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As ‘Goldeneye 007’ Remaster Finally Leaks Online, Its Original Designer Reacts

Long ago there were plans for a remastered Xbox 360 version of the Nintendo 64 game “Goldeneye 007” — but they never materialized, and that game became a lost legend. But then Monday Ars Technica interviewed longtime Spanish game streamer Graslu00, who had somehow uploaded a two-hour video demo-ing the lost game. The files came with a peculiar note: “Never say…

Russian Campaign Promotes Homegrown Vaccine and Undercuts Rivals

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Russian news outlets connected to election disinformation campaigns in the United States have set their sights on a new target: convincing Spanish-speaking countries that the Russian coronavirus vaccine works better than its American competitors, according to researchers and State Department officials. The Russian campaign has focused on Latin American nations,…

16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city

Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mexico-massacre-spanish-aztecs.html

Universidad de Palermo Announces First Spanish-Language MBA on Coursera

By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Read this post in Spanish As COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation, there is a growing global demand for technology-driven business professionals. In Latin America, specifically, there is a critical need for business leaders. For example, the International Labor Organization found entrepreneurial talent one of the most valuable, yet scarce, […]
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Building the University of the Future

By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO Even before COVID-19 changed the ways we live, work, and learn, universities were facing major challenges. Almost half of the higher education institutions in the U.S. had no formal online programs in 2018, and last year, fewer than 50 percent of faculty had ever taught an online course. Meanwhile, universities […]
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Election-Related Misinformation on Social Media Still ‘Readily Viewable’ – If It’s In Spanish

NBC reports that social media crackdowns on disinformation have been less consistent if the content isn’t in English. One example? “Facebook and YouTube have taken steps to remove QAnon content in English from their platforms, but experts warn there is still a vast amount in Spanish.” The misleading, false and conspiratorial claims that are circulating in Spanish about the outcome of…