The year in China outside China - Rest of World
To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning to so-called “family warehouses.”
The year in longreads: 2024’s biggest stories - Rest of World
Look back at 2024 through some of our biggest stories, from the rise of WhatsApp vigilantes in India to the struggles of gig workers around the globe.
Rest of World - Reporting Global Tech Stories
How WhatsApp ate the world > WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more. WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app, with 2 billion daily users, who send 100 billion messages every day in …
Anisha Sircar - Rest of World
Dec 3, 2024 · Anisha Sircar is an Indian journalist. Her work explores the intersections of global finance, technology, and society. She is currently co-authoring a book examining the connections between personal finance and macroeconomic trends, slated for publication in 2025.
EV battery swapping gains momentum in China - Rest of World
Apr 3, 2024 · China is combating EV infrastructural issues like long wait times for charging and sparse chargers in rural areas with battery swapping. EV maker Nio is leading the battery swap trend, but more Chinese EV companies and battery makers are joining in …
Digital Divinity - Rest of World
Sep 30, 2024 · Technology has transformed how we spend, study, live, eat — even how we sleep. And for the 6.75 billion people around the world who consider themselves religious, technology is also changing their faith.
The India Story - Rest of World
The country had 771 blackouts between 2016 and 2023, and there have been 51 so far this year. We mapped the affected areas.
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Michael Beltran - Rest of World
Oct 8, 2024 · Michael Beltran is a labor x tech fellow based in Manila, Philippines. He has reported on labor, migration, human rights, climate and geopolitics.
Ken Njoroge - Founder at Pani - Rest of World
In 2002, Ken Njoroge met with Bolaji Akinboro at a café and sketched out the idea for a payment platform on a napkin. The result: the Pan-African fintech giant Cellulant, a pioneer of a now-booming sector.