Remote pitch 30 August 2020 On Zoom, Y Combinator’s foreign startups have a leg up With its first fully remote Demo Day, the famed startup accelerator has gone global.
Ready prayer one 25 August 2020 Gods in the machine With VR headsets and virtual temples, India’s faithful no longer have to leave home.
Connection conundrum 18 August 2020 You spy, we chat Navigating China’s censorship and India’s apps ban, Tibetan refugees rethink their dependence on WeChat.
Q & A 17 August 2020 The man who wants to “democratize” AI The AI talent shortage isn’t going away anytime soon. Fusemachines’ Sameer Maskey says he’s found a solution.
working on the fringe 22 July 2020 “The despair and darkness of people will get to you” Thousands of foreign moderators keep the worst content off Facebook but receive little support for the traumatic work. Could that change?
BANGLADESH 21 July 2020 Want to buy a parrot? Please login via Facebook. In Bangladesh, there is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook.
TECH 101 15 July 2020 How Mukesh Ambani won India’s mobile data price war Asia's richest man has transformed communication in the world’s second-most populous country. But can it last?
7 July 2020 Witty Captions, $5 On Fiverr, an emerging class of social media experts write Instagram captions for faraway businesses.
India 30 June 2020 Justice, one screenshot at a time The strange case of the Bois Locker Room scandal and the “ethical hacker” who believes “to get justice, you need to do unethical things.”
Been there, built that 30 June 2020 What good are millions of apps if (almost) nobody can use them? How one software pioneer built a hyper-localized app store that unlocked the internet for 90% of India
