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WEBDestined for clicks: YouTube is driving an astrology boom in Pakistan Amid economic, political, and environmental uncertainty, Pakistanis are increasingly seeking guidance from digital astrologers for a sense of reassurance.
Data leaked by Anonymous hacktivists has put Sri Lankans at risk …
WEBMay 10, 2022 · As massive protests against Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa entered their eighth week, last month the hacktivist collective Anonymous stepped up to show support — in ways that have left cybersecurity experts and the general public alarmed and wondering whether the organization was doing more harm than good.. On April 20, Anonymous, the decentralized collective of internet activists ...
Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news ...
WEBOct 14, 2021 · To prepare for his company’s launch in the U.S., Kaisei Hamamoto went for coffee. It was 2014, and SmartNews, the upstart news discovery app that Hamamoto had co-founded two years earlier, was bumping up against the boundaries of its home market.
Hackers stole and leaked her private photos. Then she was …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · On September 23rd, Judith Heard’s nude photos were leaked for the second time. Lured by a scammer posing as former U.N. Special Rapporteur, David Kaye, the long-time Ugandan fashion model believed she had been offered an …
Indonesia’s AI efforts led by government agency BRIN, creating …
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The Rise of AI Indonesian fishermen are using a government AI tool to find their daily catch Unlike wealthier nations where startups and Big Tech take the lead on AI, an Indonesian government agency is leading the …
These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
WEBJan 17, 2022 · The sound of clinking coins fills a narrow alley in Metro Manila. In the backstreets of Pasig City, children stream in and out of a corner shop, noisily exchanging bills for pesos before stampeding next door to a row of mini-internet vending machines: pisonets. “Pisonets are necessities,” said Madeleine Casim …
Why Amazon really built a new warehouse on the U.S.-Mexico …
WEBSep 10, 2021 · Stark photos of a new Amazon warehouse in Tijuana standing directly beside a dilapidated housing development with dirt roads have gone viral over the last few days. The pictures, taken by photographer Omar Martínez, depict Amazon’s signature arrow logo towering over makeshift homes made out of tarps and scrapwood — to many, a dystopian symbol of modern inequality.
Crunchyroll is trying to turn India into a nation of anime lovers
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Ashwath Nair’s obsession with anime started in the early ’90s, when the anime show Robotech first aired on an Indian television channel. Over the years, he fell in love with the diverse genres, complex storylines, cinematography, and the unique art style of …
How one coder became Indonesia’s misinformation guru
WEBSep 15, 2021 · What has been called the “dystopian nightmare” of Indonesia’s online culture can be traced back to the 2014 general election. Back then, social media-savvy campaigns run by candidates Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto gave birth to a culture of online partisan dueling, fueled by armies of online promoters, or “buzzers.”. Bot networks are now common enough to have become an everyday ...
The revolutionary chipmaker: Your guide to TSMC - Rest of World
WEBJul 7, 2020 · Silicon wafers made by TSMC. Maurice Tsai / Bloomberg via Getty Images Stuck in the middle . Up until recently, TSMC mostly played a background role as the supplier of the processors inside the signature devices of top brands like Apple and Huawei — but Washington and Beijing’s attempt to disentangle their supply chains have now made this a sticking point.