Labor 29 March 2023 The dangers of being a female rideshare driver in Jakarta Harassment by day, homework by night: In Jakarta, women take to the roads with grit, often out of desperation. By Joan Aurelia Rumengan and Muhammad Fadli
Labor 28 March 2023 DIY motorbikes are lifesavers for delivery drivers — and a nightmare for everyone else These makeshift motorbikes pollute 100 times more than cars and are poisoning cities across Latin America. By José Luis Peñarredonda
Global Tech’s Very Bad Year 16 March 2023 Beyond the Valley: Nine companies hit hard by the global tech crash From El Salvador to China, the tech industry looks very different than it did a year ago. By Rest of World Staff
Global Tech’s Very Bad Year 15 March 2023 Nigeria’s tech workers got used to good salaries and high demand. Then came the crash Laid-off employees are scrambling to adjust their lifestyles as funding crunches hit the already struggling economy. By Ope Adetayo
Global Tech’s Very Bad Year 14 March 2023 60 days to find a job or leave the country Amid mass layoffs, tech workers in the U.S. on H-1B visas are scrambling to find new roles. By Varsha Bansal
Global Tech’s Very Bad Year 13 March 2023 Tech’s very bad year, in numbers Reduced investment and large-scale layoffs have created dark times for tech globally. By Issie Lapowsky and Erin Wong
Report 8 March 2023 Power outages are killing South Africa’s gig economy Drivers say their monthly earnings have fallen by half since blackouts worsened. By Kimberly Mutandiro
South Asia Newsletter 7 March 2023 Do Indian tech companies have a Women’s Day problem? From distributing lipsticks to reminding women to buy appliances, Indian tech companies have got International Women’s Day all wrong. By Itika Sharma Punit
Labor x Tech 7 March 2023 Rest of World receives $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers Since its launch, Rest of World has produced groundbreaking reporting on the impact of tech on populations outside the West, with a significant focus on the gig economy and gig workers. The grant from Ford Foundation will fund a Labor x Tech Reporting Fellowship to hire reporters in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. By Rest of World
Reports 6 March 2023 YouTube has created a multimillion-dollar dubbing economy MrBeast and PewDiePie are part of a booming business that localizes social media videos for fans around the world. By Nilesh Christopher and Andrew Deck
Labor 20 February 2023 Voice actors are training the AI that will replace them AI dubbing companies promise Morgan Freeman with a perfect Latino Spanish accent. By Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Facundo Iglesia
Labor 16 February 2023 Heartbroken gamers mourn World of Warcraft’s shutdown in China 3 million players — some of whom made their living on WoW — are now without their beloved pastime. By Caiwei Chen
