6 天之前 · While much of the world was focused on a radical proposal by the U.S. president to transform the Middle East, a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and tech leaders gathered in Damascus last weekend for a one-of-a-kind event. For the first time in 50 years, a free Syria hosted an independent tech ...

6 天之前 · Workers in the assembly area at the Sazgar plant. Sazgar uses lithium iron phosphate batteries that are imported from China, along with motors, controllers, and chargers, Mehdi told Rest of World.The batteries last for more than 100 kilometres (62 miles), and take under five hours to charge — crucial factors given Pakistan’s energy crisis, he said.

5 天之前 · 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 contributed to Business Insider, The Guardian, BBC Studios, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel, among others.

6 天之前 · Before Dang Nhut Hao came to Taiwan, he knew nothing about semiconductors. Growing up in Dong Thap — a southern Vietnamese province on the Mekong Delta famous for its rice fields, red-headed cranes and lakes dotted with lotuses — Dang loved biology, and got into one of Ho Chi Minh City’s most prestigious undergraduate science programs in 2019.

5 天之前 · An engineer at the Bolivian Space Agency monitors the Túpac Katari 1 satellite. William Wroblewski “The purpose of Túpac Katari [1] is clear,” Iván Zambrana, director of the Bolivian Space Agency, told Rest of World, referring to the Chinese-built geostationary telecommunications satellite that in part helps deliver Bolivia’s internet connectivity.

6 天之前 · Danny Makki is a journalist covering art, culture, and politics in the Middle East. A non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, Makki has worked as a consultant for The Atlantic, BBC, Channel 4, NBC, and The Telegraph.

6 天之前 · Hsiuwen Liu is a Labor x Tech reporter based in Taipei, Taiwan. She writes about mental health, human rights, and social justice, focusing on long-form narratives that examine how politics affects people’s lives.