Ride-hailing app to implement Chinese facial recognition controls in Brazil
Experts predict that facial recognition will become a USD 9 billion market by 2022. With technologies rapidly becoming more (...) READ MORE
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November 24, 2018
THE WEEK IN REVIEW Inauguration. Doctors decided to postpone President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s surgery to remove a colostomy bag which (...) READ MORE
Brazilians more curious about “fascism” and “socialism”
Brazilians have never been so curious about the term “fascism.” Since September 28, Google searches about the theme have (...) READ MORE
How you know you can trust Brazil’s electronic voting system
Jair Bolsonaro, the frontrunner of Brazil’s presidential race, has cast doubt over the integrity of Brazil’s electronic voting system. (...) READ MORE
There haven’t been more polls in 2018 – we’re just paying more attention
This year, opinion polls appear to be everywhere. You can’t browse a news website without stumbling on an article (...) READ MORE
Campaign financing in Brazil: where does the money go?
Campaign financing is a messy business anywhere. In Brazil, the rules of the game were becoming somewhat stable in (...) READ MORE
Who are the voters who will choose Brazil’s next president?
On October 7, Brazil will hold its first election since Operation Car Wash ravaged the political landscape. Four years (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s new data protection legislation, explained
In a 2016 book titled L’Homme Nu (literally “The Naked Man”), French authors Marc Dugain and Christophe Labbé discuss (...) READ MORE
84 million Brazilians are connected to smartphones
Brazilians are becoming increasingly connected to the internet – and more familiarized with smartphones and tablets. Just five years (...) READ MORE
June 16, 2018
THE WEEK IN REVIEW BRL against USD. The U.S. Dollar lost steam on Friday, dropping by over 2% and closing (...) READ MORE