Hacker News
- The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub https://restofworld.org/2024/github-developer-bangladesh-nigeria-pakistan/ 69 comments
- Foxconn's Struggle to Make iPhones in India https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-india-iphone-factory/ 3 comments
- A Spanish far-right group paid $10 for Twitter disinformation campaign in Kenya https://restofworld.org/2022/spanish-far-right-twitter-disinformation-kenya/ 3 comments
- U.S. companies are hiring Latin America’s tech talent https://restofworld.org/2022/latin-america-startup-developer-scarcity/ 5 comments
- Brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village https://restofworld.org/2021/fighting-brain-drain-and-creeping-authoritarianism-in-russia/ 6 comments
- An industry based on missed calls helped bring India online https://restofworld.org/2021/the-rise-and-fall-of-missed-calls-in-india/ 40 comments
- Rest of World’s 2024 Tracker Follows AI-Generated Global Election Misinformation https://restofworld.org/2024/elections-ai-tracker/ 0 comments technology
- Brazil banned these killer kites. Influencers are keeping the black market alive https://restofworld.org/2024/kite-fighting-strings-banned-brazil/ 16 comments worldnews
- Nvidia and the Chip War | Rest of World https://restofworld.org/2023/exporter-nvidia-chip-war/ 2 comments technology
- Generative AI like Midjourney creates images full of stereotypes https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-stereotypes/ 42 comments technology
- Right-wing groups are exploiting OSINT to spread propaganda in India. OSINT has mostly been used to hold the powerful accountable, as in the Russian invasion of Ukraine; in India, it’s being co-opted to target Modi’s critics. https://restofworld.org/2022/right-wing-osint-propaganda-in-india/ 3 comments india
- How football shirts chart the rise and fall of tech giants https://restofworld.org/2022/football-shirt-tech-sponsorship/ 10 comments soccer
- Why are Indian startup founders fleeing to Dubai? https://restofworld.org/2022/india-startup-founders-dubai/ 24 comments india
- Decentraland was supposed to be a digital utopia — floods of money are undermining that vision https://restofworld.org/2022/investors-land-metaverse-decentraland/ 25 comments technology
- "Six months in, El Salvador’s bitcoin [BTC/LN/Chivo] gamble is crumbling" https://restofworld.org/2022/el-salvador-bitcoin/ 10 comments btc
- Humanitarian organizations keep getting hacked because they can’t spend to secure data | “They have the resources of mall cops to protect against the cyber hacking equivalent of Delta Force.” https://restofworld.org/2022/humanitarian-organizations-hack/ 3 comments technology
- The vaguely dystopian technology fueling China’s Olympic Games | From smart beds to catering robots, here are five technologies China is deploying at the Beijing Winter Olympics. https://restofworld.org/2022/the-technology-fueling-beijing-olympic-games/ 2 comments technology
- “We don’t expect Philip Morris to solve tobacco addiction”: Sophie Zhang and a Honduran disinformation researcher on Facebook’s election problem https://restofworld.org/2021/sophie-zhang-facebook-disinformation-honduras-election/ 5 comments technology
- Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare https://restofworld.org/2021/singapores-tech-utopia-dream-is-turning-into-a-surveillance-state-nightmare/ 4 comments technology
- South African students are selling school Wi-Fi passwords for lunch money https://restofworld.org/2021/south-african-students-are-selling-school-wi-fi-passwords-for-lunch-money/ 6 comments worldnews
- She drew millions of TikTok followers by selling a fantasy of rural China. Then politics intervened. https://restofworld.org/2021/tiktok-china-influencer-liziqi/ 5 comments technology
- Venezuela’s economic crisis has made it a regional leader in digital payments. With inflation at 2,500%, Venezuelans have been quick to adopt alternatives to cash. https://restofworld.org/2021/venezuela-digital-payment-adoption/ 27 comments cryptocurrency
- Cambodia’s prime minister is Zoombombing opposition meetings | Hun Sen’s government, which has shown little hesitation in quashing any sign of dissent, is taking control of user activities on the internet. https://restofworld.org/2021/cambodia-pm-zoom-calls/ 2 comments technology
- Gig workers are uncertain, scared, and barely scraping by https://restofworld.org/2021/the-global-gig-workers/ 6 comments technology
- No press like good press for Crypto https://restofworld.org/2021/the-cryptocurrency-dons-of-beirut/?utm_source=pocket-newtab 7 comments cryptocurrency
- To survive, China’s biggest gay dating app became a pharmacy https://restofworld.org/2021/china-bluecity-healthcare-dating-apps/ 3 comments nottheonion
- How social media became a deadly trap for a minority group in Pakistan — If you're one of four million Ahmadis in Pakistan, posting on Facebook can mean exposing yourself to danger. https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-pakistan-ahmadis/ 20 comments pakistan
- Alibaba and Tencent are getting ahead of Beijing’s sweeping internet reforms — China's biggest tech rivals are moving to make their platforms interoperable. It's a calculated gamble that might just pay off. https://restofworld.org/2021/alibaba-tencent-beijing-internet-reform/ 3 comments technology
- The high-tech ‘makeover’ of Europe’s deadly border with Africa – A tech overhaul is meant to make the border more “humane.” The reality is anything but. https://restofworld.org/2021/replacing-razor-wire-with-surveillance-technology-in-melilla/ 7 comments europe
- Venmo is halting some payments referring to Palestine – A number of Venmo users say the payment app is stalling transactions for “Emergency Palestinian Relief Fund.” https://restofworld.org/2021/venmo-palestinian-relief/ 170 comments technology
- Inside Brazil’s DIY, eco-friendly NFT art marketplace – A rapidly growing Brazilian NFT market is offering creators a sustainable way to make a living. https://restofworld.org/2021/inside-brazils-diy-nft-art-marketplace/ 3 comments cryptocurrency
- Pakistan’s revenge porn law is stronger than most. For one woman, that made no difference https://restofworld.org/2021/pakistans-revenge-porn-law-is-stronger-than-most-for-one-woman-that-made-no-difference/ 46 comments pakistan
- The Philippines government exposed 345,000 sensitive legal docs online https://restofworld.org/2021/philippines-data-exposure/ 8 comments worldnews
- Kunal Shah says Big Tech has India all wrong https://restofworld.org/2021/india-according-to-kunal-shah/ 4 comments india
- Loans That Hijack Your Phone Are Coming To India https://restofworld.org/2021/loans-that-hijack-your-phone-are-coming-to-india/ 5 comments india
- Young Koreans are echoing r/WallStreetBets in their war against short sellers https://restofworld.org/2021/south-korea-wallstreetbets-moment/ 27 comments wallstreetbets
- Debt and shame via Google Play – Illegal loan apps operating in the Google Play store have been harassing and publicly shaming Indian borrowers. https://restofworld.org/2021/debt-and-shame-via-google-play/ 7 comments india
- WhatsApp is at risk of losing its most loyal customers: Indian uncles and aunties – A disastrous privacy policy rollout has consumers up in arms. https://restofworld.org/2021/whatsapp-risks-losing-its-loyal-customers/ 14 comments india
- Telegram has a Nazi problem – Telegram was designed to help pro-democracy activists, but lax content rules have made it a go-to platform for extremists. https://restofworld.org/2021/terror-on-telegram/ 8 comments technology
- In the Philippines, fake news can get you killed – Targeted by government misinformation, activists are asking Facebook to do more to tackle a deadly epidemic of “red-tagging” https://restofworld.org/2020/in-the-philippines-fake-news-can-get-you-killed/ 4 comments worldevents
Linking pages
- Under Elon Musk, Twitter has approved 83% of censorship requests by authoritarian governments | International | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-24/under-elon-musk-twitter-has-approved-83-of-censorship-requests-by-authoritarian-governments.html 3313 comments
- GitHub - foorilla/allinfosecnews_sources: A list of online news & info sources in the InfoSec/Cybersecurity space https://github.com/foorilla/allinfosecnews_sources 1 comment
- Your work and its meaning - by Nick deWilde https://nickdewilde.substack.com/p/the-jungle-gym-issue-15 0 comments
- GitHub - foorilla/allainews_sources: A list of online news & info sources in the AI/ML/Data Science space https://github.com/foorilla/allainews_sources 0 comments
- allinfosecnews_sources/README.md at main · foorilla/allinfosecnews_sources · GitHub https://github.com/foorilla/allinfosecnews_sources/blob/main/README.md 0 comments