Tag: Latin America

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Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own

One morning in May, Juan Palma, a graphic designer in the Chilean capital of Santiago, asked ChatGPT for instructions on how to get from his home […]
July 15th, 2025
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Brazil wants to be a sustainable data center hub. Environmentalists are skeptical

In May, Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad flew to the U.S. to meet with executives from Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and Meta. His agenda: to pitch his […]
July 3rd, 2025
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Who is most at risk from the billions of leaked Facebook and Google passwords?

A recent data breach of about 16 billion login credentials is said to have put users of Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Apple at risk of fraud […]
June 25th, 2025
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TikTok Shop battles Shein and Temu in Latin America’s e-commerce race

Yareth Zuñiga’s boutique in Ciudad Victoria, in northern Mexico, is usually filled with items from Chinese e-commerce sites SheiniSheinFounded in China in 2008 and headquartered in […]
June 23rd, 2025
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The $10 billion delivery empire built on Shein and TikTok orders

A courier firm that conquered Southeast Asia’s logistics industry and scaled globally riding the Chinese e-commerce wave is now grappling with new pressures. Broken roads, chaotic […]
June 20th, 2025
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BYD sends thousands of EVs to Brazil ahead of final tariff hike

In May, BYDiBYDBYD Auto is a Chinese carmaker that became the world’s leading EV manufacturer in 2023, competing with Tesla for market share and global attention.READ […]
June 19th, 2025
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The app going against Uber by putting people over algorithms

It is the world’s most downloaded ride-hailing app after Uber, and inDrive’s founder and chief executive Arsen Tomsky wants to go bigger. Since its founding in […]
June 13th, 2025
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The global stakes of the U.S.-China AI rivalry

Since the launch of DeepSeek earlier this year, everyone from talk show hosts to heads of state has had a point of view on the so-called […]
June 12th, 2025
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