https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Planes were gradually taking off again Saturday after global airlines, banks and media were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus programme. https://www.thelocal.es/20240721/flights-resume-after-global-it-crash-wreaks-havoc Sun, 21 Jul 2024 08:44:31 +0200 flights-resume-after-global-it-crash-wreaks-havoc Businesses across Europe - including airports, airlines and other transport operators - have been hit by major IT problems caused by a rogue software update. https://www.thelocal.es/20240719/breaking-european-travel-services-hit-by-major-global-it-glitch Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:46:53 +0200 breaking-european-travel-services-hit-by-major-global-it-glitch The maiden flight of the Spanish-built Miura 1 rocket was cancelled Wednesday due to high winds, startup PLD Space said, in a setback for development of the small-scale space launcher. https://www.thelocal.es/20230531/high-winds-halt-spanish-rocket-launch Wed, 31 May 2023 11:43:08 +0200 high-winds-halt-spanish-rocket-launch The Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, will be held in Barcelona until 2030, extending its current contract by six years, organisers said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220627/barcelona-to-host-mobile-world-congress-until-2030 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:08:51 +0200 barcelona-to-host-mobile-world-congress-until-2030 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday announced his government will use €11 billion of EU funds for Spain to become a manufacturer of microchips, key components in our digital world and an element of "global geostrategic importance”.  https://www.thelocal.es/20220404/spain-to-invest-e11-billion-to-become-europes-microchip-factory Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:45:15 +0200 spain-to-invest-e11-billion-to-become-europes-microchip-factory One of the technology industry's biggest annual get-togethers is set to kick off in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Monday, under the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.es/20220228/tech-firms-flock-to-spain-trade-show-in-shadow-of-ukraine-conflict Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:32:17 +0100 tech-firms-flock-to-spain-trade-show-in-shadow-of-ukraine-conflict Organisers of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) said Friday there would be no Russian pavilion at the world's biggest telecoms fair next week in Barcelona due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.es/20220225/worlds-biggest-mobile-show-in-barcelona-drops-russia-pavilion Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:16:45 +0100 worlds-biggest-mobile-show-in-barcelona-drops-russia-pavilion People in Madrid will soon be able to have their pizza delivered to them by a robot as popular delivery company Glovo prepares to launch autonomous pods on wheels which take food from the store to people’s doorsteps. https://www.thelocal.es/20220223/food-delivery-robots-land-in-the-spanish-capital Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:07:03 +0100 food-delivery-robots-land-in-the-spanish-capital Spain’s first self-driving bus will begin to take public passengers from this Saturday, February 20th. https://www.thelocal.es/20210218/malaga-to-trial-the-countrys-first-self-driving-bus Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:29:05 +0100 malaga-to-trial-the-countrys-first-self-driving-bus Spain is to invest €600 million ($725 million) in developing artificial intelligence over the next two years as part of plans to transform its national economy, the prime minister said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201202/spain-to-invest-600-mn-euros-in-artificial-intelligence Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:53:58 +0100 spain-to-invest-600-mn-euros-in-artificial-intelligence Major tech companies are skipping the inescapable Mobile World Congress this year owing to fears over the coronavirus, though Chinese groups including ZTE and Huawei still plan to attend. https://www.thelocal.es/20200210/coronavirus-tech-firms-skip-barcelonas-mobile-world-congress-over-health-fears Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:10:00 +0100 coronavirus-tech-firms-skip-barcelonas-mobile-world-congress-over-health-fears The world's biggest mobile tech fair has suffered a blow from the deadly coronavirus outbreak after South Korea's LG Electronics said it was pulling out of the event in Spain later this month. https://www.thelocal.es/20200205/coronavirus-barcelonas-mobile-world-congress-takes-a-hit Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:36:11 +0100 coronavirus-barcelonas-mobile-world-congress-takes-a-hit Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned Sunday that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make "all our brains explode". https://www.thelocal.es/20190902/penelope-cruz-i-have-my-personal-war-with-technology Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:52:19 +0200 penelope-cruz-i-have-my-personal-war-with-technology Spain has a law to provide at least one payphone for every 3,000 inhabitants, even though an average of one call a day is made from them. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:39:47 +0200 there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Virgin Hyperloop One, a US startup developing a near-supersonic rail transit system, has reached an agreement with Spanish state-owned rail infrastructure company Adif to build a $500 million research centre in Spain, its first in Europe, the two companies said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180808/hyperloop-to-build-500-million-research-centre-in-spain Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:26:48 +0200 hyperloop-to-build-500-million-research-centre-in-spain With millions of Spaniards expected on the roads for the May public holiday, Spain's traffic authorities have launched a trial program to monitor traffic using drones. https://www.thelocal.es/20180427/birds-eye-view-drones-are-the-spanish-traffic-polices-latest-recruits Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:11:44 +0200 birds-eye-view-drones-are-the-spanish-traffic-polices-latest-recruits Spanish football's La Liga has ratched up the technology it uses to cover matches to meet seemingly insatiable fan demand for statistics and replays of players performances. https://www.thelocal.es/20180228/spanish-soccer-raises-match-stats-game Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:03:04 +0100 spanish-soccer-raises-match-stats-game A hotel room automatically adjusting to the tastes of each guest, virtual reality headsets as brochures: the tourism sector is starting to embrace new technologies, hoping to benefit from lucrative personal data. https://www.thelocal.es/20180121/madrid-tourism-fair-previews-hotel-of-the-future Sun, 21 Jan 2018 16:18:32 +0100 madrid-tourism-fair-previews-hotel-of-the-future European researchers based in Barcelona said on Tuesday they had developed a cheaper and more efficient superconducting tape which could one day be used to double the potency of wind turbines. https://www.thelocal.es/20170315/barcelona-team-announces Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:42:56 +0100 barcelona-team-announces The phone industry's largest annual trade fair, the Mobile World Congress which wrapped up in Barcelona on Thursday, was dominated by fast-charging phone batteries, virtual reality and connected objects, from toothbrushes to cars. https://www.thelocal.es/20170303/five-takeaways-from-the-barcelona-mobile-world-congress Fri, 03 Mar 2017 10:30:50 +0100 five-takeaways-from-the-barcelona-mobile-world-congress