Tech’s growing environmental impact in 2024 - Rest of World
Data centers and EV factories mean jobs for some, and environmental fears for others. Catch up on the stories shaping tech and the environment around the world this year.
AI’s global impact in 2024 beyond Silicon Valley - Rest of World
AI isn’t coming. In Rest of World, it’s already here. Get caught up on how AI shaped lives in 2024, from grief-support bots in China to election tech and startup breakthroughs across the globe.
2024’s must-read EV stories - Rest of World
DIY EV conversions, e-rickshaws, African e-bike giants: The world of electric vehicles is way more than just Tesla and BYD. Get plugged in on the year’s biggest EV stories.
Inside TSMC’s Phoenix, Arizona expansion struggles - Rest of World
Apr 23, 2024 · Morris Chang, founder of TSMC, speaks at the company’s facility in Phoenix in 2022. Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times/Redux. In the 1980s, companies like Intel and Texas Instruments designed and made their own chips.
2024 in photos about global technology - Rest of World
A global vision of the surprising, poignant, and dramatic ways technology affected our lives in 2024.
Rest of World - Reporting Global Tech Stories
How WhatsApp ate the world > WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more. WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app, with 2 billion daily users, who send 100 billion messages every day in …
EV battery swapping gains momentum in China - Rest of World
Apr 3, 2024 · China is combating EV infrastructural issues like long wait times for charging and sparse chargers in rural areas with battery swapping. EV maker Nio is leading the battery swap trend, but more Chinese EV companies and battery makers are joining in …
Elections 2024: Tracking AI use in global elections - Rest of World
Apr 16, 2024 · Methodology: How we’re tracking AI incidents around global elections Editors: Victoria Turk, Russell Brandom Design: Joanne Lee Product & Development: Jane O’Donoghue, Anna Rasshivkina, Lily Lou. Contributors: Bethany Allen, Daniela Dib Argüelles, Ananya Bhattacharya, Masha Borak, Nilesh Christopher, Chantal Flores, Shukri Hassan, Mutaher Khan, Faisal Mahmud, Lethabo Nxumalo, Adi Renaldi
The AI platform that will narrate the Bible in your voice
Sep 30, 2024 · B efore his children go to sleep, South Korean pastor Kim Byung-hee plays them an AI-generated audio Bible recorded in his own voice. He says that could help his children inherit a religious legacy similar to the one he received from his mother, who used to read the Bible to him when he was little.
Enter Rest of World’s 2024 photography contest
Nov 30, 2024 · Terms and conditions. Photographs submitted to Rest of World’s photo contest will remain the property of the submitting photographer. Finalists whose photographs are displayed on our website and across Rest of World platforms will be asked to sign stand-alone licensing agreements and will be subject to our standard licensing terms.