Ideas 19 May 2026 Silicon Valley keeps misreading China’s role in tech The heads of Tesla, Apple, and Nvidia regard Chinese companies as peers, not enemies, unlike most other Silicon Valley founders. By Lex Zhao
Labor 18 May 2026 The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives. By Michael Beltran
Global 13 May 2026 What’s at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting U.S.-China summit to likely cover AI rivalry, chip exports, supply chain security, and the EV trade as leaders navigate intensifying geopolitical tensions. By Viola Zhou and Kinling Lo
Features 11 May 2026 The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars. By Viola Zhou
Innovation 7 May 2026 Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments From the Trump administration’s “formatting errors” to South Africa’s historic policy withdrawal, AI confabulation is infiltrating official documents. By Ananya Bhattacharya
Global Dispatch 24 April 2026 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. New research shows Americans are far less excited about AI — and far less trusting of regulators — than their counterparts across Asia. By Rina Chandran
Innovation 20 April 2026 Netflix’s AI deal puts the global VFX workforce at risk A startup founded by Ben Affleck, recently acquired by Netflix, could automate the frame-by-frame work done by artists across India, South Korea, and Latin America. By Indranil Ghosh
Global Dispatch 17 April 2026 AI is about to make the global e-waste crisis much worse As demand for AI hardware surges, much of the resulting waste will end up in non-Western countries. By Ananya Bhattacharya
Innovation 16 April 2026 The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire Founded as a home alarm business in 1995, Grupo Seguritech now operates 188 command centers across Mexico and has at least 31 subsidiaries. Now it's coming to the U.S. By Rest of World
Tech Giants 13 April 2026 In its push to become Big Tech’s data center hub, India is overlooking local resistance Google and Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar projects under construction in India are facing backlash from farmers, while the government offers huge tax relief to foreign companies setting up data centers. By Ananya Bhattacharya
Global Dispatch 10 April 2026 Chinese entrepreneurs should go global before they go viral The Meta-Manus deal holds lessons for U.S. investors and Chinese founders alike. By Viola Zhou
Global Dispatch 3 April 2026 Will we regret the overuse of AI? Much of the AI conversation has focused on what it can do. Now it’s time to ask what it might quietly take away. By Itika Sharma Punit