Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.

The withdrawal leaves a gap in support for early-stage startups, as Africa’s tech funding has been declining since 2022.

A first-of-its-kind policy allows Chinese firms to treat data as an asset, but compliance hurdles are keeping many companies ...

Local cloud startups offer data sovereignty at a time when the debate about who has access to a country’s data is heating up.

With a long track record of groundbreaking research, outspoken opinions, and grand visions, Jürgen Schmidhuber is a unique figure in the artificial intelligence world — equal parts scientist and ...

Human fallout may include being replaced by LLMs, diminished skills, and fewer career options for all but the elite scholars.

Bolivia’s internet comes from a Chinese-built satellite, and connectivity is patchy. Demand for contraband Starlink kits has grown since the company was denied a license last year. The telecoms ...

William Wroblewski is a multimedia journalist and producer based in La Paz, Bolivia. Wroblewski, who spent a decade in high-tech corporate digital marketing in San Francisco, CA, has worked with and ...

Nearly four billion internet users live outside the West, building and using tech products & platforms with major implications on their daily lives. Yet few Westerners know about them. We publish ...