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By Cade Metz In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books. The settlement is...
By Samuel Franks What does an out-of-work Nazi war criminal on the run from the law do for a living when he’s hiding out in Latin America? According to a documentary film, "My Name is Altmann: The Second Life of a War Criminal," he gets into the drug trade with...
The price of a gallon of diesel fuel increased from $1.80 to $2.80 Friday following President Daniel Noboa's decree eliminating the subsidy that had been in place since 1974. According to the decree, the $2.80 per gallon price will be effective until December 12, when...
By Isabelle Knevett It's nice to think that as a society we are continually learning and getting smarter as the years go on. But what if science is actually showing us the opposite – that we're getting stupider? According to a recent Financial Times article, various...
I’ll admit something that may sound odd in this wired world: until a few days ago, I had never heard of Charlie Kirk. His name only reached me because of his untimely death, and curiosity pushed me to learn who this fast-talking American really was. I began, as one...
The city of Cuenca and the Azuay Province Prefecture may have the final say about the future of the Loma Larga gold mine. On Thursday, President Daniel Noboa invited the local governments to submit environmental studies and make administrative recommendations on the...
By Julia Vargas Jones and Michael Rios Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election with a plot prosecutors say included plans to assassinate the president-elect in a bid to cling to power. Four...
By Donovan Frasier Several websites, including Vox, Cheezburger and Elite Daily, recently compiled a list of things Baby Boomers do that mystify, confound and drive Millennials crazy. Here's a selection. Why does my dad keep playing “Forever Young” by the Stones? Hey...
By Beatriz Magaloni and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros In the past five years, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has become Latin America’s most celebrated authoritarian. He has won plaudits — including from U.S. President Donald Trump — for reducing gang violence and...
While President Daniel Noboa leads a Thursday morning march for "peace and justice" in Guayaquil, government protesters are planning their own afternoon marches and rallies in the country’s largest cities. Guayaquil authorities are expecting as many as 40,000 to march...
By Hannah Nordhaus In October 1820, the Nantucket whaling ship Essex laid anchor at a blue-green harbor on the Galápagos island of Floreana, more than 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. The sailors rowed their whaleboats ashore and followed paths trampled by ancient...
By Karla Freeman Have you noticed that everything you do, say, think, feel, eat, drink, and breathe effects your energy? When I left Santa Barbara and a successful professional life as a trauma therapist, I was burnt out. Why? I had gotten into habits that depleted my...
Following the rejection of four of six referendum questions by the Constitutional Court on September 2, President Daniel Noboa has sent seven more questions for the court to review. Among the new submissions are revisions to the rejected questions to allow casino...
Ecuador upset world champion Argentina Tuesday night in Guayaquil in the final game of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Ecuador star Enner Valencia scored the only goal of the game with a penalty kick in the last minute of the first half. The victory was only the fourth...
By Eric W. Dolan Despite the rapid rise of generative AI in artistic and professional domains, new research suggests that artificial intelligence has not surpassed humans in creative thinking. After analyzing 17 experimental studies comparing human and AI-generated...
Organizers of the “Great March for Water” say they expect thousands to show up Tuesday, September 16, to protest government plans to allow gold mining at Loma Larga, on the Quimsacocha páramo south of Cuenca. Sponsored by the Cabildo por el Agua, the Federation of...
Museo de los Metales deja ver su colección al público - For the first time, the Museo de los Metales is opening part of its collection to the public in the exhibit, "Raíces de metal y memoria." The project also includes a physical and digital catalogue of the Museum's...
This article is part of “Facelift Ecuador: Share Your Positive Story!,” an initiative to publish positive articles from CuencaHighLife readers. If you would like to submit your story, click here. By Michael E. Miner The meaning of life just might be found between...
By Cal Ramos As U.S. President Donald Trump continues his campaign of applying new tariffs to trading partners, international investors are seeing a shift in global economic power away from the U.S. toward BRICS nations. Of special interest, are the public as well the...
Although President Daniel Noboa is calling last week’s visit by U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio a “fabulous success,” others claim that little was actually accomplished. “He [Noboa] is saying that the U.S. declaration of the Los Lobos and Los Choneros gangs as...
