There are only two local electric bus makers in Kenya: BasiGo and Roam. Roam predominantly makes EV bikes and only recently ...

The project, iTanong, is like a local version of ChatGPT, Peramo told Rest of World. Through a web page, users can ask ...

A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.

More influencers are joining political parties and contesting elections, raising concerns about the spread of misinformation ...

In 2024, Rest of World covered some of the biggest shifts in the tech industry that have changed lives around the world: the rise of AI, Chinese companies expanding overseas, the widespread adoption ...

Wellness tracker company MeMind created a tailor-made version of its app for the state to curb a suicide epidemic. The app’s AI diagnostic tool detects small changes in behavior patterns. Over the ...

Shivika Sabharwal’s nerves kicked in the second she spotted the size of the crowd. It was mid-September, and Sabharwal was standing center stage inside a massive event space at Mumbai’s extravagant ...

Rest of World is an international publication focused on exploring the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble. Our goal is to surface and showcase the surprising and often unintended effects ...

For this year’s Day of the Dead, a Mexican funeral home and a beer company used AI to create animated photos of deceased people. The use of AI on images of the dead is unregulated in the country.

The U.S. and China are in an intensifying race for top tech workers, particularly in AI. Sanctions mean China’s elite workers covet U.S. jobs and access to the best AI technology. Experts say national ...