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A buy-now-pay-later company is behind the explosion of EVs in Kenya
restofworld.org - Damilare Dosunmu
Kenya is among the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in Africa. Registrations of battery-operated cars and bikes in the country increased by …
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Why Mexico’s delivery workers are ditching food for packages
restofworld.org - Daniela Dib
Israel Valencia had spent half a year as a food delivery worker for Rappi when a colleague mentioned an e-commerce package distribution gig.Read the …
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Social media is a “hunting ground” for religious minorities in Indonesia
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The AI job interviewer will see you now
restofworld.org - Russell Brandom, Viola Zhou and Sanghamitra Kar P
When Floria Tan applied for an internship at China’s food delivery giant Meituan, her first video interview was not with a human being.Read the full …
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Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI engineers in China must choose between homeland and career
restofworld.org - Viola Zhou
Alan, a young engineer at Microsoft, has been living a comfortable life in Beijing working for the tech giant on cloud computing. He earns six times …
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In Indonesia, social media is a “hunting ground” for religious minorities
restofworld.org - Adi Renaldi
For nearly two decades, hundreds of Ahmadiyya Muslims have lived in a cramped government shelter on the Indonesian island of Lombok, after they were …