2025-05-06 11:30:10
Foxconn’s iPhone factory is fueling a real estate boom in a small Indian farming town
https://restofworld.org/2025/foxconn-india-iphone-factory-bengaluru/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1746502200
2025-05-06 08:15:00
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google spent years building regional tech ecosystems with data centers across the Gulf. Recently, however, Chinese companies Huawei and Alibaba have outmaneuvered them by aligning more closely with local government priorities
https://restofworld.org/2025/china-cloud-middle-east/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1746490500
2025-05-06 08:01:00
How China is gaining ground in the Middle East cloud computing race: Huawei and Alibaba are outpacing U.S. providers by aligning with government priorities
https://restofworld.org/2025/china-cloud-middle-east/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1746489660
2025-05-06 06:01:05
What happens when governments start using AI to process social security claims
https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-ai-social-security-app-rejected/
2025-05-06 03:35:13
RT Longreads
"To me, Skype meant a window to the world, and a milestone in my adulthood when I started making deep connections with others."
Isra Fejzullaj, @rinachandran, and @mvzelenks for @restofworld: https://restofworld.org/2025/skype-shutting-down/
2025-05-06 02:01:05
Today Skype shuts down, going the way of other early internet icons like AOL Instant Messenger and Friendster.
We asked Rest of World readers to share their favorite memories of using the video-calling service
https://restofworld.org/2025/skype-shutting-down/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1746468060
