Breaks from quarantine permitted for matches and trainingRules will only apply to those who are double vaccinatedThe government is to announce new rules to enable players who travel to red zone countries during the international break to play upon thei…
TikTok reached 1 billion monthly active users
TikTok announced in a blog post today that 1 billion people use TikTok every month. That means that on this big rock in space that we call home, about one in seven-and-a-half people are regularly watching short-form videos of dancing, dangerous “milk crate challenges” and even actual educational content. For context, Facebook said that in […]
Apps to reach record highs in Q3 of 36B downloads and $34B in consumer spending
A new forecast on the state of the app economy indicates the third quarter will see record-breaking revenues spent on apps and games. According to App Annie, consumers worldwide will spend $34 billion on apps and games in Q3, a 20% year-over-year increase on spending. The increase indicates that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on consumer […]
Brazil’s health minister tests positive for Covid after meeting maskless Johnson
Marcelo Queiroga sat close to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at New York meetingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian health minister, Marcelo Queiroga, has tested positive for Covid and gone into isolation, 24 hours af…
Electric air taxis to make their debut in Brazil’s most congested city
A Dublin-based company is promising zero-emission journeys across traffic-choked São Paulo, Latin America’s biggest cityThe skies over Latin America’s largest city are set to witness a futuristic aerospace revolution after the Brazilian budget airline …
Bolsonaro vowed to show a new Brazil but ‘lie-filled’ UN speech cuts little ice
Far-right president peddled unproven Covid remedies and made baseless claims about Brazilian politics and the environmentThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, told the United Nations general assembly he had come to showcase “a new Brazil, with its c…
Is this the beginning of the end for Jair Bolsonaro? | Andre Pagliarini
The Brazilian president wanted a popular uprising against the supreme court, but the underwhelming response was tellingThere is something pathetic about a leader who cannot recognise his limitations. For months, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has …
Trump may be gone, but Covid has not seen off populism
It is liberal fantasy to imagine that poor handing of the pandemic has lessened the allure of Modi and Bolsonaro. They are learning fast how to subvert votingWhen the pandemic struck, newspaper opinion pages were full of pieces predicting the end of au…
Bolsonaro diehards take to streets of Brazil to urge firing squads and coups
Thousands rallied in the capital behind the far-right populist but polls suggest his presidency is coming off the rails ahead of next year’s elections André Meneses made a gun sign with his hands to convey what he thought should happen to those who opp…
Driven by livestreams, consumer spending in social apps to hit $17.2B in 2025
The livestreaming boom is driving a significant uptick in the creator economy, as a new forecast estimates consumers will spend $6.78 billion in social apps in 2021. That figure will grow to $17.2 billion annually by 2025, according to data from mobile data firm App Annie, which notes the upward trend represents a five-year compound […]