Category: Business
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Sugarcane Bagasse Turns into Eco-Friendly Packaging for Electronic Equipment
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Researchers from the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) have developed a new antistatic and sustainable packaging made from sugarcane bagasse and carbon black, a material produced by the incomplete combustion of vegetable matter, such as coal and coal tar, or petroleum products. The material promises to increase safety and reduce damage…
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Lula heads to Canada for G7 summit addressing energy security
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva departed on the morning of this Monday (16) for Canada, where he will participate on this Tuesday (17) in the 51st G7 Summit, the group of the seven most industrialized nations in the world. The meeting is taking place in the city of Kananaskis, in the province of Alberta.…
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Elon Musk Says Some of His Social Media Posts About Trump ‘Went Too Far’
Days after the very public breakup between President Trump and his former advisor Elon Musk, the latter appears to be doing damage control. “I’m sorry for some of my posts about President [Trump] last week,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform, shortly after 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday. “They went too far.” Trump…
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Elon Musk says some of his social media posts about Trump “went too far”
Days after President Trump’s public break with his former advisor Elon Musk, the latter appears to be controlling the damage. “I’m sorry for some of my posts about President [Trump] last week,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform, on Wednesday (11). “They went too far.” Trump was active on social media on Wednesday…
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US and China agree to find a way to resolve their trade disputes
US and Chinese negotiators agreed to resume their trade negotiations after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday (11). The announcement came after two days of talks in the British capital, which ended on Tuesday night (10). The meetings appeared to focus on finding a way to…
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The US and China Agreed on a Framework to Resolve Their Trade Disputes
Senior US and Chinese negotiators reached an agreement on a framework to get trade talks back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. The announcement came after two days of talks in the British capital that ended on Tuesday night. The meetings appeared to…
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Amid Trade War, US Says Trump and Xi Jinping Will Meet to Resolve Minerals Dispute
The United States Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said he believes Presidents Donald Trump (US) and Xi Jinping (China) will talk to resolve trade issues, including a dispute over essential minerals. “I believe we’ll see something very soon,” the official stated amid new attacks from the US president, accusing the Asian country of violating an agreement…
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Amid a Trade War, a Glimmer of Hope with the US Announcement of a Meeting Between Trump and Xi Jinping
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he believes Presidents Donald Trump (US) and Xi Jinping (China) will talk to resolve trade issues, including a dispute over critical minerals. “I believe we’ll see something very soon,” the official said amid new attacks from the US president, accusing the Asian country of violating an agreement to mutually…
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Study Highlights Risks of Facial Recognition Technologies
Smile! Your face is being filmed, classified, compared, and identified, mainly by public security agencies, most of the time without your knowledge. A study by the Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU), in partnership with the Center for Studies on Security and Citizenship (CESeC), an academic institution linked to Candido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Nine in Ten Brazilians Have Access to Mobile Telephony
Nine out of ten Brazilians have access to mobile telephony, the telecommunications regulatory agency Anatel reported on Telecommunications Day. The majority of Brazilians with access to mobile telephony live in capitals and metropolitan regions, the survey adds. The data show that 4,363 of Brazil’s 5,565 municipalities have fiber optic infrastructure, making services faster, more stable,…