Hong Kong

Beijing slaps Foxconn with a tax audit

Asia In Brief ALSO: US may block clouds in China; Toyota reveals moon roover; Google expands Indian loan business; Xiaomi's new unifying OS; and more

Legal23 Oct 2023 | 7

Hong Kong securities regulator to name suspicious crypto players

Tightens regulations after downfall of the brazen JPEX exchange

Legal27 Sep 2023 | 6

Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX

Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator

Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 3

India hits pause on import ban after Apple and Samsung pull out

Asia in brief ALSO: That's not a limp, that's 68 iPhones strapped to your body; Malaysia scores giant fab; Phishing phlops in Hong Kong; and more

On-Prem07 Aug 2023 | 3

Hong Kong High Court declines to force Big Tech to ban protest song

Looks like it's time for the territory to ramp up its SEO offensive again

Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 5

Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions

Digital payment skeptics of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but grifters and crims

Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 10

Hong Kong tries to outlaw uploads of unofficial and anti-Beijing anthem

State-sponsored SEO effort to send people to properly patriotic tune has its limits

Legal07 Jun 2023 | 23

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 | 13

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