The spy story of Apple and OpenAI

The spy story of Apple and OpenAI

Last Friday, extraordinary news broke: Apple announced that it had filed a 41-page lawsuit in a San Jose (California) District Court against OpenAI for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract, and requested a jury trial. The reason for the lawsuit is that Sam Altman’s company hired 400 Apple employees whom it allegedly asked to take confidential information and prototype materials, which, if proven in court, would constitute an industrial property theft of enormous magnitude. The question everyone asked from the very beginning is: what could one of the leading AI companies have stolen from one that has proven to be behind precisely in this area? The answer would be that OpenAI took from Apple Park what it did not have: talent to build devices of the highest quality.

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The ‘Odyssey’ of Zendaya, the goddess of Olympus and fashion

The ‘Odyssey’ of Zendaya, the goddess of Olympus and fashion

Whether on a red carpet, on a television set, or in front of a photocall, every appearance of Zendaya Coleman has the ability to dazzle to the point of almost causing Stendhal syndrome in those who behold her. She made it clear during the promotional tour of the movie Rivales (Challengers) in the spring of 2024, reaffirmed it with Dune: Part Two, alongside Timothée Chalamet, and now has taken it to the highest expression with the premiere of The Odyssey, chaining premieres that could well be mistaken for authentic haute couture fashion shows.

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Minor White: a spiritual look around photography

Minor White: a spiritual look around photography

Observe the world to know oneself. Minor White, considered one of the essential names of the 20th century for understanding the evolution of modern photography, reminds us that this discipline is a way to explore and reflect our inner self. The poetry that emanates from his images is one of the keys to his work, and the public who visit the KBr center of Fundación Mapfre in Barcelona will be able to see it with the most comprehensive retrospective of the artist in Europe.

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The most unexpected literary success of the summer

The most unexpected literary success of the summer

Laura Autonell (Taradell, 1963) had been writing all her life, like many people, without many pretensions. But six years ago her husband passed away and her priorities changed: “The hours I would have spent with him I have dedicated to writing, I have filled his absence with stories. It’s as if I had remarried, but to literature,” she says, because from that loss first came a self-published novel, Un polsim de sal, and recently a novel that in a few weeks has established itself among the bestsellers thanks to word of mouth, La Llibreria de les Hores Mortes (Columna), alongside authors like Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, Gil Pratsobrerroca, Siri Hustvedt or even Homer himself with the new Catalan translation of his Odyssey.

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Legarda, the town that burned down in 2022: this is how they now protect themselves from fire with cows, sprinklers, and drills

Legarda, the town that burned down in 2022: this is how they now protect themselves from fire with cows, sprinklers, and drills

In June 2022, the residents of Legarda (Navarra) experienced the same nightmare that those in Los Gallardos (Almería) are living today. Extreme heat, low humidity, strong winds, a flame that seemed isolated, and hell. Although there were no fatalities, the forest fire burned 95% of the municipality. Three buildings were completely destroyed. The parish church suffered significant damage from the fire. And all the agricultural plots lost their crops. “In a matter of minutes, we saw how the fire reached the town,” recalls Silvestre Belzunegui, the town’s mayor.

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