A look at “kidfluencers” in Brazil who promote online get-rich-quick schemes to other children on TikTok, Kwai, and Instagram, amid growing government scrutiny
Young Brazilians chase social media fame, selling “get-rich” schemes, while legal battles question platform responsibility and the cost to childhood. Bluesky: @rinachandran and @re...
Malaysia's Johor state has drawn ~50 data center projects in the last three years, creating 40,000 jobs but raising concerns about power and water shortages
“Amir Alif is already feeling the pinch. He lives in the capital Johor Bahru, just a few kilometers from the Nusajaya Tech Park which houses the Iskandar Puteri Data Center. Ther...
How some farmers in Senegal, who struggle to read or write, use WhatsApp voice notes to collaborate with NGOs and researchers and learn new farming practices
Jack Thompson / Rest of World : Twitter: @lokimicap , @globalwa , @gquaggiotto , @jack__thompson , @followlori , and @jack__thompson Twitter: @lokimicap : I don't like how Meta co...
A look at Microsoft's AI system to predict teenage pregnancies in Argentina's Salta province, which faced pushback from activists for being invasive and opaque
A look at Microsoft's AI system in Argentina's Salta province to predict teenage pregnancies, which faced pushback from activists for being invasive and opaque
A government leader in Argentina hailed the AI, which was fed invasive data about girls. The feminist pushback could inform the future of health tech. Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @baxt...
A look at Microsoft's AI system in Argentina's Salta province to predict teenage pregnancies, which faced pushback from activists for being invasive and opaque
A government leader in Argentina hailed the AI, which was fed invasive data about girls. The feminist pushback could inform the future of health tech.
How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages
Scholars have spent a century trying to decipher ancient Indus script. Machine learning may finally help make sense of it all.
How PetaBencana, a bot that uses social media posts to map emerging natural disasters in Indonesia in real time, is helping authorities respond more quickly
How PetaBencana, a bot that uses social media posts to map emerging natural disasters in Indonesia in real time, is helping authorities respond more quickly
An Indonesian mapping platform is turning social media chatter into life-saving information during natural disasters. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Tweets: @restofworld , @gquaggiotto ,...
A look at Chinese content farms behind “Factory TikTok”, a subgenre where workers making products like aloe jelly and gloves also are influencers selling them
Critics say Indian edtech startups, which raised $2.2B in 2020, are recruiting gig teachers with little training to meet demand fueled by the pandemic
mostly women, the preferred gender for South Asian companies — has skyrocketed But the hyper growth gig model has some serious trade offs https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld :...
Netflix and Prime Video are reshaping India's creative landscape amid threats of censorship; Netflix invested $400M in original content in India in 2019
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian : Tweets: @errolnazareth , @danrayburn , @bollywoodnewbie , @raju , @sub8u , and @gquaggiotto Tweets: Errol Nazareth / @errolnazareth : “India...
How livestreaming app Bigo, banned in Pakistan in July, had enabled the country's neglected underclass and marginalized groups to speak freely like never before
a lucrative bet. Then Pakistan banned it. @khannn___ explains for @restofworld. https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : Before it was banned by authorities, livestreaming app Bi...
A look at various apps aimed at overseas domestic workers, which can help them find jobs, facilitate money transfers, and report labor abuse
a real risk for many of these already quite vulnerable workers. Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : There are people like Myrna Padilla, once a domestic worker herself, trying to find tech...
After a data blackout of official COVID-19 figures by the Brazilian government, dozens of volunteer developers are working to ensure the information is public
After a data blackout of official Covid-19 figures, Brazilian software developers decided to build alternative tallies. Tweets: @jstrauss , @cengizyar , @mikestucka , @telliotter ,...
Google's AI screening tool for diabetic retinopathy, trialed in Thailand, proved impractical in real-life testing, despite high theoretical accuracy
AI is frequently cited as a miracle workers in medicine, especially in screening processes, where machine learning models boast expert-level skills in detecting problems.
Profile of vTaiwan, a platform created after the 2014 Taiwan protests to deliberate politically contentious issues and break legislative deadlock
Carl Miller / BBC : Tweets: @dorotheabaur , @eszbako , @gquaggiotto , @anneapplebaum , and @anneapplebaum Tweets: Dorothea Baur / @dorotheabaur : Fascinating approach to moderatin...