Viettel, launched by Vietnam’s military in 1989 to build antenna towers, now leads as a telecom giant in seven international markets. And it makes everything from 5G chips, robots, & radar systems to phones & surveillance tech. By @lamle52.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/vietnam...

For the first time, Apple will produce all new U.S.-bound iPhone models in India. While Apple fans celebrate the launch of the iPhone 17, @jeelanireports.bsky.social spoke with phone manufacturing and supply chain experts to understand why this launch is a geopolitical landmark.

While Apple fans celebrate the launch of the iPhone 17, Rest of World spoke with phone manufacturing and supply chain experts to understand why this launch is a geopolitical landmark. restofworld.org/2025/is-appl...

Not everything is black and white in Trump's tariff war. Unexpected winners are emerging in Vietnam's semiconductor sector. Check out @lamle52.bsky.social's latest: restofworld.org/2025/vietnam...

Earlier this month, I flew to Bengaluru to meet Nandan Nilekani, India's tech billionaire and co-founder of Infosys. He told me and my colleague, Itika, that the future of AI will be spoken, not written restofworld.org/2025/nandan-...

A year on after Chinese heavyweight ByteDance bought a majority stake in Tokopedia, the Indonesian giant has “lost its soul”, and “reduced to just another generic Chinese marketplace”. Read this by @michelleanindya.bsky.social: restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...

Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech market. restofworld.org/2025/whatsap...

Online retail eludes India’s richest man. Here's why Mukesh Ambani needed Shein in India. restofworld.org/2025/shein-i...

Surviving Chinese e-commerce big shots in Southeast Asia has never been easy, but Vietnam's Sendo has employed housewives and anyone else with unused fridge space to sell grocery. It's a survival tactic and it's working. restofworld.org/2025/sendo-f...

Do read this definitive profile of Ola’s eccentric CEO, once “a kid roaming around in shorts with an SLR,” now dubbed India’s Elon Musk. restofworld.org/2025/bhavish...

A strong piece on how India is working to accelerate high-tech manufacturing and develop its own AI tools. restofworld.org/2025/india-f...

New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI. They are pushing for greater transparency from the global companies that employ them through outsourcing firms. Reporting by Stephanie Wangari and Gayathri Vaidyanathan on @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...

In a few weeks, Skype is going the way of other early internet icons like AOL Instant Messenger and Friendster. But before it shuts down, we asked Rest of World readers to share their favorite memories of using the video-calling service restofworld.org/2025/skype-s...

Foxconn’s arrival has set off urban sprawl in an Indian agricultural town. The iPhone supplier is diversifying from China to escape Trump's trade war. Here's our latest on how quickly a rural Bengaluru town changed as the Taiwanese giant Foxconn stepped in. restofworld.org/2025/foxconn...

Vietnam is still on edge. Trump’s tariff pause offers only brief relief. In Bac Ninh, where Apple and Samsung contractors operate, the chill is already setting in. Read @LamLe52’s report from the heart of Vietnam's manufacturing engine: restofworld.org/2025/vietnam...

“Uber knows slashing prices is the only way to keep customers hooked”. India's taxi wars in the ride-hailing sector have gotten intense, as Uber squeezes margins. Our latest: restofworld.org/2025/uber-in...

As Myanmar tries to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake, which has claimed more than 2,700 lives, internet blackout are an obstacle to relief and rescue work: restofworld.org/2025/myanmar...

Can Vietnam’s leading automaker VinFast survive in markets dominated by Chinese rivals like BYD and Indian giants like Tata and go where Tesla hasn’t? Here's more on VinFast’s second act after a US debacle: restofworld.org/2025/vinfast...

A fascinating discussion of Alvin Toffler's influence in/on modern #China by @hofrench.bsky.social in @nybooks.com The digital transformation of China reflects Toffler's ideas, but Toffler did not anticipate how it would help create a surveillance society. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Dunzo's collapse isn’t just one company’s failure but a symptom of India’s startup cash-burn culture, where even strong backers like Google & Reliance can't save you restofworld.org/2025/dunzo-s...

India’s largest EV company is losing ground - in charts restofworld.org/2025/ola-ele...

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The Chinese EV company Gotion expected a warm welcome in a small Michigan town but faced protests and suspicion instead, with many residents seeing it as a Communist Trojan horse. Superb piece. restofworld.org/2025/gotion-...

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet is finally making its way into India. Here’s what to know about its partnership with Airtel, the country’s second-largest telecom firm restofworld.org/2025/airtel-...

"Grimes was there, gaggle of kids orbiting her on the floor, transfixed. One said this must be what monsters listen to" Reading this piece reminded me of a Hemingway quote: 'All things truly wicked start from innocence.' www.wired.com/story/inside...

This is so interesting. China, of course, did this for decades. Large developing nations should jointly demand the same from advanced economies. www.ft.com/content/f4fd...

Hello Blue Sky, Hope you don't end up like Twitter. Hope we get to relive the early 2010s.