Spanish utility Iberdrola offers to buy remaining shares to take 100% ownership of Avangrid
Spanish utility Iberdrola has proposed buying out the shares it doesn't control in Central Maine Power's parent company, Avangrid, for about $2.5 billion, officials announced this week. Iberdrola is already the largest shareholder in Connecticut-based Avangrid, which has $41 billion in assets and…#spanish #iberdrola #centralmainepower #avangrid #connecticut #newengland #avangridnetworks #avangridrenewables (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Spanish Data Protection Agency Orders Halt to Worldcoin's Data Collection
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has taken decisive action against Tools for Humanity Corporation, issuing a precautionary measure to halt the collection and processing of personal data within the framework of its Worldcoin project. The move comes in response to multiple complaints lodged…#worldcoin #spanish #aepd #gdpr #tareqsikder (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Spanish, Brazilian Works Lead Quirino Award Nominations, Among Them Oscar Contender ‘Robot Dreams’
Organizers of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards on Friday presented 25 finalists as part of the Malaga Film Festival’s Mafiz-Spanish Screenings Content Animation Hub section. The 25 works from seven countries will compete in 10 categories at the seventh edition of the Ibero-American…#malagafilmfestivals #tenerife #spain #brazil #chile #argentina #mexico #portugal #colombia #robotdreams (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Crypto Project Temp Banned in Spain
The company says eye scans are one way to eventually differentiate humans from AI and bots. Worldcoin, a Sam Altman-led iris scanning and cryptocurrency network, was banned in Spain this week by data protection regulator AEPD for up to three months. It's not available in the U.S. because of…#worldcoin #samaltman #spain #worldid #mittechnologyreview #wld #marespañamartí #kenya #alexblania (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sam Altman ’s Worldcoin files lawsuit after being banned from operating in Spain
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin has filed a lawsuit against the Spanish data protection regulator in response to being banned from operating in Spain, a spokesperson for Worldcoin said on Friday. Worldcoin aims to create a global identity system, and involves people getting their irises scanned in exchange…#samaltmans #worldcoin #spanish #spain #aepd #gdpr #europeanunions #argentina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Online marketplace for animal samples could cut waste and save lives
Every year, millions of tissue and organ samples from animal experiments go to waste, left forgotten in the back of lab freezers or destroyed to free up space. Scientists in Spain are hoping a new online tool could help. Called aRukon and set to launch globally this year, the virtual marketplace will allow researchers to sell unused animal samples to other labs, potentially cutting waste and saving animal lives. Lluís Montoliu, a geneticist and vice director of the National Center for Biotechnology, is optimistic about the plan. A member of the committee for transparency in animal experimentation at the Confederatio...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Appeals Spanish Ban
Spain’s Data Protection Agency on Wednesday ordered a precautionary measure prohibiting Worldcoin’s activities in the country for up to three months.#spain #dataprotectionagency #worldcoin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Worldcoin wants to pursue legal action against Spain over data block
Worldcoin told Blockworks on Friday that it plans to take legal action against Spain after a Spanish data protection agency moved to block data collection from the Sam Altman-backed company earlier this week. “Worldcoin is fully compliant with all laws and regulations governing biometric data…#spain #spanish #samaltman #dataprivacyauthority #worldcoin #worldapp #aepd #jannickpreiwisch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Growing number of Italians reducing consumption of olive oil as prices surge, survey finds
One-third of Italians have reduced their consumption of extra virgin olive oil, a mainstay of the Mediterranean diet, due to skyrocketing prices, according to a survey released Friday. But Italian producers are pushing back against the data, saying the snapshot of consumer sentiment does not give…#italians #italian #piepoli #mediterraneansea #spain #greece #davidgranieri #unaprol #granieri #extravirginoliveoil (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

WWE, a social media powerhouse, tops 100 million subscribers on YouTube
As WWE gears up for its biggest annual premium live event next month, the company continues to harness the power of its social media presence to reach its fans. A key component of that strategy is YouTube, where WWE has hit an important milestone: surpassing 100 million subscribers. YouTube has…#wwe #datareportal #tkogroup #pewdiepie #smackdown #nxt #xavierwoods #sheamus #wweespanol #spanish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

IPVAW male perpetrators convicted in Spain: a typology and characterization based on latent class analysis - Osa-Subtil I, Astray AA, Mateo Fernandez PV, de Dios-Duarte MJ.
Introduction: Men who assault their partners present deficits in the social skills necessary for adequate interpersonal interaction. Not all of them have the same difficulties, thus they do not constitute a homogeneous group. Various studies have proposed ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Study calls for improvement of commercial AI algorithms
In this study, the researchers aimed to externally validate the technology in a prospective observational study in patients who were scheduled for chest x-rays. They obtained a radiologist’s report for each patient (considered the gold standard) and subsequently compared the findings to the AI algorithm’s findings on the same reports.Image of patient (upper-left) in which, according to the radiologist's report, there is only consolidation, but the algorithm detects an abnormal rib (upper-right), consolidation (lower-left), and two nodules (lower-right). It is worth noting the confusion of a consolidation with mammary t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news

Male Soldiers In Spain Changing Genders To Receive Better Benefits And Higher Pay
Just when you though you've hit "peak transgender", you ain't see nothing yet... That's because soldiers in Spain are starting to change their genders from male to female to earn benefits that are only available to…#spain #nypost #northafrica #army (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Operations in Spain
Worldcoin, the biometric identity project, has been banned from operating in Spain for up to three months, according to a press release from the Spanish data agency, the AEPD. The agency will also require Worldcoin to stop using the already collected data from Spanish citizens, utilizing the EU’s…#spain #spanish #aepd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Apple may have made itself a target before the EU's Digital Markets Act comes into force
Experts say Apple has made itself a target for regulators as the EU introduces stringent new rules under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which just went into effect. The DMA came into force at midnight European time and introduces powers to fine tech giants up to 10 percent of their turnover.…#apple #dma #williamechikson #enriquedans #cepa #spain #iebusinessschool #epic # #register (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news