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Raids, fines, and consumer backlash are challenging the ultracheap model that powered China’s fastest-growing e-commerce export.

From Iran’s shutdown to Sudan’s civil war, conflict is making tech ecosystems go into survival mode — and pushing talent into exile.

After years of investing in Europe, Chinese EV and battery firms are turning to Asia, Africa, and Latin America

China, the U.S., and Russia dominate space launches. Can alternatives emerge?

The founder of inDrive, the world's second-most downloaded ride-hailing app, is going beyond rides, and dreams of delivering education and health care through a super-app.

China’s CATL supplies about one in three electric cars, with Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen, and others among its clients.

On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.

Gotion’s attempt to open a battery plant in smalltown Michigan is hardly the first time big companies have run into trouble abroad.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s goal to turn Hungary into a global EV battery hub is facing environmental backlash and legal challenges.

Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation.

Publications like The Insider are caught between state censorship and hostile platform dynamics.

A gray market grows for Chinese EVs in Russia, the Middle East, and beyond.

Our favorite global tech stories from publications not named Rest of World.

They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable relations with China.

Ruthless political repression has decimated Belarus’ once-thriving tech scene.

A new report details how Ukrainian civil society is pushing back on Russian narratives.

Ozon, one of Russia’s most popular e-commerce sites, has welcomed more Chinese sellers onto the platform to fill the supply gap of consumer goods.

From Bukele’s bitcoins to the number of accounts banned by Twitter in India, the best stats of the year.

Articles from around the world which we loved, obsessed over, and still can’t stop thinking about.

Install those software updates!

From Bollywood blockbusters to reality TV, we round up the shows and films you need to watch next.

Displacement, attacks, and air raid alerts are daily life for Ukraine’s disrupted tech workforce.

The platform has given rise to a robust cottage industry helping Russian men avoid mobilization.

The industry represents a rare bright spot in the country's struggling economy.

Fearing competition, Snap decided to shut down Zenly rather than sell it.

Russia's ongoing campaign against Wikipedia threatens volunteer editors

“If Russia wins, everything in Russia will be bad. If Russia loses, everything will still be bad. I see no sense in returning there.”

The strange case of a Twitter grifter demonstrated the growing influence — and risks — of the amateur open-source intelligence community.

InDriver's unique haggling feature has seen it expand from its roots in Yakutia to markets around the world.

A government agency limited access after the chess platform condemned the Ukraine war.

With the rise of Telegram, graphic imagery has proliferated in the world of open-source intelligence. Does it serve a purpose?

The app saw 51 million downloads in Russia in 2021.

OpenStreetMap is widely used by the world's biggest tech companies. It’s also revealing potentially sensitive wartime intelligence.

For years, the much-hyped satellite internet venture has struggled with delays and doubts.

Increasingly isolated, creators are moving to Russian platform alternatives like VK, Yandex Zen, and RuTube.

Volunteer cyber-warriors might be crossing a line that opens them up to retaliation — and even physical attacks.