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Elon Musk leaves Beijing after Tesla wins key data security clearance from China
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...
2030 moon mission: China’s Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station, Xinhua reports
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 ...
ByteDance says ‘no plans’ to sell TikTok after new US law threatens ban
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...
Environmental report for planned Hong Kong tech hub given conditional approval despite green groups’ concerns
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 removes WhatsApp, Threads from App Store in China on government orders
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...
In China, a factory turns old wedding photographs into a source of electricity
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....
RTHK’s AI presenters ‘enhance productivity’ and relieve staff shortages, Hong Kong broadcaster says
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 using AI to divide voters in US ahead of presidential election, Microsoft says
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 privacy watchdog finds ‘clear oversight’ in tech park data leak
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...
Spam or scam? How unwanted phone calls – from salesmen or crooks – plague Hongkongers despite countermeasures
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...
Hong Kong’s ‘smart city’ ambitions depend on trust as well as technology
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...
US, UK, NZ say China targeted ‘democratic institutions’ in cyber campaign
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...
Hong Kong set to see 5 to 8 tropical storms this year and higher than normal temperatures, Observatory says
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...
19 firms sign deal in gov’t push to boost Hong Kong’s tech sector, 70% from mainland China
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)...
Hong Kong’s South China Athletic Association investigates data hack, 70,000 data subjects affected
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...
Explainer: Why is TikTok blocked in Hong Kong?
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...
https://hongkongfp.com/2024/03/15/explainer-why-is-tiktok-blocked-in-hong-kong/
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi to begin first electric vehicle deliveries by end of March
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...
US to launch probe into security risks of ‘connected vehicles’ using China-made tech
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 ...
Beijing tells local officials, firms to build ‘data security protection system’ to guard against hackers
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...
Hackers for sale: what we know about China’s massive I-Soon cyber leak
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...
How cheap mini-electric vehicles took off in China’s smaller, poorer cities
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....
Massive data leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign gov’ts and activists, analysts say
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 ...
Beijing warns Washington that tech restrictions will ‘come back to bite them’
Beijing on Thursday warned the US that restrictions on its industries would “come back to bite them”, after Washington added a number of Chinese firms to a list of companies linked to its mil...
HKFP Yum Cha: Astrid Andersson on Hong Kong’s critically endangered cockatoo population
When Astrid Andersson tells people what she does for a living, she is often met with incredulity. “People don’t believe me when I say I’m a cockatoo researcher,” Andersson said on the lat...
Over 78 hectares of wetland destroyed since Hong Kong gov’t announced Northern Metropolis plan
Seventy-eight hectares – or 0.78 square kilometres – of protected wetland in Hong Kong’s New Territories has been destroyed since the government announced plans for a huge development in th...
Hong Kong to install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in 2024, top official says total number in city ‘relatively small’
Hong Kong’s government has announced plans to install 2,000 additional CCTV cameras in public places this year in what it calls a move to fight crime. Cheuk Wing-hing, deputy chief secretary, s...
China’s Xi Jinping wants UN at heart of AI governance, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he wants the United Nations to be at the centre of talks on AI governance. Guterres last year set up ...
Over 40% of Hong Kong students ‘embarrassed’ to be in parents’ social media posts, survey finds
Over 70 per cent of Hong Kong students have said they would prefer it if their parents did not post photos and stories of them on social media platforms, with some saying it made them feel embarr...
China may ‘revise and improve’ planned gaming curbs aft...k sell-off wipes billions of dollars from tech giants’ value
Chinese authorities may revise newly drafted online gaming rules, state media reported Saturday, a day after the announcement of the planned curbs triggered a sell-off in major tech stocks. The d...
In Pictures: Vast wetlands and habitat for migratory birds on the verge of destruction due to gov’t San Tin tech hub
Every winter, dozens of black-faced spoonbills, an endangered large wading bird species, fly a long way from the freezing north to enjoy a warm winter in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong Bir...