Brazil

Brazil Judge Opens Probe Into Elon Musk

Brazil Supreme Court opens probe into Elon Musk after X revokes ban on restricted accounts, in latest tangle over misinformation

2 weeks ago

Apple Fined $2 Million For Selling iPhone 12 With No Charger

Fined for breaking consumer law as Brazilian agency rejects Apple green claim for not including charger, as well as 'misleading'…

3 years ago

US ‘In Talks’ To Finance 5G In Brazil And Keep Huawei Out

The US is reportedly in talks with Brazil to finance Ericsson and Nokia 5G equipment in the country as a…

4 years ago

Brazil Launches Nationwide Instant Payments System

Brazil's central reserve bank set to offer instant payments infrastructure as basis for private services aimed at companies and individual…

4 years ago

Microsoft To Show Source Code To Brazilian Officials

Amid concern of spy backdoors in its software, Microsoft opens code inspection centre in Brazil

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Zeus Panda Banking Trojan Arrives in Brazil

Variant of Zeus banking Trojan targets financial transactions in Brazil amid the backdrop of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

8 years ago

Equinix To Open Four New Data Centres Across World

Equinix details 2016 growth plans with new data centres opening in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and the United States

8 years ago

Brazil Arrests Facebook Executive As WhatsApp Row Deepens

Facebook brands Brazilian decision to jail executive as “extreme and disproportionate”

8 years ago

Brazil Shuts Off WhatsApp For 48 Hours

Two day shutdown ordered by judge following WhatsApp’s failure to share messages from alleged gang member

8 years ago

IBM Opens New Cloud Data Centre In Brazil

To tap into the fast-growing market for cloud computing in Latin America, IBM has opened a new cloud data center…

9 years ago

Google To Shutter Orkut Social Network

Launched in 2004, the same year as Facebook, Orkut only caught on in Brazil and India

10 years ago

Brazil 2014 Is The Most Connected World Cup Ever

Brazilian telco Oi claims World Cup network has generated 32 terabytes of data in just ten days

10 years ago

Technology To Play Vital Role At World Cup 2014

Technology will be more integral to the World Cup than ever before, connecting fans, organisers and even dissenters in Brazil

10 years ago

Brazil ‘Internet Constitution’ Guarantees Privacy And Net Neutrality

Brazil passes legislation designed to protect web users ahead of global confernence on the future of Internet governance in the…

10 years ago

LG Reveals Triple-SIM Smartphone

The Optimus L1 II Tri was unveiled on LG's Brazilian online store

10 years ago

NetMediaEurope Expands Into Portugal, Brazil With B!T Acquisition

TechWeekEurope gets a partner publication in Latin America

11 years ago

Google: Government Censorship Hits Fresh High

Governments increasingly trying to censor Web, Google finds

11 years ago

Apple Loses Brazil iPhone Trademark Dispute With Local Manufacturer

Apple will appeal after it is not awarded exclusive rights to the iPhone trademark in Brazil

11 years ago

Google Brazil To Take Down Offending YouTube Video

Google Brazil says it will remove allegedly slanderous video after official is detained by police

12 years ago

Can Latin America Be Telefónica’s Saviour?

SPAIN: Times are tough for Telefónica in Europe. Will shifting the emphasis to Latin America and the online world help?

12 years ago

Brazil Sues Twitter Over Speed Trap Tweets

Brazilian government demands Twitter block accounts which warn users about traffic checkpoints and speed traps

12 years ago

Anonymous Targets Brazilian Banks In Fight Against ‘Inequality’

Some of Brazil's biggest banks have been hit by DDoS Attacks, although customer accounts are believed to be unaffected

12 years ago