Airbn-bye: Barcelona bans short-term apartment rentals for tourists Spanish sublet shock solution to housing crisis Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 58
AWS pledges to spend €15.7B expanding Spanish operations Much of the money will go to mountainous Aragón – not mainly in the plain Off-Prem24 May 2024 | 7
Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data €550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for 'systemic and massive' disregard for privacy laws Personal Tech05 Dec 2023 | 30
Spanish phisherfolk caught in cops' net in multi-million-euro catch Crooks swindled about €3 million from victims Cybersecurity Month25 Oct 2023 | 1
Cops crack gang that used bots to book and resell immigration appointments Keeping files that mention 'robot rental' may not have been the best way to cover their tracks Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 24
Spain gets EU cash to test next gen network, and US 'scrum for 6G' already under way How much better do mobile networks really have to be by 2030-ish? Networks26 Apr 2023 | 28
Suspected radiation alert saboteurs cuffed by cops after sensors disabled You might say the police were in their element Security28 Jul 2022 | 23
Spanish PM, defense minister latest Pegasus spyware victims Latest Spanish officials to detect Pegasus spyware on mobile devices Security02 May 2022 | 23
UK Prime Minister, Catalan groups 'targeted by NSO Pegasus spyware' UAE reportedly using 'legal' malware on erstwhile allies Security18 Apr 2022 | 42
Spain's highway agency is monitoring speeding hotspots using bulk phone location data Local reports suggest individuals can't be identified... yet Security25 Sep 2020 | 75
Franco-stein's on the move: Spanish dictator turfed out of decadent mountaintop mausoleum Remains exhumed and relocated to Madrid Bootnotes24 Oct 2019 | 60
As halfwit, would-be dictator buried by UK judges, Spain would like to dig up a very real one Court green-lights Franco's exhumation from opulent mountainside mausoleum Bootnotes24 Sep 2019 | 56
It just wasn't meant toupee: Bloke nicked at Barcelona Airport with €30k of blow under wig The worst drug-smuggling attempt we've ever seen Bootnotes16 Jul 2019 | 31
Bloody vultures! Cheeky Spanish paraglider firm pinched El Reg's mascot Dios mío, eso es nuestro buitre! Bootnotes21 Jun 2019 | 45
Own goal: $280,000 GDPR fine for soccer app that snooped on fans' phone mics to snare pub telly pirates La Liga says privacy watchdog is Barca-ing up the wrong tree Personal Tech12 Jun 2019 | 50
Honey, hive had it with this drone: Couple lived for years with thousands of bees in bedroom wall Come for the enterprise tech, stay for the tortured puns Bootnotes21 May 2019 | 63
Seven years on, Spain rattles tin cup at Google over Street View slurp Chocolate Factory tickled with featherweight €300k fine Legal08 Nov 2017 | 7
Facebook fined €1.2m by Spain for… you'll never guess what Yes, yes, privacy failings On-Prem11 Sep 2017 | 13
Spanish cops snatch suspected top spammer as US moves against Kelihos botnet Trump hacking claims look like red herring Security11 Apr 2017 | 11
Gimme some skin: Boffins perfect 3D bioprinter that emits slabs of human flesh Vid Just imagine what a printer jam looks like Science25 Jan 2017 | 23
Spain's Prime Minister wants to ban internet memes. No, really Pics So you won’t be able to, you know, mock Mariano Rajoy like this… Bootnotes11 Nov 2016 | 45
Spain's iPhone killer actually a rebranded Xiaomi – new claim Zetta handsets might have been marked-up Chinese phones Personal Tech18 Oct 2016 | 26
Drones and alt energy tech star at Spanish start-up fiesta Skill and enthusiasm on the Iberian peninsula AI + ML12 Sep 2016 | 7
Spaniard live streams 195km/h burn-up Periscope speed merchant drives straight into cuffing Legal10 May 2016 | 53
Spanish launch heroic bid to seize Brit polar vessel Boaty McBoatface faces Blas de Lezo in 'name that ship' showdown Bootnotes29 Mar 2016 | 83
Storks bin migration for junk food diet Fly to Africa for the winter? Nah, I'm off to the local landfill Science16 Mar 2016 | 28
PARIS paper plane lands in Spanish school textbook Educational honour for legendary Playmonaut mission Science07 Mar 2016 | 22
Barking spider prompts Spanish clan shoot-out Two shot and three cuffed in flatulent fracas Bootnotes25 Feb 2016 | 26
Firemen free chap's todger from four-ring chokehold Precision saw, cooling fluid, nerves of steel Bootnotes10 Feb 2016 | 91
Spanish village mounts Playmobil extravaganza PICS Elvis spotted among miniature masses, our man on the spot reports Bootnotes11 Dec 2015 | 25
Spanish village celebrates Playmobil nativity Ah, the miniature joy of Xmas Bootnotes02 Dec 2015 | 30
Drug-smuggling granny's vagina holds Kinder surprise Plastic podule prison penetration plan Bootnotes12 Nov 2015 | 55
Cement company in sacks out for the lads rumpus Hauled into Spanish court over sexist adverts Bootnotes11 Nov 2015 | 37
Spanish town trumpets 'Clitoris Festival' thanks to Google snafu Typical local delicacy a lip-smacking prospect Bootnotes03 Nov 2015 | 52
Spaniard trousers €60,000 bank error, proceeds directly to jail Does not pass go, despite commendable misappropriation attempt Legal04 Sep 2015 | 68
Spain triumphs! Fascist anthem hails Spanish badminton champ Ghost of Franco haunts women's singles medal ceremony in Jakarta Legal18 Aug 2015 | 26
Europol knocks out mobile cybercrime gang in Spain International revenue sharing fraud still going good and strong Legal10 Jul 2015 | 6
Spaniard sues eBay over right to sell the Sun Tat bazaar unimpressed with solar punt Bootnotes05 Jun 2015 | 89
Spaniards get that cinking feeling That's enough crowdfunding, marketing and texting, I'm off for some cervezing Bootnotes04 Jun 2015 | 44
Top Spanish minister shows citizens are thick as tortillas de ballenas Quarter believe the sun orbits the earth Science27 Apr 2015 | 85
'Oh great Commission, save us from the French' pleads Uber Ride-share app turns to EU for help in battles with legal hordes of France, Spain Legal02 Apr 2015 | 21
Warning: Using encrypted email in Spain? Do not pass go, go directly to jail Civil lib group cries foul after judge detains terror suspects Security14 Jan 2015 | 63
Finally, some recognition: 'Selfi' snaps Spanish Word of the Year No escape from these egotistical, ubiquitous, self-indulgent self portraits Bootnotes05 Jan 2015 | 9
Google Tax part 94: EU's H-dot wavers over copyright levy Here’s a little number about charging the Choc Factory Legal19 Dec 2014 | 31
Hold the front page: Spain's anti-Google lobbyists lobby for Google News return 'Scrapped scraper puts rights under threat,' mumbles AEDE On-Prem14 Dec 2014 | 82
Commish: Stop playing that Spanish jazz, Orange. Wait until we’ve done our homework Prices of mobile/fixed offerings a cause of concern Networks04 Dec 2014 | 3
Spanish 'Google tax' could end up like Germany's everyone-but-Google tax New digi Commissioner keen to mulct Choc Factory EU-wide Legal04 Nov 2014 | 17
El Reg nips down IKEA's 'I've Got A Screw Loose Street' Pics Spanish flatpack store does indeed lie on splendidly named thoroughfare Bootnotes11 Jul 2014 | 81
Spanish struggle to control spelling of 'WhatsApp' Wasap? Linguistic anarchy, that's guasap Bootnotes27 Jun 2014 | 45
SPB's mountaintop HQ menaced by wolves Big bad Canis lupus is back, and he's going to eat your girlfriend Science30 May 2014 | 67
Spanish village of 'Kill the Jews' votes for rebrand Locals endorse new 'Hill of the Jews' municipal moniker Bootnotes27 May 2014 | 33
Spain clamps down on drones There's no law to cover them, therefore they're banned Science07 May 2014 | 34
Spanish village called 'Kill the Jews' mulls rebranding exercise Not exactly attractive to the Israeli tourist demographic Bootnotes18 Apr 2014 | 120
Jobless mum claims Spanish councillor told her to 'go on the game' ... or give her kid up for adoption – report Bootnotes03 Mar 2014 | 52
Ono board mulls Vodafone's offer to grab its pipe for £5.8bn Cash-rich mobe telco licks lips over Spanish beauty Networks11 Feb 2014 | 9
Spanish cops tweet handy dope-smuggling advice 'Thanks very much :))' replies delighted joint bandit Bootnotes22 Jan 2014 | 13
WhatsApp? Spaniards wasapean their autofotos It's not just English that's cursed with net-born neologisms Bootnotes07 Jan 2014 | 7
Google fined by Spanish data watchdog over audacious privacy tweak Ordered to hand over pathetically trivial wad of Euros SaaS20 Dec 2013 | 9
Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson battles bullfighting Anderson letter to Spanish Senate slams 'cruel pastime' Bootnotes23 Oct 2013 | 56
Radioaficionados españoles: Echadnos una mano Vuelo de globo meteorológico este lunes – ¿podéis recibir telemetria? Science16 Sep 2013 | 22
LOHAN Spanish team touches down... to prepare for lift-off Elite spaceplane team refreshed and ready for action Science16 Sep 2013 | 6