Rest of World - Collection https://restofworld.org Sat, 16 May 2026 06:24:28 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 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 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 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 AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S. https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-optimism-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-optimism-asia/ 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 AI is about to make the global e-waste crisis much worse https://restofworld.org/2026/global-ewaste-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/global-ewaste-crisis/ Chinky Shukla for Rest of World 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 Will we regret the overuse of AI? https://restofworld.org/2026/will-we-regret-the-overuse-of-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Itika Sharma Punit https://restofworld.org/2026/will-we-regret-the-overuse-of-ai/ “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 In China, AI is forcing a rethink on jobs, education, and creativity https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-jobs-education-creativity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-jobs-education-creativity/ iStock/Rest of World