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Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news ...
Oct 14, 2021 · To prepare for his company’s launch in the U.S., Kaisei Hamamoto went for coffee. It was 2014, and SmartNews, the upstart news discovery app that Hamamoto had co-founded …
Blued, the Chinese equivalent of Grindr, is going global - Rest of …
Oct 24, 2023 · Thitiwatt “Pete” Sirasjtakorn has advocated for the rights of sexual minorities and people with HIV on Blued. With passionate users like Thitiwatt on board, Blued, China’s most …
Nigeria’s filmmakers turn to YouTube for distribution - Rest of World
Dec 11, 2023 · For the past five years, Nigerian actor, producer, and director Ibrahim Yekini has released most of his movies exclusively on YouTube. In November, he posted two of the …
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CamScanner was one of 59 Chinese apps the Indian government banned in 2020, amid a border conflict with China.
Data leaked by Anonymous hacktivists has put Sri Lankans at risk …
May 10, 2022 · As massive protests against Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa entered their eighth week, last month the hacktivist collective Anonymous stepped up to show support …
Why Amazon really built a new warehouse on the U.S.-Mexico …
Sep 10, 2021 · Stark photos of a new Amazon warehouse in Tijuana standing directly beside a dilapidated housing development with dirt roads have gone viral over the last few days. The …
An ancient language has defied decryption for 100 years. Can AI …
Feb 8, 2022 · Jiaming Luo, a Phd student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tim Dunk for Rest of World. Cunningham didn’t know this either — the Indus Valley civilization wouldn’t …
These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
Jan 17, 2022 · The sound of clinking coins fills a narrow alley in Metro Manila. In the backstreets of Pasig City, children stream in and out of a corner shop, noisily exchanging bills for pesos …
These volunteers taught Google Translate to read Sorani Kurdish
May 15, 2023 · When Google learned to speak Sorani Kurdish, the company announced it without much fanfare. The Translate team shared the news in a brief blog post last May, revealing …