As TikTok looks to change course to comply with U.S. laws, a similar experiment in its second-largest market is unraveling. Last year, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, acquired a majority stake...
Once a rising star among China’s electric vehicle startups, Neta Auto is facing backlash in its largest overseas market as its parent company enters bankruptcy restructuring — fueling concerns that...
Mahbubur Rahman is used to the rhythms and interruptions of running a telemedicine center on the northern fringe of the Sunderbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. At the government-funded hospital...
A battle for data sovereignty is brewing from Africa to Asia. Developing nations are challenging Big Tech’s decades-long hold on global data by demanding that their citizens’ information be stored...
Darlington Vivito told his parents goodbye on a chilly, drizzly evening in March 2023. He put on warm clothes, preparing for the night ahead. The 22-year-old left the family’s small...
A security guard carries a gun while patrolling the open pit mines at Bikita Minerals, a lithium mine operated by the Chinese conglomerate Sinomine Resource Group in the Bikita district of Masvingo, a southern province of Zimbabwe.
Despite being situated above one of the largest lithium deposits, the Bikita district remains underdeveloped. Residents face poor road conditions, a lack of piped water, and insufficient educational facilities. Zimbabwe possesses significant lithium reserves and is emerging as a key player in the global metal market, which is essential for producing batteries for electric vehicles and other applications.
Meta’s fintech ambitions have failed to take off in India — the company’s largest market, with over 500 million WhatsApp users. When WhatsApp first began testing payments in India back...
In her review of this book, former Meta employee Sabhanaz Rashid Diya called it “disappointing and revealing.” While courageous—Meta won a ruling blocking author Sarah-Wynn Williams from promoting her work—the...
In May, Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad flew to the U.S. to meet with executives from Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and Meta. His agenda: to pitch his country as the newest,...
As powerful monsoon winds buffeted the Taiwan Strait, British captain Richard Boghurst braced himself for a demanding shift laying undersea power cables to carry wind energy to Taiwan’s semiconductor factories. ...
One week before her thesis deadline, Xiaobing, a senior majoring in German literature, received a notice: Her university in northeast China would require the work of all fourth-year students to...
In November 2023, the self-driving car company Cruise admitted that its “driverless” robotaxis were monitored and controlled (as needed) by remote workers. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt took to Hacker News,...
The idea of a space-based internet is almost as old as the internet itself. In 1993, the Hughes Aircraft Company filed for a license with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission...
On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that digital platforms are responsible for users’ content — a major shift in a country where millions rely on apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and...
Until recently, Tata Motors had a dream run in India’s electric-vehicle market. The first homegrown automaker to successfully launch an EV in the country, it quickly gained traction with vehicles...
A recent data breach of about 16 billion login credentials is said to have put users of Facebook, Instagram, Google, and Apple at risk of fraud and identity theft. The...
Hasan Hüseyin Yavuz sat in an unpaved parking lot among protest posters, trying to draw attention to the human toll of trending TikToks. Across the street from his former employer...
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar pledged $2 trillion of deals during U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East tour last month, sparking debate over whether massive spending can buy tech...
President Donald Trump shakes hands with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates after they announced that the two nations would work together to establish the largest artificial intelligence data center outside of the United States in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, May 15, 2025. At every step of President Trump's whirlwind tour, he has been treated with the kind of honor and respect he has long desired. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Yareth Zuñiga’s boutique in Ciudad Victoria, in northern Mexico, is usually filled with items from Chinese e-commerce sites Shein and Alibaba. In recent months, her stock has dwindled as new...
A courier firm that conquered Southeast Asia’s logistics industry and scaled globally riding the Chinese e-commerce wave is now grappling with new pressures. Broken roads, chaotic traffic, nameless alleys, and...
NANJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 26: Employees sort express parcels at automated sorting lines in a distribution center of J&T Express ahead of China's Double 11 Shopping Festival on October 26, 2024 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images)
In May, BYD’s largest car carrier arrived in Brazil with 7,300 new electric vehicles. The consignment, coupled with two other large shipments a few days later, represented the company’s biggest...
The world's largest car carrier, BYD ''Shenzhen'', loads over 7,000 BYD new energy commercial vehicles at Haitong Terminal in Taicang Port Area, Suzhou Port, and sets sail for Brazil in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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