Coding in a war zone: Ukraine’s tech industry adapts to a new normal

Displacement, attacks, and air raid alerts are daily life for Ukraine’s disrupted tech workforce.

India’s tech outsourcing giants are not happy about employees taking up second jobs. Here’s what the law says

India’s $195-billion technology outsourcing industry is in a tizzy over the growing dual-employment trend that many believe is here to stay.

Coding in a war zone: Ukraine’s tech industry adapts to a new normal

Displacement, attacks, and air raid alerts are daily life for Ukraine’s disrupted tech workforce.

Nepal’s private equity industry is only just emerging, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel

True North Associates’ Nidhaan Shrestha says although exits are scarce, investors are gradually starting to find confidence in companies.

Motorcycle taxis aren’t exactly legal in Latin America. Uber isn’t waiting for the green light

Uber Moto and Picap, the region’s two largest ride-hailing services, operate in gray legal areas, but that hasn’t stopped growth.

How to prepare for a blackout during a hurricane

An electronic survival guide, with valuable lessons from a days-long power outage in Cuba.

Central America’s first metaverse is off to a bad start

Platzeeland’s followers now worry that their investment may be in jeopardy.

Reports

Deadly robberies force Bolt drivers to create self-defense groups in South Africa

Drivers say that the company's safety solutions, including an SOS button, just don't cut it.

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Reports

India cracked down on Chinese apps, but many still thrive under the radar

Rest of World found at least eight of India’s 100 most-downloaded free apps to be from Chinese companies like ByteDance, Xiaomi, Alibaba, and Joyy.

By Andrew Deck

Reports

Sick of data leaks, Indonesians are siding with a hacker who exposed 1.3 billion SIM card details

Breaches are so common in Indonesia that citizens jokingly call it an “open-source country.”

By Antonia Timmerman

In Frame

Brazil adopted electronic voting years ago. Some say they still don't trust it

Rest of World asked voters outside a polling station in Rio de Janeiro what they thought of electronic ballots.

By Nicole Froio and Leonardo Carrato

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How football shirts chart the rise and fall of tech giants

Sponsoring a football club is about more than just advertising, it's a status symbol.

By Ravi Hiranand and Leo Schwartz

How To Buy >

From black market baby formula to livestream chicken sandwiches: how e-commerce has evolved worldwide

How workout studios embraced the hybrid model for more money and less effort

Exclusive fitness studios in Peru are trying to sell remote experiences to fans without losing the personal touch.

By Jimena Ledgard

How e-commerce is bringing the sari back in Pakistan

Online marketplaces have revived interest in a garment more commonly associated with India.

By Zuha Siddiqui

How halal e-commerce became a $160 million business in Indonesia

From food to fashion to cosmetics, shariah-compliant retail is booming online.

By Antonia Timmerman

Fashion >

How the global fashion industry is being supercharged by tech

How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion

By connecting China’s garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of “ultra-fast” shopping.

By Louise Matsakis, Meaghan Tobin and Wency Chen

What Chinese media reveals about Shein’s secretive operations

A glimpse into the e-commerce giant’s ruthless efficiency.

By Rui Ma

Instagram is fueling a thrifting boom in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal

Instagram-based thrift stores in South Asia are making used clothes popular — even desirable — among young shoppers.

By Helen Li and Kisha Ravi

Cryptocurrency >

From crypto hacker houses in Buenos Aires to Chinese bitcoin farmers in Texas

Six months in, El Salvador’s bitcoin gamble is crumbling

As El Salvador prepares to launch its 'Bitcoin bond', interviews with citizens, economists and technologists reveal cracks in the country's crypto revolution.

By Anna-Cat Brigida and Leo Schwartz

“It’s a mess”: How crypto mining went from boom to bust in Kazakhstan

Bitcoin fugitives from China made the country a crypto power. Now, they’re being forced to flee — again.

By Naubet Bisenov and Meaghan Tobin

With just 75 cents and a smartphone, you can now trade crypto in Indonesia

Crypto is booming on the archipelago. Its proponents aren’t who you’d think.

By Meaghan Tobin and Adi Renaldi

Gaming >

From blockchain blockbusters to the esports revolution

To infinity and back: Inside Axie’s disastrous year

Can the marquee crypto game Axie Infinity survive in-game turmoil and a record-breaking hack?

By Darren Loucaides

As Axie Infinity falters, game guilds hunt for new targets

In just a year, guilds boosting players into NFT games raised more than $80 million in Southeast Asia.

By Antonia Timmerman and Vittoria Elliott

Fraud on the Farm: How a baby-faced CEO turned a Farmville clone into a massive Ponzi scheme

Farm Bank let players make money, while supporting real farms. Then the CEO vanished with $80 million.

By Paul Benjamin Osterlund

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