News of technology

Globant goes all-in on AI overhaul to rebuild from 80% sell-off

Today 15:23 Software firm Globant is betting that AI, the technology responsible for wiping out 80% of its market cap since early 2025, can also reinvent the business.

FEATURE

Cartoneros face an uncertain future in Buenos Aires

04-09-2026 13:45 The cartoneros emerged from Argentina’s 2001 crisis and became a key part of Buenos Aires waste management network. But City Hall looks to private contractors, tighter enforcement and technology, thousands of informal recyclers fear they are being pushed out.

by David Sorbaro in Buenos Aires

Tech & media

Why Perfil is fighting OpenAI and Microsoft over theft of journalistic content to feed their AI

29-08-2026 06:04 Most of the major AI models have been built on an explicit thief and its perpetuation further weakens one of the beleaguered pillars of democracy: journalism.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GEOPOLITICAL ROW

US ambassador warns Argentina over Chinese firms in Vaca Muerta

13-08-2026 17:10 Trump envoy Peter Lamelas says Chinese involvement in strategic sectors “will not help attract foreign investors” to Argentina’s shale oil and gas hub.

MARKETs

Robeco’s US$18-billion stock picker bets on Argentina after hiatus

28-07-2026 11:17 It took nearly a decade for one of Europe’s biggest emerging-market investors to return to Argentine stocks.

GUEST COLUMN

The digital choices shaping our children’s health

02-07-2026 10:55 Around the world, childhood is being reprogrammed by digital technologies that shape how young people learn, play and connect.

As I see it

Mass destruction gets easier and cheaper

09-05-2026 00:20 Until not that long ago, the ability to bring down civilisations was the preserve of a few powerful countries. It is now in the process of being democratised.

by James Neilson

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

10-02-2026 07:39 Chile set to launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Tech companies push to stop Chile’s AI regulation plans

28-10-2025 12:50 Chile’s plan to regulate AI is facing pushback from tech giants during rapid industry growth and major investments.

TECH & INVESTMENT

OpenAI, Sur Energy to build massive AI data centre in Patagonia

10-10-2025 16:07 US tech firm OpenAI and Argentine firm Sur Energy sign letter of intent for US$25-billion investment in artificial intelligence; Companies plan joint venture to develop Stargate Argentina, a massive AI infrastructure project that will include a data centre in Patagonia.

FEATURE

'Old things work': Tech collective gives new life to e-waste

27-08-2025 11:47 Meet the 'Cybercirujas,' a group of Argentine hacktivists who recycle electronic devices to challenge obsolescence and electronic waste.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Patrick Star, 'Drag Queen' crab: underwater live stream captivates Argentines

03-08-2025 17:27 Hundreds of thousands of people have been are obsessed with a YouTube broadcast of a robot showing animals never before seen in the South Atlantic.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Argentine deregulation offers upside for Globant in a tough year

17-06-2025 10:33 Software company Globant says the deregulation of the local financial industry is prompting companies to step up investment in technology systems.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

El Eternauta protest: Scientists rally against Milei’s 'toxic' funding cuts

29-05-2025 09:24 Scientists across Argentina protest Milei’s ‘toxic’ defunding of research dressed as characters from El Eternauta, drawing attention to slashed budgets, mass lay-offs and the loss of young scientists.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Globant suffers record intraday drop as tariffs dent earnings

17-05-2025 09:42 Globant shares plunged as much as 33% on Friday, the worst drop since the company went public in 2014, before paring some of those losses.

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Argentina to scrap mobile phone import tariffs, cut tech taxes

13-05-2025 13:20 Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says cheaper electronics will reduce crime, smuggling and lower prices for consumers.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Award-winning biologist slams Milei’s defunding of science

18-04-2025 00:31 Scientist Sandra Díaz has voiced criticism of President Javier Milei's government and its defunding of scientific research in Argentina.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Milei’s chainsaw slashes funds for science, research institutes

01-02-2025 09:12 President Javier Milei’s government has drastically reduced the budgets of the CONICET scientific research council, INTA agricultural technology body and ARSAT satellite firm – now entire programmes are being eliminated.

by Andrea Gentil

OPINION & ANALYSIS

A year with Javier Milei

06-12-2024 17:00 President Javier Milei’s election last year marked a radical shift in Argentina’s history. We need to retool everything, integrating political analysis with technology and the vision of the world of people who interrelate by looking at screens, turning away from real faces.

by Jaime Duran Barba