Women are leading the charge for gig worker rights in Thailand (restofworld.org)
Argentines are recruiting friends, strangers into Worldcoin’s cash-for-eyeballs scheme (restofworld.org)
Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers. The company registered itself as a sales company, making the employees work 4 more hours a week and get paid less. (restofworld.org)
IBM registered itself (in Brazil) as a sales company....
Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers (restofworld.org)
IBM is registered as a sales company in Brazil, making its employees ineligible for benefits granted to tech workers....
TSMC’s debacle in the American desert: Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion (restofworld.org)
TSMC’s debacle in the American desert (restofworld.org)
The startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their data (restofworld.org)
This delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don’t meet quotas (restofworld.org)
China’s EV market has slowed down, leading to a price war that is killing brands and infuriating consumers (restofworld.org)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/10664796...
China’s EV market has slowed down, leading to a price war that is killing brands and infuriating consumers (restofworld.org)
After years of rapid growth spurred by government support, the world’s biggest EV market is facing a slowdown as consumers cut spending in an uncertain post-pandemic economy. As carmakers slash prices further to sustain their sales, some car owners are seeing the value of their vehicles plummet months or even weeks after their...
How AI reduces the world to stereotypes (restofworld.org)
Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries (restofworld.org)
Pay to work: Rappi now charges delivery drivers in Brazil a weekly fee (restofworld.org)
This mobility firm COO says EV bikes are not fit to ferry passengers | Rest Of World (restofworld.org)
How Narendra Modi became India’s influencer-in-chief (restofworld.org)
Want to stop livestreaming? That’ll be $42,000 - Chinese livestream agencies promise influencers fame and money, but end up trapping them in multi-year contracts (restofworld.org)
China’s multibillion-dollar livestreaming industry is driven, in part, by about 24,000 talent agencies, which provide training and equipment to livestreamers to help them gain followers and income. These agencies take commissions from the earnings of individual influencers, as they sing, dance, sell products, flirt with the...
How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix (restofworld.org)
Showmax sits at the top of the market with a vast library of local content, partnerships with Comcast and HBO, and exclusive access to the biggest football leagues in the world....
The biggest data protection fight you’ve never heard of: Big tech is lobbying around another international trade deal (restofworld.org)
One of the biggest negotiations in tech has been happening almost entirely behind the scenes. Organized as a side letter to the World Trade Organization, the Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on E-commerce has been developing quietly for more than six years, picking up particular momentum in the last six months. The goal is to...
How Spotify helped turn Afrobeats into a global phenomenon (restofworld.org)
How different languages laugh online (restofworld.org)
The Taliban’s curious love of SIM cards. (restofworld.org)
Ai generated TLDR:...
[Language] How different languages laugh online (restofworld.org)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10656140...
How different languages laugh online (restofworld.org)
YouTube is the last bastion of unbiased journalism in India (restofworld.org)
As Narendra Modi's government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are going solo to report unbiased news.
Japanese Unicorn SmartNews failing in the US because the CEO went down the QAnon Rabbit Hole (restofworld.org)
The investors might want a refund after seeing what the money were used for....
