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When modern technology meets ancient traditions. Technology has transformed how we spend, study, eat — even how we sleep. And for the 6.75 billion people around the world who consider themselves religious, it is also changing their faith. By Rest of World Staff.
Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news ...
Oct 14, 2021 · SmartNews has developed a news-recommendation algorithm that promises to serve its readers a personalized, but politically balanced range of stories. Alongside is a feature called “News From All Sides,” built specifically for the U.S. market. It marks the partisan spectrum of news stories clearly, and allows readers to toggle between them.
These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
Jan 17, 2022 · The sound of clinking coins fills a narrow alley in Metro Manila. In the backstreets of Pasig City, children stream in and out of a corner shop, noisily exchanging bills for pesos before stampeding next door to a row of mini-internet vending machines: pisonets. “Pisonets are necessities,” said Madeleine Casim from behind the counter of her corner shop.
Data leaked by Anonymous hacktivists has put Sri Lankans at risk …
May 10, 2022 · Leaked data by the hacker collective has put regular Sri Lankans at severe risk of cybercrime. As massive protests against Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa entered their eighth week, last month the hacktivist collective Anonymous stepped up to show support — in ways that have left cybersecurity experts and the general public alarmed ...
How Shein beat Amazon at its own game - Rest of World
Dec 14, 2021 · The interface shows thousands of new styles arriving each day. By 2020, Shein’s sales had risen to $10 billion, a 250% jump from the year before, according to Bloomberg. In June, the company accounted for 28% of all fast fashion sales in the U.S. — almost as much as both H&M and Zara combined.
Who is Harsha Sai? Meet India’s MrBeast - Rest of World
Mar 21, 2023 · Harsha Sai is India’s most popular stunt philanthropist — a YouTube genre where generous acts of kindness are turned into spectacles garnering millions in views and ad revenue. Originally pioneered by MrBeast in the U.S., the model has been localized by Sai. But the economics of running a MrBeast-style channel in India are harder due to low ...
An ancient language has defied decryption for 100 years. Can AI …
Feb 8, 2022 · It took professional and amateur epigraphists — people who study ancient written matter — nearly six decades of mental wrangling to decode Linear B. Officially, 30-year-old British architect Michael Ventris is primarily credited with its decipherment, although the private efforts of classicist Alice Kober lay the groundwork for his ...
International TikTok stars find fame - Rest of World
May 4, 2021 · Fans soon asked for more, giving the dancers the tabloid-style couple nickname “Katniel,” even though they call themselves “just best friends” offline. Four days after the original clip went viral, Niana Guerrero, a hip-hop dancer with the most-followed TikTok account in the Philippines, joined in on the trend.
Netflix bets on Southeast Asia as Disney and Amazon pull back
Sep 18, 2024 · Master of the House is the first Thai series to reach the number one spot on Netflix’s Global Top 10 list. Netflix “Netflix’s audience is varied, so they are open to any genre, as long as the story is authentic,” said Chandra, who was a production executive on Cigarette Girl.. Southeast Asian content is gaining global audiences also because the …
Why Amazon really built a new warehouse on the U.S.-Mexico …
Sep 10, 2021 · Stark photos of a new Amazon warehouse in Tijuana standing directly beside a dilapidated housing development with dirt roads have gone viral over the last few days. The pictures, taken by photographer Omar Martínez, depict Amazon’s signature arrow logo towering over makeshift homes made out of tarps and scrapwood — to many, a dystopian symbol of modern inequality.