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

In Chinese data factories, workers teach humanoid robots boring tasks

2026-01-07 19:00:00

Inside a brightly lit office in Shanghai, Kim’s task for the week was to pretend he was opening the door of a microwave. Wearing a virtual reality headset and exoskeletons...

Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying

2026-01-07 16:49:24

Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has unexpectedly boosted a Latin American e-commerce company’s stock. Shares of MercadoLibre have gained over 10% on Nasdaq between January 3 and...

Chinese AI unicorns beat Silicon Valley giants in race to go public

2026-01-06 19:11:04

Two Chinese challengers to ChatGPT are set to go public this week. Zhipu AI and MiniMax will debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January 8 and 9, respectively,...

Countries are outlawing online gambling ads. Meta is selling them anyway

2026-01-06 19:00:00

Between 2021 and 2024, India saw a surge of popularity in online gambling, as increasingly cheap mobile data and expanded access to smartphones fueled use of the games. Driven by...

The day the cloud went out

2026-01-05 19:00:00

November 18 was supposed to be a routine workday for Rwanda-based entrepreneur Derrick Ikenga. But it turned out to be a nightmare he wasn’t prepared for. Cloudflare, a U.S.-based cloud...

India gives Musk 72 hours as X floods with obscene images generated using Grok

2026-01-05 18:29:31

Elon Musk’s Grok is under fire in India after its viral “bikini” trend. On January 2, India’s IT ministry issued a 72-hour ultimatum to X over its artificial intelligence chatbot...