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.
FINTECH Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce: ‘Not all fintechs are the same’ 04-02-2022 01:15 Central Bank chief Miguel Ángel Pesce responds to questions on fintech and their regulation in Argentina. Extract taken from recent interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia. by Jorge Fontevecchia
ECONOMY BitCow: Cryptocurrencies break into Argentina’s agricultural sector 26-12-2021 08:00 Blockchain technology and tokenisation of assets such as cows and soybeans could provide Argentina’s agricultural sector with greater transparency and traceability
BLOOMBERG Argentine fintech start-up Ualá starts its own brokerage service 08-12-2021 08:51 Company to allow dollar purchases at parallel exchange rate; Start-up is ramping up investment after last funding round.
NEW STUDY More than third of world has never used Internet, says UN 30-11-2021 21:20 Some 2.9 billion people – 37% of the world's population – have still never used the Internet, the United Nations said Tuesday.
TECH GIANTS Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by widespread outage 04-10-2021 20:55 Facebook battled duelling crises on Monday as it faced a large-scale outage of its dominant social network for seven hours, and fought against a whistleblower's damning revelations.
Covid-19 vaccines Argentine firm begins work on Covid vaccine based on mRNA tech 28-09-2021 09:50 Sinergium Biotech to produce vaccines against Covid-19 for Latin American countries based on mRNA technology, similar to that employed by Pfizer and Moderna in their shots.
TECHNOLOGY China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week 30-08-2021 13:20 China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.
spyware scandal Reports: Private Israeli malware Pegasus used to spy on journalists, activists 19-07-2021 11:46 Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using mobile phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said over the weekend.
Digital divide 32% of Argentine households without fixed Internet connection, says report 11-06-2021 01:53 Almost a third of households in Argentina do not have a fixed Internet connection, says new report. Huge disparity in access nationwide.