Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.| Rest of World
The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.| Rest of World -
Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.| Rest of World -
With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.| Rest of World -
Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?| Rest of World -
Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.| Rest of World -
Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.| Rest of World -
In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.| Rest of World -
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.| Rest of World -
Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.| Rest of World -
Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.| Rest of World -
Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.| Rest of World
Brazil’s overburdened courts and lawyers are adopting artificial intelligence. But experts wonder whether it serves justice.| Rest of World
Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.| Rest of World -
Mexico City has one of the most ambitious and sophisticated video surveillance systems in the world. But it hasn’t stopped crime.| Rest of World
AI dubbing companies promise Morgan Freeman with a perfect Latino Spanish accent.| Rest of World
In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.| Rest of World
All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.| Rest of World
Russia's ongoing campaign against Wikipedia threatens volunteer editors| Rest of World
Jumia is capitalizing on the U.S.-China trade war as Chinese vendors are exploring new avenues to route their products into markets such as Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.| Rest of World
Local projects stall as the mineral’s fourth-largest producer exports to the U.S. and China, and courts Elon Musk.| Rest of World
The region’s chances of becoming a “climate tech” protagonist will be thrown into disarray without the most important resource of them all.| Rest of World
Mainland EV makers are shifting from pure-electric to plug-in hybrid engines.| Rest of World
The $2.5 billion “Project Elephant” will be the company’s second-largest factory outside China and create 40,000 jobs.| Rest of World
The Gulf nation offers advanced software without fees or restrictions, positioning itself as a neutral tech power between the U.S. and China.| Rest of World
When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.| Rest of World
After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD.| Rest of World
On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.| Rest of World
Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.| Rest of World
Rest of World’s reporting shows the extent to which Narendra Modi’s ruling party is using its Saral app to strategize ahead of the general election.| Rest of World
Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech market.| Rest of World
A new regulation from the Supreme Court holds Meta, X, and other online platforms accountable for content and user safety, setting Brazil on a collision course with the Trump administration.| Rest of World
Big Tech has struggled to compete against Brazil’s beloved digital payments system, with the U.S. government now investigating the country’s “unfair trade practices.”| Rest of World
The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.| Rest of World
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.| Rest of World
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources.| Rest of World
Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and food — worse.| Rest of World
President Javier Milei’s plan includes a new type of nuclear reactor and even a so-called Nuclear City in Patagonia, but critics question its feasibility.| Rest of World
China and Brazil are finding a common interest in niobium, a rare earth metal that’s shaping the future.| Rest of World
In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.| Rest of World
Fast depreciation in an already slow market has panicked car buyers, many of whom are venting their frustrations on social media.| Rest of World
The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data.| Rest of World
As India’s political parties pay for AI ads, startups say they have set their own “ethical” boundaries around deepfakes.| Rest of World
Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.| Rest of World
Chinese livestream agencies promise influencers fame and money, but end up trapping them in multi-year contracts.| Rest of World
Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.| Rest of World
Deepfake experts noted that AI can be used as a cover by politicians when embarrassing audio and video clips of them emerge.| Rest of World
On Chinese social media, women are censored and harassed, but undeterred.| Rest of World
Training data companies are grabbing writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and also general humanities experts to improve AI creative writing.| Rest of World
Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.| Rest of World
The one you’re reading this in, for starters.| Rest of World
Indigenous peoples see Silicon Valley’s faux “green tech” and raise it with a new yet ancient solution against climate catastrophe.| Rest of World
