“A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.”
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A Year in Reading: When We Are Redefined
From bull rides to military parades, the world transforms us in surprising ways. The best stories get close enough to document our transformation.
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Syria’s Quest to Build Its Own Silicon Valley
“Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Viola Zhou, Mina Tavakoli, Stephanie Krzywonos, Maggie Millner, and Joe Hagan.
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My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek
“In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommendations from Bobbie Johnson; Bee Wilson; Jia Tolentino; Isra Fejzullaj, Rina Chandran, and Michael Zelenko; and Matthew Ponsford.
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When the World Connected on Skype
“On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.”
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Can a Church Exist Exclusively on the Internet?
“Inside the emerging virtual-preaching economy in internet-obsessed Kenya.”
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How AI Reduces the World to Stereotypes
“Rest of World analyzed 3,000 AI images to see how image generators visualize different countries and cultures.”
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Heavily Persecuted, Highly Influential: China’s Online Feminist Revolution
“On Chinese social media, women are censored and harassed, but undeterred.”