Despite outsized growth in Click-and-Mortar™ shopping opportunities in Brazil during the last three years, retailers there still don’t offer 39% of the digital features consumers want. This is just one finding from PYMNTS Intelligence’s “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil Edition,” which was commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions and drew on insights from 2,200 consumers and …
This article is part of a series, Bots and Ballots: How artificial intelligence is reshaping elections worldwide. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT went public in late 2022, artificial intelligence — everything from chatbots and deepfake videos to perceived apocalyptic threats associated with the technology — has taken the world by storm. But the public’s awareness of the …
Seguro increased by 76% during Carnival Getty Images In capitals across Brazil, the shadow of smartphone theft looms large, with criminals aiming not only for the devices, but the real treasures that lay within, such as personal data. To counteract that threat, the country’s government launched a tool that enables citizens to block their devices …
A video showing two human-like creatures on top of a hill at an island in Brazil is graining traction on social media. It has sparked buzz about aliens visiting on Earth. According to a New York Post report, the beings were 10-foot-tall and were spotted at Ilha do Mel, an island more than three kilometres …
Cyclists in Brasília at sunset. getty Ana Luiza Carboni is an outlier in Brasília: though she could have a car, she chooses not to. Nor do her two sons drive. Not everyone has the privilege to make this choice, given the Brazilian capital’s high cost of living and poor public transport. Carboni, a cycling advocate, …
Wild boar in San Luis province, Argentina (2018) Pablo Rodriguez Merkel/Proyecto ENEEI Wild pigs (including wild boar and feral domestic pigs) are invading protected natural areas across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Due to their ability to out-compete native species for food, change landscapes and carry disease, wild pigs now threaten hundreds of …
In 2022, Juan Mateo Rivera explores a stream in Assis, Acre State, Brazil, searching for crabs. Leandro Palheta Located in the Colombian Andes, Manizales is a hub for researchers studying the well-being of a native species of small freshwater crabs in the city’s parks and streams. Colombia has an impressive number of over 100 registered …
Space exploration has always captivated our imagination, but have you ever pondered its potential effects on marine life? In a groundbreaking study, scientists have delved into the lesser-known consequences of the Brazilian Space Program on coastal sharks. The global space sector has undergone remarkable transformations, driven by the ongoing privatization of space activities and the …