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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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In his first interview on the job, Syria’s new tech minister Abdulsalam Haykal talks to @emilywither.bsky.social about how he plans to rebuild the country’s shattered digital infrastructure — and why he came back after years in exile
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In his first interview on the job, Syria’s new tech minister Abdulsalam Haykal talks to @emilywither.bsky.social about how he plans to rebuild the country’s shattered digital infrastructure — and why he came back after years in exile
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal
“If there is still a Gaza, there will continue to be a Gaza Sky Geeks.”
After two years of war, members of the pioneering tech hub Gaza Sky Geeks are surveying the damage and trying to figure out how they can rebuild
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After two years of war, members of the pioneering tech hub Gaza Sky Geeks are surveying the damage and trying to figure out how they can rebuild
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“If there is still a Gaza, there will continue to be a Gaza Sky Geeks.”
After two years of war, members of the pioneering tech hub Gaza Sky Geeks are surveying the damage and trying to figure out how they can rebuild
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
After two years of war, members of the pioneering tech hub Gaza Sky Geeks are surveying the damage and trying to figure out how they can rebuild
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
The online shopping boom is built on the backs of millions of workers
https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/
https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The online shopping boom is built on the backs of millions of workers
https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/
https://restofworld.org/2025/hu-anyan-deliver-parcels-beijing-book-china-interview/
They were building a tech scene in Gaza. Then came the war
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
They were building a tech scene in Gaza. Then came the war
restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
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“Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there's little need for workers”
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there's little need for workers”
With a tentative ceasefire in place, members of Gaza Sky Geeks are reflecting on two years of war, surveying the damage done to Gaza’s tech scene, and asking how they can help rebuild their community.
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https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
Read our new feature:
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
With a tentative ceasefire in place, members of Gaza Sky Geeks are reflecting on two years of war, surveying the damage done to Gaza’s tech scene, and asking how they can help rebuild their community.
Read our new feature:
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
Read our new feature:
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding
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November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Many Gaza Sky Geeks members have remained engaged in supporting the GSG network — determined to preserve a vision for Gaza that the war all but extinguished
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Many Gaza Sky Geeks members have remained engaged in supporting the GSG network — determined to preserve a vision for Gaza that the war all but extinguished
In the two years since, hundreds of the staff, teachers, students, mentors, and founders involved with GSG have been forcibly displaced and subjected to extreme trauma. Some have been killed. Others managed to flee Gaza but live in mourning
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In the two years since, hundreds of the staff, teachers, students, mentors, and founders involved with GSG have been forcibly displaced and subjected to extreme trauma. Some have been killed. Others managed to flee Gaza but live in mourning
Then came the war. Just days after October 7, Gaza Sky Geeks’ office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Within a month the Israeli military had already destroyed much of the neighborhood. This satellite image was taken on April 3, 2024
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Then came the war. Just days after October 7, Gaza Sky Geeks’ office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Within a month the Israeli military had already destroyed much of the neighborhood. This satellite image was taken on April 3, 2024
GSG’s primary office was located in Gaza City’s Al Rimal, a buzzy waterside neighborhood known for avenues lined with cafes, ice cream parlors, and banks. This satellite image was taken on July 15, 2023
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
GSG’s primary office was located in Gaza City’s Al Rimal, a buzzy waterside neighborhood known for avenues lined with cafes, ice cream parlors, and banks. This satellite image was taken on July 15, 2023
GSG trained thousands of young people in coding, marketing, graphic design, and entrepreneurship, offering a rare gateway to remote work and global markets from within a besieged territory. It also offered a glimpse of an international future that Israel’s blockade tried to deny
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
GSG trained thousands of young people in coding, marketing, graphic design, and entrepreneurship, offering a rare gateway to remote work and global markets from within a besieged territory. It also offered a glimpse of an international future that Israel’s blockade tried to deny
Gaza Sky Geeks started with a question that sounded like a dare: could a startup accelerator survive under siege? Founded in 2011 with support from Google and operated by Mercy Corps, it became the heart of the Strip’s tech scene.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gaza Sky Geeks started with a question that sounded like a dare: could a startup accelerator survive under siege? Founded in 2011 with support from Google and operated by Mercy Corps, it became the heart of the Strip’s tech scene.
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🧵 about our new feature: restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sk...
The metaverse is rewriting the rules of who can be a K-pop star
https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/
https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The metaverse is rewriting the rules of who can be a K-pop star
https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/
https://restofworld.org/2025/metaverse-kpop-idols/
“Mining absorbed almost everyone,” Marta Ríos, who runs the civil registry in Tolar Grande, Argentina, said of the lithium boom. “At first it was strange to see trucks all the time, buses full of workers — suddenly, there was no unemployment.”
Then the boom went bust restofworld.org/2025/lithium...
Then the boom went bust restofworld.org/2025/lithium...
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Mining absorbed almost everyone,” Marta Ríos, who runs the civil registry in Tolar Grande, Argentina, said of the lithium boom. “At first it was strange to see trucks all the time, buses full of workers — suddenly, there was no unemployment.”
Then the boom went bust restofworld.org/2025/lithium...
Then the boom went bust restofworld.org/2025/lithium...
A look at the many ways AI is reshaping childhood in China
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-china-childhood/
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-china-childhood/
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A look at the many ways AI is reshaping childhood in China
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-china-childhood/
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-china-childhood/
Even virtual stars must stick to K-pop’s rigid code of conduct
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October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Even virtual stars must stick to K-pop’s rigid code of conduct
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The world is putting more satellites into space, but running out of places to launch them from. Oman thinks it can build a launchpad program in the perfect place — an intergalactic Goldilocks situation
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The world is putting more satellites into space, but running out of places to launch them from. Oman thinks it can build a launchpad program in the perfect place — an intergalactic Goldilocks situation
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
Japanese convenience stores are being stocked by AI robots monitored by remote workers in the Philippines
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Japanese convenience stores are being stocked by AI robots monitored by remote workers in the Philippines
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
Oman, the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” wants to become a launchpad option for companies and countries that want to decrease dependence on the world’s major powers
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oman, the “Switzerland of the Middle East,” wants to become a launchpad option for companies and countries that want to decrease dependence on the world’s major powers
restofworld.org/2025/oman-sp...
restofworld.org/2025/oman-sp...
With oil reserves expected to run out in 15 years, Oman sees a future in outer space
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
With oil reserves expected to run out in 15 years, Oman sees a future in outer space
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
https://restofworld.org/2025/oman-space-industry-launchpad-satellites/
With plummeting lithium prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-booming mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are going bust
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October 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
With plummeting lithium prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-booming mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are going bust
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New: restofworld.org/2025/lithium...
With Japan facing a worker shortage as its population ages, convenience store shelves are being stocked by robots overseen by remote workers in the Philippines
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
With Japan facing a worker shortage as its population ages, convenience store shelves are being stocked by robots overseen by remote workers in the Philippines
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
https://restofworld.org/2025/philippines-offshoring-automation-tech-jobs/
When Africa’s internet goes down, this ship answers the call
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship/
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship/
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When Africa’s internet goes down, this ship answers the call
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship/
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship/