Mudassir Sheikha likes to tell the story of Careem’s growth in chapters. The first began in 2012, when Sheikha and Magnus Olsson co-founded the company as a corporate car booking...
As U.S. President Donald Trump sends mixed signals on the H-1B visa program, Amazon could find itself in a tight spot. The $2 trillion tech giant has bagged the most...
In energy-starved Ethiopia, where electricity reaches less than half of the population, a local startup’s unconventional bet on battery-powered motorcycles has hit the spot. In less than a year of...
Earlier this year, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum beamed as a rendering of three boxy, compact electric vehicles was displayed on a screen during a media briefing in the capital city....
Roberto Capuano Tripp, head of the Sustainable Development project for Mexico City, explains the Olinia project at a press conference led by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Tech professionals around the world are on the edge as President Donald Trump and his administration impose a series of radical immigration measures. From attempting to deport foreign nationals who...
India’s booming quick-commerce sector saw a major casualty earlier this year. Dunzo, the first Indian startup to receive a direct investment from Google in 2017, shut down in January, leaving...
Tesla is having a tough year. Once a world leader in the electric-vehicle market, the company’s sales across the U.S., China, and several European countries fell year on year in...
As Tesla’s existing markets give it the cold shoulder, it is turning to India after a decade of false starts. Days after Elon Musk met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
On a chilly night in January, Ajay Sreekumar stood outside Dubai’s Museum of the Future and craned his head up to the sky. He watched a swarm of 600 drones...
Since DeepSeek’s launch, a swathe of Chinese companies — from automakers to appliance firms — have joined the frenzy to incorporate the homegrown artificial intelligence model into their products and...
India’s largest electric vehicle company is in trouble. Shares of Ola Electric Mobility hit an all-time low on March 3 — down more than 60% from its peak in August...
When the Chinese battery company Gotion announced its plans to open a factory in the small college town of Big Rapids, Michigan, in 2022, it seemed like the kind of...
2024 was a big year for Chinese automaker BYD. The company secured its position as the biggest electrified-car maker in the world. It made waves for earning more revenue than...
Starlink has finally made its way into India. In an announcement on Tuesday, India’s second-largest telecom firm, Bharti Airtel, said it has signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink...
In the spring of 2024, Chuck Thelen came to an unpleasant conclusion: He would have to eat part of a battery. It was, he figured, maybe the only way to...
Keeta, the international arm of China’s biggest food delivery app, Meituan, has become the third-largest food delivery platform in Saudi Arabia just four months after its overseas debut. Its aggressive,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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