In its push to become Big Tech’s data center hub, India is overlooking local resistance
… Meta is reportedly in talks with Indian conglomerate Adani Group to build its own facility. …
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India is testing an alternative to Silicon Valley’s AI playbook
… Without these, promising ideas rarely translate into real-world impact.” India is hardly alone in trying this approach, Astha Kapoor, co-founder of the Aapti Institute, a Bengaluru-based research and policy think tank, told Rest of World. …
The Chinese EV standard winning globally is banned in the U.S.
… The company began talks with China’s Geely in 2025 about licensing Chinese EV technology for the U.S. market, but walked away after concluding a collaboration would be “politically fraught,” according to a report on April 24. Ford has denied the talks . …
The Great AI Divide: Navigating U.S. and Chinese dominance
… Ultimately, we learned that they needed full moderation of online and offline panels, for mention of LGBTQ issues, denial of access for Taiwanese participants, and adherence to the One China policy. …
China’s EV makers are taking over the European factories Ford and Nissan can’t fill
… It is also in talks to have its cars built at Nissan’s Sunderland, England, factory. …
The agentic divide: Why “good enough” AI isn’t enough to survive the new economy
… Local governments in China are boosting so-called one-person companies, or startups with a single founder using AI agents, as part of a broader agent-powered industrial policy. …
Rest of World’s 2023 reading guide
… The U.S. is impaired by a lack of supportive policy and subsidies, the unavailability of affordable Chinese models, and a preference for big cars. …
The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley
… Coming of age in the 2000s, my classmates and I were children of the one-child policy. …