Rest of World

Rest of World is a U.S.-based nonprofit media organization founded in 2020 by Sophie Schmidt. Explore global tech stories and discover how technology is transforming lives, economies, and societies beyond the Western world.

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What the SpaceX IPO reveals about Gulf money in AI

Poring over the SpaceX IPO prospectus, a recurring theme surfaces: the massive, quiet influence of…

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China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public

Chinese upstart Spacesail is trying to steal SpaceX’s thunder.  Rest of World is a nonprofit…

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Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy

Take a moment to think about your day: How many things did you do online?…

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The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance

Since the launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, AI has quickly changed how…

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As the world embraces EVs, the U.S. hits the brakes

Electric cars swept the world last year, everywhere except the U.S. Global EV sales grew…

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Silicon Valley’s lure is fading for India’s tech talent

Every month, at least two to three Indian-origin AI researchers in Silicon Valley between the…

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What to read: A summer book list

Nick Srnicek details the geopolitical economy of artificial intelligence, and how a handful of big…

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Scarcity is driving AI innovation outside Silicon Valley

For years, the assumption around artificial intelligence infrastructure was that serious compute would be built…

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China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time

Daniel Wang came home to his apartment in Beijing and saw a humanoid robot waiting…

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EVs are getting more affordable worldwide — except in the U.S.

Electric cars became more affordable across much of the world in 2025 — except the…

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