News 9 February 2021 The mysterious photo of a purple flower that receives 78 million hits each day How India’s TikTok ban may have inadvertently caused a random image to become extremely popular.
News 25 January 2021 China is home to a growing market for dubious “emotion recognition” technology A new report says the tools rely on junk science and have the potential to erode human rights around the world.
News 20 January 2021 The cutthroat war to dominate China’s grocery delivery industry Community group buying is helping tech giants capture a valuable new market. But can neighborly trust be converted into brand loyalty?
Future Thinking 7 December 2020 The year of TikTok Over the past 12 months, the video app has conquered the world. How will it handle the responsibility of being a global platform?
News 18 November 2020 Blockchain chickens and computer vision pigs Rest of World spoke with Xiaowei Wang, author of a new book about how technology is transforming rural China.