A look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500+ workers from nearly 30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it
Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions.
An interview with Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia's decentralized model, right-wing attacks and political pressure, Elon Musk, protecting volunteer editors, and more
Jimmy Wales https://www.nytimes.com/... Bluesky: Yonette Joseph / @sugarcane99 : Jimmy Wales on Elon Musk's attacks on Wikipedia: — “I don't think he has the power he thinks he h...
Ukrainian officials say Russia is deploying more advanced tech to disrupt Starlink, raising questions about its reliability against sophisticated adversaries
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk's satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said … Bluesky: @curtis.wilde.one . X: @andreasharsono Bluesky: Curt...
Investigation: China's Ministry of State Security intel agency uses AI and other tech to challenge the CIA; US officials describe an AI system to track US spies
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NetBlocks: at least five Russian telcos block Google News and other ISPs reduce access to the service, as Russia's feud with a mercenary leader intensifies
At least five telecommunications companies have blocked the service, which aggregates news from various sources …
WhatsApp keeps banning Taliban officials' accounts due to US sanctions, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the app for communication
WhatsApp keeps banning Taliban officials' accounts due to US sanctions, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the app for communication
The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions. Twitter: @nytimes , @pstasiatech...
A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny
who at first had kept a Mandarin dictionary just offscreen — became confident and unflappable. He heartily gnawed his jerky on camera” Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : China's s...
A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny
Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes, through a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment. Tweets: @andreasharsono , @david_mulroney , and @alexlud...
Seeking to reduce their reliance on China, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and others are increasingly producing devices elsewhere, such as India and Vietnam
New York Times : Tweets: @andreasharsono and @daiwaka Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : Apple is producing iPads in Vietnam. Microsoft has shipped Xbox game consoles fro...
A look at China's vision for semiconductor self-reliance, which has faced a series of issues after heavy investment, resulting in several investigations
A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors
Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars … Tweets: @andreasharsono Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @...
A look at volunteer hackers in the Russia-Ukraine war, many scattered globally with unverifiable identities, as both sides recruit them to launch cyberattacks
The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week, blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments.
A look at Cambodia's embrace of China's authoritarian internet surveillance model, as the country is set to launch a National Internet Gateway on February 16
Jay Last, a pioneer who founded Fairchild Semiconductor, which laid the technical, financial, and cultural foundation for Silicon Valley, dies at 92
He and seven others left the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to create their own silicon company, Fairchild Semiconductor … Tweets: @vypointjch , @mattblaze , @jacquiemcnish , @a...
Sources: Myanmar's junta has tasked thousands of soldiers to create fake accounts to allege election fraud and denounce anti-coup protestors on social media
Reuters : Tweets: @cvdom2021 , @andreasharsono , and @campuscodi Tweets: Civil Disobedience Movement / @cvdom2021 : “Soldiers are asked to create several fake accounts and are giv...
Facebook's services and work tools return online after suffering a global outage for over six hours
Update: 5:55 p.m. ET: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are slowly but surely coming back up after more than 6 hours of being down. Your mileage may vary for now …
Facebook employees and an internal memo say that, several hours into the incident, Facebook's security experts were still trying to identify the root issue
When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers …
A look at the opposition by South African indigenous groups to Amazon's planned $350M Cape Town HQ, which some say is being built on sacred land
this time in Cape Town, South Africa, igniting protest from local groups who say site is sacred https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : Yeah, thi...
Phone numbers belonging to ten prime ministers, three presidents, and a king were among the list of 50K potential NSO targets, leaked to Amnesty International
Spies for centuries have trained their sights on those who shape destinies of nations: presidents, prime ministers, kings.