Hacker News with Generative AI: Brazil

Eucalyptus for Brazil's steelmaking dries out communities in Minas Gerais (mongabay.com)
Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil’s Alto Jequitinhonha Valley, grown to make charcoal for the steel industry, have drastically reduced local water resources, harming rural communities, locals and experts warn.

Environment, Brazil, Deforestation, Water Resources, Agriculture

6 points by PaulHoule 10 days ago | 0 comments

In São Paulo, 'Big Brother' is watching, with 25K cameras and facial recognition (elpais.com)
In São Paulo, Brazil, the fugitive probably felt protected by the anonymity offered by a city of 12 million people… a larger population than many countries.

Surveillance, Facial Recognition, Brazil, São Paulo, Cities

25 points by geox 13 days ago | 4 comments

Brazilian court reverses course, now demands iPhone sideloading within 90 days (9to5mac.com)
Following a significant defeat in the U.S. on its case against Epic Games, Apple was just dealt another blow, this time in Brazil.

Legal Battles, Apple, Mobile Devices, Brazil

8 points by tech234a 14 days ago | 0 comments

The greatest soccer player never to play soccer (wikipedia.org)
Carlos Henrique Raposo (born 2 April 1963), commonly known as Carlos Kaiser, is a Brazilian con artist and former footballer.

Soccer, Sports, Brazil, Con Artists

8 points by zwischenzug 19 days ago | 1 comments

Controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal (technologyreview.com)
The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.

Environment, Sustainability, Technology, Agriculture, Brazil

17 points by gnabgib 28 days ago | 1 comments

Brazil Set to Redefine Broadcasting with TV 3.0 (tvtechnology.com)

Brazil, Broadcasting, Technology, Media, Regulations

8 points by ksec 40 days ago | 0 comments

Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant (economist.com)

Brazil, Finance, Payments, Government, Economics

667 points by jcartw 45 days ago | 769 comments

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 Rainforest, Climate Change, Deforestation, Brazil, COP30

25 points by RickJWagner 72 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Deforestation, Climate Change, Brazil, Environmental Issues, COP30

9 points by kerrsclyde 72 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Apple, Brazil, Legislation, App Stores

89 points by soapdog 77 days ago | 37 comments

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.

Antitrust, iOS, Apple, Brazil, Legislation

15 points by tech234a 78 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Environment, Brazil, Politics, Climate Change, Oil

12 points by PaulHoule 80 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Politics, Brazil, Democracy, Law, United States

31 points by PaulHoule 82 days ago | 9 comments

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, Amazon Rainforest, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Emergency Response

7 points by tosh 90 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Brazil, Censorship, Social Media, Law

108 points by adrian_mrd 90 days ago | 97 comments

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.

Indigenous Peoples, Brazil, Amazon Rainforest, Anthropology, Culture

47 points by geox 96 days ago | 53 comments

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.

Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Brazil, Environmental News, Conservation

5 points by Sontho 98 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Crime, Latin America, Brazil, Environment

108 points by josh-sematic 107 days ago | 56 comments

Brazil bans Sam Altman's tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans (indiatimes.com)

Brazil, Technology, Privacy, Biometrics, Regulations

240 points by ivanleoncz 117 days ago | 61 comments

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.

Religion, Brazil, Sociology, Theology

5 points by rbanffy 120 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Forced Labor, China, Electric Vehicles, BYD, Brazil

12 points by stubish 150 days ago | 0 comments

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".

Brazil, BYD, Electric Vehicles, Labor Conditions, Slavery

11 points by peutetre 150 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Brazilian service to automatically issue NFSe (notasync.com.br)
Emita Notas de Serviço automaticamente das suas vendas Stripe e mantenha suas obrigações fiscais em dia.

Brazil, Business, Taxes, APIs, Software

8 points by valtlfelipe 161 days ago | 3 comments

ICP-Brasil: Mis-issued certificate (mozilla.org)
ICP-Brasil: Mis-issued certificate

Security, Certificates, Brazil

61 points by cipherboy 173 days ago | 3 comments

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.

Animals, COVID-19, Science, Brazil

7 points by geox 173 days ago | 2 comments

A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com (agwa.name)

Security, Google, Certificates, Brazil

482 points by sanqui 174 days ago | 215 comments

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.

Apple, Antitrust, In-App Purchases, Brazil, Regulation

53 points by impish9208 178 days ago | 12 comments

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.

International Relations, Politics, Elon Musk, Brazil

8 points by JumpCrisscross 180 days ago | 1 comments

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.