The cost of digital entertainment
Monday, August 5, 2024
The cost of digital entertainment
Crops affected by La Niña
The La Niña phenomenon, which brings a greater volume of rainfall, began to take hold in June and one of the most affected sectors is agriculture. Not all crops react in the same way; while some crops, such as corn, benefit from more rain, tubers such as potatoes suffer the consequences because their roots are more susceptible to humidity. (JM)
Qatar Airways in Colombia?
The Anato Congress held last week in Cartagena brought together several of the country’s main airlines, including the newcomer Emirates. Within the framework of the event, the airline’s country manager, Scott Lantz, met with some luxury tourism promoters, including Seis Continentes Ltda. The event included discussions on strategies for a possible arrival of Qatar Airways in Colombia. (XB)
Bet on open finance
Open finance is one of the major challenges facing the financial sector since the Financial Superintendence issued the guidelines that must govern it. To date, the supervisor has held 20 meetings with the industry to discuss the framework of open finance and has responded to 17 queries made by supervised entities, associations, consultants and academia, among others. (CR)
Attendees’ purchases
Latinos are making their homes a smarter place. A report by Tech Data Report, as of the end of the first quarter, found that in Latin America sales of assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home rose more than 28%, the most significant increase since the trade of this type of technology has been tracked. (JL)
Colombia Bioconecta alliance is born
In the midst of preparations for COP16, which will take place in October, the Colombia Bioconecta Alliance was born, a digital platform to promote collaboration with academic and research institutions in Colombia. There are 20 institutions that are part of it, including Icesi, Cenicaña, Univalle, Agrosavia and Explora. (TA)
With the name of the athletes
One of the most emblematic figures of these Olympic Games is Mariana Pajón (1991). In the last few hours, the National Registry revealed that there are five people in the country who are registered with the same name as the BMX rider from Antioquia, but she is not the only one. 1,096 Colombians are registered as James Rodríguez (1991), the great representative of the Colombian National Team. (CJ)
