Eólica returns to ITER: two days of live electronic music among Tenerife’s wind turbines
No DJ with a USB stick, at least on paper. Eólica, held on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2026 at ITER, the Technology and Renewable Energy Institute in Granadilla de Abona, is built around electronic music played live: modular synths, drum machines, organic instruments. Diario de Avisos calls the grounds “an immense analogue laboratory”. […]
Hackers trigger defrost cycles and hundreds of French supermarkets lose fresh food
From the street, nothing looks wrong. The lights are on, the tills work, but inside the display cases the temperature climbs. According to The Record, citing French broadcaster BFMTV, that is what happened at hundreds of French supermarkets after a cyberattack overnight on Sunday 11 October 2026. The attackers reportedly triggered the defrost function on […]
What if the hotel buffet leftovers became fuel? The Canaries are trying it with TOURISM2FUEL
An island with millions of visitors produces tonnes of leftovers too: food, cooking oil, organic matter. What happens to it? In the Canaries, one answer under construction is called TOURISM2FUEL. It is one of six projects funded by the regional Ministry of Universities, Science, Innovation and Culture in its 2026 call for research infrastructure and […]
Lease running out? Spain’s new housing decree applies in the Canaries, but many levers sit with the regional government
If your lease ends in 2027, the first question is simple: can I stay? Since 8 October, possibly yes, for up to two more years. With conditions. Royal Decree-Law 29/2026, dated 6 October and published in the BOE on the 7th, creates an extraordinary extension, on the tenant’s request, for main-residence leases ending before 31 […]