All you need to understand about digitalization and technological advancement in Latin America can be learned by tracing the evolution of a single cultural phenomenon in the region: Internet cafés.

Central Ohio’s internet cafes, which were the subject of intense scrutiny during regulatory changes and a statewide crackdown in 2013 and ’14, have largely flown under the radar in recent years. They ...

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Inside ‘FIREWALL Internet Cafe’ (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Each of the seven computer stations available is set up to display a split-screen of Google and ...

Odd jobs on construction sites used to earn Takahashi enough money to pay for a private booth each night at one of Tokyo’s internet cafes. But Japan’s coronavirus lockdown not only cost him his work, ...