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How emerging technologies can create a more equitable world

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Emerging technologies are transforming our lives in ways we’ve never seen before. From algorithms anticipating financial opportunities to fridges compiling your grocery list, there’s no doubt tremendous technological leaps are being made. However, too often, the economic and social benefits of these technologies remain concentrated in developed countries.  That’s why a growing population of innovative …

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Why entrepreneurship in emerging markets matters

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The Seedstars World Competition, the biggest global event for startups from emerging markets, is now live! Watch it here: The tech entrepreneurship scene is largely dominated by Western startup stories, unicorns with unbelievable valuations and highly charismatic founders. What about the rest of the world? More than 85% of the world’s population lives in so-called developing countries, or …

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Thanks to the internet, we know what’s happening in Myanmar. But a communication blackout may be near

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Social media has given us valuable access to the actions of both the military and anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, but a communication blackout may be coming. The country’s military seized control of the government on February 1, after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the general election in a landslide. The opposition-backed army has …

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TikTok might be sold to US investors to ward off security concerns

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Chinese short video platform TikTok is currently facing close scrutiny and risks being booted out of the US — which is home to some of its most popular content creators — but the app may find a lifeline there. The Information reports that a number of US-based investors who already have a stake in TikTok‘s …

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Google rebrands its Tez payments app to Google Pay in India, adds instant loans

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Last September, Google launched Tez, an app for instant money transfers in India. At its annual event in the capital of New Delhi, the company announced it’s rebranding the app to Google Pay. That means it’s unifying its global payments services with what it’s built for India. Tez is based on BHIM UPI, a government-built …

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India must blame itself, not WhatsApp, for its devastating lynching spree

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At least 29 people across India have lost their lives since last May in lynchings by mobs who believed they were kidnappers, owing to messages spread through services like WhatsApp. The most recent incident, which took place on Sunday, saw five agricultural workers killed by a crowd of 40, as 3,000 more people looked on. …

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