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Filipino tech workers demand protections in AI bill after Rest of World report

2025-01-28 19:00:00

Filipino digital workers launched a coalition to lobby for labor and free speech protections in the workplace as artificial intelligence is deployed. The AI tools raise new risks, and the...

Vietnam’s military-run postal service is building robots to deliver on the country’s e-commerce boom

2025-01-27 19:00:00

On Christmas Eve in 2024, a warehouse in suburban Hanoi kept pace with the festive season frenzy. Thousands of packages intended for Shopee and TikTok Shop customers were off-loaded, sorted,...

The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps

2025-01-24 19:00:00

In the days leading up to the January 19 deadline for TikTok, users in the U.S. scrambled to find alternatives. But instead of YouTube, X, or Instagram, the so-called TikTok...

“TikTok refugees” drove a global Xiaohongshu boom

2025-01-24 19:00:00

Ahead of the short-lived U.S. TikTok ban on January 19, so-called TikTok refugees flocked to popular Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu. In the U.S., the app was number one on...

The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest

2025-01-23 19:00:14

Like last year, the majority of the entries in our 2024 photography contest captured on-the-ground realities of how technology is transforming lives in every corner of the world. We received...

Why Amazon is struggling to crack Argentina

2025-01-23 19:00:00

A few weeks before Christmas, Amalia Bulacios found the perfect gift for her daughter. The Disney Princess backpack she wanted was around $40 on Amazon — a fourth of what...