Brazil

Meta AI Chatbot Launches In UK On Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta's AI chatbot now available for users in UK, Brazil, but not EU due to “unpredictable” regulatory environment

2 months ago

Brazil To Restore X Access After Elon Musk Complies With Court Orders

Supreme Court clears X to resume access in Brazil, after high profile clash between top judge and Elon Musk

2 months ago

Judge Adds New Terms For X Brazil Re-Entry

Supreme Court judge says X must pay new fine for temporarily evading IP blocks before service can resume in Brazil

2 months ago

Elon Musk’s X Asks Brazil’s Top Court To Reinstate Service

Pretty please? Elon Musk's X requests permission from Brazil's Supreme Court to resume service in the country, despite high profile…

2 months ago

Brazil’s Judge Accuses X of ‘Willful’ Circumvention

X at risk of $900,000 daily fine, as Justice de Moraes calls out “willful, illegal and persistent” effort to circumvent…

2 months ago

Access To X In Brazil Temporarily Restored After Change

Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) 'temporarily' circumvents block in Brazil after switching to cloud services

2 months ago

Brazil Unfreezes Starlink, X Bank Accounts After Funds Transfer

Judge orders X, Starlink bank accounts unfrozen after $3.3m transfer pays off fines imposed on X for failures to comply…

3 months ago

Starlink Says ‘Complying’ With X Ban In Brazil

Elon Musk satellite broadband company Starlink says complying with order to ban Musk-owned X in Brazil, after initial refusal

3 months ago

Starlink Refuses To Block X In Brazil

SpaceX's Starlink tells Brazil telecoms regulator it will not block X until bank accounts are unfrozen, amidst legal row

3 months ago

Brazilian Supreme Court Upholds X Ban

Brazilian Supreme Court justices uphold ban on X amidst row over banned accounts and compliance with court orders

3 months ago

X Shut Down In Brazil Amidst Supreme Court Spat

Social media platform X refuses to comply with Brazil court order to appoint legal representative, risking suspension in country

3 months ago

Musk Row With Brazil Continues, As Supreme Court Threatens To Suspend X

Brazil’s Supreme Court threatens to suspend Elon Musk's X, amid ongoing row over outstanding fines and alleged 'censorship'

3 months ago

X Closes Brazil Office Due To ‘Censorship’

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, closes Brazil office due to 'censorship orders' by judge investigating 'digital militias'

3 months ago

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

8 months 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'…

4 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…

5 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

9 years ago

Brazil Arrests Facebook Executive As WhatsApp Row Deepens

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

9 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

9 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…

11 years ago

LG Reveals Triple-SIM Smartphone

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

11 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

12 years ago