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Received — 7 March 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G 7 March 2025 at 06:00

Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G

7 March 2025 at 06:00

Last November, Nguyen Thi Que’s mobile phone suddenly stopped working as telecom companies in Vietnam permanently shut down the 2G network. “I thought of buying a new phone, but I...

Received — 6 March 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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As Bangladesh’s factories turn to surveillance and automation, garment workers feel the pressure 6 March 2025 at 06:00

As Bangladesh’s factories turn to surveillance and automation, garment workers feel the pressure

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By: Jesmin Papri

6 March 2025 at 06:00

The young woman quickly sewed a piece of gray fabric and handed it down the manufacturing line at one of Dhaka’s largest garment factories. She looked impatiently at the woman...

Received — 5 March 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Colombia’s EV sales soar, but battery recycling startups struggle to keep pace 5 March 2025 at 06:00

Colombia’s EV sales soar, but battery recycling startups struggle to keep pace

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By: Juliana Bedoya

5 March 2025 at 06:00

For three years, Juan Vega sped across Cartagena, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, on his electric motorcycle — one of thousands of recent converts to the environment-friendly option. When he needed...

Batteries ready to be repaired and brought back to life at the company Batx in Medellín, Colombia.

Received — 4 March 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away 4 March 2025 at 06:00

In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away

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By: Yashraj Sharma

4 March 2025 at 06:00

When Rahul, a gun seller from the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, first used WhatsApp to expand his customer base over a year ago, he was unsure of his...

Received — 3 March 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers 3 March 2025 at 06:00

Mexico’s new tariffs hit Shein — and millions of local resellers

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By: Melissa Amezcua

3 March 2025 at 06:00

For years, Lucía’s biggest worry as a reseller of items sold on e-commerce platform Shein was keeping a stock of unsold clothes at her home in Mexico City. Now, her...

A Shein re-seller in her living room, which she uses as a working place for unpacking products.

Received — 28 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names 28 February 2025 at 06:00

Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names

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By: Viola Zhou and Khadija Alam

28 February 2025 at 06:00

After U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in January, some digital maps quickly made the change, at least for...

Received — 27 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Africa’s startup funding crisis deepens as Mastercard Foundation exits top VC firm 27 February 2025 at 06:00

Africa’s startup funding crisis deepens as Mastercard Foundation exits top VC firm

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By: Damilare Dosunmu

27 February 2025 at 06:00

Mastercard Foundation has pulled out of a commitment to invest $100 million in a leading African venture capital firm at a time when tech startups on the continent are struggling...

Received — 26 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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China wants tech companies to monetize data, but few are buying in 26 February 2025 at 06:00

China wants tech companies to monetize data, but few are buying in

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By: Lizzi C. Lee

26 February 2025 at 06:00

Chinese firms generate staggering amounts of data daily, from ride-hailing trips to online shopping transactions. A recent policy allowed Chinese companies to record data as assets on their balance sheets,...

China has recently allowed companies to count their data as a financial asset.

Received — 25 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud 25 February 2025 at 06:00

Nigerians are building affordable alternatives to AWS and Google Cloud

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By: Damilare Dosunmu

25 February 2025 at 06:00

Nigerian entrepreneur Fara Ashiru built her fintech platform, Okra, on Amazon Web Services in 2020. She would pay AWS in dollars even as Okra earned in naira because American cloud...

Received — 24 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Why one of the world’s major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia 24 February 2025 at 06:00

Why one of the world’s major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia

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By: Anup Kaphle

24 February 2025 at 06:00

With a long track record of groundbreaking research, outspoken opinions, and grand visions, Jürgen Schmidhuber is a unique figure in the artificial intelligence world — equal parts scientist and provocateur....

Received — 20 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Desperate for work, translators train the AI that’s putting them out of work 20 February 2025 at 06:00

Desperate for work, translators train the AI that’s putting them out of work

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By: Kaya Genç

20 February 2025 at 06:00

Turkey’s sophisticated translators are moonlighting as trainers of artificial intelligence models, even as their profession shrinks with the rise of machine translations. As the models improve, these training jobs, too,...

Received — 13 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Tired of spotty internet, Bolivians are smuggling in Starlink 13 February 2025 at 06:00

Tired of spotty internet, Bolivians are smuggling in Starlink

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By: William Wroblewski

13 February 2025 at 06:00

Last month, Darren Jason Watkins Jr., a popular American streamer, broadcast a visit to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. As his stream kept glitching, Watkins Jr., known...

On a ridge above La Paz, the Bolivian Space Agency’s headquarters in Amachuma is the main control center for the nation’s Túpac Katari 1 telecommunications satellite.

Received — 12 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Syria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years 12 February 2025 at 10:31

Syria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years

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By: Danny Makki

12 February 2025 at 10:31

While much of the world was focused on a radical proposal by the U.S. president to transform the Middle East, a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and tech leaders gathered...

Speakers present at SYNC, the first tech conference in Syria in 20 years, February 8, 2025.

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Students are doubling as cheap labor for Taiwan’s semiconductor factories 12 February 2025 at 06:00

Students are doubling as cheap labor for Taiwan’s semiconductor factories

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By: Hsiuwen Liu

12 February 2025 at 06:00

Before Dang Nhut Hao came to Taiwan, he knew nothing about semiconductors. Growing up in Dong Thap — a southern Vietnamese province on the Mekong Delta famous for its rice...

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Pakistan’s electric rickshaws are accelerating the country’s EV revolution 12 February 2025 at 06:00

Pakistan’s electric rickshaws are accelerating the country’s EV revolution

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By: Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

12 February 2025 at 06:00

Pakistan hurtled toward its electric future in 2024. In August, Chinese EV giant BYD said it would set up its first South Asian production plant in the country. Three months...

Received — 11 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits 11 February 2025 at 06:00

Chinese Temu sellers use fake U.S. postage labels to boost their profits

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By: Viola Zhou

11 February 2025 at 06:00

Some Chinese Temu merchants are padding their profits by using counterfeit postage labels to trick the U.S. Postal Service into delivering packages for free. Posts on Chinese social media openly...

"High postage costs eat into the razor thin margins of small e-commerce shippers.

Received — 6 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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U.S. tariffs on China can’t slow the impact of Chinese imports worldwide 6 February 2025 at 08:44

U.S. tariffs on China can’t slow the impact of Chinese imports worldwide

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By: Rina Chandran

6 February 2025 at 08:44

When do the U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods go into effect? The Donald Trump administration imposed new tariffs on China this week, with an additional 10% levy on all Chinese...

Received — 5 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Is Google Maps fatally misleading drivers in India? It’s complicated 5 February 2025 at 06:00

Is Google Maps fatally misleading drivers in India? It’s complicated

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

5 February 2025 at 06:00

Earlier this week, an Indian politician urged the country’s Parliament to support homegrown alternatives to Google Maps — blaming the popular navigation app for fatal accidents. Incidents due to Google...

GPS maps in India can fail to account for the realities of the roads.

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DeepSeek’s rise shows why China’s top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley 5 February 2025 at 06:00

DeepSeek’s rise shows why China’s top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley

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By: Viola Zhou

5 February 2025 at 06:00

At the end of his internship at Nvidia in 2023, Zizheng Pan, a young artificial-intelligence researcher from China, faced a pivotal decision: stay in Silicon Valley with the world’s leading...

Engineers at DeepSeek have built a generative AI model for far less than competitors.

Received — 3 February 2025 ⏭ Rest of World

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Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams 3 February 2025 at 06:00

Indonesia, home to the world’s largest nickel reserves, struggles to achieve its EV dreams

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By: Michelle Anindya

3 February 2025 at 06:00

Karawang county, located about 90 minutes by road from Jakarta, has been a major automotive hub in Indonesia for decades, housing factories of companies like Yamaha and Toyota. Last July,...