The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, through the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, has launched in a public hearing this Thursday the Royal Decree for the modification of the regulation that regulates the use of USB type C as a universal…
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Venezuela and Bolivia sign cooperation agreements
The presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia, Nicolás Maduro and Luis Arce, signed this Friday thirteen agreements as part of the celebration of the III Joint Integration Commission between both countries.
According to the media, the…
Disney begins another round of mass layoffs
The American entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company began its second round of layoffs, which foresees, once fully completed, the departure of 7,000 employees during 2023, which represents 3.6 % of its workforce.
Thus, once this round…
China will pay its public employees with digital yuan
The city of Changshu, in China's east China's Jiangsu province, is giving new impetus to the adoption of the digital yuan, China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), by starting to pay public sector employees their salaries in digital…
Rafael Cadenas received the 2022 Cervantes Prize
The illustrious Venezuelan poet and essayist, Rafael Cadenas, was honored with the prestigious 2022 Cervantes Prize, considered the highest recognition for literary work in Spanish. The award was presented at a ceremony held in the…
Brazil and the ILO discussed social justice and labor equity policies
The initiative of the ILO Global Coalition for Social Justice was the focus of the meeting between the organization's director general, Gilbert Houngbo, and the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which took place this week and…
Microsoft works on a team lock if the user is not there
Microsoft is working on a presence detection feature for Windows 11, which is capable of identifying if the user is "present, absent, or not interacting" with the device and, in the event of the user's absence, blocking it and ensuring its…
Google is ready to launch its first foldable phone
The precise date of the launch of Google's first folding smartphone, the Pixel Fold, has not yet been revealed. It is presumed that it will be in June; however, the tech giant will make the presentation on May 10 during the annual Google…
Binance under investigation in Brazil for alleged financial crimes
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is being investigated for alleged financial crimes related to its derivatives business by federal authorities in Brazil, local newspaper Valor Económico reports.
The Federal Public…
Hootsuite introduces OwlyWriter AI for social media content creation
The social media management platform Hootsuite has incorporated OwlyWriter AI into its service, an artificial intelligence-based tool for generating content that is available in open beta for testing.
OwlyWriter AI has been developed as a…
European Parliament approves the MiCA law
The European Parliament, in its session this Thursday in Strasbourg, approved the MiCA law (Law for Crypto-asset Markets), with 517 votes in favor and 38 against, with 18 abstentions.
The MiCA law, which has been discussed previously, will…
Texas to require cryptocurrency exchanges to submit proof of reserves
The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill to require cryptocurrency exchanges to submit proof of annual reserves, in order to promote transparency on these platforms.
The body authorized a project that establishes that all…