SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Nobel laureates warn budget cuts are 'cancelling' research 06-03-2024 22:31 Sixty-eight Nobel laureates urge President Javier Milei to restore budgets for science and technology that have been cut under his drive to slash public spending.
SATELLITE INTERNET Argentina authorises Elon Musk's Starlink, rival Amazon Kuiper 27-02-2024 12:13 President Javier Milei's government grants authorisation to Elon Musk's Starlink and two other competitors as rumours billionaire businessman will visit Buenos Aires ramp up.
TECHNOLOGY App lets indigenous Brazilians connect in own languages 30-01-2024 10:49 A smartphone app is making it easier for indigenous Brazilians to connect by allowing them to use their own native languages.
AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY Argentina pushes to get out of farming time warp with better GMO seeds 05-01-2024 13:58 New government is seeking to make its decades-old rules governing patented seed technology fit for the modern era.
INTERVIEW Santiago Siri: ‘As a programmer, I'm threatened by Artificial Intelligence’ 07-10-2023 06:23 Santiago Siri suggests a holy trinity of “crypto, trap and La Scaloneta” will save Argentina. And he is paying attention to the progress of Artificial Intelligence.
BRAZIL RAINFOREST Indigenous youths use tech as 'weapon' to protect Amazon 09-05-2023 16:38 Txai Surui, and many young Indigenous activists, use technology instead of weapons to defend the Brazilian Amazon.
Ben Goertzel interview Expert: AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years' 08-05-2023 22:26 Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming year, predicts US-Brazilian researcher and AI guru Ben Goertzel.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Venezuela, China, Biden and extraterrestrials – the disinformation of AI 17-03-2023 15:38 Avatars generated by artificial intelligence are becoming ever more common in global disinformation. Experts warn of the threat of deep fakes and AI-generated audio-visuals.
ChatGPT & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The horror and the beauty of ChatGPT 18-02-2023 06:39 A recent wave of excitement, fear and even dystopian predictions has taken over as users have become massively exposed to ChatGPT. Ultimately it’s not about the technology but how we put it to work as individuals, groups and society as a whole. by Agustino Fontevecchia
FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA River rev up revamped Monumental, but VAR steals the show 16-02-2023 14:05 Technology is here to stay in football, and it would be naïve to think otherwise. But as the weekend outcry, and a host of similar protests in the Premier League showed, the promised land of a sport without refereeing mistakes seems as much of a utopia as it ever did. by @DanEdwardsGoal
GOVERNMENT & POLICY Massa unveils export stimulus programme for tech sector 05-10-2022 10:36 Scheme aims to boost technology exports to US$10 billion next year, says economy minister.
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand 19-09-2022 09:35 Buenos Aires insists on the right to manufacture the fuel; Outcome of negotiations could weigh on global nuclear market.
Bloomberg Gene-edited beer is next in Argentine crusade for GMO acceptance 19-05-2022 17:44 Farm tech firm Bioceres in talks with Buenos Aires craft beer maker Rabieta to brew the first-ever GM lager.
TECH & SOCIETY Nine out of ten urban homes in Argentina have Internet access 18-05-2022 17:07 Nine out of every ten households in urban conglomerations in Argentina have access to the Internet, a new report has revealed.
Climate Crisis World lacks time, not minerals for climate-saving technology 30-04-2022 15:12 The rush for resources to build the new energy infrastructure is only a temporary problem.