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.
Louise Matsakis
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.
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?
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?
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.