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Meet Gauss: Our new in-house designed and built electric propulsion system. Electric propulsion satellite thrusters have historically proven extremely difficult to produce in high volumes, causing supply chain fragility for national security and commercial constellation operators alike. We’ve already established the Gauss production line, designed to produce more than 200 thrusters per year, ensuring we can supply thrusters on demand in large quantities.

Tatuzão batizado de "Hebe Camargo" chega a Penha e fará escavação até Guarulhos na linha 2 verde, com 5 novas estações do metrô de São Paulo.

The Space Symposium, hosted by @SpaceFoundation is officially underway! From April 13–16, the Virgin Galactic team is on the ground in Colorado Springs, sharing the future of commercial spaceflight and suborbital research. #41Space

Not every breakthrough looks flashy. Some quietly restore independence. @airaio shows how visual interpreting using @RayBan and @Meta smart glasses, powered by @Snapdragon, can help blind or visually impaired people recognize objects, navigate safer and manage everyday tasks with more confidence. That’s meaningful progress.

Finalmente chegou o modelo do F-39E Gripen para ficar na mesa do meu escritório — além da relevância estratégica para o Brasil, é uma beleza mesmo. A produção local coloca o Brasil no grupo seleto de países capazes de fabricar caças supersônicos.🇧🇷❤️🛫

Today I’m incredibly excited to announce Wendy. Wendy is an operating system and developer platform for Physical AI — built to make it dramatically easier to build and deploy on NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and other edge devices. We think robotics, edge AI, industrial systems, autonomous machines, and smart cameras should be far simpler to create. Less setup. Less infrastructure pain. Faster time to first demo. This is the start of something big. Get started at wendy.sh

ITC is at the heart of EU trade policy! 🇪🇺 Our new Brussels office helps us foster the cooperation needed to support small businesses worldwide. Director-General @KoenDoens of the @EU_Commission highlighted our unique role in bridging trade policy with practical technical aid. ℹ️ bit.ly/4cI4o24

Professor Andrew Forbes, a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, leads South Africa’s efforts in quantum photonics and structured light. He directs the Structured Light Laboratory and serves as a key figure in the South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI). His team is developing advanced laser-based systems that use the principles of quantum mechanics — particularly high-dimensional quantum states and photon entanglement — to transmit data at potentially thousands or even millions of times the speed of current classical internet infrastructure. Traditional fiber-optic internet encodes information in classical light pulses (ones and zeros). Forbes’ approach leverages structured light and quantum states of photons. By manipulating the spatial modes, orbital angular momentum, or other properties of light, a single photon can carry far more information than a classical bit. When combined with quantum entanglement and quantum key distribution (QKD), the system promises not only dramatically higher bandwidth but also unbreakable security — any attempt to intercept the data would disturb the quantum state and be immediately detectable. Forbes has described a future where data transmission could scale to extremely high capacities by using many light patterns simultaneously, effectively expanding the “alphabet” of information carried by light. While the technology is still in the research and prototype phase, Forbes and his team are moving toward practical demonstrations, such as secure quantum links between major South African cities. South Africa is currently the only African nation with a formal national quantum technology strategy.

3 Locus Array bots. Thousands of units already picked live. Thousands more to come. See it for yourself at #MODEX2026, booth #B10704. #R2G

🚨𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: @PayPal brings Pix to SMB checkout in Brazil 🇧🇷 And this is bigger than it looks. As PayPal celebrates 15 years of operations in Brazil in 2026, the Pix launch marks the latest step in a broader strategy to support SMBs with local payment methods, new partnerships and high-conversion commerce solutions. Launched in Brazil in 2025, PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) is an all-in-one platform that combines cards, local payment methods, and business tools in a single integration. The addition of Pix allows SMBs to deliver a locally preferred payment experience while benefiting from PayPal’s global reach, fraud protection, and cross-border capabilities—all within one platform. 💬 “Pix is how Brazil pays today, with more than 170 million people already using it,” said Brunno Saura, General Manager of PayPal Brazil. “By bringing Pix into PayPal Complete Payments, we’re giving entrepreneurs a high-conversion way to get paid that combines a payment method Brazilians know with the trust, security, and global reach that PayPal is known for.” Pix already accounts for ~⅓ of Brazil’s e-commerce volume → expected to reach ~40% by 2026 So this move isn’t about adding “another payment method”. It’s about meeting customers exactly where they already pay. Here’s what’s really happening: • PayPal is localizing aggressively in high-growth markets • SMBs get access to Pix + global payments in one integration • Conversion rates go up by reducing checkout friction • PayPal strengthens its position in Latin America’s ~$944B e-commerce market Source/more info: lnkd.in/djJxgcZF Latin America continues to be one of the most important battlegrounds in payments right now. Who’s next to double down on local rails?

Amazon Leo + @Apple In parallel, we have also signed a long-term agreement with Apple for Amazon Leo to power satellite services for supported iPhone and Apple Watch models, allowing users to text emergency services, message friends and family, request roadside assistance, and more.

💡 What’s the secret to 98.8% SLA compliance? Not AI. It’s getting the basics right first. "If your data isn't right, your AI won't be either." 🗨️ Our own Bradley Mead was interviewed by @FuturenetW: m.eric.sn/fbKp50YIG1o #ANOps #ManagedServices #AN #telecoms

Won best edge AI at the @ycombinator and @innate_bot hackathon! We built a local VLM multi-rover orchestrator for Mars exploration. On-device navigation and automated fault detection & recovery across odometry, stereo vision, and lidar. Thanks for hosting, @ax_pey!

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to exceed Mach 1 speeds. Hermeus is the second company ever authorized by the FAA to fly a civil aircraft supersonic and the first to do so with an unmanned system. We’re grateful for a strong partnership with the agency and proud to be a part of aviation history.

America isn't even on the graph.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 🏆: ● Zanichelli Editore S.p.A (Italy) in the Publisher category ● Fundação Dorina Nowill para Cegos (Brazil) in the Initiative category Both winners were recognized for their innovative use of AI in producing educational textbooks in accessible formats for students with print disabilities. More: ow.ly/CjYO50YIk13 #BCBF26

Berkshire-based Edgewing, a joint venture formed by BAE Systems, Leonardo, and JAIEC, has been awarded a £686 MILLION contract to advance design and development activities for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). The contract represents the first joint agreement for GCAP - a transformational trilateral partnership comprising the UK, Italy, Japan - to develop a next-generation combat aircraft. Headquartered in Reading, with major operations across the UK, Italy, and Japan, Edgewing was awarded the contract by the GCAP Agency, which manages GCAP on behalf of the three nations. The £686 million funding will support key engineering and design initiatives intended to accelerate the aircraft’s delivery timeline.

🚨: Mia Heller at the age of just 18, invented a water filter that eliminates 95.5% of microplastics.

Green Hydrogen Production Ramps Up with Plug Power’s 275 MW Electrolyzers for Courant Project – Hydrogen Fuel News hydrogenfuelnews.com/green-hydrogen…

Most people think Brazilian assets are cheap because something is wrong with Brazil. They're wrong. Brazilian assets are cheap because of a structural wiring problem between where the money is and where the opportunity is. 92% of global institutional capital is allocated to the US, Europe, and developed Asia. Emerging markets get 8%. Brazil gets a fraction of that 8%. The average American pension fund has 0.1-0.3% exposure to Brazil. The average endowment: similar. When you ask why, you get the same five objections every time. "The taxes are too high." Brazil's corporate tax rate is 34%. The US effective corporate rate (federal plus state) averages 25-27%. The gap is real but it's single digits, not the chasm people imagine. And Brazil just passed the largest tax reform in its history (2023), replacing five overlapping consumption taxes with a single dual VAT system. The new system takes full effect by 2033. Every multinational that set up in Brazil before the simplification captured the discount. Every one that waits until after pays full price. "The bureaucracy is impossible." The bureaucracy is complex, slow, and very real. It's also completely navigable. JBS built an $86 billion company inside that bureaucracy. Nubank built an $85 billion company inside it. WEG built a $40 billion company inside it. Embraer, Suzano, Ambev, TOTVS, Localiza, Rede D'Or. Every one of these was built inside the same system that foreigners say is impossible. The bureaucracy filters out everyone who won't do the work. The ones who do the work operate in a market with less competition precisely because everyone else quit at the paperwork. "The currency is volatile." The real has traded between R$4.80 and R$6.30 against the dollar over the past three years. Volatile, yes. But every time the real weakens, Brazilian exporters become more competitive globally and dollar-denominated investors buy assets cheaper. The BCB holds over $330 billion in reserves. It intervenes actively. It raised rates to 13.75% before the Fed started hiking and fought inflation faster and harder than most major central banks in the 2021-2023 cycle. BCB independence was formalized by law in 2021 with fixed four-year terms. This is not the currency regime of the 1990s. "The political environment is unstable." Brazil has held uninterrupted democratic elections since 1989. Power has transferred peacefully between left and right multiple times. The central bank operates independently of the president. The judiciary blocked executive overreach from both Bolsonaro and Lula. The institutions held. Compare that to the US in January 2021 or the current state of French politics. Every country has political risk. The difference is that Brazilian political risk is priced in. American political risk is priced as if it doesn't exist. "Corruption is systemic." Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) was one of the largest anti-corruption investigations in the history of any democracy. It prosecuted sitting presidents, senators, governors, and the CEOs of the largest companies in the country. Billions were recovered. Executives went to prison. The system exposed its own corruption and punished it publicly. Very few countries have investigated and convicted their own leaders at that scale. Brazil didn't hide from corruption. It prosecuted it on live television. Now look at what that money is missing while it debates these objections... A factory in Joinville, Santa Catarina producing precision components at 25% margins with zero debt trades at 4-8x EBITDA. The identical factory in Wisconsin trades at 10-15x. Same product. Same margins. Same customers. Half the price. The Ibovespa trades at under 11x forward earnings. The S&P 500 trades at 21x. Brazilian farmland costs $5,200/hectare in MATOPIBA. Iowa costs $49,400. Both grow soybeans. Brazil harvests twice per year. Brazilian beef exports generated $18 billion in 2025 (up 40% in a single year). The companies that produced it trade at a fraction of their American and Australian equivalents. Nubank is worth $85 billion and serves 110 million customers. It was founded 13 years ago by three people with no bank. WEG is a $40 billion industrial manufacturer from a town of 180,000 people that exports to 135+ countries. Most global investors cannot name it. Embraer builds half the regional jets flying in America. Its market cap is a rounding error compared to Boeing or Airbus. The discount has nothing to do with risk. The infrastructure connecting global capital to Brazilian opportunity doesn't exist yet. Nobody covers it. Goldman doesn't have an office in Maringá. JP Morgan doesn't have an analyst in Campo Grande. Morgan Stanley doesn't follow mid-market manufacturers in Caxias do Sul. Without coverage there's no capital flow. Without capital flow there's no price discovery. The asset stays cheap regardless of quality. Meanwhile in the last 18 months: Chinese FDI in Brazil grew 113%. The US committed $565 million to critical minerals. The EU signed its largest trade deal ever (720 million consumers, 90%+ tariffs eliminated). The Ibovespa hit 16 all-time records in 2026. Up 22% YTD. Up 30%+ in dollar terms in 2025. BTG Pactual reported "enormous increase in interest from large pension funds and sovereign funds." The objections haven't changed in 20 years. The taxes. The bureaucracy. The currency. The politics. The corruption. The smart money heard all five objections and invested anyway. The discount isn't permanent. It never is. The question is whether you position before the bridge is built or after everyone else has already crossed it. Brazil isn't broken. Most of the world just hasn't figured out what's here yet. They will.