As EV sales ramp up, Malaysia’s Proton and Perodua brands are taking on BYD and Tesla restofworld.org/2024/proton-pe…

TikTok live battles over Trump vs. Harris are netting students up to $7,000 a month, and some are using it to pay college tuition: “Easiest money we will probably ever make” restofworld.org/2024/tiktok-li…

The number of rideshare drivers in Tijuana killed so far this year is already double what it was in 2023. Apps and authorities have introduced new measures to protect drivers and riders restofworld.org/2024/ride-app-…

Put your geography knowledge to the test with our new quiz restofworld.org/2024/quiz-worl…

Re-upping this piece I wrote in Rest of World, on how we don’t actually own hardware anymore—and what happens when software-dependent hardware becomes unserviceable. restofworld.org/2024/ev-compan…

Sign-up for our forthcoming nine-week newsletter series exploring the ways technology is reshaping spirituality and religion restofworld.org/newsletters/di…

How Bangladesh’s tech industry navigated an unprecedented political crisis restofworld.org/2024/banglades…

Beauticians in revolt: A year after women staged mass protests against the job conditions at India’s most popular home services app, they still face a tough present and a highly uncertain future youtube.com/watch?v=GIf7lt…

Crunchyroll is trying to turn India into a nation of anime lovers restofworld.org/2024/crunchyro…

Manila has among the world’s worst traffic congestion. The long commutes mean more fuel consumption, and higher bills for drivers and commuters. So a growing number of Filipinos are hopping onto electric tricycles, or e-trikes. Officials are not happy. restofworld.org/2024/electric-…

Ride-hailing apps have rolled out new safety measures in Tijuana as driver killings double. In April, Uber launched a panic button on its app in partnership with Baja California’s Secretariat of Citizen Security restofworld.org/2024/ride-app-…

After a controversy surrounding Miss South Africa, angry Nigerians and South Africans began booking fake Uber rides in each others' countries. How long would an actual ride from Cape Town to Lagos take? Find out in our new geography quiz restofworld.org/2024/quiz-worl…

The Philippines has been slow to adopt electric vehicles, with one exception: e-tricycles restofworld.org/2024/electric-…

🚨 New opportunity for global freelancers 🚨 @RestofWorld is looking for 12 reporters around the world to become part of its Labor x Tech Contributor Network, to publish deeply reported stories on how tech impacts labor and workers. How to apply: restofworld.org/about/hiring/l…

In addition to a Labor x Tech editor, Rest of World is also looking for 12 Labor x Tech reporters from around the world to produce a series of stories over the course of 12 months restofworld.org/about/hiring/l…

Rest of World is looking to bring on a Labor x Tech Editor to build a robust reporting network and develop a strong pipeline of stories that explore how work is being transformed by tech in communities throughout the world restofworld.org/about/hiring/l…

The Malaysian brands Proton and Perodua have been the first car purchase for people in the country for decades. Now the companies are going electric restofworld.org/2024/proton-pe…

Test your knowledge of the world’s geography, using Rest of World’s global coverage as your guide restofworld.org/2024/quiz-worl…