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“Barcelona has triumphed over Madrid as Spain’s startup capital because of the deal flow and the talent,” explains Miquel Martí, Tech Barcelona’s CEO. “International talent is attracted by the lifestyle, the strength of the ecosystem, and the presence of international companies.”According to Barcelona & Catalonia Startup Hub—the region’s startup directory—there are over 1,900 startups in Catalonia, mostly concentrated in Barcelona; since 2016, the number has grown by over 75 percent. The city has long had a strong…

Spain is one of the world's most-visited countries, drawing more than 83 million travelers in 2019, according to the United Nations' World Tourism Organization.In terms of international arrivals, that makes it second only to France.But the Spanish are also avid travelers within their own country, with nearly 93% choosing to travel within Spain in the first quarter of 2022, according to Spain's National Statistics Institute.From where to eat to new luxury hotels in Madrid and desserts celebrating different saints' days in…

Spanish football club Barcelona's president has announced the sale of 25 percent of Barca Studios, the company managing the club's digital business and audiovisual productions. In August 2021, Laporta announced that an audit of the club's finances showed Barca faced an estimated debt of $1.39 billion.…

The Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecoms industry's biggest annual gathering, will be held in Barcelona until 2024, extending its current contract by one year, the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday."By extending through 2024, we are demonstrating our commitment to our ecosystem as well as the host city parties," GSMA's CEO John Hoffman said in a statement. "We are pleased to report that we have had tremendous support and early commitment with many exhibitors for future editions."The MWC,…

Verizon on Monday showcased two robots on the stage of the Mobile World conference, saying that bots use 5G connectivity and mobile edge computing to communicate with each other.Edge computing uses augmented reality and machine learning to analyse bulk data where it was gathered - whether factory floor, oil rig or office space - and requires fast data transfers of the kind that only high-speed 5G signals provide."When you have more than one robot on the floor, you run into a problem, as these are still just machines, and…

Barcelona, Popular online discussion forum Reddit has announced that it is acquiring MeaningCloud, a natural language processing (NLP) company specialising in extracting meaning from unstructured content.Reddit said that the technology will strengthen the company's machine learning (ML) proficiencies and understanding of unstructured data, ultimately providing the most relevant information for redditors."MeaningCloud helps strengthen Reddit's platform by helping our community get the relevant information they are looking…

The Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, will be held in Barcelona until 2030, extending its current contract by six years, organisers said Monday.The event, which draws more than 100,000 people to Barcelona, has been held in Spain's second largest city since 2006.The existing agreement between the GSMA association that hosts the congress and local authorities ran until 2024."We are thrilled to announce that MWC will remain in Barcelona through to 2030," said GSMA director general Mats…

Nvidia's Grace superchip made waves when introduced earlier this year, as the company promised a supercharged Arm-based product that could take on Intel and AMD's x86 dominance in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) space. Now, as reported by HPC Wire, the company has snagged a $160 million contract (~€151 million) to provide the brains and brawn of supercomputing hardware for one of EuroHPC's supercomputing projects. The MareNostrum 5 (MareNostrum roughly translates to "our sea") will be installed in the Barcelona…