In case you didn’t know, this media group was started by Sofia Schmidt, Daughter of Eric Schmidt. It focuses on tech stories from other countries besides the USA.
Top stories on the front page right now:
* Fighting brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village
* A defamation lawsuit in Singapore sets a dangerous precedent
* Peru’s surprise presidential front runner has fewer than 8,000 Twitter followers
* The mysterious user editing a global open-source map in China’s favor
No thanks - I'll stick to reading international media.
I personally think this is a fantastic gateway. I'd love to have a better global perspective, but I simply don't have the resources (or time) to build a deeply informed opinion. This type of media gives me access to foreign tech within easy reach. Honestly, it gives me exposure to topics that I wouldn't even know exists. If it's a topic that piques my interest, I can certainly find alternative coverage (hopefully with less bias).
[1] https://restofworld.org/2020/bangladesh-economy-runs-on-face...
Yes and no.
The US audience is important but its not the only audience. If you look at the authors of those articles you will see that most of the writers are based outside of the US and (as much as in possible) in the areas/countries being reported on.
The goal is to increase that metric as much as possible.
* Fighting brain drain and creeping authoritarianism in Russia’s techno-utopian village
- By Leonid Ragozin who is based in Latvia (as far as I know)
* A defamation lawsuit in Singapore sets a dangerous precedent
- By Kirsten Han, a journalist based in Singapore.
* Peru’s surprise presidential front runner has fewer than 8,000 Twitter followers
- By Jimena Ledgard, based in Lima, Peru
* The mysterious user editing a global open-source map in China’s favor
- By Vittoria Elliott, based in USA, and Nilesh Christopher in Bangalore, India.
Full-disclosure: I work there. Writing from personal knowledge.