China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
🇲🇽 Door-to-door saleswomen are fueling Shein’s rise in Mexico - A large community of catalog saleswomen are selling items from the Chinese platform.
🇨🇳 Myanmar residents struggle to overcome severe internet blackouts with Starlink - With messaging apps, social media, and VPNs banned, people look to satellite services, mesh networks, even walkie-talkies to communicate and work.
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
🇲🇽 Door-to-door saleswomen are fueling Shein’s rise in Mexico - A large community of catalog saleswomen are selling items from the Chinese platform.
🇨🇳 Myanmar residents struggle to overcome severe internet blackouts with Starlink - With messaging apps, social media, and VPNs banned, people look to satellite services, mesh networks, even walkie-talkies to communicate and work.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
🇮🇩 Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google - The super-app uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries.
🇬🇭 Phony X accounts are meddling in Ghana’s election - A network of 171 bot accounts is using AI to write political posts.
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
🇮🇩 Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google - The super-app uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries.
🇬🇭 Phony X accounts are meddling in Ghana’s election - A network of 171 bot accounts is using AI to write political posts.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇲🇽 Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer - Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇲🇽 Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer - Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇲🇽 Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer - Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇲🇽 Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer - Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution - But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it comes to EV adoption.
A number of our more popular stories focus on China:
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🤫 Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police - Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
🇨🇳 The U.S. Chinese immigrants running Temu shipping centers from their homes - To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇵🇰 New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling - What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
A number of our more popular stories focus on China:
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
A number of our more popular stories focus on China:
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇨🇳 The Philippine army is recruiting young tech civilians to fight cyber attacks - The country is among the most vulnerable to online threats, many of them from China. To fight back, the army is recruiting IT professionals.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
🇵🇭 AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse - BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇨🇳 How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars - The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.
🇦🇷 Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings - Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇲🇽 Companies in Mexico embrace AI to resurrect the dead - Use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country, leaving cybersecurity experts worried about the potential for deepfakes and identity theft.
🇦🇷 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.
🇮🇳 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.
🇲🇽 Companies in Mexico embrace AI to resurrect the dead - Use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country, leaving cybersecurity experts worried about the potential for deepfakes and identity theft.
🇦🇷 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.
🇮🇳 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 most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
🇨🇦 Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry - President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
🇮🇳 India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it - CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇻🇳 Small-scale investors are building Vietnam’s EV charging network - Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with no government support it can take years to break even.
🇲🇽 Companies in Mexico embrace AI to resurrect the dead - Use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country, leaving cybersecurity experts worried about the potential for deepfakes and identity theft.
🇦🇷 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.
🇻🇳 Small-scale investors are building Vietnam’s EV charging network - Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with no government support it can take years to break even.
🇲🇽 Companies in Mexico embrace AI to resurrect the dead - Use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country, leaving cybersecurity experts worried about the potential for deepfakes and identity theft.
🇦🇷 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.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
📰 The most surprising tech champions of 2024 - From Threads to Bluesky and Zello to Black Myth: Wukong, a handful of small and large tech champions stood out for their impressive growth this year.
🇮🇳 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.
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
📰 The most surprising tech champions of 2024 - From Threads to Bluesky and Zello to Black Myth: Wukong, a handful of small and large tech champions stood out for their impressive growth this year.
🇮🇳 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.
📘 How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives - From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.