Vietnamese chip component suppliers are responding to growing market demands for products with no Chinese link.

Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.

In Zimbabwe, the EV rush has brought a surge of Chinese investment into lithium mines. But many locals feel left out — and some have turned to stealing.

As Chinese universities crack down on AI use, some students report false positives — and a booming industry of work-around tools is emerging.

Space-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush.

Content moderators say they’re exposed to graphic violence, psychological trauma, and union-busting tactics, and now a larger movement is brewing.

Despite tensions with China, India is avoiding U.S.-style restrictions, hoping for a bridge to domestic innovation.

A timeline of authoritarianism.

Scarred by long hours, low pay, and a hostile work culture, many chip workers are leaving for competitors, including American companies.

Rain didn’t stop thousands of protesters from coming out in New York’s midtown Manhattan. Demonstrators held American flags and signs that said “No Kings” and “I Prefer My Ice Crushed.” Police said they closed about a mile of Fifth Avenue to traffic for the protest. The owner of a store selling umb

President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March.

This is a soft launch. Actually, it’s a silent one, until now. This week, we quietly rolled out individual pages for every one of the hundreds of charts we’ve published over the last five years.

The Chinese company behind 50% of Africa’s smartphone sales now wants to dominate its roads.

A record number of people are leaving the Philippines to work in Taiwanese factories, where they face long shifts, low pay, and unequal treatment.

He Lifeng, Beijing’s economic gatekeeper, has a clear mandate from Xi Jinping: China won’t be catering to the U.S.

A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.

A new wave of startups promise to automate everyday tasks — from app development to travel planning — better than chatbots.

Some titles on the list included books with extremely garbled titles and fake authors.

In Taiwan’s AI-fueled chip boom, brokers control everything from paychecks to dorm beds, leaving workers feeling trapped and exploited.

New umbrella law to regulate higher education, ensure quality and uniformity.

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.

How the wife of Mahmoud Khalil has navigated becoming a new mother while fighting for her husband’s freedom.

I joined Rest of World in 2022 as one of the two front-end developers. Three years, one redesign, and many rounds of confetti later, I’m wrapping up—and reflecting on the projects I’m most proud of.

From Dubai, the enigmatic founder of Byju’s recounts how he made his empire — and vows to rebuild it.

Ex-special force soldiers climb in record time after xenon gas treatment in Germany. Nepal launches an inquiry.

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No U.S. agency has been assigned to review DJI’s security risks, which could trigger an automatic ban by year’s end.

From Colombian roots to global routes, Robot.com’s U.S. expansion signals Latin America’s rising potential in the competitive world of robotics.

Young Indonesians looking for jobs abroad are trafficked to fortified scam centers, where they are forced to weaponize AI chatbots and deepfakes.

Community-built tech solutions are helping Palestinians navigate blockades and risks in the Israel-occupied territory.

Following DeepSeek's rise, more Chinese companies are highlighting their roots as they expand overseas.

With hundreds aiming for top, officials say, delays could trigger a dangerous bottleneck.

Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and food — worse.

Hit by workers’ rights lawsuits in Kenya, the tech giant has moved its outsourcing to a top-secret new site – where life is grimmer still

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The oil-rich nation is racing toward an electric future with ambitious targets and expanded infrastructure.

Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions Thursday afternoon to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library, citing “information received” from Pub...

Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...