Ideas 24 January 2021 Solidarity now, solidarity through screens The internet wasn’t designed to cultivate trust or vulnerability, but China’s feminists have figured out how to use it for just that.
List 21 January 2021 The ten most pirated international movies in 2020 Last year saw a massive uptick in visits to pirated movie sites. Here’s what everyone’s been watching.
News 20 January 2021 The cutthroat war to dominate China’s grocery delivery industry Community group buying is helping tech giants capture a valuable new market. But can neighborly trust be converted into brand loyalty?
News 20 January 2021 WhatsApp is at risk of losing its most loyal customers: Indian uncles and aunties A disastrous privacy policy rollout has consumers up in arms.
News 19 January 2021 China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival GitHub With GitHub in the crosshairs of Chinese censors, Beijing is backing Gitee as its official hub, an open-source institution tailored for a closed internet.
News 19 January 2021 For foreign startups, all roads lead to Delaware American VCs and foreign investors alike prefer to base their companies in the tiny state.
Longreads 19 January 2021 Where surveillance cameras work but the justice system doesn’t Mexico City has one of the most ambitious and sophisticated video surveillance systems in the world. But it hasn’t stopped crime.
Feature 17 January 2021 Dirty work Inside India’s digital crime unit that’s leading the effort to catch groups that create and spread content promoting child sexual abuse.
News 13 January 2021 Cómo desinformación sobre vacunas se propaga más por Facebook en español La empresa solamente eliminó una red que propagaba teorías de conspiración después de ser contactada por Rest of World.
Q&A 12 January 2021 India, according to Kunal Shah While Big Tech comes to South Asia for the elusive “next billion” users, the tech guru says his latest app caters to the 1%.