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🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
🇮🇩 Why so many influencers are running for election in Indonesia - More influencers are joining political parties and contesting elections, raising concerns about the spread of misinformation and the lack of leadership.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
🇮🇩 Why so many influencers are running for election in Indonesia - More influencers are joining political parties and contesting elections, raising concerns about the spread of misinformation and the lack of leadership.
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🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
📰 What we learned from reporting on global tech this year - Rest of World contributors from Dhaka to Buenos Aires share their highlights, low points, and key takeaways from covering technology in 2024.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
📰 What we learned from reporting on global tech this year - Rest of World contributors from Dhaka to Buenos Aires share their highlights, low points, and key takeaways from covering technology in 2024.
India features in many of today's popular stories:
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
🇮🇳 Amazon and Walmart couldn’t kill India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might - Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana stores out of business by 2030.
🇧🇷 Instagram helps Brazilians dodge a national sales ban on vapes - As Brazilian law clashes with Meta’s policies, illegal vapes flood social media and the streets.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
🇮🇳 Amazon and Walmart couldn’t kill India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might - Services like Blinkit and Zepto are estimated to put more than 25% of India’s neighborhood kirana stores out of business by 2030.
🇧🇷 Instagram helps Brazilians dodge a national sales ban on vapes - As Brazilian law clashes with Meta’s policies, illegal vapes flood social media and the streets.
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
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🇿🇼 Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity - Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service sold out within weeks of launching in the country.
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
🇿🇼 Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity - Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service sold out within weeks of launching in the country.
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
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A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇿🇼 Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity - Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service sold out within weeks of launching in the country.
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
🇿🇼 Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity - Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service sold out within weeks of launching in the country.
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
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A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📸 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇮🇳 Uber’s big plan for India: buses - Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities soon.
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🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇵🇭 The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish - ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
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🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
📰 After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views - A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.
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3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇦 China’s AI elite rethink their Silicon Valley dream jobs - The West may lose out in the talent race amid U.S. national security and immigration hurdles
📷 How WhatsApp ate the world - WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
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📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
🇬🇭 Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries - In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
🇬🇭 Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries - In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
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🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
🇬🇭 Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries - In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
🇬🇭 Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries - In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
🇰🇪 The little ride-hailing app that could catch up to Uber and Bolt in Kenya - Founder Kamal Budhabhatti’s winning strategy targets corporate clients.
🇨🇳 YouTube Shopping wants to unseat TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia - The platform is partnering with Shopee to target the region’s growing shoppertainment spending.
🇰🇪 Kenya’s bus fleets want to go electric, but manufacturers can’t meet demand - Companies have ordered hundreds of EV buses — but they won’t arrive for years.
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🇸🇬 Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population - The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
🇸🇬 Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population - The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
📰 Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories - In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.
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📰 Everything you need to know about Xiaohongshu - As fears of a TikTok ban grow, Americans are turning to Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book.” Here’s how the lifestyle app became a global phenomenon.
🇨🇳 Despite tensions, US-China AI research collaborations are alive and well - Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.
📷 U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users - Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.
📰 Everything you need to know about Xiaohongshu - As fears of a TikTok ban grow, Americans are turning to Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book.” Here’s how the lifestyle app became a global phenomenon.
🇨🇳 Despite tensions, US-China AI research collaborations are alive and well - Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.
📷 U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users - Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.
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🇪🇨 EV sales in Ecuador are surging despite crippling power cuts - While EV users have been left in the dark during a prolonged energy crisis, many still prefer dealing with the hassle to the high cost of gas.
🇸🇬 Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population - The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.
🇪🇨 EV sales in Ecuador are surging despite crippling power cuts - While EV users have been left in the dark during a prolonged energy crisis, many still prefer dealing with the hassle to the high cost of gas.
🇸🇬 Singapore is turning to AI to care for its rapidly aging population - The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care.
📘 Global fact-checkers were disappointed, not surprised, Meta ended its program - Groups in Pakistan, Argentina, and Brazil have been diversifying revenue streams and many saw the change coming.