Articles from restofworld.org

Articles from restofworld.org

Workers and researchers say data annotation jobs that many Venezuelans relied on have become scarce and poorly paid with the rise of generative AI (restofworld.org)
2025-4-17 AI

Starlink, which entered Nigeria in January 2023, ranks second among pure-play ISPs with 65K+ Nigerian subscribers in Q3 2024 due to reliable, high-speed access (restofworld.org)
2025-4-16 Nigeria

Experts say Chinese investors would be wary of backing AI startups building foundation models; PitchBook: in Q1, AI/ML VC funding in China fell 30% YoY to $1.2B (restofworld.org)
2025-4-16 China Startup AI

A look at the battle between Uber and its unlikely ally, Chinese-owned rival 99, against the São Paulo city government, which banned motorcycle taxis in 2023 (restofworld.org)
2025-4-12 China Uber

A look at Shanghai municipal government-backed SpaceSail, a satellite internet company that has launched ~90 satellites so far and plans to have 15,000 by 2030 (restofworld.org)
2025-4-1 Shanghai

Q&A with Careem CEO Mudassir Sheikha on the MENA ride-hailing giant becoming a super app, the spinout of its non-ride-hailing services from Uber, AI, and more (restofworld.org)
2025-3-26 Uber AI

USCIS data shows Amazon got the most H-1B visas each year from 2020 to 2024; Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple ranked in the top 10 in 2024 (restofworld.org)
2025-3-26 Google Amazon Microsoft Apple H1B

Former staff, investors, and industry experts reflect on the demise of Dunzo, the Indian online delivery pioneer undone by mismanagement, competition, and more (restofworld.org)
2025-3-23 India

How Dubai and the Middle East embraced drone shows, with the average show using 400+ drones and costing $112K+; the market was worth an estimated $339M in 2023 (restofworld.org)
2025-3-19 Drone Dubai

A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model (restofworld.org)
2025-3-15 China AI

GSMA Intelligence: ~61 countries, including the US and China, plan to shut down their 2G networks, raising digital exclusion concerns, mainly affecting the poor (restofworld.org)
2025-3-8 China Intelligence

An analysis of more 8K+ messages by the Digital Witness Lab at Princeton finds messages advertising guns across 234 publicly accessible WhatsApp groups in India (restofworld.org)
2025-3-5 India WhatsApp

Mastercard withdrew its commitment to invest $100M in 54 Collective, a top VC firm in Africa, where startup funding fell from $4.6B in 2022 to $2.2B in 2024 (restofworld.org)
2025-3-2 Startup Africa

China's first-of-its-kind policy letting companies mark data as an asset on balance sheets sees slow adoption, as compliance hurdles keep many on the sidelines (restofworld.org)
2025-2-27 China Asset

Q&A with Jürgen Schmidhuber, the controversial AI pioneer and director of AI at Saudi Arabia's KAUST, on the kingdom's AI ambitions, DeepSeek, AGI, and more (restofworld.org)
2025-2-26 AI Arabia Saudi Arabia

Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet from the state's China-built satellite, are smuggling in Starlink kits despite the country's ban in August 2024 (restofworld.org)
2025-2-17 China Ban

Experts say Southeast Asian students in Taiwan's work-study programs often end up as low-paid labor in the chip industry under the guise of “practical training” (restofworld.org)
2025-2-13 Taiwan Southeast Asia

DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities reflects a growing trend among the country's top AI talent to pursue opportunities at home (restofworld.org)
2025-2-9 China AI

A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country (restofworld.org)
2025-2-8 India Google

Major Chinese social media apps have mastered the “shoppertainment” experience, blending social media with shopping, that Western competitors struggle to match (restofworld.org)
2025-1-27 China

Eager to attract investments, politicians in Brazil, India, and other non-Western nations with nascent AI regulations have warmly welcomed major AI companies (restofworld.org)
2025-1-22 India AI Brazil

Analysis: Chinese AI researchers produced ~46K collaborative papers with their US counterparts over the past decade, followed by ~19K with researchers in the UK (restofworld.org)
2025-1-20 China AI

Authorities in Singapore, which has a dire shortage of nurses, see the potential in AI tools to assist in preventive illness care, especially for the elderly (restofworld.org)
2025-1-16 AI Singapore

Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds (restofworld.org)
2025-1-13

Sources: Foxconn stops sending Chinese employees to iPhone factories in India and recalls already stationed staff, while China stalls equipment shipments (restofworld.org)
2025-1-11 China India iPhone

Experts say national security and immigration policies could deprive US companies of AI talent from China, which had 47% of the top AI researchers in 2022 (restofworld.org)
2024-12-18 China AI Immigration

The White Helmets, UNHCR, UNRWA, and other volunteer organizations describe how apps like WhatsApp have transformed communication in conflict and disaster zones (restofworld.org)
2024-12-15 WhatsApp

Mexico's Yucatán state says AI-powered app MeMind contributed to a 9% drop in suicides over the past two years by connecting 10,000 at-risk people to treatment (restofworld.org)
2024-12-15 Mexico AI

How niche communities globally are repurposing WhatsApp, including broadcasting news and shows, matchmaking, organizing prayers, and finding blood donors (restofworld.org)
2024-12-11 WhatsApp

How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive business platform, aggressively luring businesses to its suite of paid messaging products (restofworld.org)
2024-12-10 WhatsApp

Previous Page Next Page