Hacker News with Generative AI: Spain

Judge Confirms LaLiga's Right to Block Cloudflare in Pursuit of IPTV Pirates (torrentfreak.com)
Last December, a Spanish judge authorized LaLiga to block Cloudflare's shared IP addresses to combat piracy. Thousands of innocent internet users were affected, prompting Cloudflare and cybersecurity group RootedCon to ask the court to overturn the order. A judge has now denied both requests, stating that no evidence was presented to show that blocking caused any damage.
The social media communication of Andalusian interest groups (frontiersin.org)
Interest groups, one of the main expressions of the diversity of social interests in the contemporary world, are organizations that serve as channels for bringing social demands to the attention of the political establishment with the aim of influencing the design, discussion, approval, and implementation of public policies.
Spanish toxic oil syndrome cover-up (2001) (theguardian.com)
Twenty years ago, 1,000 people died in an epidemic that spread across Spain. Poisoned cooking oil was blamed - an explanation that suited government and giant chemical corporations. It was, argues Bob Woffinden, who investigated the scandal in the 80s, the prototype scientific fraud that has found echoes around the world
1.4M-year-old skull found in Spain earliest human face of Western Europe (msn.com)
Spain to impose fines for not labelling AI-generated content (theverge.com)
OpenAI’s new Responses API comes with web search, the ability to look through files, and computer use out of the box.
Spanish administration offering Macromedia Flash courses in 2025 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Obsessing over loneliness is a key factor in the development of depression (elpais.com)
According to data from the latest report from the State Observatory of Unwanted Loneliness (SoledadES), corresponding to the year 2024, one in five people in Spain suffers from loneliness, and of these, almost 70% say they have been in that situation for more than two years.
Father tries to block daughter's euthanasia in landmark Spanish case (bbc.com)
A young woman is due to testify in a Spanish court today in a bid to persuade a judge to let her die voluntarily against the wishes of her father, in the first case of its kind.
Google Must Testify as LaLiga Demands Criminal Liability for 'Piracy Profits' (torrentfreak.com)
A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges.
Kia's EV strategy: Smaller, cheaper cars like the EV3 hatch and EV4 sedan (arstechnica.com)
Ninety minutes south of Barcelona, Kia celebrated its 2025 EV day by unveiling the EV4, PV5, and Concept EV2 this week.
LaLiga pushes Spanish ISPs to Block IP Addresses, Affecting Businesses and Users (systemadministration.net)
A new wave of indiscriminate IP blocking by major Spanish telecom operators has sparked widespread concern over internet freedom and transparency.
Barcelona buys apartment building at center of eviction protests (bloomberg.com)
After months of protests, the city stepped in to buy an apartment block where tenants faced eviction. But anger over high rents and real estate speculation continues.
14th century Spanish Food before tomatoes and chili (theguardian.com)
Forget gazpacho, patatas bravas or the tang of paprika in your chorizo. Such dishes may be considered staples of the Mediterranean diet but a new exhibition celebrating Spain’s oldest surviving cookbook suggests medieval Spanish cuisine was nothing like its modern successor.
Spanish 'running of the bulls' festival reveals crowd movements can be predicted (phys.org)
The collective motion of large crowds may be predictable past a certain density of people in a given area, according to a study published in Nature.
Battery-powered electric ferry service to connect Spain and Morocco (theiet.org)
The first-ever ‘green’ ferry service carrying passengers from mainland Spain to Morocco has been announced by Spanish operator Baleària.
Overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit (theguardian.com)
As visitor numbers hit record levels in southern Europe, some residents are surrounded entirely by tourist flats
Divers recover Phoenician shipwreck that sank 2.6k years ago off coast of Spain (smithsonianmag.com)
Archaeologists have raised a 2,600-year-old shipwreck from the waters near southeastern Spain.
Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents (theguardian.com)
Spain has announced plans to impose a tax of up to 100% on real estate bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK, in an aim to tackle the country’s housing crisis.
High speed "Avril" trains in Spain stop operating due to Y2K25 bug (rtve.es)
Renfe suspende la circulación de los trenes Talgo Avril por un fallo informático
Spain introduces bill to combat online fake news (theguardian.com)
Spain’s leftwing government has announced a bill extending a requirement to publish corrections to posts by digital platforms and social media influencers in an attempt to fight disinformation.
World's oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca (phys.org)
An international research team led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO | MBCN) have described a fossil animal that lived between 270 and 280 million years ago in present-day Mallorca.
Smartphones should carry health warning, Spanish government told (theguardian.com)
Smartphones sold in Spain should carry a label warning users about their potential health impacts, experts have told the Spanish government, in a report that calls for doctors to ask about screen time during checkups.
Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water (theguardian.com)
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house (theguardian.com)
Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20m (£17m) was found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of an investigation into the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust.
Cheaper to rent in Barcelona and commute to London (2013) (wordpress.com)
I think many people thought I was joking when I boldly declared it would be cheaper for me to rent a two bed flat in Barcelona and commute to London every day than get a one bed flat here. Turns out I was – I could in fact get a three bed flat.
The images of Spain's floods weren't created by AI. People think they were (theguardian.com)
My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the “rain bomb” that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain.
Images of Spain's floods weren't made by AI. Trouble is, people think they were (theguardian.com)
My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the “rain bomb” that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain.
Spain's PM orders 10k troops and police to Valencia (bbc.com)
Spain's prime minister has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region as residents criticise local authorities over their response to catastrophic flooding.
At least 62 killed in flooding in Spain (elpais.com)
At least 70 people are reported to have died as a result of flooding in Spain, which mainly affected the province of Valencia, according to the Integrated Operational Coordination Center of the Ministry of Interior, which compiles information from various security and emergency agencies.
Dead bodies found after torrential rain brings flash flooding to Spain (theguardian.com)
Several dead bodies have been recovered by emergency workers after torrential rain caused flash floods in southern and eastern Spain, shutting roads and high-speed train connections.