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China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇳🇬 AI and immigration uncertainty threaten Nigeria’s dreams of becoming an outsourcing hot spot - The West African nation wants to become the next global outsourcing hub, but as AI takes over basic tech tasks and U.S. visa hurdles rise, replicating India’s success could be challenging.

🇨🇳 TikTok’s messy merger in Indonesia could be a preview of what’s to come in the U.S. - A year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers, forcing many to join rival platforms.

📰 Struggling Chinese EV brands go global to flee brutal price war at home - Backlash against Neta Auto in Thailand underscores risks of companies expanding abroad too soon.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇦 Ride-hailing giants' electric promises are stalling worldwide - EV adoption by major platforms is at low single digits as infrastructure gaps and costs derail climate goals.

🇮🇳 Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts - Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.

🇦🇷 Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own - Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇳🇬 AI and immigration uncertainty threaten Nigeria’s dreams of becoming an outsourcing hot spot - The West African nation wants to become the next global outsourcing hub, but as AI takes over basic tech tasks and U.S. visa hurdles rise, replicating India’s success could be challenging.

🇨🇳 TikTok’s messy merger in Indonesia could be a preview of what’s to come in the U.S. - A year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers, forcing many to join rival platforms.

📰 Struggling Chinese EV brands go global to flee brutal price war at home - Backlash against Neta Auto in Thailand underscores risks of companies expanding abroad too soon.
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Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇨🇳 Why the world should stop obsessing over LLMs - Nandan Nilekani, the mind behind India’s digital revolution, says the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems.

🇨🇦 Ride-hailing giants' electric promises are stalling worldwide - EV adoption by major platforms is at low single digits as infrastructure gaps and costs derail climate goals.

🇮🇳 Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts - Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.
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Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇳 BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup - Even as BYD grabs headlines, a pack of Chinese automakers is quietly conquering overseas markets with aggressive pricing and localization.

🇳🇬 AI and immigration uncertainty threaten Nigeria’s dreams of becoming an outsourcing hot spot - The West African nation wants to become the next global outsourcing hub, but as AI takes over basic tech tasks and U.S. visa hurdles rise, replicating India’s success could be challenging.

🇦🇷 Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own - Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇮🇩 Nickel workers powered the EV battery boom. Now, layoffs have hit. - Indonesia dominates the EV nickel supply chain. But prices are falling, threatening workers in high-risk, high-reward smelting jobs.

🇨🇳 Why the world should stop obsessing over LLMs - Nandan Nilekani, the mind behind India’s digital revolution, says the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems.

🇮🇳 Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts - Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇪🇹 Unleashing the AI jobs revolution in Africa - While there are concerns that AI will eliminate jobs, in many developing countries, it can help create jobs that never existed before.

🇨🇳 BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup - Even as BYD grabs headlines, a pack of Chinese automakers is quietly conquering overseas markets with aggressive pricing and localization.

🇦🇷 Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own - Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco wants a Google spinoff to turn its waste into wealth - The world’s biggest crude producer is partnering with SandboxAQ to turn captured carbon into profitable products.

🇨🇳 Why the world should stop obsessing over LLMs - Nandan Nilekani, the mind behind India’s digital revolution, says the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems.

🇮🇳 Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts - Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇪🇹 Unleashing the AI jobs revolution in Africa - While there are concerns that AI will eliminate jobs, in many developing countries, it can help create jobs that never existed before.

🇨🇳 BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup - Even as BYD grabs headlines, a pack of Chinese automakers is quietly conquering overseas markets with aggressive pricing and localization.

🇦🇷 Fed up with ChatGPT, Latin America is building its own - Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America’s cultural and linguistic nuances.
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3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco wants a Google spinoff to turn its waste into wealth - The world’s biggest crude producer is partnering with SandboxAQ to turn captured carbon into profitable products.

🇨🇳 Why the world should stop obsessing over LLMs - Nandan Nilekani, the mind behind India’s digital revolution, says the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems.

🇮🇳 Tesla finally enters India after a decade of false starts - Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.
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Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇳 The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry - Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link. 

🇪🇹 Unleashing the AI jobs revolution in Africa - While there are concerns that AI will eliminate jobs, in many developing countries, it can help create jobs that never existed before.

🇮🇩 Nickel workers powered the EV battery boom. Now, layoffs have hit. - Indonesia dominates the EV nickel supply chain. But prices are falling, threatening workers in high-risk, high-reward smelting jobs.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇮🇳 Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? - The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.

🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco wants a Google spinoff to turn its waste into wealth - The world’s biggest crude producer is partnering with SandboxAQ to turn captured carbon into profitable products.

🇨🇳 BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup - Even as BYD grabs headlines, a pack of Chinese automakers is quietly conquering overseas markets with aggressive pricing and localization.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇨🇴 Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams - When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

🇨🇳 The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry - Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link. 

🇪🇹 Unleashing the AI jobs revolution in Africa - While there are concerns that AI will eliminate jobs, in many developing countries, it can help create jobs that never existed before.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇧🇷 U.S. targets Brazil’s payments platform Pix in trade spat - Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S. government now investigating the country’s “unfair trade practices.”

🇮🇳 Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? - The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.

🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco wants a Google spinoff to turn its waste into wealth - The world’s biggest crude producer is partnering with SandboxAQ to turn captured carbon into profitable products.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇮🇳 What was Builder.ai and why did it shut down? - The AI startup promised to make it easier to build apps and websites. Employees say the company’s tech wasn’t up to its marketing, which helped pave the way to bankruptcy.

🇨🇳 As China goes all in on AI, tech workers scramble to learn new skills - Chinese students and tech workers are turning to online tutorials that promise to turn them into experts who can land highly paid jobs, but these courses often fall short.

🇨🇴 Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams - When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇧🇷 U.S. targets Brazil’s payments platform Pix in trade spat - Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S. government now investigating the country’s “unfair trade practices.”

🇮🇳 Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? - The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.

🇨🇳 The surprise winner in the U.S.-China tech war? Vietnam’s chip industry - Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link. 
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇮🇳 What was Builder.ai and why did it shut down? - The AI startup promised to make it easier to build apps and websites. Employees say the company’s tech wasn’t up to its marketing, which helped pave the way to bankruptcy.

🇨🇳 As China goes all in on AI, tech workers scramble to learn new skills - Chinese students and tech workers are turning to online tutorials that promise to turn them into experts who can land highly paid jobs, but these courses often fall short.

🇨🇴 Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams - When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.
In today's more popular stories, 2 center on India:
➡ The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem - Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.

🇮🇳 VinFast speeds into India after U.S. U-turn - After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD.

🇮🇳 Inside the collapse of Builder.ai: Was it even an AI company? - The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇸🇾 They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry - After the fall of the Assad regime, tech workers are coming back to help rebuild their nation.

🇮🇳 What was Builder.ai and why did it shut down? - The AI startup promised to make it easier to build apps and websites. Employees say the company’s tech wasn’t up to its marketing, which helped pave the way to bankruptcy.

🇨🇳 As China goes all in on AI, tech workers scramble to learn new skills - Chinese students and tech workers are turning to online tutorials that promise to turn them into experts who can land highly paid jobs, but these courses often fall short.