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.

IPTV Piracy, Legal Battles, Cybersecurity, Spain

5 points by hn_acker 5 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Social Media, Political Science, Interest Groups, Spain

9 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 0 comments

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

Science, Government, Health, Cover-ups, Spain

30 points by lynguist 17 days ago | 3 comments

1.4M-year-old skull found in Spain earliest human face of Western Europe (msn.com)

Archaeology, Paleontology, Europe, Human Evolution, Spain

5 points by pseudolus 21 days ago | 1 comments

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.

AI, Regulation, Spain, Generative AI, Content Creation

21 points by 01-_- 22 days ago | 3 comments

Spanish administration offering Macromedia Flash courses in 2025 (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Education, Spain, Technology, Programming Languages

10 points by marvel_boy 23 days ago | 5 comments

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.

Loneliness, Mental Health, Depression, Spain

6 points by domofutu 23 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Euthanasia, Law, Spain, Family Law, Bioethics

52 points by impish9208 29 days ago | 155 comments

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.

Google, Lawsuits, Piracy, Sports, Spain

11 points by gslin 30 days ago | 3 comments

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.

Electric Vehicles, Kia, Automotive Industry, Spain

10 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Internet Freedom, Censorship, Spain, Telecom

4 points by Funes- 38 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Real Estate, Politics, Housing, Spain, Protests

130 points by toomuchtodo 43 days ago | 318 comments

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.

Food History, Spain, Medieval History, Culinary History

25 points by 4ndrewl 48 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Crowd Behavior, Physics, Spain, Festivals

117 points by gmays 49 days ago | 55 comments

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.

Renewable Energy, Transportation, Spain, Morocco, Ferry Services

37 points by adrian_mrd 62 days ago | 26 comments

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

Overtourism, Tourism, Spain, Portugal, Europe

12 points by n1b0m 68 days ago | 3 comments

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.

Archaeology, History, Shipwrecks, Phoenicians, Spain

205 points by bookofjoe 76 days ago | 106 comments

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.

Spain, Real Estate, Taxes, Housing Crisis, European Union

162 points by vinni2 79 days ago | 265 comments

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

Transportation, Software Bugs, Spain, Technology

5 points by asp1 91 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Spain, Legislation, Fake News, Social Media, Disinformation

5 points by isaacfrond 106 days ago | 4 comments

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.

Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Spain

9 points by pseudolus 107 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Health, Technology, Spain, Government Regulations

7 points by wslh 120 days ago | 0 comments

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

Water Scarcity, Spain, Environmental Issues, Corporate Greed, Water Management

43 points by c420 129 days ago | 8 comments

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.

Spain, Crime, Fraud, Police

108 points by c420 141 days ago | 126 comments

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.

Real Estate, London, Spain

54 points by sebg 142 days ago | 105 comments

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.

Misinformation, AI, Climate Change, Spain, Photography

10 points by belter 143 days ago | 4 comments

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.

Disinformation, Spain, Floods, AI, Media

11 points by edward 143 days ago | 6 comments

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.

Spain, Flooding, Disaster Response, Military, Police

5 points by perihelions 152 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Natural Disasters, Spain, Weather

18 points by crbelaus 154 days ago | 5 comments

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.

Natural Disasters, Spain, Weather, Emergency Response

6 points by wslh 155 days ago | 0 comments