The graying gig economy
The average age for delivery workers is 29 and the average age for ride-hailing drivers is 36, but many older individuals are turning to gig work, too. Rest of World spoke to 52 workers above the age ...
21 Touko 202420min
Inside the BJP’s WhatsApp machine
As millions of Indians vote, there’s one platform most of them will turn to for information: WhatsApp. And no one controls the political narrative on WhatsApp like the BJP, the ruling party helmed by ...
17 Touko 202428min
Inside TSMC’s struggle to build a chip factory in the U.S. suburbs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was slated to open a plant in Phoenix, Arizona in 2024. It aimed to bring thousands of jobs, but the expansion hasn’t taken off. In this story, Rest o...
25 Huhti 202433min
The changing face of protest
Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation. This story explores how thanks to new facial recognition technology, protesters’ safety i...
28 Maalis 202433min
The rise and fall of Argentina’s celebrity crypto pastor
Generación Zoe’s Leonardo Cositorto was charged with fraud in Argentina in April 2022. His and staff arrests have users asking, “¿Qué pasó con generacion Zoe?” In this feature from our archive, Rest ...
14 Maalis 202446min
Riders in the smog
From toxic skies to health hazards: Rest of World measured air quality for riders in Lahore, New Delhi, and Dhaka. The results were devastating. Pollution is worsening in South Asia’s major cities, bu...
29 Helmi 202421min
The fall of the King of Squirrels
In this feature from our archive, Rest of World follows the story of exotic animal trader as he capitalizes on Vietnam's growing digital connectivity — and Facebook’s negligence — to build an online w...
15 Helmi 202424min
Inside Foxconn’s struggle to manufacture iPhones in India
Foxconn is flying engineers from China to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders. But both the Chinese engineers and Indian assembly line workers describe a serious culture clash. In t...
8 Helmi 202437min
