South Asia Newsletter 11 January 2022 The last year of the “Year 2020 Trilogy” T.G. Shenoy, the writer of India’s longest-running weekly science fiction column, has some predictions for 2022.
News 6 January 2022 Why anti-Muslim apps keep reappearing on GitHub Bulli Bai is just the latest in GitHub's list of moderation failures.
South Asia Newsletter 16 December 2021 Door-to-door salespeople hate India’s richest man. Here’s why From oil to telecomms, Mukesh Ambani has been disrupting industries for decades and has now set his eyes on retail. Does disruption make him evil?
South Asia Newsletter 30 November 2021 The myth of falling smartphone prices in India A drastic increase in smartphone prices over the years has created an unexpected benefactor: tech-enabled resale houses.
Reports 17 November 2021 Instagram impacts teen mental health in the West. What about everywhere else? The Facebook Papers reveal scant research on the effect of social media on teens in the Global South.
South Asia Newsletter 16 November 2021 Pakistan’s startup boom is fueling a talent crunch A record year of startup funding has created an urgency for quality tech talent — that doesn’t yet exist.
South Asia Newsletter 2 November 2021 Facebook’s language problem There are reasons, beyond lack of intent or underinvestment, for Facebook to delay building hate speech classifiers in foreign languages.
News 26 October 2021 The Facebook Papers reveal staggering failures in the Global South From India to Ethiopia, Rest of World breaks down how Facebook's neglect put millions at risk around the world.
Reports 25 October 2021 Amazon’s “Delivery Premier League” gamifies gig work in India Modeled after the cricket league, the program is engineered to boost productivity during the Diwali season.
Reports 21 October 2021 This startup is creating personalized deepfakes for corporations Major companies in India are using Rephrase.ai to create avatars of celebrities and executives, and commercial use is coming soon.
