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Received — 16 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Spotify’s post-English AI future 16 June 2026 at 05:00

Spotify’s post-English AI future

16 June 2026 at 05:00

At the end of every year, Spotify Wrapped takes over social media feeds, with users showing off the annual recap of their top music choices. Lately, these reviews have taken...

Received — 15 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Can open-source beat OpenAI? 15 June 2026 at 05:00

Can open-source beat OpenAI?

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By: Kinling Lo

15 June 2026 at 05:00

As the U.S. and China battle for artificial intelligence supremacy, a fundamental divide in engineering philosophy could determine the winner. While American pioneers like OpenAI and Anthropic favor a closed-source...

Received — 12 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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What the SpaceX IPO reveals about Gulf money in AI 12 June 2026 at 08:00

What the SpaceX IPO reveals about Gulf money in AI

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By: Indranil Ghosh

12 June 2026 at 08:00

Poring over the SpaceX IPO prospectus, a recurring theme surfaces: the massive, quiet influence of Middle Eastern finance in the most ambitious IPO in history. Sovereign wealth funds of Saudi...

Received — 11 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public 11 June 2026 at 05:00

China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public

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By: Indranil Ghosh

11 June 2026 at 05:00

Chinese upstart Spacesail is trying to steal SpaceX’s thunder. State-backed Spacesail launched two satellites on a reusable rocket on June 1, just days before SpaceX’s $1.8 trillion listing on June...

Received — 10 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy 10 June 2026 at 05:00

Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy

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By: Soumya Gupta

10 June 2026 at 05:00

Take a moment to think about your day: How many things did you do online? Perhaps you made a call or two via WhatsApp. You sent at least one WhatsApp...

Received — 9 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance 9 June 2026 at 05:00

The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance

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By: Rina Chandran

9 June 2026 at 05:00

Since the launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, AI has quickly changed how we work, how we learn, how we love, how we heal. It has also made...

Received — 8 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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As the world embraces EVs, the U.S. hits the brakes 8 June 2026 at 05:00

As the world embraces EVs, the U.S. hits the brakes

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By: Indranil Ghosh

8 June 2026 at 05:00

Electric cars swept the world last year, everywhere except the U.S. Global EV sales grew 20% in 2025 to exceed 20 million, with one in four new cars sold worldwide...

Received — 5 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Silicon Valley’s lure is fading for India’s tech talent 5 June 2026 at 08:00

Silicon Valley’s lure is fading for India’s tech talent

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

5 June 2026 at 08:00

Every month, at least two to three Indian-origin AI researchers in Silicon Valley between the ages of 25 and 35 reach out to Aakrit Vaish, founder of AI venture fund...

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What to read: A summer book list 5 June 2026 at 05:00

What to read: A summer book list

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5 June 2026 at 05:00

Nick Srnicek details the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, and how a handful of big tech companies, and the U.S. and China, are jostling to control its development. Their actions...

Received — 4 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Scarcity is driving AI innovation outside Silicon Valley 4 June 2026 at 05:00

Scarcity is driving AI innovation outside Silicon Valley

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By: Ilman Shazhaev

4 June 2026 at 05:00

For years, the assumption around artificial intelligence infrastructure was that serious compute would be built in places where hyperscale cloud, developer density, and capital were already concentrated: Silicon Valley, Seattle,...

Received — 3 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time 3 June 2026 at 05:00

China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time

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By: Viola Zhou

3 June 2026 at 05:00

Daniel Wang came home to his apartment in Beijing and saw a humanoid robot waiting for him. He opened the door, and the robot got to work. The robot, developed...

A robot performs house chores at the Hisense booth at the SNEIC expo center in Shanghai, China, on March 12, 2026.

Received — 2 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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EVs are getting more affordable worldwide — except in the U.S. 2 June 2026 at 05:00

EVs are getting more affordable worldwide — except in the U.S.

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

2 June 2026 at 05:00

Electric cars became more affordable across much of the world in 2025 — except the U.S. One in four cars sold globally is now electric. Penetration in the U.S., however,...

Received — 1 June 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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India’s AI deal with the UAE challenges U.S. cloud dominance 1 June 2026 at 05:00

India’s AI deal with the UAE challenges U.S. cloud dominance

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By: Indranil Ghosh

1 June 2026 at 05:00

India is partnering with the United Arab Emirates to ease the grip of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google on artificial intelligence computing. G42, backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala,...

Received — 29 May 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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Pope’s encyclical raises questions on who gets to shape AI 29 May 2026 at 08:00

Pope’s encyclical raises questions on who gets to shape AI

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By: Rina Chandran

29 May 2026 at 08:00

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, titled Magnifica Humanitas, or magnificent humanity. The 83-page letter is about “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,”...

Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience in the Vatican on May 27, 2026.

Received — 28 May 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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China’s tech rise is creating a new kind of tourism 28 May 2026 at 05:00

China’s tech rise is creating a new kind of tourism

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By: Kinling Lo

28 May 2026 at 05:00

For decades, the pilgrimage route for ambitious tech founders, investors, and engineers led to Silicon Valley. Now, a growing number of them are flying to Shanghai, Hangzhou, or Shenzhen instead....

Received — 27 May 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution 27 May 2026 at 05:00

U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution

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By: Itika Sharma Punit

27 May 2026 at 05:00

America’s AI gold rush is staring at a haunting challenge as most U.S. companies struggle to see real-world benefits. India’s $300 billion IT industry is moving to capture the “deployment...

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U.S. versus China: Can open-source beat OpenAI? 26 May 2026 at 00:24

U.S. versus China: Can open-source beat OpenAI?

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By: Rest of World Staff

26 May 2026 at 00:24

Join Jules Polonetsky, Chief Executive Officer, Future of Privacy Forum, in conversation with Itika Sharma Punit, Deputy Editor, Rest of World on April 17, 2026

Received — 26 May 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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The agentic divide: Why “good enough” AI isn’t enough to survive the new economy 26 May 2026 at 05:00

The agentic divide: Why “good enough” AI isn’t enough to survive the new economy

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By: Rina Chandran

26 May 2026 at 05:00

Since OpenClaw burst onto the scene as Clawdbot last November, individuals and businesses have embraced artificial intelligence agents to write code, send emails, run a shop, and more. AI agents...

Received — 22 May 2026 ⏭ Rest of World

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AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share 22 May 2026 at 09:48

AI is minting new billionaires, and workers want their share

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By: Rina Chandran and John Popko

22 May 2026 at 09:48

Samsung Electronics narrowly averted a walkout by nearly 48,000 workers this week, after executives agreed to a tentative deal over bonus payments. But the labor union’s demand for a bigger...

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What AI race? China and U.S. AI worlds are tightly connected 22 May 2026 at 08:00

What AI race? China and U.S. AI worlds are tightly connected

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By: Viola Zhou

22 May 2026 at 08:00

The tech race between the U.S. and China seems to heat up daily. Headlines center on how America seeks to lead global AI with its capital and chips, while China...