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AI interview services say they’re eliminating bias — but not everyone agrees.

As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley tech giant isn’t worth giving up the comforts of home.

Toyota and Isuzu have long dominated Thailand’s pickup truck market. As they prepare to launch EV trucks, they face competition from Chinese firms.

Geopolitical tensions have ensnared Microsoft’s deal for AI company G42.

Factory influencers are producing actually funny videos on TikTok, Instagram, and WeChat to increase B2B sales

A milestone in the militarization of AI.

New Citizen Lab study comes as U.S. lawmakers scrutinize Microsoft’s willingness to comply with demands from Beijing.

As shoppers sour on Chinese fast fashion, more sustainable Vietnamese brands — loved by K-pop artists and Western celebrities alike — are booming online.

Meituan’s group order program boomed amid China’s post-Covid-19 thrift economy, but delivery drivers say they’re working longer for less pay.

And what it means for Microsoft.

Global tech leaders share 12 books to add to your must-read pile.

Despite Meta’s promise to crack down on political content in the app, Taiwanese activists are using it to organize.

Creators Jiang Xiuping and Pan Huqian, a viral Douyin duo, act as fictional parents, providing solace to young adults and adolescents amid economic inequalities and a scarcity of mental health support in China.

Mega Matrix and FlexTV want to succeed where Quibi has failed by embracing the allure of “so bad it’s good” shows.

Rest of World spoke to more than a dozen employees who said that TikTok remains answerable to ByteDance rather than its international leadership.

The U.S. clampdown on Chinese-owned companies won't end here.

Avatars of deceased relatives are increasingly popular for consoling those in mourning, or hiding the deaths of loved ones from children.

An e-commerce battle brews between Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop with the continued rise of livestream selling.

Rarely seen globally, there are already thousands of battery swap stations across China.

Fast depreciation in an already slow market has panicked car buyers, many of whom are venting their frustrations on social media.

What the TikTok ban really means for U.S. companies.

The Chinese market isn’t quite as untapped as U.S. companies thought.

Real estate agents in China turn to Douyin and Kuaishou to show properties virtually through livestreaming, drawing the attention of out-of-town buyers.

Convinced a livestream shopping boom in the West is inevitable, entrepreneurs share Chinese playbooks with aspiring U.S. influencers.

Chinese livestream agencies promise influencers fame and money, but end up trapping them in multi-year contracts.

Tech companies iFlytek, Baidu, and BBK are cashing in on parents who fear their child will fall behind their peers.

A gray market grows for Chinese EVs in Russia, the Middle East, and beyond.

And how protests in China brought the problem into focus.

Starpath’s Jason Zang wants to build robots to mine the ingredients for rocket fuel in space.

Our favorite global tech stories from publications not named Rest of World.

Young Chinese people are hiring online tarot readers and feng shui masters to seek cheap therapy.

Billionaire werewolf love triangles, that is.

The biggest threat to Nvidia isn’t coming from China.

Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.

Pandemic isolation inspired Coco Chen to work on the spiritual health platform Dreamore.

Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.