F idaa Maksour, a dispatcher with the White Helmets, a volunteer organization that operates largely in the war-torn ...

WhatsApp’s cultural domination is, of course, by design. Soon after Meta acquired WhatsApp for $22 billion in 2014, it ...

Use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country, leaving cybersecurity experts worried about the potential for ...

Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with no government support it ...

Lesser-known tech companies were rewarded by changing headwinds outside the West this year. India’s homegrown EV industry, a ...

Uber Shuttle, a shared bus ride service, is available in two Indian cities. The company plans to launch in three more cities ...

Rest of World contributors from Dhaka to Buenos Aires share their highlights, low points, and key takeaways from covering ...

86% of white-collar workers in the Philippines already use AI. Advanced language, emotional recognition, and generative AI tools have made work more demanding for BPO workers. Outsourcing clients are ...

Singapore is deploying more self-driving buses, freight vehicles, and street sweepers. Autonomous vehicles are a way to address labor shortages and use scarce land more efficiently. Singapore’s clear ...

In the 1970s, China became the world’s factory when it started allowing international manufacturers to set up shop and produce goods cheaply within its borders. Initially, Chinese factories made ...

In 2024, Rest of World covered some of the biggest shifts in the tech industry that have changed lives around the world: the rise of AI, Chinese companies expanding overseas, the widespread adoption ...

Two of the companies were selling censorship software or working with the police before they joined Microsoft's long-running incubator program. The vast majority of Chinese participants don't have ...