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网页Amid economic, political, and environmental uncertainty, Pakistanis are increasingly seeking guidance from digital astrologers for a sense of reassurance. In this narrated feature, Rest of World profiles celebrity astrologers who are revitalizing the practice in one of the world’s most populous Muslim nations, using their growing platforms to ...
TikTok is repeating Facebook’s mistakes in Myanmar
网页A video posted to TikTok on March 3rd threatening to shoot protesters. Now, members of Myanmar’s digital-rights community say that TikTok, a social media platform valued at $50 billion, is repeating these mistakes. These individuals described the company to Rest of World as a “black hole” that had not made inroads with civil society nor hired enough …
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网页2024年9月24日 · China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia. The India-born tech investor, entrepreneur and billionaire businessman spoke to Rest of World about the promise of AI technology, why the U.S. needs to move faster to compete with China, and the advantage the UAE has in building AI. By Anup Kaphle.
An ancient language has defied decryption for 100 years. Can AI …
网页2022年2月8日 · It took professional and amateur epigraphists — people who study ancient written matter — nearly six decades of mental wrangling to decode Linear B. Officially, 30-year-old British architect Michael Ventris is primarily credited with its decipherment, although the private efforts of classicist Alice Kober lay the groundwork for his ...
Five ways to stay online during a government internet shutdown
网页2022年4月26日 · Download VPNs and other apps; be sure to have a contingency plan, including a phone number that doesn’t rely on the internet to connect; and have a phone tree of important people to call should something happen. “By the time you’re in a shutdown situation, it’s already too late,” Marianne Díaz Hernández, #KeepItOn Fellow at Access ...
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网页2024年9月30日 · Silicon Valley in Rest of World 1 October 2024. Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers. By Lam Le. By Viola Zhou. By Nadia Nooreyezdan. Digital Divinity 30 September 2024.
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网页2024年8月16日 · Rest of World receives $200,000 from Luminate to expand coverage of AI technology. By Rest of World. The sponsorship resources will be used to report on stories, create an AI election tracker, and hold a live event. 4 Apr 2024.
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网页Mission. Rest of World is a nonprofit publication that challenges expectations about whose experiences with technology matter. We connect the dots across a rapidly evolving digital world, through on-the-ground reporting in places typically overlooked and underestimated.
Why Indian universities are ditching English-only education
网页2022年2月7日 · The language barrier is more severe among marginalized communities where the dropout rates can go as high as 60%. In response, India is seeing a surge in “mother tongue” education, with courses now being taught in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and other non-English languages. In 2021, 1,230 seats in state-approved engineering schools were ...
Inside TSMC’s Phoenix, Arizona expansion struggles - Rest of World
网页2024年4月23日 · TSMC did not respond to a detailed list of questions from Rest of World. TSMC’s glass-walled office building at the construction site on the outskirts of northern Phoenix in March 2024. TSMC’s facilities are located on the outskirts of northern Phoenix, surrounded by miles of desert hills and wide roads. A glass-walled office building sits ...