‘I want my blood-and-sweat money’: How China’s food delivery apps exploit drivers
To keep up with ever-shrinking delivery windows, drivers routinely speed, run red lights, and go against traffic. This has come at a deadly human cost.
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Myanmar’s military coup has pushed its fledgling digital economy to the brink of collapse
Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding.
La sorpresiva elección de Perú revela profundas divisiones digitales
Los peruanos de zonas rurales no están desconectados, simplemente están fuera de la burbuja limeña
Peru’s presidential election upset reveals deep digital division
Rural Peruvians aren’t offline, they’re just not in Lima’s social media bubble.
Singapore’s most expensive Facebook link
Leong Sze Hian was fined almost $100,000 for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation against the prime minister. It sets a dangerous precedent.
Young Burmese activists are broadcasting anti-coup messages on pirate radio
"This is revolution radio."
Fighting brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village
Facing a dire shortage of qualified tech workers, companies and the Kremlin are vying to win the hearts and minds of Russia’s entrepreneurs and engineers.
“We’ve made no progress”: Silicon Valley investors are still ignoring women-led startups
Claire Díaz-Ortiz, the woman who got the Pope on Twitter, has a plan to get women investing in women.
Singapore’s government critics are crowdfunding their defamation fines
Opposition figures are used to costly suits, but now ordinary people are rallying to help.
Clubhouse brings the Zimbabwean diaspora closer together
With conversations ranging from labia pulling to the expectations of daughters-in-law, Zimbabweans on the audio-chat app are breaking down taboos.