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Deep dives into technology and human behavior.

Mauricio Bustos (right) together with his brother Marcelo Bustos (left) who wears a white robotic mask. Both are sitting on the bed in the small room they share in Santiago, Chile, sunlight shining through one side.

Features 9 July 2024

The AI artist who used Bad Bunny’s voice — and shot to fame

Meet the Chilean artist who made it big using others’ voices.

By Charis McGowan

A collage of images taken from a group on WhatsApp, showing a man holding a candle against a purple background. The images are set against a green background used on WhatsApp.

Features 15 May 2024

Inside the BJP’s WhatsApp machine

An analysis of thousands of messages reveals how India’s ruling party uses the app to campaign free from public scrutiny.

By Srishti Jaswal

A photograph from a drone video showing a large factory complex in the middle of the desert.

Features 23 April 2024

TSMC’s debacle in the American desert

Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.

Illustration of a protest sign lying face down on the ground, blanketed with the shadows of surveillance cameras

Features 27 March 2024

The changing face of protest

Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation.

By Darren Loucaides

A photo of a man sitting on a motorbike on a busy street in Lahore, Pakistan.

Features 27 February 2024

Riders in the smog

Rest of World equipped gig riders across South Asia with pollution monitors. The readings were off the charts.

By Zuha Siddiqui, Samriddhi Sakunia and Faisal Mahmud

A photograph showing a pair of hands holding a phone in a flip case. On the phone is displayed a screen from the BJP's Saral app.

Features 20 January 2024

The data collection app at the heart of the BJP’s Indian election campaign

Rest of World’s reporting shows the extent to which Narendra Modi’s ruling party is using its Saral app to strategize ahead of the general election.

By Srishti Jaswal

A photo showing a man wearing a blue Nigerian suit stepping out of an SVU, between two men wearing suits.

Features 9 January 2024

He was a tech rebel. Then he joined the government

Bosun Tijani was a rock star in the Nigerian startup scene, but his transition to government has been controversial.

By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

A collage of three vertical video stills showing a man at a desk from behind, a woman setting up a recording and a stack of newspapers on a bicycle.

Features 19 December 2023

YouTube is the last bastion of unbiased journalism in India

As Narendra Modi's government clamps down on the free press, top journalists are going solo to report unbiased news.

By Sonia Faleiro

A photo showing the exterior of a bus at night with a silhouette of a person's head slumped against the window.

Features 28 November 2023

Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India

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

By Viola Zhou and Nilesh Christopher

An illustration of Chinese women reading a book and sipping from a cup inside the frame of a phone, against a background of many male faces with angry expressions.

Features 26 September 2023

Heavily persecuted, highly influential: China’s online feminist revolution

On Chinese social media, women are censored and harassed, but undeterred.

By Wanqing Zhang

An aerial photo of the BYD Atto-3 against a green mountain landscape in Thailand.

Features 5 September 2023

How BYD snatched Tesla’s crown

BYD dominates the Chinese EV market. Now it’s coming for the world.

By Viola Zhou and Nanchanok Wongsamuth

A photo showing a man passionately speaking towards the camera and gesturing with his arms, half the photo is blurred.

Features 22 August 2023

Tears of a get-rich-quick guru

Influencers like Sunny Ali promote the Amazon seller dream, but not everyone buys the hustlepreneur fantasy.

By Nilesh Christopher and Zuha Siddiqui