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Without the long haul to Palo Alto, foreign founders could tend to their startups back home and remotely woo investors. | Continue reading
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No longer confined to the privacy of their rooms, Saudi women are creating their own culture. | Continue reading
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Sarah Hegazi’s suicide made international news, and despite over a dozen profiles pages on Wikipedia, a post on her was removed from Arabic Wikipedia. | Continue reading
Obinwanne Okeke was supposed to be a rags-to-riches Nigerian success story. Then the feds followed the money. | Continue reading
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12 languages opened up the app store to 90% of the Indian population. | Continue reading
The Brazilian beachside town of Maricá has seen early signs of success by keeping things hyperlocal. | Continue reading
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An army of independent developers has been working nonstop to make sure the information is available to the public. | Continue reading
There is no Amazon. There is no eBay. If you want to buy a dress or a crested finch from the comfort of your home, you have to use Facebook. | Continue reading
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing doctors to use robots to treat patients. This pioneer saw the new world coming. | Continue reading
This Indian Instagram vigilante dispenses justice. Never mind the methods. | Continue reading
Politics is so toxic in the Philippines that, to protect its culture, the Kumu livestreaming platform made a radical decision: ban it. | Continue reading
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Thanks to a government-imposed internet slowdown, students in Kashmir are struggling to keep up with their classmates. | Continue reading
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Okash, a popular fintech app in Kenya and Nigeria, threatens to notify everyone on your contact list about what you owe. | Continue reading
For the so-called ‘Rest of World’ countries, the risk that comes with scale is ignorance of the local, which brings with it the potential for catastrophe. | Continue reading
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When the social media platform threatened to delete a deceased K-pop idol’s account, thousands of fans turned it into a living memorial. | Continue reading
How citizens, telecom employees and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government | Continue reading
Despite the cost of delivery and the food arriving cold, some Palestinians still think it’s worth it. | Continue reading