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Some countries are welcoming the booming industry; others want to ban it outright.

A Rest of World analysis found Meta is disregarding local laws and the company’s own guidelines in at least 13 countries.

Entrepreneurs and tech workers from around the world describe how they navigated the many cloud outages in 2025.

France and Malaysia have also launched probes into the viral Grok bikini trend.

Visualizing the ups, downs, and standout stats from 2025’s biggest tech stories.

As Chinese EV companies like BYD continued to grow at home and abroad, U.S. leader Tesla struggled with sales slumps and political turmoil.

Scammers masterfully tailor tactics to specific cultural expectations and economic pressures.

The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.

Informal classes over WhatsApp and Facebook groups are helping freelancers and business owners learn basic AI skills.

The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly. Will the AI boom be a repeat?

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service has found fans globally thanks to its faster speeds, lower prices, and its owner’s close ties to Donald Trump.

Engineering graduates face shrinking opportunities and rising pressure to upskill beyond their curriculum.

The Bihar state election was awash with voice clones and synthetic videos that reached voters easily and spread misinformation.

Newly revealed contract between Starlink and Bangladesh shows how these deals are made.

India’s tech talent is increasingly opting for opportunities at home and in other countries, as the lure of the U.S. fades.

Since its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT has been a global phenomenon. Here’s a look at its impact on work, life, and more across the world.

Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.

The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.

Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.

Using Google’s Flood Hub, a nonprofit pilot sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.

Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft rely on skilled foreign workers. Experts say they’ll pay for the best — but the policy could redirect top talent elsewhere.

They went from national heroes to overworked caretakers — wrestling 12-hour shifts and uncertain futures.

As countries pursue self-sufficiency in AI, they risk depending on foreign companies, undermining their independence and their goals.

Innovation in China and Norway makes strides, but in most markets EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop.

All U.S.-bound iPhones will reportedly be produced in India, showing how U.S.-China tensions are reshaping global supply chains.

In what has come to be known as the “Gen Z protest,” thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and 19 were reportedly killed.

Legacy brands and startups alike grapple with slowing growth.

The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.

OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.

Manufacturing powerhouses Mexico, Malaysia, and India want to become less reliant on expensive imports — without competing with Nvidia or TSMC.

Google and Perplexity are offering free access to their AI-powered search in India, a key testing ground and source of training data for AI models.

After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD.

The AI startup promised to make it easier to build apps and websites. Employees say the company’s tech wasn’t up to its marketing, which helped pave the way to bankruptcy.

The implosion of a white-hot startup has employees asking how it all went wrong.

Nandan Nilekani, the mind behind India’s digital revolution, says the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems.

Elon Musk’s electric car company debuts its luxury strategy in the world’s third-largest auto market.