How the Venezuelan government is using crypto and stablecoins like USDT to manage the downturn; Venezuela sells most of its oil to China and is paid in crypto
President Nicolás Maduro's opponents hope a new period of economic pain will finally topple his government.
Workers and researchers say data annotation jobs that many Venezuelans relied on have become scarce and poorly paid with the rise of generative AI
Laura Rodríguez Salamanca / Rest of World : Forums: Beehaw Forums: Alyaza To / Beehaw : Venezuelan migrants relied on clickwork to survive. Now AI is replacing them
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
Meta's Oversight Board rules that users should be allowed to post “aspirational” statements for Venezuelan state-supported paramilitary groups to be killed
great. [embedded post] Ian Rennie / @theangelremiel.bsky.social : Without expressing support or condemnation for this decision, it does feel like one that will set a precedent that others will follow...
Some 100 Venezuelan journalists are using two AI avatars to host daily newscasts and avoid putting themselves at risk, amid President Maduro's media crackdown
“In the four weeks since Venezuela's disputed election, local journalists have come up with a distinctly 21st-century tactic … See also Mediagazer
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks X in the country for 10 days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to incite hate after Venezuela's disputed election
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro bans X in the country for ten days, accusing Elon Musk of using X to promote hatred after Venezuela's disputed election
Venezuelan delivery app Yummy raises an $18M Series A led by Anthos Capital and says it has over 200,000 registered users
Christine Hall / TechCrunch :
Adobe is deactivating accounts for all Venezuelan users due to US sanctions, impacting both free and paid Adobe services, and won't be issuing refunds
Because of the White House's sanctions, users aren't eligible for refunds either. — US software giant Adobe is canceling all subscriptions …
Venezuelan officials: drones carrying explosives went off as President Maduro was giving a live televised speech; he's unharmed, but seven soldiers were injured
Venezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed.