"It"s horrible": Spain sweats through day 2 of heatwave
Spain issued "extreme" danger alerts over scorching temperatures in three regions Tuesday as firefighters said a blaze that had raged for days in the Canary Islands had almost burnt itself out......»»
Gig Economy Shift: Spain Declares Delivery Drivers are Employees
"The Spanish government on Thursday announced legislation that classifies food delivery riders as employees of the digital platforms they work for, not self-employed," reports the Associated Press: The Minister for Labor, Yolanda Díaz, said t.....»»
T-Mobile will sell your web-usage data to advertisers unless you opt out
Data sales begin April 26 unless you opt out; T-Mobile claims it'll be anonymous. Enlarge / The logo of Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile, seen at Mobile World Congress in February 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ).....»»
T-Mobile will sell your web usage data to advertisers unless you opt out
Data sales begin April 26 unless you opt out; T-Mobile claims it'll be anonymous. Enlarge / The logo of Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile, seen at Mobile World Congress in February 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ).....»»
Jobandtalent takes $120M from Softbank to enter the US market
Spain’s Jobandtalent, a digital temp staffing agency startup which operates a dual-sided platform that matches temps with employers needing casual labor in sectors like ecommerce, warehousing, logistics and manufacturing, has grabbed €100 mil.....»»
T-Mobile will tell advertisers how you use the web starting next month
Data sales begin April 26 unless you opt out; T-Mobile claims it'll be anonymous. Enlarge / The logo of Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile, seen at Mobile World Congress in February 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ).....»»
Molybdenum disulfide ushers in era of post-silicon photonics
Researchers of the Center for Photonics and Two-Dimensional Materials at MIPT, together with their colleagues from Spain, Great Britain, Sweden, and Singapore, including co-creator of the world's first 2-D material and Nobel laureate Konstantin Novos.....»»
Foster + Partners to transform abandoned gas plant in Madrid into offices
A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Foster + Partners to create the plant-filled and timber-lined Acciona Ombú offices. Read more A vacant natural-gas plant in Madrid, Spain is set to be overhauled by Fo.....»»
Behavior of wild capuchin monkeys can be identified by marks left on their tools
A group of researchers including Tiago Falótico, a Brazilian primatologist at the University of São Paulo's School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH-USP), archeologists at Spain's Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (I.....»»
Tavares warns Stellantis" Italian plant costs are twice as high as France, Spain
The Stellantis CEO said the problem was primarily not labor costs but production costs on FCA models that did not sell in anticipated numbers......»»
Scientists investigate Walker breakdown in 3-D magnetic nanowires
Physicists from Russia, Chile, Brazil, Spain and the U.K., have studied how the magnetic properties change in 3-D nanowires, promising materials for various magnetic applications, depending on the shape of their cross-section. In particular, they mor.....»»
MUT Design clads modular Valencia Pavilion in thousands of wooden scales
Valencia studio MUT Design has designed five modular pavilions clad in scales made from leftover wood for a travelling exhibition in Spain. Read more Valencia studio MUT Design has designed five modular pavilions clad in scales made from lef.....»»
Spain’s Wallapop raises $191M at an $840M valuation for its classifieds marketplace
Through all of the last year’s lockdowns, venue closures, and other social distancing measures that governments have enacted and people have followed to slow the spread of Covid-19, shopping — and specifically e-commerce — has remai.....»»
Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat
Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clum.....»»
Statistical study: Geographical inequalities responsible for 16 causes of death in Spain
Miguel Ángel Martínez, professor at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Valencia (UV) is the coordinator of MEDEA3, a statistical study on the geographical distribution of mortality from 16 causes in 26 Spanish cities of 11 autonomous c.....»»
The effect of natural disasters on charitable and criminal activity
The human condition is riddled with extreme events, which bring chaos into our lives. Natural disasters leave a trail of destruction, causing direct and horrible pain and suffering—costing lives, creating injuries, destroying houses, livelihoods, c.....»»
Researchers identify up to 98 potential species of melon, watermelon and almond pollinating bees
Researchers from the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Valencia (UV), with other Spanish and European universities, have identified a total of 98 species of bees potentially pollinating three crops of economic importance in Spain: m.....»»
Interaction between iodonium and silver cation demonstrated for the first time
An international research team led by Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Professor Antonio Frontera of the University of Balearic Islands (Spain) has demonstrated that positively charged iodine (termed iodonium) is a.....»»
Researchers create plastic film that suppresses the coronavirus
A consortium comprised by companies Braskem, AplFilm and Nanox and the UFSCar (Brazil) and Jaume I of Castellón (Spain) universities have released a plastic film capable of deactivating 99.99% of the new coronavirus in 15 minutes. The new product ca.....»»
How the GameStop stonkathon helped Robinhood raise $3.4B last week
In a single week, Robinhood raised more money than all startups in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Russia combined last year. Robinhood has shown an impressive ability to raise enormous amounts of capital in the past few.....»»
Measures used to reduce the spread of COVID found to reduce contacts 50-62 percent in school children
A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K., one in the U.S. and one in Spain has found that measures to promote social distancing of school children to reduce COVID-19 exposure reduced contacts on average by 50 to 62% in a study of s.....»»