Rest of World - Collection https://restofworld.org Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 José Olivares https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/ Adriana Zehbrauskas for Rest of World Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 8, 2025: The Centinela Tower (under construction) on Wednesday, October 14, 2025. The tower, built by Seguritech, will be the hub for the Chihuahua border state’s surveillance apparatus. Photo by Adriana Zehbrauskas for Rest of World “This is unprecedented”: America’s AI boom is leaving the rest of the world behind https://restofworld.org/2026/us-ai-investment-global-funding-gap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Issie Lapowsky https://restofworld.org/2026/us-ai-investment-global-funding-gap/ Ard Su for Rest of World Death of an Indian tech worker https://restofworld.org/2026/india-tech-workers-crisis-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Parth MN https://restofworld.org/2026/india-tech-workers-crisis-suicide/ Sameer Raichur for Rest of World Nikhil Somwanshi's parents home on 30th October, 2025 in Balad, Maharashtra, India. Photographer : Sameer Raichur for Rest of World Big bets and broken unicorns: Tiger Global’s rise and reckoning https://restofworld.org/2025/tiger-global-unicorn-investment-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Issie Lapowsky https://restofworld.org/2025/tiger-global-unicorn-investment-crash/ Nicolas Ortega for Rest of World When Musk joined Trump, countries rolled out the red carpet for Starlink https://restofworld.org/2025/musk-starlink-trump-doge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Georgia Gee, Mehedi Marof and Tanbirul Miraj Ripon https://restofworld.org/2025/musk-starlink-trump-doge/ Joan Wong for Rest of World He fled Assad. Now he’s leading Syria’s tech transformation https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Emily Wither https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal/ Ali Haj Suleiman for Rest of World The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Mohammed R. Mhawish and Aseel Mousa https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding/ Photograph courtesy Ryan Sturgill The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Laura Jedeed https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/ Etlaq The launchpade at the Etlaq spaceport in Oman The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-migrant-workers-indonesia-nickel-ev/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Wufei Yu https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-migrant-workers-indonesia-nickel-ev/ Wufei Yu/Grist traffic around one of the main crossings near an entrance of the industrial compound in Morowali Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Emily Wither https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-industry/ Photography by Ali Haj Suleiman for Rest of World An aerial photo showing the Syrian capital Damascus. My mom and Dr. DeepSeek https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-chatbot-china-sick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-chatbot-china-sick/ Illustrations by Ard Su for Rest of World The dirty truth behind the e-waste recycling industry https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Yashraj Sharma https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/ Photographs by Chinky Shukla for Rest of World Workers dismantle discarded electronic items at e-waste informal market in north-east Delhi.