N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Hold onto your sombreros, folks! 🤠 A Mexican surveillance company is now peeping over the US border, and apparently, it's a big deal because nobody's heard of them. 🌍 Rest of World's cutting-edge journalism: discovering the obvious and marketing it as groundbreaking news! 🤦‍♂️
https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/ #MexicanSurveillance #USBorder #PrivacyConcerns #GroundbreakingJournalism #RestOfWorld #HackerNews #ngated
A Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border

Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the U.S. and across Latin America.

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MarkoApr 1

Eine sehr interessante Studie, wenn überhaupt die 1. die mir zu diesem Thema untergekommen ist. Befragt wurden Arbeiter in 60 Ländern zu den Chancen und Risiken der kommenden oder besser gesagt bereits rollenden AI Welle.

🌀 https://restofworld.org/2026/workers-ai-jobs-concerns/

#ai #restofworld #jobloss #india #africa

Workers around the world are not getting what they want from AI

A survey of workers in 60 countries found that a majority of those facing the threat of AI-driven job loss do not trust companies or governments to manage the transition fairly.

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Josh LepawskyMar 11

"If your experience of computing has been one of serial upgrades, with little thought to the source or destination of the device, it may be hard to appreciate the breadth of opportunity that the same set of components can present to people living in different economic contexts. Taken further, an anthropological approach to design helps us see that belief systems less centered on the Western individual embrace the notion of afterlives in ways that are far more common in daily life."

https://melgregg.com/2026/03/11/hardware-afterlives/

#tech #repair #restofworld #reuse

Hardware Afterlives

If reusing technology is key to a more sustainable industry, where can we best learn how to design with this intention? At the recent International Association for Media and Communication Research …

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Norbert ReithingerOct 16

"South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education."

https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/

#restofworld #ai #edtech

AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea

South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.

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Vladimir SavićSep 1, 2025
Inside India's billion-dollar e-waste empire - The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit at a steep human and environmental cost https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/ #restofworld
Inside India’s billion-dollar e-waste empire

The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.

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alxd of the Story Seed LibraryJan 24, 2025

#restOfWorld , the #globalSouth #technology magazine has published the winners of last year's #photography contest!

https://restofworld.org/2025/tech-photography-contest-winners/

Pictured: Two young people play basketball under the towering blades of the windmills in Bangui. The windmills lie along a 9-kilometer (5-mile) shoreline of Bangui Bay, facing the South China Sea. Renewable energy has transformed this community, cutting household expenses and powering opportunities once thought to be out of reach.

#solarpunk inspiration?

The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest

From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world, featuring everything from sprawling mines to biometric facial scans.

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JérômeJan 23, 2025

Why Amazon is struggling to crack Argentina
The company, which recently launched free shipping to Argentina, faces major challenges from regional rival MercadoLibre and a network of smugglers

https://restofworld.org/2025/amazon-argentina-shipping-mercado-libre/

#amazon #restofworld

Why Amazon is struggling to crack Argentina

The company, which recently launched free shipping to Argentina, faces major challenges from regional rival MercadoLibre and a network of smugglers.

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Show threadAhmet AkkoçNov 11, 2024

@molly0xfff with all due respect, I don't think it's ever a good idea to ONLY follow RSS.

For one thing, RSS is generally not used by #RestOfWorld #independent #journalist s.

And second, it disincentivizes discovering new sources.

The only time I think it is worth using RSS for me is if I have someone I like following that I would like to always hear amidst the current chaotic online discourse.

But I will contest the idea that RSS is 'fair' in 2024. Different times, different rhymes.

lucasgfMar 19, 2024
Pay to work: Rappi now charges delivery drivers in Brazil a weekly fee
https://restofworld.org/2024/rappi-driver-fee/
#Reportagem #RestOfWorld #Entregadores #Delivery #PQP
Pay to work: Rappi now charges delivery drivers in Brazil a weekly fee

In January, the Colombian delivery giant implemented a $2.40 weekly fee for delivery workers in Brazil to use the app.

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Cyberpunk DystopiaFeb 27, 2024
#RestOfWorld has been doing an amazing job covering the #GigEconomy around the world, producing journalism that reads like #dystopian #SciFi fiction.

"Iqbal is a self-employed gig worker who works across multiple ride-hailing apps, including Careem, Bykea, and inDrive. As he set off for his first job that day, the city was covered in a thick, poisonous smog. He drove through visible specks of reddish dust and other particulate matter, breathing through his muffler and trying to ignore the metallic, almost sulfurous stench permeating his nostrils."

restofworld.org/2024/riders-in-the-smog-gig-workers-pollution/

#GigWorkers #pollution #SouthAsia
Riders in the smog: Pollution is poisoning gig workers

Rest of World equipped gig riders across South Asia with pollution monitors. The readings were off the charts.

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