Interesting facts
Instagram and Facebook will use artificial intelligence to analyze users’ bone structure and height in photos and videos to find out who is under 13 years old in Brazil. Meta says the system does not perform facial recognition but can automatically deactivate accounts if it detects the owner is underage.
Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/05/2026 at 15:14
Construction
WEG created a battery storage system that is transforming an old mine in Finland into a renewable energy hub. The project is one of the first hybrids in the Nordic country to combine solar generation with storage and helps stabilize the national electricity grid.
Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/05/2026 at 15:12
Construction
The most expensive stadium on the planet cost R$ 30 billion to be built in Los Angeles and will host eight games of the 2026 World Cup. The 110-meter screen is larger than the playing field itself, and the roof projects videos that airplane passengers see during landing at the airport.
Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/05/2026 at 15:10
Construction
The vertical neighborhood with 656 apartments starting from R$ 234,000, which is being built in Blumenau, is expected to be ready in three years. MRV’s mega-condominium occupies a 70,000-square-meter plot in Velha Grande and qualifies for band 2 of Minha Casa Minha Vida.
Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/05/2026 at 15:08
Economy
The Batista brothers, who built the largest meatpacker on the planet with JBS, also command a little-known branch on the coast of Santa Catarina. Wesley and Joesley operate the activities of the Itajaí port complex through a company that moves millions of tons and almost no one associates with their surname.
Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 06/05/2026 at 15:04
Science and Technology
Extra virgin olive oil, once thought of as merely a kitchen item, is now on science’s radar: a two-year study published in April 2026 links regular consumption of the oil to better cognitive performance and a more diverse gut microbiome, with the mechanism passing through the gut before reaching the brain.
Débora Araújo 06/05/2026 at 14:59
Science and Technology
