China’s AI industry exploits student interns from vocational schools, making them do tedious and labor-intensive data labeling work to fulfill their graduation requirements. Vocational schools have ...
Far from Silicon Valley pitch decks, workers across Asia and Africa are bypassing tech industry hype to quietly rewire their ...
Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
Microsoft has committed 5.4 billion rand ($300 million) by 2027 to expand its digital and AI infrastructure in South Africa.
A Roadmap to Sustainable Technology Beyond AI,” Alessandro Crimi explains that a tax on automation is more effective than ...
Chinese officials and engineers see an attempt to preserve the U.S. lead; “Why do you always get to define the game — and change the rules?” ...
From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than ...
The U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance.
As war raged across the Persian Gulf in the first week of March, delivery driver Saeed Ahmed continued making deliveries in Dubai. Navigating down Al Asayel street, the 32-year-old driver for Lulu ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of Africa’s wealthiest countries even as its people are some of the world’s poorest. It is rich in cobalt, lithium and copper, key materials for the energy ...
When Osama Manzar started the nonprofit Digital Empowerment Foundation in 2002, just 1.2% of India’s population was online. Now, more than 70% is. But Manzar’s mission statement — helping poor and ...