14+ hour, 34+ min ago  (568+ words) Kinling Lo is a reporter at Rest of World covering China. After moving to Taiwan and taking up scuba diving, I recently started shopping for an underwater camera. What began as a simple search quickly turned into an exploration of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (600+ words) Building a direct relationship with our readers is no longer a nice-to-have " it's how we stay independent and keep doing the work. Reader registration is one of the most important steps we can take towards that." Last month, Rest of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (624+ words) New AI infrastructure is emerging in India, Brazil, the UAE and Africa, where local stacks are designed to get around compute scarcity. Ilman Shazhaev is founder and CEO of Dizzaract, an AI and gaming infrastructure company headquartered in Abu Dhabi....

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (640+ words) The encyclical provides an ethical and moral framework for AI, but one that is steeped in Catholicism and ignores the faiths and practices of a majority of the world's population. Rina Chandran is a deputy editor at Rest of World,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (800+ words) Foreign visitors are flocking to China's factories and AI startups in search of the next technological breakthrough. For decades, the pilgrimage route for ambitious tech founders, investors, and engineers led to Silicon Valley. Now, a growing number of them are…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago  (878+ words) The Samsung labor showdown in South Korea reflects global concerns about who benefits from the AI industry, and how the wealth being created should be shared. Samsung, the world's biggest memory chip maker, has reported record profits in recent months…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (244+ words) Viola Zhou is a reporter for Rest of World covering China's tech scene. She is based in New York City. The tech race between the U. S. and China seems to heat up daily. Headlines center on how America seeks to lead…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (676+ words) The Rise of AI The continent's biggest tech economies want to own their AI future. The infrastructure they need still belongs to Big Tech. Africa's four biggest tech economies have each drafted artificial intelligence strategies admitting they depend too heavily…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (895+ words) The heads of Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia regard Chinese companies as peers, not enemies, unlike most other Silicon Valley founders. Lex Zhao is a managing partner at venture firm One Way Ventures. China is a competitor, and should be treated…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (372+ words) For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write Linked In posts and comments on behalf of Western executives. 182% The market growth expected for AI-assisted virtual assistants over the next decade. Mark Graham, professor of internet geography at the…...