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Chinese EV makers delay payments to suppliers longer than their Western peers - Chart Without the delay, the firms would likely need to borrow to shorten payment terms.

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U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports Washington to send volunteers abroad to promote American AI models as Chinese open-weight models are proving popular.

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Spain to Investigate Social Media Giants, Escalating Trans-Atlantic Tech Dispute The government wants prosecutors to investigate X, Meta and TikTok, adding to a growing clash between the U.S. and Europe over regulating social media.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain said on Tuesday that his government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media giants X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading child sexual abuse material generated by A.I., the latest salvo in a Europe-wide effort to regulate big tech companies.

I let Alibaba’s AI agent plan my holiday. I ended up doing more work For reassurance, experimentation, and low-pressure decisions, AI agents can feel helpful. For bigger choices, I still trust myself more.

What happens when let an AI agent to plan your Lunar New Year holiday? @kinlinglo.bsky.social found out restofworld.org/2026/alibaba...

China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test The test marks a significant step in China's push to land humans on the Moon by 2030.

China and the US are racing to accomplish the next human landing on the Moon in a competition for national prestige and resources, and the Long March 10 rocket and Mengzhou spacecraft are core elements of China’s lunar architecture.

Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake Attorney general Raúl Torrez is accusing the tech giant of failing to protect minors on Facebook and Instagram.

"Just as the world watched courtrooms hold Big Tobacco and Big Pharma accountable, we will, for the first time, see Big Tech CEOs like Zuckerberg take the stand."

Meet UpScrolled, the anti-censorship TikTok alternative The company's CEO says users are flooding the platform after the sale of TikTok in the U.S.

"We moderate anything that is illegal. Like, you cannot sell drugs. But if you want to speak about Palestine, or something else, you’re free to do it. The difference is that we don’t selectively censor groups or people, unlike other platforms."

Anti-censorship TikTok alternative UpScrolled surges:

This is a sampling of the kind of internal discussions that will come out in the various social media trials taking place this year. The emails and slide decks show platforms recognizing business value in teen users, but also considering safety risks and how to respond theverge.com/policy/86784...

While politicians shape U.S.-China relations, their families turn to the stock market Politicians' spouses and children are buying and selling stocks in TSMC, Alibaba, and Tencent.

A new Rest of World analysis underscores that U.S. politicians and their families are dealing in large volumes of foreign companies’ stocks while simultaneously serving on committees with the power to oversee or influence policies affecting the same companies
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Death of an Indian tech worker A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.

India’s $280-billion tech sector is fueling extreme burnout, while also grappling with a series of suicides. As AI disruption mounts, is India a canary in the coal mine for global tech? Read @restofworld's new feature from @parthpunter restofworld.org/2026/india-t...

Only about 38% of Africans were online in 2024, according to the International Telecommunication Union. This leaves more than 400 million people without internet access.

China steers the Gulf’s driverless future as U.S. rivals stay home WeRide, Baidu, and Pony.ai are scaling robotaxi fleets across the Gulf while Waymo and Cruise focus on domestic markets.

China’s WeRide, Baidu, and PonyAI are bringing robotaxi fleets abroad, while U.S. companies Waymo and Cruise stay home

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WSJ keeps a decades-long collection of its daily quirky "print A1" features called A-heds here: www.wsj.com/news/types/a...

Conceivable Wants Embryo-Making Robots to Transform IVF Industry Conceivable’s automated lab has helped bring 19 babies to life. Is it better at IVF than humans are?

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CEO Jensen Huang stepped in as criticism mounted over a key Nvidia product launch, internal emails show Internal emails show Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urging teams to to address DGX Spark backlash, highlighting its approach to responding to customers.

Internal emails show Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urging teams to to address DGX Spark backlash, highlighting its approach to responding to customers.

Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...

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Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda

Great to share a stage with human rights titan Ken Roth, Rana Sabbagh & @cglancey.bsky.social today @journalismfestival.com.

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Desperate for work, translators train the AI that’s putting them out of work Translators in Turkey are at risk of being replaced by LLMs, and having diminished skills and fewer career options for all but elite scholars.

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Pakistan’s electric rickshaws are accelerating the country’s EV revolution Automaker Sazgar is focused on meeting local needs as Pakistan pushes for EV adoption, but high costs remain a barrier for some drivers.

At @restofworld.org, we've regularly written about how three-wheelers are leading the EV revolution in emerging markets.

Today's story is from Pakistan, where the country's top rickshaw maker is pioneering e-rickshaws, hoping to make them a mainstream option.

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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared” Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.

A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties.”
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Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs Student-interns are paid for low-skill factory tasks and spend little time in the classroom.

Taiwan supplies 63% of the world’s semiconductors, creating a massive demand for workers in its chip plants.

Middle-school graduates from Vietnam and the Philippines, some as young as 15, are recruited through a “3+4 Vocational Education Program.”

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Nonstop Earthquakes Leave Santorini Empty and Its Residents on Edge Thousands of tremors, sometimes every few minutes, have shaken Santorini, Greece. More than 13,000 of its 15,500 inhabitants have left.

After another week of near-constant earthquakes on Santorini, Greece, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in the past week.

Vietnam’s military-run postal service is building robots to deliver on the country’s e-commerce boom From warehouse sorting robots to delivery drones, Viettel Post is pinning its hopes on tech as the salve to an inefficient logistics sector.

Vietnam’s military-run postal service is building its own robots to deliver on the country’s e-commerce boom, reports @lamle52.bsky.social for @restofworld.org
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