By Beiyi Seow US President Joe Biden blasted Beijing Tuesday for “cheating” rather than competing as he unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports like electric vehicles and semiconductor...
By Holmes Chan Using virtual reality headsets, students at a Hong Kong university travel to a pavilion above the clouds to watch an AI-generated Albert Einstein explain game theory. The students ...
Personal details of more than 8,000 students at a private Hong Kong college have been stolen and reportedly posted on the dark web, the latest in a spate of cyberattacks in the city which have sp...
Video-sharing app TikTok, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, have filed a legal challenge in the US against a legislative move to force its sale, lest it face a country-wide ban. The petit...
By Helen Rowe A senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday China was probably behind a massive cyberattack on the names and banking details of UK armed forces personnel, prompting a furious denial b...
Hong Kong’s fire department has discovered a computer system breach that exposed the personal data of over 5,000 department personnel and hundreds of residents, marking the third data security ...
The government has urged employers of outdoor workers to develop their own rules to prevent heatstroke after rolling out revisions to an official warning system that was slammed as ineffective an...
By Hector Retamal with Qian Ye China launched a probe on Friday to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to se...
By Oliver Hotham and Luna Lin Tesla boss Elon Musk boarded a plane departing Beijing on Monday, after a whistlestop China visit during which the firm secured a key security clearance for the worl...
By Michael Zhang A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing’s ...
Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United State...
A government advisory body has conditionally approved a report on the environmental impact of building a technology hub near the city’s border with mainland China, despite criticism from green ...
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on orders from the country’s internet regulator, US media reported Friday. Mainland China has some of the world’s m...
By Matthew Walsh At a dusty warehouse in northern China, Liu Wei feeds photos of beaming bridal couples into an industrial shredder — turning stories of heartbreak into a source of electricity....
Hong Kong’s government-backed broadcaster RTHK has begun to use Artificial Intelligence-generated (AI) voices in place of some human presenters, saying that generative AI was increasingly perva...
China is ramping up use of AI-generated content and fake social media accounts to inflame division in the United States and elsewhere, according to the latest report from Microsoft’s threat cen...
Hong Kong technology park Cyperport’s infrequent security audits and unnecessary retention of personal data were among the deficiencies that allowed its servers to be attacked by malicious rans...
Hongkongers have become wearily familiar with incoming “spam” phone calls, which once started with the giveaway number “3” but are now harder to spot. Telemarketers are merely annoying, b...
By Kris Hartley In February 2024, Hong Kong police announced plans to instal 615 new surveillance cameras in areas of the city with “high crime figures and high pedestrian flows.” The announc...
By Ryland James with Stuart Graham in London The United States, Britain and New Zealand have accused Beijing-backed cyber groups of being behind a series of attacks against lawmakers and key demo...
Between five and eight tropical storms may come within 500 kilometres of Hong Kong this year, with higher than average temperatures expected, according to Observatory Director Chan Pak-wai. “Ex...
Nineteen firms from mainland China and the US have signed an agreement to set up offices or expand in Hong Kong as part of a government drive to draw international innovation and technology (I&T)...
The South China Athletic Association (SCAA) is investigating a leak of members’ personal data, it said on Monday, as the privacy watchdog’ office warned that around 70,000 data subjects had b...
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would force TikTok’s owner to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban there. US President Joe Biden says he w...
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Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi will start deliveries of its first electric vehicle by the end of March, the firm’s boss said Tuesday, bringing its highly anticipated entry into the automotive...
The United States is launching an investigation into the national security risks of “connected vehicles,” focusing in particular on China-made technology, the US government said Thursday, as ...
The Chinese government on Monday called for heightened data security measures and anti-hacking protections for sensitive domestic companies, vowing to “effectively prevent and control major ri...
A massive data leak from Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers. I-Soon is yet to confirm the leak is genuine and has not r...
By Matthew Walsh Tiny electric cars weave through traffic in southern China, their cheap and cheerful designs bringing a touch of colour to the EV revolution in the country’s overlooked cities....
By Oliver Hotham with Jing Xuan Teng in Shanghai A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data ...