Elon Musk boosts a post that disparages the abilities of “women and low T men”, advocates a “Republic of high status males”, and mentions a “Reich effect”
With about two months until Election Day, the guardrails established … Ariana Baio / The Independent : Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-s...
Myntra, the Indian fashion retailer owned by Flipkart, penalizes users who return items too often; studies: Indians return ~25% to 40% of clothes bought online
India's Shein — is slapping extra fees, denying cash on delivery, & suspending accounts of frequent returners, alienating some loyal users. We are entering a more frugal era in e-c...
Flipkart-owned Indian fashion retailer Myntra is penalizing users who return items too often; studies: 25% to 40% of clothes sold online in India are returned
Across India, e-commerce giants like Myntra and Flipkart are canceling free returns to boost profits. — • BENGALURU, INDIA Tweets: @nilchristopher , @alexgonzor , @webaficionado ...
Netflix's password sharing crackdown sparked protests on social media in Argentina, but a source says the anger didn't translate into a mass subscriber exodus
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Some tech workers in Latin America advocate for Spanish-language training and a Spanish programming language, even as the best IT jobs still require English
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania
Rest of World : Tweets: @helenliwrites , @alexgonzor , @restofworld , @cengizyar , and @fogginsophie Tweets: Helen Li / @helenliwrites : Wanted to give a huge shout-out to this ab...
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania
In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support. Tweets: @restofworld , @cengizyar , @helenliwrites , @fogginsophie , and @alexgonzor Tweets: ...
Brazilian singer Anitta's fans gamed Spotify's algorithm to make “Envolver” top the charts by switching accounts after 20 streams, creating playlists, and more
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How Brazilian singer Anitta's fans gamed Spotify's algorithm to make her song top the charts by switching accounts after 20 streams, creating playlists, more
Fans skirted terms and conditions, but a strategy from the singer's team came close to the streaming platform's limit. Tweets: @dada_drummer , @mvzelenks , @alexgonzor , and @anupk...
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs
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As Uber and Didi's 99 grapple with driver shortages and high fuel prices in Brazil, Taxi.Rio, an app developed by the Rio city government, is gaining riders
less than half of what Uber was asking.” Uber faces an unlikely competitor in Brazil: the government's taxi app https://restofworld.org/...
Journalists and analysts talk of muted reactions to the Facebook Papers over Meta's failure to stop hate speech and misinformation in the Global South
Rest of World : Tweets: @scottnover , @alexgonzor , @restofworld , and @restofworld See also Mediagazer Tweets: Scott Nover / @scottnover : “Campaigns like #DeleteFacebook are hig...