On a recent Saturday evening, a line of motorcycles stretched from a gas station in Dhaka. The queue snaked along the road for kilometers, its end out of sight. In the late afternoon heat, delivery and ride-hailing drivers leaned against their bikes, wiping sweat from their faces. Some scrolled through their phones; others waited in […]
This article was adapted from our latest investigation, produced in partnership with Type Investigations: A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border. Grupo Seguritech was founded in Mexico City in 1995 by father-son duo Shimon and Ariel Picker as a small company selling alarm systems for homes. The company’s […]
Hardly anyone would recognize Fabio Azevedo if they passed him on a street in São Paulo. When he begins to speak, however, everyone knows who he is: the voice of some of the best-known characters in Hollywood films dubbed in Portuguese, including Doctor Strange in the Marvel movies, and the Beast in the live-action film […]
RedNote, one of China’s most popular social platforms, is trying to grow its social media and e-commerce businesses in the U.S. by hiring staff, hosting promotional events in universities, and launching a shopping portal for American consumers. A year after it went viral as an alternative home for “TikTok refugees,” the app, which is still […]
India is aggressively courting U.S. big tech to set up data centers in the country. But this push is colliding with a very different reality on the ground. In February, the Indian government announced a 20-year tax holiday for foreign cloud service companies using India-based data centers to serve global customers. The move is aimed […]
The $2 billion Meta deal was supposed to be a crowning moment for Chinese AI startup Manus, but it’s quickly become a sharp warning. For Chinese founders, the message is clear: go global before you go viral. For American investors, it’s a reminder of the political burden of working with Chinese companies. In March 2025, […]
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran may be creating a narrow opening for Chinese tech companies in the Gulf. On March 16, China’s HuaweiiHuaweiHuawei is a Chinese technology company focused on mobile phones and telecommunications, and is seen as a poster child for China’s global tech ambitions.READ MORE Cloud posted a message on X highlighting a […]
This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations. Inside a law enforcement command center in Ciudad Juárez, a police officer scrolled across a map on her touch-screen computer. As she used her fingers to navigate through the Mexican state of Chihuahua, where Juárez is located, different colored bubbles lit up. “That one is a […]
Rest of World is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 photo contest. We received over 300 entries from photographers in over 40 countries who captured everything from historic wood carving tools to the latest gadgets. To select a winner, our visuals team reviewed every entry and spoke with the finalists. We looked for […]
In a world where AI development is dominated by a few global powers, sovereign AI, that is, artificial intelligence developed and owned by a country, is a necessity for self-reliance. For India, with its linguistic and economic diversity, building home-grown AI solutions is of critical strategic importance. AI4Bharat, an initiative launched at IIT Madras in […]