Colombia is creating jobs and reducing unemployment, but behind that improvement remains one of the most difficult structural problems in its economy: for more than half of the people who work in the country, having a job still does not necessarily mean having access to formal employment. The…
Microsoft is cutting another 268 jobs across Xbox while moving development of the next mainline Halo game to a new team under Activision as part of a restructuring of its gaming division. Matt Booty, Xbox’s executive vice president and chief content officer, announced the changes to employees…
A luxurious apartment in northern Bogota, valued at nearly 5 billion pesos, serves as the latest clue for investigators untangling a massive corruption scandal linked to the former administration of Gustavo Petro. Yet, as authorities seize properties from disgraced politicians, economists and law…
A fossil left on a remote Arctic island in 1948 has revealed Arctobatrachus urdensis, a previously unknown Triassic predator. Researchers estimate that it reached about 2.7 meters (8.9 feet), making it the largest known plagiosaurid. The findings were published in Papers in Palaeontology, a…
Before the ubiquitous glow of the smartphone and long before the era of digital streaming services, a rectangular, metallic box promised something entirely unprecedented to Colombians: the ability to carry a private universe of music anywhere they went. When the Sony Walkman first arrived in the…
Nintendo celebrated its 137th anniversary on Sept. 23, marking a long journey from its founding in 1889 to becoming one of the most recognizable names in modern entertainment. Fusajiro Yamauchi founded the company in Kyoto’s Shimogyo-ku district under the name Nintendo Koppai, and the business…
For decades, an ancient Maya vase was effectively lost to history. Its photographs, however, survived in an archive in Washington, D.C. Now, a new study suggests that the vessel could provide a rare glimpse into the political upheaval that transformed the Maya world shortly before the decline of…
Sao Moro, the creator of El Cacaotal in San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, has developed wines made from avocado, cacao, and coffee and has now added one made with hormiga culona, the large-bodied ant traditionally eaten in the department. The new wine took about a year to develop before Moro…
Mote de queso is one of the most representative dishes of Colombian Caribbean cuisine, and behind its distinctive flavor is a story connected to one of the most difficult periods in the country’s history. According to an oral tradition passed down through generations, the dish traces its origins to…
NASA and IBM Research have launched an open-source artificial intelligence model to extract new insights from nearly two decades of lunar data, aiding future crewed missions to the Moon. Announced Sept. 10, 2026, the NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model helps scientists map craters, locate potential ice…