MoreRSS

site iconRest of WorldModify

We connect the dots across a rapidly evolving digital world, through on-the-ground reporting in places typically overlooked and underestimated.
Please copy the RSS to your reader, or quickly subscribe to:

Inoreader Feedly Follow Feedbin Local Reader

Rss preview of Blog of Rest of World

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet

2026-10-07 18:00:41

U.S. cloud giants are facing steep prices to secure backup internet routes around the Red Sea as fighting rages over the Red Sea strait that carries most data cables between...

Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance

2026-10-06 18:00:00

While China is engaged in a fierce struggle with the U.S. for AI supremacy, it is accelerating its development of other future technologies. In 2024, Chinese investors put nearly $1...

The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear

2026-10-05 18:00:43

The world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components. Prices of existing smartphone models have risen by about 15% globally this year, while newly launched models...

Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say

2026-10-02 18:00:00

African leaders called last week for a greater role in setting global standards for artificial intelligence.  Their statements at the United Nations came amid warnings from Silicon Valley executives about...

Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls

2026-10-01 18:00:00

Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown electric-vehicle maker is set to take on a U.S. rival the kingdom already controls. Ceer Motors, majority-owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, revealed two electric...

AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own

2026-09-30 18:00:00

The growing number of instances of artificial intelligence agents hacking the websites of governments and other institutions is a warning to countries using American models to do their own safety...