Deputy Editor @restofworld. Earlier @qzindia, @bsindia, Network18, Ma Foi. Aspiring minimalist. Connect at [email protected].
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Meet India's Elon Musk: Bhavish Aggarwal built a rideshare and EV scooter empire.
Now plagued by customer complaints, erratic leadership, surging competition, and a CEO with a penchant for Twitter spats, it's crumbling to dust.
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Note! Starlink enters Indian market with local partner Airtel - the same/similar localisation that would apply in SA.
Airtel, Starlink announce India deal weeks after Musk met Modi - Rest of World restofworld.org/2025/airtel-…
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In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away
New from @yashjournals
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EV users in Ecuador are struggling with prolonged energy crisis, but many still prefer dealing with the hassle to the high cost of gas: @restofworld
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WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app. Can it become a major moneymaker for Meta without alienating 2 billion users?
Read @issielapowsky's new @restofworld feature on how WhatsApp became a global behemoth — and what comes next
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How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive business platform, aggressively luring businesses to its suite of paid messaging products (@issielapowsky / Rest of World)
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WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging app, with 2 bln daily users who send 100 bln messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. A look at how it grew so big and what comes next reports @issielapowsky for @restofworld restofworld.org/2024/how-wha…
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Loved working on this with @selina_cheng! She's a genius for pulling data on global tariffs on Chinese tech in one explainer with geopolitical context & analysis!
With additional research by @khadijaalam_, @ItikaSPunit and @_ananyaaa! restofworld.org/2024/china-t… @restofworld
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How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their dead.
My ground report from Bastar for @restofworld
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the majority of Libya’s working population — almost 85% — is employed in the public sector. that means most of Presto’s employees and delivery drivers are also government workers.
my latest looks at what it took presto to build a delivery app in Libya.
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EXCLUSIVE: This is exactly when China blocked ChatGPT, Hugging Face and other AI sites.
I received first access to a platform that can track the precise timing of Chinese censorship, when previously this was difficult.
Explore our interactive graphic:
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I had an amazing time at the Gatoes office for interviews earlier this month — such an inspiring experience. They are a young team with big ambitions, and I am glad that @ShowkatNanda and I had the chance to profile Gatoes.
For @restofworld
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Guaranteed the most surprising story you'll read today. Fascinating read from @tarykuh
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How a beauty contest controversy between South Africans and Nigerians led to hoax ride bookings on Uber
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“I chatted two of them up to ask them why they were doing this,” Ineh said. “One told me it’s Nigeria versus South Africa. The other lady apologized.”
our quick dispatch on how gig-workers paid for the hoax ride requests between Nigerians and SAfricans
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Over the next 15 years, Microsoft is opening six data centers in the Indian tech hub of Telangana.
One of the first ones, located in the village of Mekaguda, is expected to be completed by 2025. But Microsoft has been running into some trouble, by its own admittance. 🧵
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In July, @AlmaasMasood travelled to Mekaguda to figure out what about Microsoft’s upcoming data center worried villagers. We spoke to local farmers, the sarpanch, daily wage workers, the company, government officials, and others. Here’s what we found: restofworld.org/2024/microso…
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“These big companies think they can enter small villages like ours, take our land, and destroy it.”
How a tiny Indian village is pushing back against a Microsoft data center.
By @AlmaasMasood and @_ananyaaa
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Scam central: Meta’s #Facebook , Instagram and WhatsApp platforms accounted for nearly half the e-commerce scams in #Singapore last year. After a 50% increase in scams in 2023, authorities say Meta isn’t doing enough to tackle them, reports @incoherentboy
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