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For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks was a model for how tech could transform Gaza. Just days after October 7, its office was blown to pieces by an Israeli airstrike. Now, with a tentative ceasefire in place, it’s trying to rebuild.

Read our new feature from @mohamhawish.bsky.social & Aseel Mousa:
The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks
For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.
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AI is shaking up OnlyFans. Chatbots are replacing the Filipino workers who pretend to be models in DMs with fans, and AI-generated images are so realistic that they cannot be distinguished from real photos
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A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over
Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
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AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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The UAE’s new research lab in Silicon Valley is part of the country’s attempt to become a global AI powerhouse

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The UAE’s AI strategy winds through Silicon Valley
The California research lab is part of Abu Dhabi’s multipronged AI strategy that includes G42 and the MBZ University of AI.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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“If there is still a Gaza, there will continue to be a Gaza Sky Geeks.”

Gaza’s tech community reflects on two years of war and looks to the future:
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-sky-geeks-bombing-rebuilding/
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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China is setting the pace in the EV race, and the West can’t keep up
https://restofworld.org/2025/china-us-ev-race
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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“If I could get a job that pays enough in China, I would have never left”

30,000 Chinese migrant workers travel to remote islands in Indonesia to process nickel for EV batteries, risking their lives on the frontier of the green energy transition
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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After the fall of Assad, these tech leaders are trying to build the Syria — and the digital future — of their dreams
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-leaders-digital-future/
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The Middle East just became the newest battlefield in the U.S.-China AI war:
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U.S. gains in AI race as Gulf nations ditch China for chips
Washington has all but locked Beijing out of the Middle East’s trillion-dollar artificial intelligence ambitions.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A dictator falls unexpectedly. Then what?
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Meet the tech leaders bringing Syria into the digital age
A dictator falls unexpectedly. Then what?
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November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Here's an inside look at how Rest of World gathered and visualized data for our recent feature about Oman’s attempt to become a space powerhouse: restofworld.org/inside/datav...
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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In the year leading up to October 2025, BYD got approvals on 38 new car models. In the same time, Tesla got the go-ahead on just three
China is setting the pace in the EV race, and the West can’t keep up
The mainland’s breakneck development speed is reshaping the global EV industry.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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ChatGPT is huge in India. These startups are building their own LLMs for less common languages, hoping local relevance helps them compete
http://restofworld.org/2025/chatgpt-india-alternative-ai-llms
ChatGPT is huge in India. These locally focused startups found a way to compete
Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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In an attempt to get Western countries’ to roll back their tariffs on Chinese EVs, China is taxing French cognac, Canadian canola, and U.S. soybeans.

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China starts a food fight over Western EV tariffs
Beijing is targeting agricultural sectors worth billions to pressure governments into dropping 100% electric vehicle duties.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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He fled Assad. Now he’s leading Syria’s tech transformation
https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-tech-minister-abdulsalam-haykal
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“Our language is vulnerable and at risk of disappearing. So I took matters into my own hands.”

A look at the mission to build better AI tools for India’s less common languages:
ChatGPT is huge in India. These locally focused startups found a way to compete
Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Weekend #longreads: One small step for Oman
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November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Gaza’s tech community reflects on two years of war
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-tech-community-war-experience/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763053141
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Why Elon Musk’s $1 trillion paycheck is anything but certain:
Tesla needs the world to make Elon Musk a trillionaire
As Tesla struggles in markets beyond the U.S., Chinese automakers are winning from Southeast Asia to Europe.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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China, the world’s largest EV maker, is installing thousands of two-way charging stations, which turn idle electric cars into mobile energy storage.

It's a risky bet on a technology that has failed to take off in tens of other countries over the past decade
China wants electric cars to feed power back to the grid
The world's largest EV fleet could become a giant battery network if economic and technical hurdles are overcome.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there's little need for workers”
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November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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"I was building the perfect life any young person dreams of: a promising future, a safe home, and stability. But the violence destroyed everything; we lost it all."

Gaza’s tech community reflects on two years of war
https://restofworld.org/2025/gaza-tech-community-war-experience/
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM