YouTube has partnered with Shopee to launch YouTube Shopping in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It pits the Silicon Valley tech giant against TikTok Shop, which dominates video e-commerce in the ...

There are only two local electric bus makers in Kenya: BasiGo and Roam. Roam predominantly makes EV bikes and only recently expanded into building buses. They’ve built four buses so far and sold two ...

Users will be able to use the platform in English, Filipino, Taglish, and soon, other local languages. The Philippines ranks first in the world in AI interest, but 20 million Filipinos have limited ...

Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was Latin America’s top Spanish-language livestreamer. His press conferences, viewed for 49 million hours in 2023 alone, allowed dozens of content creators ...

Shivika Sabharwal’s nerves kicked in the second she spotted the size of the crowd. It was mid-September, and Sabharwal was standing center stage inside a massive event space at Mumbai’s extravagant ...

More than 20 influencers were elected into the Indonesian parliament this year. Influencers have the resources to contest polls, and are familiar to voters. Celebrities learn little about political ...

The U.S. and China are in an intensifying race for top tech workers, particularly in AI. Sanctions mean China’s elite workers covet U.S. jobs and access to the best AI technology. Experts say national ...

Wellness tracker company MeMind created a tailor-made version of its app for the state to curb a suicide epidemic. The app’s AI diagnostic tool detects small changes in behavior patterns. Over the ...

Fidaa Maksour, a dispatcher with the White Helmets, a volunteer organization that operates largely in the war-torn northwestern region of Syria, was on duty in the early morning hours of February 6, ...

BusCaro’s business model sets it apart from other transit startups. Founder Maha Shahzad says the startup is on track to be profitable by early 2025. The day mass transit startup Swvl announced its ...