Rest of World - https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Wed, 05 Nov 2025 04:59:47 +0000 Copyright 2025 Rest of World daily 2 The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Mohammed R. Mhawish and Aseel Mousa https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding/ Photograph courtesy Ryan Sturgill “I Deliver Parcels in Beijing”: Chinese literary sensation reaches U.S. https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Viola Zhou https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/ Wang Zhao/Getty Images A delivery man pushes a trolley along a street in Beijing on September 20, 2022. As China tightens its grip on rare earths, can Brazil be an alternative source? https://restofworld.org/2025/china-rare-earth-export-curb-brazil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:14:09 +0000 Jorge C. Carrasco https://restofworld.org/2025/china-rare-earth-export-curb-brazil/ Victor Moriyama/Getty Images A worker handles a soil sample at a rare earth exploration project in Caldas Novas, Brazil. China’s $143 billion push to dominate the global EV industry https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ev-investment-global-expansion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ev-investment-global-expansion/ iStock/Rest of World Most of the world’s space launches are controlled by just three countries https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-etlaq-space-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Hazel Gandhi https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-etlaq-space-launch/ Tara Atkinson for Rest of World A nighttime long exposure of the rock formations at the Rock Garden in Duqm, Oman, captured under a star-filled sky. The six-kilometre site features sandstone and limestone formations shaped by natural forces over millions of years. Photo taken on October 14, 2025, by Tara Atkinson. The metaverse is rewriting the rules of who can be a K-pop star https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Michelle Kim https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/ Scon/Re:Revolution Re:Revolution in a virtual interview Do India’s EV policies discriminate against China? Experts weigh in https://restofworld.org/2025/china-wto-complaint-india-ev/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2025/china-wto-complaint-india-ev/ Dhiraj Singh/Getty Images Vehicles for Vinfast roll off an assembly line at a factory in Thoothukudi, India. Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language https://restofworld.org/2025/malawi-ulangizi-ai-farming-chatbot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Stephanie Wangari https://restofworld.org/2025/malawi-ulangizi-ai-farming-chatbot/ Thoko Chikundi for Rest of World Misha Katema an Opportunity International Malawi Field Support Agent shares information from Ulangizi AI on a farm in Lilongwe Central Malawi on Monday, 4 August 2025 A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust https://restofworld.org/2025/lithium-price-crash-latin-america-mining/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 David Feliba https://restofworld.org/2025/lithium-price-crash-latin-america-mining/ Anita Pouchard Serra for Rest of World View of Tolar Grande, in Salta Province, Argentina on October 1, 2025. Anita Pouchard Serra / Rest of World. The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Laura Jedeed https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/ Etlaq The launchpade at the Etlaq spaceport in Oman Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Michael Beltran https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/ Eduardo Luzzatti for Rest of World EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars https://restofworld.org/2025/ev-depreciation-blusmart-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2025/ev-depreciation-blusmart-collapse/ Rest of World/Getty Images