What you need to know about Africa’s first AI factory

27 March 2025 at 06:24

Africa just scored a major tech coup. On March 24, Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa’s Cassava Technologies announced a partnership with Nvidia to build Africa’s first artificial intelligence factory. This isn’t...

Turkey’s brain drain is taking its female coders with it

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By: Kaya Genç

27 March 2025 at 05:00

In the summer of 2013, Gülçin Yildirim, a database administrator, received an invitation for a meeting at an Istanbul chocolate shop with 11 other female coders. They were there to...

A student at a game design lab at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Turkey.

A former Meta employee reviews the new Facebook memoir

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By: Sabhanaz Rashid Diya

26 March 2025 at 05:00

Last week, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People and was reminded of Carl Jung’s Everyman archetype — someone who fears being left out, and often compromises their morals in order...

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., center, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, center left, and Robert Greifeld, chief executive officer of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., center right, remotely ring the opening bell for trading at the Nasdaq MarketSite from the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, California, May 18, 2012.

Xiaohongshu’s global pivot: The surprise winner of the TikTok ban wants to keep its new users

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By: Peiyue Wu

26 March 2025 at 05:00

Xiaohongshu, the Chinese social media platform known as RedNote, has been forced to adjust its overseas strategy after unexpectedly attracting millions of so-called TikTok refugees. But working to retain —...

Careem’s CEO wants to transform the ride-hailing giant into a “digital butler” for everyday life

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By: Anup Kaphle

25 March 2025 at 02:00

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...

Mudassir Sheikha, CEO of Careem in the Careem offices in Dubai.

A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

24 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker

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By: Damilare Dosunmu

24 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

Founder Yuma Sasaki promotes Dodai's battery swapping stations.

Mexico’s first homegrown EV faces a bumpy road

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By: Nili Blanck

21 March 2025 at 05:00

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.

“I need to rethink my future”: Tech professionals on how they’re coping with Trump’s rapidly shifting immigration changes

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By: Rest of World Staff

20 March 2025 at 08:54

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...

Screaming customers, unpaid workers: Inside the chaotic demise of Indian online delivery pioneer Dunzo

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

20 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

How Tesla blew its lead

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By: Itika Sharma Punit and Ananya Bhattacharya

19 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

Tesla looks to India at a moment of crisis

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By: Yashraj Sharma

18 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

Dubai’s drone performances open new doors for creative workers

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By: Amar Diwakar

17 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

China’s AI frenzy: DeepSeek is already everywhere — cars, phones, even hospitals

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By: Kinling Lo

13 March 2025 at 12:33

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...

The offices of DeepSeek in Beijing, 2025.

The decline of India’s largest EV company — in charts

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By: Ananya Bhattacharya

13 March 2025 at 05:00

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 foreign factories clash with locals

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By: Rest of World Staff

13 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

Feb 19th, 2025 - Big Rapids, MI - Lori Brock’s horse farm with anti Gotion poster.

How BYD undercuts Tesla around the world, by the numbers

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By: Khadija Alam

12 March 2025 at 05:00

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 is coming to India. Here’s what to know

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By: Mehboob Jeelani and Nikita Saxena

11 March 2025 at 12:20

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...

CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and X Elon Musk meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington DC, on February 13, 2025.

How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town

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By: Viola Zhou

11 March 2025 at 05:00

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...

How a Chinese giant is disrupting Saudi Arabia’s food delivery

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By: Kinling Lo

10 March 2025 at 05:00

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,...

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