Court weighs verdict in Spanish media’s €550m data protection case against Meta
A high-profile lawsuit in Madrid, in which Spanish media companies are demanding more than €550 million from the Meta corporation for alleged violations of EU...
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Facebook owner Meta closes content moderation centre in Barcelona
Telus Digital, the company responsible for content moderation for Facebook owner, Meta, informed its nearly 2,000 employees on Thursday that it is closing its centre...
AI and trade tensions take centre stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
The world’s largest wireless technology event began on Monday in Barcelona, with the enthusiasm surrounding AI’s potential to revolutionise devices colliding with concerns over escalating...
Undersea cable linking USA & Spain from FB’s Meta ‘part of plan linking 5 continents’
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing Artificial...
Microsoft to invest €2.2 billion in huge data centre project in Aragón
Tech giant Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros in a huge data centre project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said on Wednesday as the...
Sale of Vodafone’s Spanish division for up to €5 billion receives green light
The Spanish government has approved the sale of British mobile phone giant Vodafone’s Spanish division to investment fund Zegona for up to €5 billion. Digital...
Spanish government takes 3% stake in Telefónica after Saudi deal concerns
The Spanish government has acquired a 3% stake in telecoms giant Telefónica following concerns over a Saudi firm taking a piece of a company that...
Spain’s High Court halts temporary suspension order of Telegram’s services
#UPDATED on Monday 15 March at 20h. A Spanish judge on Monday halted his controversial order to temporarily suspend messaging app Telegram in the country...
Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeball scans, over privacy concerns
Spain’s privacy regulator has ordered for Worldcoin, the company that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease its operations in the...
Spanish state to acquire 10% of Telefónica following Saudi stake
The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it will acquire 10% of the country’s telecoms giant Telefónica, just months after Saudi Telecom (STC) took a significant...
