Mexico has become the factory for the machines that make artificial intelligence possible, but it barely uses it, a paradox the newspaper El Financiero raises after the release of figures by the WTO, whose director-general is Johanna Hill. The text argues that being the factory of AI is good news and that it was not obvious Mexico would achieve it, but warns that stopping there would mean settling for assembling someone else's intelligence.
The BTS AI Pulse Survey 2026, produced by consultancy BTS from the responses of 388 professionals across sectors and geographies, concludes that AI adoption in companies is moving faster than the preparation of the people tasked with using it. According to the study, 65% of companies already use AI regularly, while training is not keeping the same pace. The report identifies the lack of preparation as one of the factors highlighted.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed that Mexican cartels have for years sent hitmen to Ukraine to receive training in assembling and using drones in combat. According to the SVR, at least 80 people were trained in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and U.S. authorities are investigating the alleged collaboration.
Microsoft announced a further step in its artificial intelligence security offering with new features in Microsoft 365 E7. The company proposes a model based on "four continuous responsibilities", including knowing which agents exist, who owns them, why they exist and what they do, and setting limits on what each agent can access and do before it acts.
Researchers at the University of Michigan used language models to filter and classify species interactions recorded by enthusiasts on free platforms such as eBird and iNaturalist. According to the study, millions of people watch birds, photograph butterflies or log wild plants for pleasure, and the comments they leave on these platforms can feed ecological research.
WhatsApp is adding a feature inspired by an iPhone function that lets users quickly get their contacts' location. The outlet notes that the app updates constantly with tools aimed at improving the platform's user experience, and that many of these novelties are its own creations.
Memphis leaders plan to consider on Tuesday a controversial plan to suspend construction of new data centers for up to one year. The vote comes two weeks after a municipal meeting on the issue led to protests and calls, according to CNN en Español.
OpenAI has accelerated the closing of its new funding round, in which it aims to raise $30 billion (about 26.7 billion euros), ahead of the expected IPO of Anthropic, its major rival in artificial intelligence. According to the report, both companies are competing to attract institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.
The October 2026 update for Windows 11 fixes Bluetooth reliability issues in the operating system and speeds up AirPods pairing by up to 15 seconds, according to the tech giant. The changes arrive with build 26200.8737 and later. The report notes that although the Settings interface had improved in recent years, actual connection stability and radio management were still causing problems.
Apple has sent an invitation to an event on Wednesday, October 28, in Los Angeles, where the company is expected to unveil new products. Applesfera, which will attend the event, analyzes the shape of the apple on the invitation for clues about the announcements.
Telefónica has signed a bilateral collaboration agreement with Portuguese IT group NOS Comunicações to jointly develop advanced connectivity solutions, secure communications and digital services applicable to new Defence and Security scenarios.
Tigo ruled out sponsoring the Movistar Arena and announced investments of $8.5 trillion in Colombia. According to the company, the funds will focus on networks, fiber optics and 5G, while it prepares for the disappearance of the Movistar brand.
