News 20 July 2020 Meet the man trying to automate Thailand’s hospitals The coronavirus pandemic is pushing doctors to use robots to treat patients. This pioneer saw the new world coming.
Longreads 14 July 2020 Tune in, drop out In the face of social and professional pressure, many young South Koreans are simply opting out — and the economy is adapting to them.
News 13 July 2020 Coding for transparency After a data blackout of official Covid-19 figures, Brazilian software developers decided to build alternative tallies.
Feature 7 July 2020 It takes a village Can local cryptocurrencies protect small communities from major economic downturns? Kenya is trying to find out.
News 7 July 2020 (Online) open house With everyone in the UAE stuck at home, real estate companies have turned to virtual reality to help people buy new ones.
News 16 June 2020 A league of their own As Covid-19 benches almost all sports, Taiwan’s baseball league steps up to the plate.
News 9 June 2020 Living in unorthodox times The Mexican government’s slow response to Covid-19 spurred Mexico City’s Jewish community to build a parallel digital infrastructure to keep its members safe.
Feature 2 June 2020 The doctor will mislead you now Amid rapidly growing fear and anxiety, business is booming for India’s quack YouTube doctors.
News 2 June 2020 In 500 feet, you will reach your demonstration With in-person protest now impossible, Russians have taken to popular navigation apps to register dissent, outfoxing authorities in the process.
Been there, built that 26 May 2020 What the doctor ordered Nguyen Viet Anh, the co-founder of a Vietnamese website for doctors, on the challenges of digitizing medical data in a country that still values traditional methods