Tag: Technology

Investing in Brazil

Carbon footprint calculator app on a smartphone, personal climate action, concept

Your Spending Has a Carbon Footprint. Who Should Get to See It?

eyesonbrasil Every purchase leaves a trace. A flight, a steak dinner, a pair of jeans: each carries emissions that never appear on the receipt. A new generation of apps wants to make that trace visible, and the idea is spreading through banking. How the technology works The method is simpler than the marketing suggests. These…
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Voting Integrity Brazil

The Machine That Stays Silent Until 5 p.m.

Why nothing official can exist before 17:00 on Brazilian election day, how the electronic voting machines work, and how anyone can check the results themselves.

Ellalink cable

The Cable That Skipped America

How EllaLink Rewired Brazil’s Connection to the World eyesonbrasil Six thousand kilometers beneath the Atlantic, a bundle of glass fibers no thicker than a garden hose is quietly reshaping how Brazilians reach the internet. It has no name most people would recognize, no flashy headquarters, and no consumer-facing app. But EllaLink may be one of…
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