Posts by restofworld@restof.social
(DIR) Post #AcnyWfGJax2T896ZFo by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-14T16:00:52Z
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"Looking like a wow": The inside story of India's phrase of the yearhttps://restofworld.org/2023/looking-like-a-wow-meme-origin/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Acpx4tOGsJTOgvFx32 by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-15T14:54:12Z
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Talk like a gig worker https://restofworld.org/2023/gig-work-slang-dictionary/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Acw7v153h2qA5eWSwa by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-18T14:23:34Z
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Laughter is universal, but “lol” is not. We’ve collected dozens of our favorite examples of how people from around the world laugh onlinehttps://restofworld.org/2023/how-people-laugh-online/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AcyLRJ7rp9mZ2lU4Yq by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-19T16:04:48Z
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Under Modi, the Indian government has surveilled critics, raided offices, prevented journalists from traveling abroad and arrested scores of media personnel under false pretexts. In this persecuted climate, YouTube has become a rare place for unbiased reporting https://restofworld.org/2023/india-youtube-journalism/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Ad0hj05asybM9Cj2um by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-20T19:23:49Z
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Anxious and frustrated, Chinese youth are turning to online psychics and spirituality apps: “It is a way for me to seek meaning and solace in this absurd world” https://restofworld.org/2023/tencent-cece-spirituality-app/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Ad2KOAa2m947ySzCmO by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-21T14:11:54Z
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Buckle up.https://restofworld.org/2023/exporter-predictions-china-election-gig-work?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdCrhLK95bPaDAGF3A by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-26T16:12:12Z
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From Paytm’s tiny soundboxes and startups in war-ravaged Sudan to iPhone factories in China — Rest of World’s reporting offered a vast vision of the broader tech world in 2023. Here are 23 of our favorite stories https://restofworld.org/collection/favorite-stories-2023/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdEohwks0iJaktHFjs by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-27T14:48:15Z
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The 2023 global tech stories we loved (but didn’t write ourselves)https://restofworld.org/collection/favorite-stories-2023/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdGpLynmCy3T0Fe6IS by restofworld@restof.social
2023-12-28T14:04:45Z
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39 photographers, 31 cities, 22 countries. This is what global tech looked like in 2023 https://restofworld.org/2023/favorite-photos-2023/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdRBqrWfyzaI7Sc5mS by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-02T14:03:56Z
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2023: The year AI went mainstream https://restofworld.org/2023/the-year-of-ai-boom-2023/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdTO1kZLmAtvUik4m0 by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-03T15:29:45Z
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Delivery drivers in Vietnam pay out of pocket for online cash orders and are paid back by customers — but customers often disappear. The reimbursement policies are so complex that it’s often easier for drivers to just eat the food https://restofworld.org/2024/cash-on-delivery-fraud-vietnam/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdVRhrhQLQXJwwDCq0 by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-04T15:20:27Z
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"It’s not quite right to position BYD and Tesla as rivals in the model of Ford and General Motors. If anything, they’re more like Microsoft and Apple" https://restofworld.org/2024/exporter-tesla-byd-ev-rivalry/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Ade5yac6C52jwKDyDI by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-08T19:29:16Z
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China’s AI industry exploits student interns from vocational schools, making them do tedious and labor-intensive data labeling work to fulfill their graduation requirementshttps://restofworld.org/2023/china-ai-student-labor/?utm_Source=mast
(DIR) Post #Adfgdp4IqNRVnw2iAq by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-09T13:55:04Z
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Bosun Tijani was an outspoken celebrity in the Nigerian startup scene. His appointment as tech minister has been controversial, both among the government’s supporters and its many critics. Our new feature:https://restofworld.org/2024/bosun-tijani-nigeria-tech-minister-cchub/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AdhsdaUcEaeNaqvmMq by restofworld@restof.social
2024-01-10T15:18:44Z
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Indian companies are hesitant to hire workers who have returned home from Silicon Valley, fearing that they’ll head back to the U.S. for a higher salary as soon as they get the opportunity https://restofworld.org/2024/indian-workers-us-tech-layoffs/
(DIR) Post #Ahr3NDE3Iim73cSKJs by restofworld@restof.social
2024-05-03T14:53:55Z
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Rest of World is a finalist for 3 SOPA Awards! https://sopawards.com/the-sopa-awards/awards-finalists/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AhsivqUO7KPxxIgpV2 by restofworld@restof.social
2024-04-24T13:34:24Z
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In Brazil, the conditions are legally different for sales and tech employees. Sales workers have a 44-hour workweek; for tech workers it’s 40, and they’re entitled to a higher minimum wage and overtime pay. Guess how IBM classifies its Brazilian workershttps://restofworld.org/2024/ibm-lawsuit-brazil/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AhxsDmR7nIVlycad1c by restofworld@restof.social
2024-04-23T19:12:04Z
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Taiwanese TSMC employees describe the culture shock of life in Arizona. “Everything is so big in America,” said one engineer. He recounted his wife summarizing her impression of the US: “Great mountains, great rivers, and great boredom.” https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #AhxxcdjNnVwHzHnrKi by restofworld@restof.social
2024-04-29T18:21:12Z
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"The ban isn’t just a matter of military or economic competition, but competition over the flow of ideas and information. It’s an ominous new direction, and the consequences are unlikely to stop with ByteDance." https://restofworld.org/2024/exporter-us-tiktok-ban/?utm_source=mast
(DIR) Post #Ai4Xh287mqf47HWuUi by restofworld@restof.social
2024-05-01T13:22:08Z
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“No one told me what they’ll do with my eye. But I did this out of need.”With 288% inflation, Argentina is a hotspot for Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeball-scans schemehttps://restofworld.org/2024/worldcoin-argentina?utm_source=mast