Hong Kong

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

05 Oct 2021 03:58 | 19

Legal

USA warns Hong Kong government may demand business and customer data, run surveillance without warrants

Hong Kong authorities 'alarmed by unsubstantiated remarks'

19 Jul 2021 05:29 | 18

Legal

Hong Kong busts $150m crypto money-laundering ring

Prepares to enact its anti-doxxing laws – without amendments requested by Big Tech

16 Jul 2021 02:14 | 5

Security

Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China

App currently used for 110 government services, more to come

14 Jul 2021 08:03 | 14

Legal

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

06 Jul 2021 00:42 | 7

Software

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

10 Jun 2021 07:58 | 5

Legal

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

12 May 2021 07:55 | 10

Black Hat Asia

Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble

Asia is already short millions of trainees; expert warns talent pipeline will dry up in response to government snooping

07 May 2021 05:11 | 9

Legal

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

16 Apr 2021 12:15 | 6

Legal

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

16 Mar 2021 06:30 | 9

Software

Notepad++ website sent to China's naughty step after 'Stand with Hong Kong' software update

Ho boy, here we go again

17 Aug 2020 20:03 | 29

AI + ML

World Health Organisation AI chatbot goes deaf when asked for the latest COVID-19 figures for Taiwan, Hong Kong

Funny that!

21 Jul 2020 02:41 | 15

Legal

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

15 Jul 2020 03:02 | 21

Security

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

07 Jul 2020 10:45 | 45

Security

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

01 Jul 2020 12:00 | 81

Feature

Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong could put region's future as an up-and-coming tech hub in jeopardy

But it is American law, not Chinese, that might make all the difference

30 Jun 2020 10:57 | 64

Bootnotes

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

06 May 2020 04:18 | 8

Science

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

01 Apr 2020 05:49 | 2

Personal Tech

Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine evaders collared by cops with the help of smartphone-tracking tech

Public also urged to report stay-at-home scofflaws

25 Mar 2020 01:15 | 23

Security

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

19 Mar 2020 04:30 | 39

Security

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

31 Jan 2020 13:02 | 5

Security

China fires up 'Great Cannon' denial-of-service blaster, points it toward Hong Kong

Protest organizers come under fire from network traffic barrage

06 Dec 2019 20:07 | 52

Personal Tech

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

10 Oct 2019 21:23 | 53

Personal Tech

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

07 Oct 2019 21:19 | 40

Updated

Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store

Trying to avoid cops, live rounds, tear gas? Oh no, you don't, say Cook & Co

02 Oct 2019 21:47 | 51

Networks

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'

29 Aug 2019 12:36 | 39

Security

No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest

That Guns N' Roses album* might be out soon... or not

13 Jun 2019 15:00 | 12

Networks

Google sinks cash into more submarine cables, plans more data centres

South America, Europe and Asia get pipes, DCs for Finland, Honkers and Hollywood

17 Jan 2018 04:04 | 18

On-Prem

Bitcoin trade biz MyCoin goes dark, investors fear $387 MEEELLION lost

Panic over new zany investment

10 Feb 2015 11:39 | 37

Pic

UNDER A VEST: Man cuffed for smuggling 94 iPhones strapped to his body

Cops nab mobe-suit fella while entering China

13 Jan 2015 20:14 | 39

Security

Pro-democracy Hong Kong sites DDoS'd with Chinese cyber-toolkit

Now we're not saying it was the Chinese government, but...

03 Nov 2014 18:26 | 2

Security

You dirty RAT! Hong Kong protesters infected by iOS, Android spyware

Did China fling remote access Trojan at Occupy Central?

01 Oct 2014 06:28 | 35

Networks

Hong Kong protest puts mesh nets to the test in state censorship smash

FireChat becomes tool of choice for organizers

30 Sep 2014 22:30 | 8

Networks

Three floats Jolla in Hong Kong: Says Sailfish is '3rd option'

Network throws hat into ring with Linux-powered handsets

12 Aug 2014 14:15 | 18

Security

'Most sophisticated DDoS' ever strikes Hong Kong democracy poll

Cloudflare claims tip-off allowed it to tip traffic into sinkholes

23 Jun 2014 02:15 | 13

Photo Special

Entering the Dragon: A little data from Big China

Our man plunges into the eye of China's economic typhoon

30 May 2014 08:30 | 16

On-Prem

Cross-border kids used as Easter iPhone MULES in China

HK schoolkids loaded up with handsets, sent back to Shenzhen

24 Apr 2014 01:03 | 2

Legal

China's censors censor press censorship report

Inside the Great Firewall you'll never learn how the Great Firewall operates

13 Feb 2014 05:32 | 22

Networks

Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices

What could you possibly want with TWELVE smartphones?

15 Jan 2014 05:29 | 21

Legal

Hong Kong to welcome planet's second EVER Bitcoin ATM

Cash-for-crypto-currency machines set for Asian invasion

06 Jan 2014 05:29 | 7

Networks

Used all your mobile data? Why not buy your mate's excess bits?

China Mobile unveils clever download swap shop

20 Dec 2013 06:31 | 12

On-Prem

Google puts kibosh on Hong Kong data center plan, says it's too costly

But all systems still go for Singapore and Taiwan

10 Dec 2013 23:58 | 2

On-Prem

Customs cops shutter 700+ domains in global anti-piracy blitz

Sites selling counterfeit goods seized in US, Europe and Hong Kong

05 Dec 2013 03:04 | 14

On-Prem

Hong Kong Bitcoin miners pour data centre in a fish tank

Virtual currency prospectors go underwater for best results

28 Nov 2013 05:16 | 9

Security

Chinese Bitcoin exchange disappears, along with £2.5m

Another one Bits the dust...

12 Nov 2013 07:43 | 50

SaaS

Go East! Rackspace expands public cloud to Asia

Doubles Hong Kong datacentre space to launch new offering

22 Oct 2013 04:30 |

Feature

Hong Kong's data centres stay high and dry amid Typhoon Usagi

180 km/h winds kill 25 in China, but the data centres keep humming

30 Sep 2013 06:31 | 9

Security

Lights, camera, action: Snowden movie hits the web

Hong Kong amateurs rush out mini movie

02 Jul 2013 07:57 | 9

Legal

PRISM leaker strands hacks on booze-free flight

Unconfirmed claim: already in Iceland

25 Jun 2013 03:07 | 52

Security

Rally supports Snowden amid claims GCHQ tapped G20 summit

NSA accused of ops on UK soil

17 Jun 2013 03:32 | 9

Security

PRISM snitch claims NSA hacked Chinese targets since 2009

Snowden suddenly looks safer in Hong Kong after revelations

13 Jun 2013 03:45 | 31

On-Prem

Hi-tech horses racing: how to stay Happy down in the Valley

Reg hack takes a punt on tech at Hong Kong’s iconic racecourse

02 Apr 2013 07:30 | 1

On-Prem

Hong Kong plans cavernous underground data centres

Going underground

22 Mar 2013 04:42 | 21

On-Prem

IT boom driving candidate hungry Honkers

Job opps galore out East, but you may have to do the talking

16 Jan 2013 02:40 | 2

Channel

Kelway escapes Euro gloom, goes on sales-tax-free Asian adventure

Brit reseller loving life in IT’s growth zone

19 Nov 2012 14:27 |

Legal

Housewife iPhone mules on trial in China

Shenzhen court hears how Apple kit crossed border in hands of unlikely smugglers

19 Nov 2012 05:50 | 10

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Hong Kong's central bank sees seven big issues to solve before a central bank digital currency can fly

USA warns Hong Kong government may demand business and customer data, run surveillance without warrants

Hong Kong busts $150m crypto money-laundering ring

Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China

Big Tech’s Asian lobby warns Hong Kong its anti-doxxing laws could see its members leave town

Hong Kong to explore its own digital currency and keep testing China’s Digital Yuan

Hong Kong floats doxxing laws that would let it force big tech to take down content

Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble

Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong

Beijing pressures Alibaba to offload media assets, including Hong Kong's top newspaper

Hong Kong teases tech to track residents as they move past QR codes

Doxxing nixed by Hong Kong courts, again

Hong Kong wants to teach kids more STEM – once it's defined what that is

Google and Facebook abandon Hong Kong landing of new submarine cable

Notepad++ website sent to China's naughty step after 'Stand with Hong Kong' software update

World Health Organisation AI chatbot goes deaf when asked for the latest COVID-19 figures for Taiwan, Hong Kong

USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory

Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law

Details of Beijing's new Hong Kong security law signal end to more than two decades of autonomy

Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong could put region's future as an up-and-coming tech hub in jeopardy

Pew-pew woo-hoo! Hong Kong reopens video arcades shut by coronavirus lockdown

Hong Kong swells tech-buying subsidies for local businesses that buy from local businesses

Hong Kong coronavirus quarantine evaders collared by cops with the help of smartphone-tracking tech

Hong Kong makes wearable trackers mandatory for new arrivals, checks in with ‘surprise calls’ too

China's Winnti hackers (apparently): Forget the money, let's get political and start targeting Hong Kong students for protest info

China fires up 'Great Cannon' denial-of-service blaster, points it toward Hong Kong

In a touching show of solidarity with the NBA and Blizzard, Apple completely caves to China on HK protest app

What? No way. Apple? Censoring iOS 13 to appease China? Gosh. How shocking. Who'd have thought it?

Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store

Hong Kong ISPs beg Chinese govt not to impose Great Firewall on them

No Telegram today, protestors: Chinese boxes DDoS chat app amid Hong Kong protest

Google sinks cash into more submarine cables, plans more data centres

Bitcoin trade biz MyCoin goes dark, investors fear $387 MEEELLION lost

UNDER A VEST: Man cuffed for smuggling 94 iPhones strapped to his body

Pro-democracy Hong Kong sites DDoS'd with Chinese cyber-toolkit

You dirty RAT! Hong Kong protesters infected by iOS, Android spyware

Hong Kong protest puts mesh nets to the test in state censorship smash

Three floats Jolla in Hong Kong: Says Sailfish is '3rd option'

'Most sophisticated DDoS' ever strikes Hong Kong democracy poll

Entering the Dragon: A little data from Big China

Cross-border kids used as Easter iPhone MULES in China

China's censors censor press censorship report

Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices

Hong Kong to welcome planet's second EVER Bitcoin ATM

Used all your mobile data? Why not buy your mate's excess bits?

Google puts kibosh on Hong Kong data center plan, says it's too costly

Customs cops shutter 700+ domains in global anti-piracy blitz

Hong Kong Bitcoin miners pour data centre in a fish tank

Chinese Bitcoin exchange disappears, along with £2.5m

Go East! Rackspace expands public cloud to Asia

Hong Kong's data centres stay high and dry amid Typhoon Usagi

Lights, camera, action: Snowden movie hits the web

PRISM leaker strands hacks on booze-free flight

Rally supports Snowden amid claims GCHQ tapped G20 summit

PRISM snitch claims NSA hacked Chinese targets since 2009

Hi-tech horses racing: how to stay Happy down in the Valley

Hong Kong plans cavernous underground data centres

IT boom driving candidate hungry Honkers

Kelway escapes Euro gloom, goes on sales-tax-free Asian adventure

Housewife iPhone mules on trial in China

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