How Brazil's Pix digital payment system, adopted by 80%+ of citizens, became a target of the Trump administration, which says it unfairly undercuts US companies
Wired: Trump is punishing Brazil because their useful central bank payment system is squeezing out PayPal — www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w... Piyush Mittal / @piyushmittal : Brazil built a payment sys...
Sources: the Trump admin is pressuring South Korea, Brazil, the EU, and others to drop plans for new taxes on US tech firms as a part of broader trade talks
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A look at Temu, Shein, Meituan, and other Chinese companies' expansion plans in Brazil, as they face slowing domestic demand and hurdles in the US and Europe
Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names …
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that lets users manage, own, and profit from their data, the first such nationwide initiative in the world
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data. It is ahead of similar U.S-based initiatives. Bluesky: @ericgoldman . Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr . X: @restofworld ...
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that allows users to monetize their data, the first nationwide initiative of its kind in the world
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data. It is ahead of similar U.S-based initiatives. Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr . X: @restofworld and @rinachandran . Link...
Marco Rubio says the US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals “who censor Americans” and calls arrest warrants for social media posts “unacceptable”
But this part reads 100% Brazil. — www.state.gov/announcement... X: Secretary Marco Rubio / @secrubio : Foreigners who work to undermine the rights of Americans should not enjoy the privilege of tra...
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders, which were set to start on April 9, “to assess the potential impact” of Trump's tariffs; the June 5 launch date is unchanged
June 5 launch date still on schedule Charles Harte / Game Informer : Trump Tariff Plans Delay Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Order Date Arol Wright / How-To Geek : Tariffs Just Killed Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-Ord...
Brazil's data protection authority ruled that Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, must stop offering compensation for iris scans in the country
How aligning with Trump's new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion
Big Tech's embrace of Trump is a sign of its weakness when confronted w determined state action - Brazil/EU. — timely reminder that the state is capable of disciplining capital, and has constantly t...
Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer non-Apple in-app payment processing options
Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases …