Hong Kong's state-sponsored SEO on national anthem strikes the right note Can't get Google to finish the job, though Legal20 Mar 2023 | 11
Hong Kong to crypto exchanges: get a securities broker's licence, or go home Crashes like FTX and Terra have made regulation necessary, say authorities, even as Territory seeks to become a virtual asset hub Legal21 Feb 2023 | 7
Hong Kong ups its SEO game to stop Google playing a protest song as its national anthem It's not the anthem – it's the algorithm Off-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 9
Apple accused of censoring apps in Hong Kong and Russia to maintain market access Activists note absence of VPNs ponder whether Apple may put revenue above human rights in some markets Security22 Dec 2022 | 35
Refrigeration failure at Hong Kong datacenter takes out Alibaba Cloud and others Unlike Oracle and Google, this time there's no heatwave to blame Off-Prem20 Dec 2022 | 1
Hong Kong wants to be the world’s home for virtual assets The Capital of VA? Virtual assets have to live somewhere and HK thinks it has the regulation for it Personal Tech31 Oct 2022 | 14
Hong Kong hopes to trawl the world for tech talent to build IT city Wanted: AI experts, data scientists, fintech folk, willing to work in the shadow of repressive regime On-Prem20 Oct 2022 | 35
Google Translate dropped in mainland China Search engine was banned so no surprise no one was using it Applications03 Oct 2022 | 3
India seeks verified IDs to register email accounts Asia In Brief PLUS: Warnings on Chinese payment schemes; AWS brushes up its Cantonese; Hong Kong ponders digital dollar; and more! Security26 Sep 2022 | 3
YouTube terminates account for Hong Kong's presumed next head of government Google cites US sanctions while Beijing and John Lee Ka-chiu are miffed Security21 Apr 2022 | 34
Hong Kong Watch says its website suddenly can't be seen in Hong Kong Who could possibly want readers in HK not to access independent opinions about the rule of law? Legal15 Feb 2022 | 26
Hong Kong's central bank sees seven big issues to solve before a central bank digital currency can fly Stuff that’s already pretty much sorted with real money – like scaling transactions, security, and stopping crooks – need work Software05 Oct 2021 | 20
USA warns Hong Kong government may demand business and customer data, run surveillance without warrants Hong Kong authorities 'alarmed by unsubstantiated remarks' Legal19 Jul 2021 | 18
Hong Kong busts $150m crypto money-laundering ring Prepares to enact its anti-doxxing laws – without amendments requested by Big Tech Legal16 Jul 2021 | 5
Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China App currently used for 110 government services, more to come Security14 Jul 2021 | 14
Big Tech’s Asian lobby warns Hong Kong its anti-doxxing laws could see its members leave town Current draft makes staff personally liable and Asia Internet Coalition says that could crimp innovation and hurt the economy Legal06 Jul 2021 | 7
Hong Kong to explore its own digital currency and keep testing China’s Digital Yuan Plans fintech infusion for local banking sector, plus data-sharing infrastructure Software10 Jun 2021 | 5
Hong Kong floats doxxing laws that would let it force big tech to take down content And make publishing personal data as an act of protest illegal into the bargain Legal12 May 2021 | 10
Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble Black Hat Asia Asia is already short millions of trainees; expert warns talent pipeline will dry up in response to government snooping Security07 May 2021 | 9
Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online Legal16 Apr 2021 | 6
Beijing pressures Alibaba to offload media assets, including Hong Kong's top newspaper South China Morning Post's ownership up in the air as HK democracy erodes further Legal16 Mar 2021 | 9
Hong Kong teases tech to track residents as they move past QR codes In response to complaints about the time taken to scan, not concerns about privacy Software04 Mar 2021 | 7
Doxxing nixed by Hong Kong courts, again This time to protect judicial enforcement authorities, but previous bans on publishing Police's personal details haven't stopped the practice Legal02 Nov 2020 | 8
Hong Kong wants to teach kids more STEM – once it's defined what that is Stop us if you've heard this one before: Territory wants to snip subjects to squeeze in coding, but knows its teachers aren't up to the job Software24 Sep 2020 | 14
Google and Facebook abandon Hong Kong landing of new submarine cable There be dragons, say US authorities, so first planned US-HK cable darkens its last leg Networks31 Aug 2020 | 31
Notepad++ website sent to China's naughty step after 'Stand with Hong Kong' software update Ho boy, here we go again Software17 Aug 2020 | 29
World Health Organisation AI chatbot goes deaf when asked for the latest COVID-19 figures for Taiwan, Hong Kong Funny that! AI + ML21 Jul 2020 | 15
USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory Seeing as finance is Hong Kong's thing and that industry needs lots of security kit, this could be scary Legal15 Jul 2020 | 21
Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law Plus: US govt says it's 'looking at' banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok Security07 Jul 2020 | 45
Details of Beijing's new Hong Kong security law signal end to more than two decades of autonomy Legislation to root out subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces following year of civil unrest Security01 Jul 2020 | 81
Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong could put region's future as an up-and-coming tech hub in jeopardy Feature But it is American law, not Chinese, that might make all the difference Networks30 Jun 2020 | 64
Pew-pew woo-hoo! Hong Kong reopens video arcades shut by coronavirus lockdown Other fun places also get to let people in again, just don't read the economic data before you go because that's no fun at all Bootnotes06 May 2020 | 8
Hong Kong swells tech-buying subsidies for local businesses that buy from local businesses $25k from you and $75k from the government buys improved productivity and economic diversity Science01 Apr 2020 | 2
Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine evaders collared by cops with the help of smartphone-tracking tech Public also urged to report stay-at-home scofflaws Personal Tech25 Mar 2020 | 23
Hong Kong makes wearable trackers mandatory for new arrivals, checks in with ‘surprise calls’ too Government CIO promises they don’t record location, just change of location Security19 Mar 2020 | 39
China's Winnti hackers (apparently): Forget the money, let's get political and start targeting Hong Kong students for protest info Supply-chain hackers now taking aim at kids fighting for democracy, say researchers Security31 Jan 2020 | 5
China fires up 'Great Cannon' denial-of-service blaster, points it toward Hong Kong Protest organizers come under fire from network traffic barrage Security06 Dec 2019 | 52
In a touching show of solidarity with the NBA and Blizzard, Apple completely caves to China on HK protest app That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: HKmap banned again Personal Tech10 Oct 2019 | 53
What? No way. Apple? Censoring iOS 13 to appease China? Gosh. How shocking. Who'd have thought it? iGiant declines to Taiwan on for Hong Kong and Macau Personal Tech07 Oct 2019 | 40
Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store Updated Trying to avoid cops, live rounds, tear gas? Oh no, you don't, say Cook & Co Applications02 Oct 2019 | 51
Hong Kong ISPs beg Chinese govt not to impose Great Firewall on them 'Network censorship will only accelerate the loss of HK to competing cities' Networks29 Aug 2019 | 39
No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest That Guns N' Roses album* might be out soon... or not Security13 Jun 2019 | 12
Google sinks cash into more submarine cables, plans more data centres South America, Europe and Asia get pipes, DCs for Finland, Honkers and Hollywood Networks17 Jan 2018 | 18
Bitcoin trade biz MyCoin goes dark, investors fear $387 MEEELLION lost Panic over new zany investment On-Prem10 Feb 2015 | 37
UNDER A VEST: Man cuffed for smuggling 94 iPhones strapped to his body Pic Cops nab mobe-suit fella while entering China Personal Tech13 Jan 2015 | 39
Pro-democracy Hong Kong sites DDoS'd with Chinese cyber-toolkit Now we're not saying it was the Chinese government, but... Security03 Nov 2014 | 2
You dirty RAT! Hong Kong protesters infected by iOS, Android spyware Did China fling remote access Trojan at Occupy Central? Security01 Oct 2014 | 35
Hong Kong protest puts mesh nets to the test in state censorship smash FireChat becomes tool of choice for organizers Networks30 Sep 2014 | 8
Three floats Jolla in Hong Kong: Says Sailfish is '3rd option' Network throws hat into ring with Linux-powered handsets Networks12 Aug 2014 | 18
'Most sophisticated DDoS' ever strikes Hong Kong democracy poll Cloudflare claims tip-off allowed it to tip traffic into sinkholes Security23 Jun 2014 | 13
Entering the Dragon: A little data from Big China Photo Special Our man plunges into the eye of China's economic typhoon On-Prem30 May 2014 | 16
Cross-border kids used as Easter iPhone MULES in China HK schoolkids loaded up with handsets, sent back to Shenzhen On-Prem24 Apr 2014 | 2
China's censors censor press censorship report Inside the Great Firewall you'll never learn how the Great Firewall operates Legal13 Feb 2014 | 22
Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices What could you possibly want with TWELVE smartphones? Networks15 Jan 2014 | 21
Hong Kong to welcome planet's second EVER Bitcoin ATM Cash-for-crypto-currency machines set for Asian invasion Legal06 Jan 2014 | 7
Used all your mobile data? Why not buy your mate's excess bits? China Mobile unveils clever download swap shop Networks20 Dec 2013 | 12
Google puts kibosh on Hong Kong data center plan, says it's too costly But all systems still go for Singapore and Taiwan On-Prem10 Dec 2013 | 2
Customs cops shutter 700+ domains in global anti-piracy blitz Sites selling counterfeit goods seized in US, Europe and Hong Kong On-Prem05 Dec 2013 | 14
Hong Kong Bitcoin miners pour data centre in a fish tank Virtual currency prospectors go underwater for best results On-Prem28 Nov 2013 | 9
Chinese Bitcoin exchange disappears, along with £2.5m Another one Bits the dust... Security12 Nov 2013 | 50
Go East! Rackspace expands public cloud to Asia Doubles Hong Kong datacentre space to launch new offering SaaS22 Oct 2013 |
Hong Kong's data centres stay high and dry amid Typhoon Usagi Feature 180 km/h winds kill 25 in China, but the data centres keep humming SaaS30 Sep 2013 | 9