2024’s must-read EV stories - Rest of World
DIY EV conversions, e-rickshaws, African e-bike giants: The world of electric vehicles is way more than just Tesla and BYD. Get plugged in on the year’s biggest EV stories.
AI’s global impact in 2024 beyond Silicon Valley - Rest of World
AI isn’t coming. In Rest of World, it’s already here. Get caught up on how AI shaped lives in 2024, from grief-support bots in China to election tech and startup breakthroughs across the globe.
Tech’s growing environmental impact in 2024 - Rest of World
Data centers and EV factories mean jobs for some, and environmental fears for others. Catch up on the stories shaping tech and the environment around the world this year.
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
“TikTok refugees” drove a global Xiaohongshu boom 3 min read; The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps 5 min read; The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest
The year in China outside China - Rest of World
President-elect Donald Trump pledges to escalate the trade war, but non-Western nations have targeted China with tariffs, too.
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, …
2024 in photos about global technology - Rest of World
A global vision of the surprising, poignant, and dramatic ways technology affected our lives in 2024.
Innovation - Rest of World
Dec 16, 2024 · Innovation. The billion-dollar ideas built outside the West amid political instability, economic uncertainty, and inconsistent systems — and what success and failure costs
How WhatsApp became an unstoppable global cultural force
Dec 10, 2024 · In Bangladesh, matchmaking is so popular on the platform that some have nicknamed it “Halal Hinge.”In India, WhatsApp has 400 million monthly active users; a 2022 …