Rest of World - https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Tue, 19 May 2026 12:43:06 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Silicon Valley keeps misreading China’s role in tech https://restofworld.org/2026/silicon-valley-china-strategy-apple-tesla-nvidia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 19 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Lex Zhao https://restofworld.org/2026/silicon-valley-china-strategy-apple-tesla-nvidia/ Getty Images/Rest of World The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Michael Beltran https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/ iStock/Rest of World India’s VCs are beating American investors at home https://restofworld.org/2026/india-startups-venture-capital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Itika Sharma Punit https://restofworld.org/2026/india-startups-venture-capital/ iStock/Rest of World Can we really keep kids safe online? https://restofworld.org/2026/social-media-bans-minors-online-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Itika Sharma Punit https://restofworld.org/2026/social-media-bans-minors-online-safety/ iStock/Rest of World What’s at stake for tech at the Trump-Xi meeting https://restofworld.org/2026/trump-xi-meeting-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou and Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/trump-xi-meeting-tech/ Getty Images / Rest of World Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage https://restofworld.org/2026/china-taiwan-tsmc-semiconductor-economic-risk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/china-taiwan-tsmc-semiconductor-economic-risk/ iStock/Rest of World The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/ Joanne Joo for Rest of World Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit https://restofworld.org/2026/taiwan-drones-xi-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/taiwan-drones-xi-trump/ Kinling Lo/Rest of World Five times AI hallucinations embarrassed governments https://restofworld.org/2026/government-ai-hallucinations-south-africa-deloitte/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/government-ai-hallucinations-south-africa-deloitte/ iStock/Rest of World The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S. https://restofworld.org/2026/us-china-ev-tech-ban-isolation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/us-china-ev-tech-ban-isolation/ Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg/Getty Images A person demonstrates a video game on the touch screen in an Xpeng P7 electric vehicle outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Chinese electric-car startup Xpeng Inc. is set to raise $1.28 billion after guiding its U.S. initial public offering above a marketed range, people familiar with the matter said, showing strong investor interest in the sector is not abating. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The global cybersecurity gap deepens as AI-powered attacks surge https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-cybersecurity-anthropic-mythos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-cybersecurity-anthropic-mythos/ iStock/Rest of World Motorola’s India lawsuit could make platforms police speech faster https://restofworld.org/2026/motorola-india-lawsuit-social-media-defamation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 04 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/motorola-india-lawsuit-social-media-defamation/ Rest of World/iStock