Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis cautioned that recent AI-driven cyberattacks were “early warning shots”, as more serious incidents could emerge over time unless companies and governments stepped up efforts to secure AI systems.

Speaking at the International AI Summit in Dublin, Hassabis said the industry needs to adopt safety practices used in sectors such as biology and nuclear technology, calling for secure, isolated sandboxes to test AI agents before they are connected to the internet, alongside stronger cybersecurity measures.

“We’ve got to kind of asymmetrically power up our defensive side to keep ahead of the attackers,” he said, arguing banks and governments could deploy AI to identify and fix software vulnerabilities before systems are widely released.

He also renewed calls for an international standards body to oversee AI safety, but clarified any framework must be flexible enough to keep pace with technological developments without stifling innovation.

Microsoft president and CEO Brad Smith also advocated for stronger safeguards, describing 2026 as a “sobering year” for AI safety. “No company or technology should be above the law,” he said, adding that regulation needed to be “sensible” and “balanced” while accounting for innovation.

Smith added that companies should be prepared to slow development when necessary, citing Microsoft’s decision to move 34,000 engineers from product development to cybersecurity two and a half years ago. “It was painful, but it was the right thing to do.”

“This allergy that some in the industry have to regulation is frankly something we need to get over,” he quipped.

European AI research
Separately, Google DeepMind and Google Cloud announced plans to provide up to 200 European scientific researchers with access to their frontier AI models, alongside $3 million in compute credits.

The initiative will support the European Union’s AI for Science agenda through the Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE), which aims to address computing resource gaps faced by researchers.

The companies will provide researchers with access to AI tools including AlphaFold 3, WeatherNext, AlphaGenome, AlphaEvolve and AlphaEarth Foundations. Google said the programme would equip researchers to tackle complex scientific challenges, including predicting extreme weather patterns and mapping molecular structures.

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Japan will pump $20 billion in funding into two new semiconductor facilities in the US as part of a trade agreement between the two countries, with GlobalFoundries selected to operate the sites.

The move forms part of a wider trade deal between the countries for Japan to invest $550 billion in return for the US lowering tariffs of Japanese goods.

GlobalFoundries will build the new sites at its Malta, New York, campus with the initiative designed to accelerate trusted semiconductor manufacturing in the US, strengthen critical supply chains and support growing demand across automotive, industrial and connected infrastructure markets.

Japan will make an initial investment of approximately $10 billion, accelerating construction of a new 300mm semiconductor fab which is expected to come online in 2029. It will add approximately 900,000 wafers of annual manufacturing capacity when fully operational.

An additional $10 billion will fund a second fab, which will produce the same amount of wafers. The entire project is expected to create about 27,000 construction and ecosystem jobs and more than 1,000 highly skilled manufacturing jobs in New York’s Capital Region.

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GlobalFoundries has also agreed a deal with the US Commerce Department to amend an existing award under the CHIPS and Science Act to reallocate $995 million towards investments in silicon photonics and other areas. This will expand manufacturing capacity for technologies “increasingly critical to communications infrastructure and data centres”.

As part of a separate arrangement, the US government will receive approximately 4% equity in GlobalFoundries, taking its total stake to 7%.

Tom Breen, CEO of GlobalFoundries said the initiative was a bold new step for semiconductor manufacturing, bringing together the US and Japan with differentiated technology and decades of manufacturing expertise.

Howard Lutnick, US secretary of commerce added President Donald Trump’s historic US, Japan trade deal “is delivering another massive manufacturing investment into America”.

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Telus Digital is now a deployment partner for Germany-founded AI customer service specialist Parloa, expanding its enterprise services portfolio with support for the latter’s AI agents.

Under the agreement, businesses will buy the platform directly from Parloa and use Telus Digital for integration, change management, managed services, and other professional work. Telus Digital will also introduce Parloa’s technology to existing and prospective clients.

Parloa’s agents handle authentication, bookings, payments, and order enquiries, transferring conversations to a human when personal assistance is needed.

The company cited its own research to illustrate the shortcomings of existing customer-service tools. Its study of 10,000 enterprise websites and 4,000 chat interactions found fewer than 9% of chatbot conversations reached a resolution, while only about 10% of escalation attempts connected users with a person.

Separately, its Consumer Patience Index, a survey of 1,001 US consumers conducted by Propeller Insights, found nearly a third would switch brands to avoid being put on hold.

“Consumer expectations are high, and brand loyalty is fragile,” stated Parloa CRO Chris Silver. “They need to have their issue solved, the first time, on their preferred channel and with no unnecessary delays.”

The agreement expands Parloa’s delivery capacity in North America and Europe. Its platform runs on Microsoft Azure and supports multiple AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT series. The company stated it complies with GDPR and meets ISO 27001 and SOC 2 standards.

Telus Digital global SVP of growth Will Mayo framed the partnership around cost, arguing high volumes of repetitive contact-centre interactions can increase the cost to serve without improving customer experience. He said Parloa’s agents could handle routine requests and transfer more complicated cases to a person.

Telus Digital stated Parloa will complement rather than replace its existing tools because no single product is likely to cover every client requirement. Its portfolio already includes conversational AI combining voice, generative AI and agentic automation.

Backed by parent company Telus, the digital services division operates with more than 83,000 employees across over 35 countries.

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NTT Docomo and US-based network equipment manufacturer Abside Networks signed an agreement to explore next-generation, AI-driven networks using high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), as operators look to extend networks beyond terrestrial infrastructure.

Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the pair will collaborate on HAPS system architecture, network control and data utilisation. They will also examine how AI can forecast demand and manage radio beams, capacity, spectrum and interference in stratospheric RAN.

In addition, the partners plan to study the collection and use of data on network quality, operations and stratospheric sensing, as well as potential integration with external applications and service platforms.

The agreement supports NTT Docomo’s broader vision for a “three-dimensional communications infrastructure that integrates AI with non-terrestrial network (NTN) initiatives, including HAPS”. Operating at altitudes of around 20km, HAPS use unmanned platforms to provide wide-area connectivity, including to underserved locations where conventional mobile coverage is difficult or uneconomical, such as mountainous regions and maritime areas.

The Japanese operator explained it aims to integrate terrestrial networks with systems in the stratosphere and space to enable wider-area, higher-capacity services that address mounting connectivity demand as AI usage balloons.

NTT Docomo has been conducting research and demonstrations aimed at delivering HAPS-based communications services, but noted the stratospheric environment requires specialised RAN technologies and equipment.

As a result, Abside is developing radio systems based on large antenna arrays for precise beam control, alongside an AI-driven software platform designed to provide “integrated control of networks across the ground, stratosphere and space”.

The equipment manufacturer also brings experience in stratospheric communications through its work on Google’s Project Loon balloon initiative, alongside development of HAPS equipment, NTN technologies and AI-based network control systems.

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AT&T sealed a deal worth $2 billion to sell its business in Mexico to Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings, ending a decade long battle to gain ground in the country that is dominated by Carlos Slim’s America Movil.

AT&T stated the sale represents another step in a wider strategy to prioritise investment in US fibre and wireless networks, an area where it continues to make “meaningful progress”.

The US operator entered Mexico in 2015 following major regulatory reform, acquiring operators Iusacell and Nextel for a total $4.4 billion, which it merged to establish the AT&T Mexico brand.

It decided to offload the business last year and a $2 billion deal was mooted by Bloomberg.

In its statement, AT&T claimed it had grown the business into one of the country’s leading providers, and it believes Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings are well positioned to lead it through the next phase of growth.

Both companies will take an equal share in AT&T Mexico and means Grupo Televisa will become the first provider in the country to offer mobile, internet, pay-TV and fixed line services.

America Movil owned Telcel has around a 58% market share, while AT&T Mexico has around 16% with 24.7 million wireless subscribers as of 31 December 2025.

John Stankey, AT&T chairman and CEO, said it had articulated a strong belief that the AI future will run on converged networks and dense fibre assets.

“This move positions AT&T Mexico to participate in that evolution and is consistent with our long-term strategy to focus our capital allocation on opportunities for growth in the vibrant US market,” he added.

The deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027 following regulatory approvals.

Telefonica also sold off its business in Mexico, striking a $450 million deal with a consortium of investors in April.

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A high-stakes legal showdown between two giants of the mobile industry reached a critical turning point, as a US jury found Arm breached its long-standing Architectural Licence Agreement (ALA) with Qualcomm.

According to a statement by Qualcomm released yesterday (13 October), a jury in a US district court determined Arm failed to honour its contractual commitments and intentionally acted to disrupt Qualcomm’s business operations.

The decision marks a major escalation in the bitter dispute between the semiconductor heavyweights. The verdict follows what Qualcomm characterised as a prior court win last year in the ongoing legal battle over custom CPU architectures, licensing rights, and the deployment of advanced silicon design.

Qualcomm framed the outcome as a defence of open market competition and a validation of its technology roadmap.

“Together with Qualcomm’s prior court victory, this outcome further exposes Arm’s broader intentions to harm Qualcomm and its ecosystem,” Qualcomm said. “This outcome is a victory for innovation and competition, and we remain focused on developing and delivering industry-leading semiconductor products including our Oryon CPUs to customers and consumers worldwide.”

While Qualcomm claimed victory, Arm stated it yesterday it was “pleased with jury’s decision today finding for Arm on four claims and awarding only one dollar in damages on each of Qualcomm’s other two claims”.

“Despite Qualcomm’s pursuit of this case in an attempt to deprive Arm of billions of dollars under our licence agreements, the jury’s verdict confirms that Arm operated in good faith under its technology licence agreement and its award of only two dollars confirms the merit of Arm’s arguments in the case.”

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (pictured) reportedly outlined plans to invest $2 billion across Europe to ramp adoption of AI technology and the company’s products.

Bloomberg reported Huang revealed the plan yesterday (13 October) during an event in Paris, which is part of a tour including stops in London and Berlin.

Huang said the fresh investments, to be announced in the next week, are on top of $8 billion the company previously committed to the continent, according to the news agency.

He also announced new funding for French start-ups Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment and Entalpic.

Nvidia’s founder also promoted open-source models, arguing their lower costs and greater flexibility could help Europe close the gap with the US on advanced AI.

The chipmaker is a major partner of French company Mistral AI, which develops open-weight AI models. It has invested in Mistral and supplies accelerators for its data centres.

“Open models are important as they can be customised for languages and for your own sovereignty,” he said, according to Bloomberg.

Nvidia’s GTC Berlin conference is schedule for 20-22 October.

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El consejero delegado de Meta Platforms, Mark Zuckerberg (en la foto), ha asegurado que la empresa ha alcanzado la «frontera» de la IA con la presentación de dos nuevos modelos pensados para tareas personales y profesionales complejas.

Tras grandes inversiones en infraestructura informática e investigación, la tecnológica ha indicado que Muse Wonder y Muse Wonder Full superan a sus modelos anteriores.

Los modelos pueden gestionar tareas que van desde la programación y el análisis de documentos hasta la interpretación de información legal, finanzas personales y datos de salud.

Entre sus características figura la Memoria Activa, que permite retener información relevante del usuario durante las conversaciones.

Los agentes cuentan además con Enfoque Activo, que les ayuda a continuar con tareas más largas, adaptarse a nueva información, corregir errores y pedir aclaraciones a los usuarios antes de tomar decisiones importantes.

Meta asegura que sus evaluaciones han arrojado buenos resultados en pruebas comparativas de rendimiento de agentes, memoria y programación, y añade que la versión avanzada, Muse Wonder Full, rinde mejor en tareas nuevas.

Precios y salvaguardas

A diferencia de su estrategia anterior de código abierto, Meta ofrece Muse Wonder a través de sus propios canales de desarrollo y suscripción, con lo que compite directamente con los chatbots de IA de rivales como OpenAI y Anthropic.

Según el Financial Times (FT), Meta ha anunciado que cobrará a las empresas desde 0,20 dólares (unos 0,17 euros) por millón de tokens en el acceso básico y hasta 200 dólares (unos 172 euros) al mes por la versión avanzada, Muse Wonder Full.

En declaraciones al diario con motivo del lanzamiento, en las que habló de la IA de vanguardia, Zuckerberg añadió que los nuevos modelos permitirían «comportamientos mucho más sofisticados, situados en la frontera de lo que se está haciendo en el campo de la IA».

Meta sostiene que Muse Wonder supera a Claude Opus 5.5 y Fable 5.1, de Anthropic, y a GPT-6 Astra, de OpenAI, en ciertas medidas técnicas.

Zuckerberg añadió que llegar a este punto exigió «una gran cantidad de recursos informáticos e inversión», además de una investigación constante. Dijo al Financial Times que ya hay nuevos modelos en desarrollo y más inversiones en marcha, y aseguró que la empresa «ya está trabajando en el siguiente paso».

El máximo responsable de Meta restó también importancia a la preocupación creciente por que sistemas de IA cada vez más capaces escapen al control humano: «Estoy mucho más convencido de que la IA es una tecnología que se puede diseñar con las salvaguardias habituales y construir de forma responsable».

Meta indica que sus nuevos modelos se han entrenado para evitar la divulgación no autorizada de información privada y rechazar las solicitudes que faciliten acciones dañinas, al tiempo que conservan capacidades de agente para el trabajo de ciberseguridad defensiva.

Con información de Amiya Johar.

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La junta directiva de la GSMA ha fijado las prioridades de conectividad del sector. Ha reclamado medidas sobre la asequibilidad de los smartphones, las estafas en internet y la inversión en redes, y ha respaldado una cooperación internacional más estrecha en los futuros estándares 6G.

Tras una reunión de la junta en Nueva Delhi (India), la asociación del sector ha indicado que, aunque el 97 % de la población mundial tiene cobertura de banda ancha móvil, 3400 millones de personas siguen sin acceso a internet móvil.

El coste de los dispositivos continúa siendo una barrera: un teléfono móvil básico con conexión a internet equivale al 44 % del ingreso mensual medio del 20 % más pobre de la población en países de ingresos bajos y medios.

La GSMA planteó posibles medidas para mejorar la asequibilidad, como planes de financiación, rebajas fiscales específicas y una cooperación más estrecha entre los fabricantes de dispositivos y los proveedores de memoria.

También señaló las estafas y el fraude como una amenaza creciente. Advirtió de que, aunque el sector móvil sigue reforzando sus herramientas de detección en red y de ciberdefensa, «ningún sector puede afrontar la amenaza por sí solo».

Añadió que los contenidos generados con IA y los deepfakes aumentan los riesgos para los consumidores, la confianza pública y los objetivos de los gobiernos, e instó al sector a «unir fuerzas para contrarrestar las estafas con soluciones prácticas».

Inversión sostenida

La GSMA subrayó también la necesidad de invertir en redes y de contar con políticas de apoyo para acelerar el crecimiento de la conectividad. Según sus conclusiones, las tecnologías y los servicios móviles aportaron un valor económico de 6 billones de dólares (unos 5,2 billones de euros) en 2025, el 6,4 % del PIB mundial.

Se prevé que esa cifra alcance los 11,3 billones de dólares (unos 9,7 billones de euros) en 2030.

Además, se estima que los operadores invertirán 1,2 billones de dólares (algo más de un billón de euros) en gastos de capital entre 2025 y 2030 para ampliar y modernizar las redes, y que el 57 % de las conexiones móviles utilizará 5G a finales de la década.

El director general de la GSMA, Vivek Badrinath, afirmó que la próxima prioridad del sector debe ser convertir la expansión de la 5G en valor real y garantizar que más personas puedan participar en la economía digital.

«Esto requerirá inversión sostenida, políticas favorables y colaboración en todo el ecosistema», recalcó.

De cara al futuro, la asociación reiteró su apoyo a los estándares globales y a la armonización del espectro radioeléctrico a medida que avanza el desarrollo de la 6G.

Señaló que países que suman más del 80 % de la población mundial respaldan el uso móvil de la banda superior de 6 GHz, que podría proporcionar los anchos de banda de canal de entre 200 MHz y 400 MHz que se prevé que necesitará el 6G.

El presidente de la GSMA, Gopal Vittal, afirmó que, «trabajando con estándares globales y colaborando entre mercados, podemos acelerar la innovación y reforzar la confianza y la resiliencia», a medida que el sector desarrolla la próxima generación de conectividad.

Con información de Amiya Johar.

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Apple ha ampliado su catálogo de dispositivos para el hogar conectado para competir con rivales como Google y Amazon. Entre las novedades figura el HomeView, un centro de control que cuesta 299 dólares (unos 257 euros al cambio).

El HomeView Hub saldrá a la venta el 13 de noviembre, aunque Apple no lo comercializa en España. Reconoce a los usuarios por el rostro, de modo que pueden dar órdenes sin tocar el dispositivo y acceder a su contenido personal en Mensajes, FaceTime, Calendario, Recordatorios y Buscar mi iPhone.

Se ofrece en dos configuraciones: un modelo de sobremesa, que se conecta a la corriente con un cable USB-C estándar, y otro para colgar en la pared, con varias opciones de conexión, entre ellas Ethernet o Power over Ethernet (PoE); esta última no llegará hasta principios de 2027.

El HomeView Hub, con pantalla LiquidRetina de 7 pulgadas, no tiene botones: los usuarios acceden a las aplicaciones y los contenidos a través de la nueva IA de Siri.

Su cámara frontal FaceTime le permite distinguir hasta seis usuarios por la voz o el aspecto y ofrecer a cada uno respuestas personalizadas para consultar el calendario, hacer videollamadas, ver recetas de cocina o escuchar música a través de sus altavoces.

Ben Wood, analista jefe de CCS Insight, que asistió al acto celebrado en Nueva York este martes 13, ha declarado a Mobile World Live que el HomeView «tiene un diseño bastante distintivo en comparación con los dispositivos domésticos conectados de la competencia».

«Resultará familiar de inmediato a cualquiera que haya usado un Apple Watch, y Apple cuenta con la ventaja de poder utilizar el ID de Apple para identificar de forma fácil y segura a los miembros de un hogar y ofrecer información específica sobre cada uno», afirmó.

«No sorprende que el HomeView coincida con el renovado impulso de Apple hacia la IA de Siri y Apple Intelligence».

«La empresa esperaba la mejora de la experiencia de Siri, dada la importancia que tienen las interacciones por voz en este producto», añadió.

Para reforzar su presencia en el sector de la domótica, el fabricante del iPhone se ha asociado con LG Electronics y Schneider Electric para lanzar Apple Home Collection, una línea de accesorios que incluye cámaras para interior y exterior, un timbre con vídeo, termostatos y cerraduras para puertas.

Wood apuntó que estas alianzas reflejan que Apple está dispuesta a salir de su propio ecosistema para desarrollar nuevos productos y servicios.

«Sin embargo, si se observa con detenimiento, parece que ha habido una colaboración muy estrecha entre Apple y estos socios para garantizar que el diseño, la ingeniería y la experiencia se ajusten lo máximo posible a las expectativas de los usuarios», explicó.

Aunque las alianzas con LG y Schneider suponen un cambio respecto a su estrategia tradicional, Wood sostuvo que ofrecen a los consumidores un único interlocutor para montar un hogar conectado.

«Al lograr que las cámaras, las cerraduras, los termostatos y los timbres se conecten con la misma facilidad que los AirPods, las empresas abordan uno de los principales obstáculos del sector: la complejidad de hacer que todo funcione», afirmó.

Los productos de la colección estarán disponibles a partir de diciembre, y algunos accesorios llegarán a principios de 2027. Los precios oscilan entre 199 y 399 dólares (entre unos 171 y 343 euros).

«Dado que Apple denomina a su nueva gama Apple Home Collection, es de esperar que dedique un espacio de su red de Apple Stores a mostrar una solución integral para el hogar conectado», señaló Wood. «Como muchos aficionados a la tecnología ya han adoptado productos de otros fabricantes, sospecho que la nueva línea de Apple atraerá a clientes que se habían planteado invertir en un dispositivo de domótica, pero que se mostraban reticentes ante la complejidad del sector».

Con John Ternus como consejero delegado desde septiembre, tras suceder a Tim Cook, Wood considera que Apple adopta un enfoque prudente en el mercado de la domótica, donde rivales como Ring (de Amazon), Nest (de Google), Arlo y otros «ya tienen una presencia consolidada».

«Pero Apple podría beneficiarse de una experiencia fluida, apoyándose en su reputación y en su enfoque en la privacidad, y ofrecer a sus clientes actuales una razón más para permanecer dentro de su ecosistema», afirmó.

Más dispositivos

Junto con el HomeView, Apple ha presentado una versión renovada del decodificador Apple TV 4K, con micrófonos integrados y un mando a distancia más fácil de encontrar. Incorpora también Siri con IA, que permite hablar con el asistente sin usar las manos.

Los clientes de Estados Unidos y de otros 29 países y regiones ya pueden reservar el Apple TV 4K en la web de Apple y en la app Apple Store. Llegará a las tiendas el 13 de noviembre. En España cuesta 349 euros; en Estados Unidos, 299 dólares (unos 257 euros), o 9,83 dólares al mes (unos 8,45 euros) durante seis meses.

La firma también ha presentado el altavoz HomePod mini 2, que llega en una nueva gama de colores (rosa, verde, azul, blanco y negro) y cuenta con animaciones de luz que reflejan la portada del álbum de la canción que suena.

El altavoz ofrece sonido envolvente por sí solo, en pareja estéreo o en un sistema de audio multihabitación. Conectados al nuevo Apple TV 4K, cuatro HomePod mini 2 pueden formar un sistema de cine en casa con sonido envolvente.

Varios usuarios pueden, además, controlar los accesorios y las automatizaciones del hogar conectado mediante comandos de voz.

El HomePod mini 2 ya se puede reservar y estará disponible a partir del 30 de octubre. En España cuesta 169 euros; en Estados Unidos, 149 dólares (unos 128 euros al cambio).

Con información de Michael Robuck.

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Microsoft ha presentado la tercera generación de su chip de IA de fabricación propia, dentro de un plan para reducir su dependencia de los procesadores de Nvidia.

El chip Maia 300 se utilizará en los despliegues de varios gigavatios que la tecnológica prevé para 2027 y pasará a ser el sistema de inferencia principal de sus productos y servicios.

Reuters ha informado de que la empresa podría desplegar más de un millón de estos chips en 2027.

Según una publicación en el blog del vicepresidente ejecutivo Scott Guthrie, Microsoft espera que el Maia 300 ofrezca un 40% más de tokens por megavatio que los principales sistemas basados en GPU, sin mencionar a Nvidia.

El Maia 300 está concebido como un sistema único, en el que el software, el silicio, la infraestructura física de racks, las redes y los centros de datos se han codiseñado para funcionar como una sola plataforma.

Guthrie señaló que un rack de 96 chips ofrece un rendimiento de tokens a escala de rack siete veces superior al del Maia 200.

Añadió que el nuevo chip está «diseñado con una arquitectura centrada en la inferencia, optimizada para cargas de trabajo de IA de contexto largo, con uso intensivo de memoria y decodificación».

El chip Maia 200 da soporte a las cargas de trabajo de producción de la empresa, entre ellas Microsoft 365 Copilot, así como a los modelos de OpenAI que se ejecutan en el servicio de computación en la nube Azure de Microsoft.

Con información de Michael Robuck.

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La firma Holafly de conectividad internacional ha presentado Ultra, una nueva suscripción mensual que, además de la conexión a internet, incluye atención médica y psicológica, y gestión de incidencias en vuelos y equipajes.

El plan ofrece datos ilimitados en más de 160 destinos y se dirige sobre todo a nómadas digitales, estudiantes en el extranjero y viajeros frecuentes.

La empresa justifica el lanzamiento por las dificultades que encuentran quienes pasan largas temporadas fuera de su país.

Según un estudio propio, el 47,5 % de los viajeros frecuentes o de larga estancia ha retrasado o evitado pedir atención médica en el extranjero aunque creía necesitarla.

La compañía añade que, según datos del sector, 6 de cada 10 viajeros tienen algún problema de bienestar durante el viaje y el 73 % ha sufrido incidencias con vuelos o equipaje en el último año.

«Poder trabajar o estudiar desde cualquier lugar no significa que desaparezcan las preocupaciones del día a día. Ponerse enfermo, sentirse abrumado o que te cancelen un vuelo puede ser más complicado cuando estás lejos de tu red de apoyo habitual», señala la dirección de operaciones de Holafly.

Qué incluye el plan Ultra

El plan reúne en una sola cuota mensual unas diez prestaciones, que la compañía agrupa en tres bloques: conectividad, salud y asistencia en viaje.

El primer bloque incluye datos móviles ilimitados con eSIM en más de 160 destinos, con velocidades de hasta 5G, y conexión compartida también ilimitada para usar el móvil como punto de acceso desde ordenadores o tabletas.

Incorpora además un número de teléfono local de Estados Unidos, Canadá o Reino Unido, que solo sirve para recibir SMS y códigos de verificación en dos pasos.

El resto de las prestaciones de este apartado son una función de ubicación virtual, un bloqueador de anuncios y rastreadores, y atención al cliente las 24 horas en nueve idiomas.

En el apartado sanitario, el plan ofrece telemedicina las 24 horas a través de Meeting Doctors, con chat y llamadas o videollamadas en español e inglés.

Cubre consultas de medicina general y de algunas especialidades, como ginecología. También incluye apoyo psicológico para afrontar el estrés, la soledad o el agotamiento asociados a los viajes, y asesoramiento en nutrición y entrenamiento personal.

Para las mascotas, dispone de consultas veterinarias en línea, solo en español.

El tercer bloque abarca la tramitación de reclamaciones por retrasos, cancelaciones y sobreventa de billetes, en colaboración con plataformas especializadas como AirHelp, y la gestión de reclamaciones por equipajes perdidos, retrasados, dañados o devaluados.

Planes y precios

Con Ultra, la gama de suscripciones de Holafly pasa a tener tres modalidades, que no exigen permanencia. Light (45,95 euros al mes) ofrece 25 GB de datos globales y permite compartir la conexión, pero no incluye asistencia médica ni legal.

Unlimited (59,95 euros al mes) da acceso a datos y conexión compartida ilimitados, y a un número local para recibir SMS, aunque tampoco incluye servicios de salud ni protección en viaje.

La nueva Ultra (84,90 euros al mes) es la modalidad más completa: suma a lo anterior las herramientas de privacidad, la gestión de reclamaciones de vuelos y equipajes, y la atención médica y psicológica las 24 horas.

Con pago trimestral, el precio de Ultra baja a 76,63 euros al mes (un 10 % menos) y, con pago anual, a 67,99 euros al mes (un 22 % menos).

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La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) ha emitido un informe crítico con el proyecto de real decreto del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica que regulará los centros de datos en España.

El regulador coincide en que hay que ordenar el sector ante el elevado número de solicitudes de acceso a la red, pero advierte de que los requisitos energéticos que plantea el Gobierno podrían sobredimensionar la infraestructura eléctrica, encarecer las tarifas y llevar algunas inversiones a otros países.

Las objeciones de la CNMC

El borrador exige que cada centro de datos cubra al menos el 80 % de su consumo anual y horario con nueva generación renovable, ya sea mediante autoconsumo o contratos de compraventa de energía (PPA) con plantas de menos de 18 meses de antigüedad.

Según la CNMC, cubrir ese porcentaje hora a hora, también de noche, obligaría a instalar una capacidad de generación y de baterías muy superior a la necesaria y elevaría los costes de la red.

El organismo añade que ya hay permisos concedidos para más de 12 GW y otros 27 GW en tramitación, frente a una previsión oficial de entre 3,5 y 4 GW para 2030, lo que tensionaría los precios y acabaría repercutiendo en los consumidores.

Recuerda además que España ya registra sobregeneración renovable, con cerca de 600 horas de precios negativos en el primer semestre de 2026, y considera ineficiente construir nuevos parques en lugar de aprovechar esos excedentes.

Por ello propone ampliar de 18 a 36 meses la antigüedad máxima de las plantas asociadas, dar por cumplidas las horas con excedentes (precios iguales o inferiores a 20 €/MWh), priorizar el ahorro de agua (WUE) suavizando el indicador de consumo eléctrico (PUE) y suprimir las sanciones previstas en forma de recargos sobre los peajes eléctricos.

Reacción de la patronal

La asociación Spain DC ha recibido el informe como un respaldo a sus objeciones. El sector ha presentado más de 600 alegaciones y 15.000 folios contra el borrador y sostiene que el texto compromete la competitividad de España en inteligencia artificial.

Su presidente, Emilio Díaz, ha destacado que el propio regulador admite que los requisitos pueden afectar a la viabilidad de los proyectos o desplazarlos a otros países.

Según los cálculos de la patronal, un centro de 100 MW tendría que habilitar entre 800 y 1.000 MW de potencia renovable, de ocho a diez veces más.

La directora ejecutiva, Begoña Villacís, ha pedido una interlocución técnica con el Gobierno para reescribir los puntos más polémicos y garantizar la seguridad jurídica.

Reacción del Gobierno

El Ejecutivo, que ha convocado elecciones generales para el 29 de noviembre, se encuentra en el tramo final de su mandato.

Este decreto es una de las normas menos afectadas por la disolución de las Cortes, porque se tramita como real decreto y no como ley, y por tanto no decae.

Tras los comicios, el Gobierno pasará a estar en funciones y su margen de actuación se reducirá, de modo que prevé aprobarlo en octubre, una vez emitido el dictamen del Consejo de Estado.

Según El Español, prepara una versión algo más suave, pero sin renunciar a que los centros de datos cubran el 80 % de su consumo con nueva generación renovable hora a hora.

Argumenta que debe cumplir los compromisos vinculados a los fondos europeos NextGeneration y, por ahora, no ha atendido las principales peticiones de flexibilización del regulador y de la patronal.

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A survey by Verizon Frontline revealed daily AI usage by US public safety agencies nearly tripled over the past year while drone and robot deployments also saw an uptick.

The sixth annual Verizon Frontline Public Safety Communications Survey, conducted by Lexipol Media Group, highlighted daily use of AI reached nearly 32%, while 56% of public safety agency users anticipate daily AI reliance within three years, signalling it as a critical decision-support tool.

Additionally, the daily use of drones and robots increased from 15% to 26% as agencies more frequently use them to navigate hazardous environments to keep human emergency responders out of harm’s way while providing real-time situational awareness.

Network resilience remains a priority as agencies adopt these technologies, with more than 77% of the responders identifying it and reliability as their main operational requirements. Network performance also shapes personal device choices, with about 49% of respondents citing resilience and reliability as the biggest factor when selecting a device plan.

Kim Mirabella, VP of Verizon Public Sector and Verizon Frontline, stated the 2026 findings show technologies including AI and robotics, once considered futuristic, are already essential tools used by first responders every day.

Verizon stated 1,035 US public safety professionals took part in the survey

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The GSMA board outlined the industry’s connectivity priorities, calling for action on smartphone affordability, online scams and network investment while backing closer international cooperation on future 6G standards.

Following a board meeting in New Delhi, India, the industry association stated that although 97% of the global population live within mobile broadband coverage, 3.4 billion people remain unconnected to mobile internet. The cost of devices remains a significant barrier, with an entry-level internet-enabled handset equivalent to 44% of average monthly income for the poorest 20% of people in low- and middle-income countries.

The GSMA highlighted potential measures to improve affordability including financing schemes, targeted tax cuts and closer cooperation between device makers and memory suppliers.

It also identified scams and fraud as a growing threat, warning that although the mobile industry continues to strengthen network detection and cyber defence tools, “no single sector can tackle the threat alone”. The GSMA noted AI-generated content and deepfakes further add to risks for consumers, public trust and government objectives, calling on the industry to “join forces to counter scams with practical solutions”.

Sustained investment
The GSMA also highlighted the need for network investment and supportive policy to accelerate connectivity growth. It found mobile technologies and services generated $6 trillion in economic value in 2025, equivalent to 6.4% of global GDP. This figure is forecast to reach $11.3 trillion by 2030.

In addition, operators are projected to invest $1.2 trillion in capital expenditure between 2025 and 2030 to expand and upgrade networks, with 57% of mobile connections expected to use 5G by the end of the decade.

GSMA director general Vivek Badrinath said the sector’s next priority must be to translate 5G expansion into “meaningful value”, ensuring more people can participate in the digital economy. “This will require sustained investment, enabling policy and collaboration across the wider ecosystem,” he stressed.

Looking ahead, the industry association reiterated its support for global standards and harmonised spectrum as 6G development continues. It highlighted countries representing more than 80% of the world’s population support mobile use of the upper 6GHz band, which could provide the 200MHz to 400MHz channel bandwidths expected to be needed for 6G.

GSMA chair Gopal Vittal said that “by working through global standards and collaborating across markets, we can accelerate innovation, strengthen trust and resilience” as the industry develops the next generation of connectivity.

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Apple expanded its smart home portfolio of devices as it looks to better compete against rivals including Google and Amazon, which included the debut of its $299 HomeView hub.

HomeView Hub, which is available from 13 November, recognises users by their faces to allow them to give hands-free commands to access personal content across Messages, FaceTime, Calendar, Reminders, and Find My.

It is available in two distinct configurations: a tabletop design powered by a standard USB-C cable or a wall-mounted version which connects via various options, including Ethernet or Power over Ethernet (PoE) wired mounts, with the latter available in early 2027.

HomeView Hub, which includes a 7-inch LiquidRetina display, does not have buttons, instead it relies on the new Siri AI to enable users to access apps or content. With a built-in, front facing FaceTime camera, it can recognise up to six different users by voice or appearance. It then gives personalised responses to each one for tasks such as accessing calendars, videoconferencing, viewing cooking recipes or listening to music through its speakers.

CCS Insight chief analyst Ben Wood, who attended today’s (13 October) event in New York City, told Mobile World Live HomeView “has quite a distinctive design compared to rival smart home devices”.

“It will be immediately familiar to anyone who has used an Apple Watch, and Apple has the advantage that it can use Apple ID to easily and securely identify individuals in a household to provide information specifically about them,” he said. “It is little surprise that the HomeView coincides with Apple’s renewed push on Siri AI and Apple Intelligence.

“The company has undoubtedly been waiting for the upgraded Siri experience, given how important the voice interactions are with this product,” he added.

To increase its presence in the smart home sector, the iPhone maker partnered with LG Electronics Inc. and Schneider Electric SE to release a lineup of Apple Home Collection accessories, including indoor and outdoor cameras, a video doorbell, thermostats, and door locks.

Wood noted these partnerships signalled a willingness by Apple to go outside of its own ecosystem to develop new products and services.

“However, looking closely, it appears like there has been very deep collaboration between Apple and these partners to ensure the design, engineering and experience closely match what users would expect,” he explained.

While Apple’s tie-ups with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric mark a shift from its traditional strategy, Wood argued they give consumers a single source for a smart home set-up.

“By making cameras, a lock, thermostats and a doorbell as easy to connect as AirPods, the companies address one of the sector’s biggest hurdles: “the complexity of getting things working,” he said.

Availability for the Home Collection products starts in December, with select accessories available beginning early 2027. The prices range from $199 to $399.

“Since Apple is calling the suite of new products the Apple Home Collection, I’d expect it to dedicate space in its extensive network of Apple Stores to showcase a turnkey smart home solution,” Wood stated. “Given that many technology enthusiasts have already adopted smart home products from other manufacturers, I suspect Apple’s new lineup will appeal to customers who have considered investing in a smart home device but have been apprehensive about the category’s complexity.”

Under the leadership of CEO John Ternus, who took over in September from Tim Cook, Wood argued Apple is taking a cautious approach to the smart home market where rivals such as Amazon’s Ring, Google’s Nest and Arlo and others “already have a strong profile”.

“But Apple may benefit from making the experience seamless, building on its trusted reputation and focus on privacy while giving existing customers yet another reason to stay inside its extremely strong ecosystem,” he said.

More devices
Alongside HomeView, Apple unveiled an updated Apple TV 4K set-top box with built-in microphones and a remote control which is easier to locate. It also features Siri AI which enables users talk to Siri hands-free.

Customers in the US and 29 other countries and regions can pre-order Apple TV 4K starting today from Apple’s online and in the Apple Store app, with availability in stores beginning 13 November. It cost $299 or $9.83 per month for six months.

It also introduced the HomePod mini 2 speaker, which comes in a fresh range of colours, including pink, green, blue, white, and midnight, and features lighting animations which reflect the album artwork of the song being played.

The speaker can provide room-filling sound on its own, as part of a stereo pair or in a multiroom audio set-up. When connected to the new Apple TV 4K, four HomePod Mini 2 speakers can create a surround-sound home cinema system which Apple claims is its most immersive home theatre setup to date. Multiple users can also control smart home accessories and automations securely through voice commands.

HomePod Mini 2 can be pre-ordered starting today with availability beginning on 30 October. It is priced at $149.

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India’s Adani Enterprises Limited and Apple supplier Jabil signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a 50:50 joint venture, tasked with manufacturing AI and data centre equipment in the country.

The JV is the next step on from a deal struck by the duo in June 2026 to form a strategic alliance to develop an AI and data centre infrastructure manufacturing ecosystem.

Once established, the pair stated the venture will supply hyperscalers, neoclouds, data centre operators and enterprises, serving accelerating data centre demand.

The companies cited industry forecasts which project India’s AI capacity will reach between 5 gigawatts to 8 gigawatts by 2030 and more than $50 billion in planned hyperscale spending across data centre, cloud and AI ecosystems.

In total, the pair peg the global market opportunity at more than $3 trillion over the next seven years, driven by investment in AI computing.

The duo will look to cash in on this demand by providing a manufacturing base in the country to serve domestic demand and support exports.

Adani Group, which runs the enterprise division, has made a $100 billion commitment to develop 5 gigawatts of green-energy powered, hyperscale AI-ready data centres by 2035, and the proposed venture adds hardware manufacturing to the group’s presence across infrastructure, energy and logistics.

Jabil makes components for Apple and will use the JV to expand its engineering footprint across India. It reported revenue of $36 billion in fiscal 2026.

Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, said “the AI revolution will demand far more than just breakthroughs in algoritms” and the proposed JV would “help build the physical backbone of the global AI economy”.

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (pictured) reportedly claimed the company had reached the “frontier” of AI, as it unveiled two new models designed to handle complex personal and professional tasks.

Following hefty investments in computing infrastructure and research, the technology giant said Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full AI mark “our most capable models to date”.

The models can handle tasks ranging from coding and document analysis to interpreting legal information, personal finance and health data.

Among key features is Active Memory, enabling the retention of relevant user information across conversations. The agents are also equipped with Active Focus to help them continue pursuing longer tasks, adapt to new information, recover from errors and ask users for clarification before taking important actions.

Meta claimed its evaluations showed strong results across benchmarks covering agent performance, memory and coding, adding the advanced Muse Wonder Full version performs better on unfamiliar tasks.

Built responsibly
Unlike its earlier open-source strategy, Meta is offering Muse Wonder through its own developer and subscription channels in a direct challenge to AI chatbots from rivals including OpenAI and Anthropic. According to the Financial Times (FT), Meta said it would charge companies from between 20 cents per million tokens for basic access to as much as $200 a month for the more powerful Muse Wonder Full. 

Speaking to the publication on the launch in which he made the comment about frontier AI, Zuckerberg added the new models would enable “much more sophisticated behaviours that are at the frontier of what is being done in the AI field”.

Meta claims Muse Wonder surpasses Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 and OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra on certain technical measures.

Zuckerberg added that reaching this point required “a large amount of compute and investment” alongside sustained research. He told the FT that further model development and spending was under way, stating the company was “already working on the next step up”.

The chief also played down mounting concerns about increasingly capable AI systems escaping human control, declaring: “I’m much closer to the belief that AI is a technology that can be engineered with normal guardrails and built responsibly.”

Meta said its new models were trained to prevent unauthorised disclosure of private information and reject requests to facilitate harmful actions, while retaining agentic capabilities for defensive cybersecurity work.

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Nokia signed an agreement to sell its Enterprise Campus Edge (ECE) business to investment company Aurelius Group, a move the Finnish vendor stated sharpens its portfolio and directs capital to areas earmarked for long-term value.

Value of the planned transaction was undisclosed and Nokia expects the deal to close in the first half of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions.

Nokia this month also completed a deal to sell its fixed wireless access (FWA) CPE business to US broadband vendor Inseego.

Under Aurelius’ ownership, Nokia said ECE will continue to operate as a standalone business but benefit from greater independence and a dedicated strategic focus. Employees are expected to transfer with the business, in accordance with applicable local laws and processes.

ECE has a big presence in the private wireless market, serving almost 900 customers across industries including manufacturing, mining, logistics, airports, ports and power generation worldwide.

Its portfolio also includes industrial devices, on-premises operational technology, edge and micro-edge solutions and software applications to power industrial AI use cases.

Konstanty Owczarek, chief corporate development officer at Nokia, said the deal provides ECE a strong foundation for growth. “Our priority throughout the transition will be continued growth of the business and continuity for existing customers and employees,” he added.

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BT Business unveiled a managed security service aimed at increasing protection against AI-enhanced attacks for enterprises and public sector organisations, combining its technology and know-how with that of partner Microsoft.

Announcing the Security Operations Centre-as-a-Service (SOCaaS) product for the Microsoft Sentinel platform, the operator noted the launch was the result of an extended relationship with its partner across AI, security and cloud.

BT added the product combined the tech giant’s “leading security technology” with its scale, security and network operations.

Pointing to the need for beefed-up security in the AI era given accelerated attack timelines, BT positioned the offering as helping customers cut complexity of security operations, control costs and “improve detection, response and resilience”.

BT Business CEO Jon James explained “AI is transforming the cyber threat landscape at unprecedented speed, and our customers need protection that stays one step ahead”.

“By extending our partnership with Microsoft, we’re combining cutting-edge security technology with BT’s cyber expertise and threat intelligence to deliver stronger, more proactive protection”.

The managed service launch is the latest enterprise-focused offering promoted as helping UK organisations battle the ever-increasing tide of cybercrime.

In May, it unveiled what it called industrial-grade security products for small and medium sized businesses using technology from specialist CrowdStrike.  

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