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Assad is out. Startups are in. Read @ewither’s feature on the new Syria, with photography by @alihajsuleiman
https://t.co/aTMR9TJHgh
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Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.
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Indonesia’s film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap https://t.co/hElLLk91vd
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The U.S. wants to limit Chinese influence in AI. Silicon Valley can’t get enough of Chinese tech workers https://t.co/ySkF44guLr
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Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
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What if no-strings-attached relief money could be given out even before disaster strikes? That’s becoming a possibility https://t.co/SnkTQDxpai
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Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
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Teachers, parents, and students agree: AI textbooks aren't up to the task https://t.co/lCxdxFLxz3
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months after a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
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In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, @samanth_s examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. Read an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China https://t.co/Zp7S6YKqHf
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In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that...
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New on Rest of World: China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables
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In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that...
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Tesla is slashing prices, amid a sales slump and growing competition from BYD https://t.co/hXmgppv9qR
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Nine Chinese companies dominate the electric freight truck market https://t.co/ceT2SZSZK2
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Nine Chinese giants dominate a market Tesla and Volvo can barely crack.
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Governments around the world are betting that AI will revolutionize education. A recent experiment in South Korea suggests that might not be so easy https://t.co/iKW1S8QLcE
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months after a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
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Chinese companies bring over 30,000 Chinese workers to work at nickel plants in Indonesia, particularly former steel workers from China’s rust belt with industry skills. But the working conditions are brutal and dangerous. Incredible piece by @Wufei_Yu
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30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
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Google’s Flood Hub uses AI to deliver flood warnings five days in advance. The forecasts could be used by non-profits to deliver aid money even before disaster strikes https://t.co/q5iHNmMfjx
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months, following a backlash from teachers, parents, and students New from @junhyupkwon: https://t.co/qj7SVdWEOH
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months after a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
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New on Rest of World: AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months after a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
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“Traditionally, ‘lower priced luxury’ has never worked” Will price cuts help Tesla reclaim its spot as the world’s top EV brand? https://t.co/uXvJoGzNhN
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Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
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While Hollywood worries about AI-fueled job loss, filmmakers in other countries embrace it as a way to level the playing field https://t.co/sWZXWlSNCB
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Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
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Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies https://t.co/jKibSfRXVh
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Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
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What if relief money could be given out before disaster strikes? That’s becoming a possibility https://t.co/2Dxk0LWFqJ
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Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
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We open-sourced our AI narration plugin for WordPress 🎧 It’s the same tool we use on our site — fast, flexible, and free to use. Learn more:
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We open-sourced the tool we use to generate AI narrations on Rest of World. It’s fast, flexible, and built for WordPress.
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On the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, searches for “crying after chatting with AI” are linked to over 1 million posts https://t.co/MvWOyDBn52
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Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
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