Microsoft is allegedly dumping industrial waste into water while building a data center in a village outside Hyderabad, via Almaas Masood and Ananya Bhattacharya: restofworld.org/2024/microsoft…

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Teens are making thousands by debating Trump vs. Harris on TikTok New from Viola Zhou restofworld.org/2024/tiktok-li…

Ahead of the final night of the DNC in Chicago, every story on the front page of suntimes.com right now has to do with Palestinians

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“I chatted two of them up to ask them why they were doing this,” Ineh said. “One told me it’s Nigeria versus South Africa. The other lady apologized.” our quick dispatch on how gig-workers paid for the hoax ride requests between Nigerians and SAfricans restofworld.org/2024/miss-sout…

Guaranteed the most surprising story you'll read today. Fascinating read from dámiláre dòsùnmú restofworld.org/2024/miss-sout…

Uber drivers aren't technically allowed to charge customers more money than what the app says. But riders in Kenya might not have a choice restofworld.org/2024/kenya-ube…

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I finally got to write about that time Beijing journalists brawled for GDP figures! I write about China tech weekly in the Rest of World global newsletter restofworld.org/newsletters/

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Extreme weather is forcing delivery workers in Vietnam to make a nearly impossible decision: Try to power through dangerous conditions, or log off without pay? Watch Part II of our video series Gig Workers Rising, in partnership with Context News. restofworld.org/2024/gig-worke…

Jack Ma, Alibaba’s once-flamboyant founder, has largely retreated from public view. But Alibaba.com went all out in Vegas last week to woo American mom-and-pop shops. @Violazhouyi has the exclusive interview with president Kuo Zhang: restofworld.org/2024/alibaba-b…

"Amid a widespread sense of economic, political, and environmental precariousness... Pakistanis turning to digital astrologers." This week's Rest of World feature is about the remarkable boom of YouTube astrology in Pakistan restofworld.org/2024/youtube-a…

New data reveals exactly when the Chinese government blocked ChatGPT and other AI sites Joanna Chiu got exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship restofworld.org/2024/when-chin…

Amazing work from Joanna Chiu — Rest of World got exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship restofworld.org/2024/when-chin…