Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use ...

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned following two days of protests against rampant corruption and inequality, exacerbated by the government’s recent decision to ban some social media ...

Internet shutdowns have become a common tool that governments can use to repress free speech, curtail access to information, and punish protest. In 2020 alone, 29 countries restricted access to the ...

More than 20 influencers were elected into the Indonesian parliament this year. Influencers have the resources to contest polls, and are familiar to voters. Celebrities learn little about political ...

The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the ...

Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face ...

Owning its fleet could cut BYD’s cost to ship each car abroad by as much as 40% compared with renting carriers, according to ...

Beijing’s export curbs last year shuttered European plants. Valeo’s rare earth-free motor is at least three years from production. Chinese automakers are chasing the same technology to cut costs.

Chinese EV owners are losing access to smartphone app updates and driving features when companies go bust. Chinese drivers’ frustrations point to the broader risks of “smartphones on wheels,” where ...

The global electric vehicle boom brought investments, jobs, and infrastructure to towns across Latin America’s “lithium triangle.” Lithium prices, which hit an all-time high in 2022, have been on a ...

About 70% of manufactured goods go through traditional sari-sari shops. There is a big opportunity for local startups in digitizing the shops’ operations. Challenges include patchy and costly internet ...

Indian tech workers who were laid off from companies like Twitter, Amazon, and Microsoft in the U.S. last year are struggling to find jobs back home. They have been forced to take huge salary cuts and ...