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Bangladesh’s gig workers are stuck in gas lines as Iran-U.S. war strains fuel supply

2026-04-17 21:40:00

On a recent Saturday evening, a line of motorcycles stretched from a gas station in Dhaka. The queue snaked along the road for kilometers, its end out of sight. In...

AI is about to make the global e-waste crisis much worse

2026-04-17 21:00:00

I’m sure my family in Mumbai is a lot like yours: three old smartphones sit unused in a hidden ziplock bag. My mom is scouring the study. “There was another...

The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire

2026-04-16 18:00:00

This article was adapted from our latest investigation, produced in partnership with Type Investigations: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border. Grupo Seguritech...

Voice actors fight to save their livelihoods and local cultures from Hollywood’s AI push

2026-04-15 18:00:00

Hardly anyone would recognize Fabio Azevedo if they passed him on a street in São Paulo. When he begins to speak, however, everyone knows who he is: the voice of...

RedNote chases U.S. expansion after its “TikTok refugee” moment fades

2026-04-14 18:00:00

RedNote, one of China’s most popular social platforms, is trying to grow its social media and e-commerce businesses in the U.S. by hiring staff, hosting promotional events in universities, and...

In its push to become Big Tech’s data center hub, India is overlooking local resistance

2026-04-13 18:00:00

India is aggressively courting U.S. big tech to set up data centers in the country. But this push is colliding with a very different reality on the ground. In February,...