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On a smog-choked late November morning in Delhi, a crowd of workers, union leaders and political allies gathered under a haze of winter pollution to send a message to one …
New laws in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Karnataka and Telangana advance app workers’ rights. Read More
A spike in immigration raids has spread fear across migrant communities in the U.S. A slew of new apps aimed at providing migrants support have emerged in recent years. Afraid …
New apps help immigrants navigate Trump’s deportation crackdown Read More
Young Indonesians applying for tech jobs via Facebook and Telegram are trafficked to scam farms. Scammers use deepfakes, voice clones, and other technologies to dupe victims around the world. Americans …
AI scam factories force trafficked workers to defraud global victims Read More
Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of …
Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails Read More
Apple, the world’s second-most valuable company, is caught between the U.S., its home country, and China, its primary manufacturing base. Over the past few years, Apple has set up more …
Why Apple can’t just quit China Read More
Increased scrutiny of Chinese tech companies pushed startups to hide their roots overseas. DeepSeek’s success has emboldened some Chinese founders to tout advantages of China talent and operations. Startups …
Chinese startups once downplayed their origin. Now some celebrate it. Read More
Kenya faces a severe teacher shortage due to large class sizes and burnout. To manage their workloads, some teachers are using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. AI edtech startups have …
Kenya’s solution to teacher shortage: Embrace AI Read More
Patricia Gestoso asks whether we can balance innovation and environmental responsibility In 2021, van Wynsberghe proposed defining sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) as “a movement to foster change in the entire …
Sustainable AI Read More
China’s DeepSeek moment has triggered unease for the Indian government and tech industry. Earlier this month, India’s commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, rebuked the country’s entrepreneurs for their lack of innovation. …
Why India fell behind China in tech innovation Read More
Property prices around Foxconn’s upcoming factory have risen by 35% since the company’s entry. Developers predict an influx of tens of thousands of workers, driven by the iPhone factory and …
Foxconn’s iPhone factory is fueling a real estate boom in a small Indian farming town Read More