Hacker News with Generative AI: Brazil

Inside the 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, Climate Change, Technology, Brazil

15 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 0 comments

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

Brazil, Broadcasting, Technology, Media, Regulations

8 points by ksec 13 days ago | 0 comments

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

Brazil, Finance, Payments, Government, Economics

667 points by jcartw 18 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 45 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 45 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 50 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 50 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 53 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 55 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 63 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 63 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 69 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 71 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 79 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 89 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 93 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 122 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 123 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 134 days ago | 3 comments

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

Security, Certificates, Brazil

61 points by cipherboy 145 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 145 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 146 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 151 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 153 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.

Climate Change, Disinformation, International Relations, Brazil

27 points by rntn 158 days ago | 22 comments

One person dead following two explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court (cnn.com)

Brazil, Explosions, International News, Crime

7 points by geraldog 163 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Gambling, Brazil, Politics, Economy

18 points by 8en 163 days ago | 7 comments

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.

Amazon, Archaeology, Brazil, Agriculture, Environmentalism

28 points by atdt 175 days ago | 5 comments

Brazil reaches $23B settlement with mining firms over environmental disaster (apnews.com)

Brazil, Environmental Disaster, Mining, Lawsuits, Settlements

16 points by geox 183 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Lawsuits, Environmental Disasters, Mining, Brazil, UK

4 points by Qem 183 days ago | 0 comments