Rest of World - Innovation https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity https://restofworld.org/2026/irc-signpost-humanitarian-ai-refugee-assistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Andre Heller https://restofworld.org/2026/irc-signpost-humanitarian-ai-refugee-assistance/ Signpost U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back https://restofworld.org/2026/sam-altman-worldcoin-zoom-tinder-partnerships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/sam-altman-worldcoin-zoom-tinder-partnerships/ Rest of World The global edtech boom is fading as investors look elsewhere https://restofworld.org/2026/edtech-funding-collapse-k12-startups-ai-workforce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/edtech-funding-collapse-k12-startups-ai-workforce/ Munira Mutaher/Rest of World/iStock Why AI alone cannot fix social problems https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-social-good-humans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Deepak Varuvel Dennison and Aditya Vashistha https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-social-good-humans/ iStock/Rest of World Netflix’s AI deal puts the global VFX workforce at risk https://restofworld.org/2026/netflix-interpositive-vfx-ai-automation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/netflix-interpositive-vfx-ai-automation/ Rest of World/Wikimedia The Mexican security company with a $1.27 billion surveillance empire https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rest of World https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-contracts/ Adriana Zehbrauskas for Rest of World Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 8, 2025: Staff monitor screens at the C7 command center for the Department of Public Security for the state of Chihuahua in Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, October 14, 2025. Photo by Adriana Zehbrauskas for Rest of World In its push to become Big Tech’s data center hub, India is overlooking local resistance https://restofworld.org/2026/india-data-center-tax-holiday-farmer-protests-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/india-data-center-tax-holiday-farmer-protests-ai/ Munira Mutaher/Internet Archive/iStock Chinese entrepreneurs should go global before they go viral https://restofworld.org/2026/meta-manus-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:20:10 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2026/meta-manus-deal/ Rest of World/iStock War in the Gulf could tilt the cloud race toward China https://restofworld.org/2026/huawei-china-cloud-gulf-resilience-aws-strikes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/huawei-china-cloud-gulf-resilience-aws-strikes/ AFP/Getty Images India’s frugal AI models are a blueprint for resource-strapped nations https://restofworld.org/2026/india-frugal-ai-sarvam-krutrim-sovereign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Jaideep Prabhu, Priyank Narayan and Mukesh Sud https://restofworld.org/2026/india-frugal-ai-sarvam-krutrim-sovereign/ Getty Images/Rest of World “Data embassies” and safeguarding digital assets during wartime https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-data-center-risks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-war-data-center-risks/ Giuseppe CACACE / AFP via Getty Images Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Nations priced out of Big AI are building with frugal models https://restofworld.org/2026/frugal-ai-big-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/frugal-ai-big-tech/ iStock/Rest of World