Hacker News with Generative AI: Brazil

Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit (bbc.com)
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
Amazon forest felled to build road for COP30 (bbc.co.uk)
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil (theverge.com)
Apple has been told it has to allow alternative app stores on iOS in Brazil within 90 days, as reported by Brazilian publication Valor International and 9to5Mac.
Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS (9to5mac.com)
After the EU forced Apple to implement major changes to how iOS and the App Store work for European users, other countries have also conducted their own antitrust investigations against the company. Now the Brazilian court has ruled that Apple has 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS for iPhone users in Brazil.
Oil drilling in the mouth of the Amazon – Lula on a course to disaster (mongabay.com)
The mounting pressure on Brazil’s federal environmental agency (IBAMA) to approve the disastrous project to extract oil from the mouth of the Amazon River (see here and here) should be interpreted as evidence that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as “Lula”) fails to comprehend both the climate crisis and the consequences of the oil project.
Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account (theguardian.com)
Brazilian democrats have celebrated the strength of their country’s judiciary and institutions after the former president Jair Bolsonaro was left facing political oblivion and jail time for allegedly plotting a coup, in stark contrast to the US’s failure to bring Donald Trump to justice for his anti-democratic acts.
Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after sinkholes appear (theguardian.com)
Authorities in a city in the Brazilian Amazon have declared a state of emergency after huge sinkholes opened up, threatening hundreds of homes.
Brazil justice orders ban of video platform Rumble (dw.com)
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered video sharing platform Rumble to be taken offline in the Latin American country within 24 hours.
Man from uncontacted tribe emerges in Amazon, villagers demonstrate a lighter (apnews.com)
In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses said Thursday.
Amazon deforestation declines to lowest level in a decade (tdynews.com)
Brazil has reported a significant reduction in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, with the loss of trees decreasing by 31% over the past year.
Sand trafficking in Latin America (insightcrime.org)
Just 50 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous beaches, one of the city’s most powerful gangsters found a fortune to be made in sand.
Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans (indiatimes.com)
Why Brazil fell for Pentecostalism but not liberation theology (aeon.co)
In 1962, the Colombian priest and sociology professor Camilo Torres Restrepo travelled to the north of the country to investigate a dispute between powerful landlords and subsistence farmers.
Construction for BYD factory shut down over alleged forced labour (abc.net.au)
Brazilian officials have found more than 160 Chinese nationals working in "slave-like conditions" to build a factory for electric vehicle giant BYD, according to the local prosecutor's office.
Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions (bbc.com)
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to "slavery".
Show HN: Brazilian service to automatically issue NFSe (notasync.com.br)
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ICP-Brasil: Mis-issued certificate (mozilla.org)
ICP-Brasil: Mis-issued certificate
Zoo experiment finds 1 in 5 animals test positive for Covid (sciencealert.com)
A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at a zoo in Brazil.
A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com (agwa.name)
Apple ordered to open up in-app purchases in Brazil (techcrunch.com)
Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade has ruled that Apple must lift restrictions on in-app purchases within 20 days, Reuters reports. Otherwise, if the iPhone maker doesn’t comply, it faces fines of $43,000 per day.
Brazil Finds Chinese Ally in Its Feud with Elon Musk (bloomberg.com)
On Saturday, the wife of Brazil’s President dropped an F-bomb in her criticism of Elon Musk.
Brazil leads new international effort against climate lies at the G20 summit (theverge.com)
Brazil and the United Nations launched a new international effort to combat disinformation on climate change.
One person dead following two explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court (cnn.com)
Legalized online gambling in Brazil is leaving more people in debt (bloomberg.com)
At the headquarters of the United Nations, surrounded by leaders of countries across the globe, Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched into a tirade about the evils of gambling.
Brazil's Farmers Are Plowing over an Ancient Amazon Civilization (bloomberg.com)
In the badlands of the southwestern Amazon, Antonia Barbosa is fighting to protect ancient archaeological finds from Brazil’s unstoppable $523 billion agribusiness industry.
Brazil reaches $23B settlement with mining firms over environmental disaster (apnews.com)
Why are victims of a Brazil dam disaster suing miner BHP in a London court? (aljazeera.com)
Global mining giant BHP faces billions of dollars in potential damages payouts over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster nine years ago, as the first hearing in the much-delayed lawsuit opened in a London court on Monday.
Brazil Arrests 'USDoD,' Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach (krebsonsecurity.com)
Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members.
Brazil Arrests 'USDoD,' Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach (krebsonsecurity.com)
Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members.
X reinstated in Brazil after Musk pays fines, agrees to follow local laws (arstechnica.com)
Brazil's Supreme Court is allowing Elon Musk's X to resume operations, apparently ending a months-long battle after the social network paid over $5 million in fines and reluctantly agreed to suspend accounts accused of spreading disinformation.