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Sep 7, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World

    Interview: Are data centres really ‘development’ for India? (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. When Osama Manzar started the nonprofit Digital Empowerment Foundation in 2002, just 1.2% of India’s population was online. Now, more than 70% is. But Manzar’s mission statement – helping poor and rural communities come out of the digital dark to access information, literacy, and livelihoods – still holds. In the age of artificial intelligence, Manzar senses the risk of another extractive t

  2. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World

    Indian EV batteries outrun Tesla and BYD (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Indian manufacturers are beating Tesla and BYDi at building energy-efficient electric cars. Tata Motors topped a global ranking of the most efficient battery EVs for 2025, released by the International Council on Clean Transportation. The vehicles in the company’s fleet on average consumed 106 watt-hours per kilometer. Another Indian automaker, Mahindra, followed at 113 Wh/km. Elon Musk’s T

  3. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World

    India’s AI hackathon seeks to build local, open-source tech (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. As frontier artificial intelligence becomes increasingly centralised in the hands of a few Western companies, India is betting that innovation doesn’t have to come only from the biggest labs. The country has launched a hackathon inviting startups, researchers, students, and academic institutions to build affordable, multilingual AI devices that work offline and run on open-source models. Th

  4. Article · Jul 19, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World

    India’s tussle with WhatsApp over usernames could set a bad precedent for privacy (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. The Indian government’s latest tussle with WhatsApp has raised concerns about the censorship of app features globally. On June 29, WhatsApp began rolling out usernames globally, allowing users to chat without sharing their phone numbers. The Indian government has objected to the feature, arguing that pseudonymous accounts could make it easier for bad actors to impersonate others and carry o

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World

    US is losing immigrant tech talent due to H-1B visa uncertainty (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. Highly skilled immigrant tech workers in the US are eyeing relocation to Canada, the UK, or the Gulf as H-1B visa uncertainty continues to haunt them. On June 8, a US judge ruled Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas unenforceable, citing that the government lacked the authority to impose it. The ruling should have offered relief to thousands of immigrant tech workers. However, for

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