Review: Apple’s new iPad mini continues to be mini
The iPad mini is super enjoyable to use and is the best size tablet for everything but traditional laptop work. It’s very good and I’m glad Apple updated it. Using… Read more »
Category: Brazil
Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets
In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market —… Read more »
Revealed: populist leaders linked to reduced inequality
Populists on left and right have closed gap between rich and poor – but also eroded freedoms Populist presidents and prime ministers are associated with significant reductions in economic inequality… Read more »
‘Venezuelan blood is being spilled’: tension flares near border with Brazil
While the world watches supporters of Guaidó and Maduro at the Colombian frontier, a remote region sees days of drama and fear On Saturday, presidents, music stars and activists backing… Read more »
Venezuela: at least four dead and hundreds injured in border standoff
Presidential challenger Juan Guaidó says he will urge foreign leaders to keep ‘all options open’ at a meeting on Monday At least four people have been killed and hundreds injured… Read more »
On-demand shuttle startup Via enters South American market
Via, the on-demand shuttle startup backed by Daimler, has expanded into South America. The company launched a service in Goiânia, Brazil with HP Transportes Coletivos, one of the country’s largest public… Read more »
Brazil dam collapse: bodies pulled from toxic mud as hope fades for survivors
Minas Gerais locals recall another dam collapse involving mining firm Vale as hunt continues for 292 people still missing The dirt road which once led to the Nova Estância guesthouse… Read more »
Fresh warning at Brazil mining site where dam collapsed
People evacuated after high water level warning at another Vale mining dam in Brumadinho An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture has been issued near Brumadinho, the same… Read more »
Hundreds feared dead as Brazil dam collapse releases mud tide
Officials warn few survivors are expected after mining workers in canteen and on a bus are caught in a wave of iron ore waste Hundreds of people are feared dead… Read more »
Brazil dam collapse: seven bodies found and hundreds missing
Chance of finding survivors ‘minimal’ after tailings dam at iron ore mine bursts Seven bodies have been found and more than 400 people are unaccounted for after a dam operated… Read more »
Brazil dam collapse: hundreds missing after mining disaster
Disaster released a wave of orange sludge after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine, with scores of people still trapped As many as 200 people are missing… Read more »
Why Silicon Valley needs more visas
Henrique Dubugras Contributor Share on Twitter Henrique Dubugras is the founder Brex, the billion-dollar corporate credit provider for startups. More posts by this contributor Lessons from building Brex into a… Read more »
President Bolsonaro should boost Brazil’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Romero Rodrigues Contributor Romero Rodrigues is a managing partner at Redpoint eVentures, the Brazilian-focused arm of the Silicon Valley venture firm Redpoint. More posts by this contributor Brazil’s fintech boom… Read more »
Apple losses trigger a plunge in US markets
Bad news from Apple and signs of slowing international and domestic growth sent stocks tumbling in Thursday trading on all of the major markets. Investors erased some $75 billion in… Read more »
Progress and problems as UN climate change talks end with a deal
Nations agree on implementing 2015 Paris agreement, but put trickiest issues on back burner The UN climate change talks ended late on Saturday night in Poland with a deal agreed… Read more »
China’s BYD further drives into Chile with 100 electric buses
Over the past few years, Chinese automaker giant BYD has been on a partnership spree with cities across China to electrify their public transportation systems, and now it’s extending its… Read more »
Now eight parliaments are demanding Zuckerberg answers for Facebook scandals
Facebook’s founder is facing pressure to accept an invite from eight international parliaments, with lawmakers wanting to question him about negative impacts his social network is having on democratic processes… Read more »
Lies, damn lies, and HQ2
There are few things certain in our world except for the uplifting tendencies of technology. I’ve spent the past few years trying to prove this to myself, at least, by… Read more »
EU states call for tough action on deforestation to meet 2020 UN goal
Show leadership to halt forest loss from agribusiness, Amsterdam Declaration group tells EU The UK, France and Germany have called on the European commission to launch tough new action to… Read more »
With a new deal for customers and a fresh $23 million, Mayvenn extends its hair care business
Pitching customers a new, all-inclusive service for buying and installing hair, Mayvenn is looking to significantly expand its haircare business and just raised $23 million in a new round of… Read more »
Bolsonaro appoints judge who helped jail Lula to lead justice ministry
Sérgio Moro, who led ‘Car Wash’ investigation that jailed ex-president, accepts offer from president-elect How dangerous is Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new president? The corruption-busting Brazilian judge who helped pave the… Read more »
‘We will not be silenced’: Bolsonaro opponents pledge widespread protests
Following Brazil’s election of a far-right president, leaders on the left have planned demonstrations across the country Opponents of Brazil’s newly elected far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, have vowed to hit… Read more »
Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil’s next president
Controversial admirer of dictators says in video broadcast: ‘We are going to change the destiny of Brazil’ A far-right, pro-gun, pro-torture populist has been elected as Brazil’s next president after… Read more »
Brazil election 2018: far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to become next president – live
Electoral authorities have confirmed Bolsonaro will become president after winning 55.7% of the vote in Sunday’s second-round poll Full story: ‘The extreme right has conquered Brazil’ – Bolsonaro wins presidency… Read more »
Brazil election 2018: second round of voting closes as Bolsonaro eyes the presidency – live
After his first round victory, Jair Bolsonaro is the favourite to become the next president of Brazil after a heated election campaign 8.30pm GMT Dom Phillips is on the ground… Read more »