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9 September, 2024
Employees tend to lower their guard when internal emails come from within their company, police say. Photo: Shutterstock
Crime in Hong Kong

Phishing alert as Hong Kong workers warned to be wary of fake company emails

Almost 10 per cent of workers clicked on a fake human resources department survey, a test involving 37,220 employees found.

Nongfu Spring

Billionaire founder of China’s Nongfu Spring pledges to end price war

Shanghai

Shanghai mulls plan to bypass Great Firewall in bid to woo foreign investment

Crime in Hong Kong

Oxfam Hong Kong data leak: watchdog rules charity violated privacy law

Privacy commissioner says charity failed to take ‘all practicable steps’ to ensure personal data protection.

Oxfam’s office in North Point. Photo: Sun Yeung
E-commerce

China’s super app WeChat bolsters e-commerce credentials via gift-giving feature

The feature accounted for over 80 per cent of recent sales made by live-streaming e-commerce firm East Buy on WeChat, local reports say.

US-China relations

Opinion | US and China should follow lead of their youth bonding on RedNote

Their interactions help debunk Washington’s ‘China threat’ narrative and should give Beijing the courage to relax its censorship and trust Chinese youth.

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Singapore

Instagram brings parental supervision to Singapore with new Teen Accounts

Offering enhanced safety features for teens aged 13-18, these accounts are private by default, limit contact requests, and filter offensive content.

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Instagram has rolled out Teen Accounts in Singapore, offering built-in protections, parental supervision tools, and a new Sleep Mode to enhance safety. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud rolls out expanded suite of AI models, tools in overseas push

The company’s latest move aligns with its broader strategy to ramp up overseas investments in key markets around the world.

India

India faces digital riddle to spread education among its young people

Stark gaps in tech access in schools and lack of digital proficiency will leave millions of students unprepared for future workforce, analysts warn.

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Indonesia

Will Indonesia’s plan to restrict children’s access to social media succeed?

While many support the policy and say it should also limit screen time, others are concerned about implementation and data privacy.

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Young girls use their mobile phones as they visit Lampuuk beach on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in December 2024. Photo: AP
Hong Kong

Struggling with Taobao? It’s now available in English for Hongkongers

The Chinese e-commerce platform has soft-launched an English interface in Hong Kong.

The Taobao mobile application with English-language interface. Photo: Taobao
United States

How a TikTok ban in the US would work – and why user workarounds won’t

Users could try to access a web-based version of TikTok via a browser while using a VPN, but the web version lacks many features of the app.

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Social media

YouTubers sell footage to tech giants as AI video arms race heats up

OpenAI and other firms’ need for footage to train AI video generators has content creators selling them unused footage, but there are issues.

Alibaba

Alibaba studio pulls top mobile game from Vivo’s app store

The move comes amid ongoing disputes between Chinese video game companies and smartphone brands over app-store commission rates.

An Alibaba studio is removing its top game, Three Kingdoms Tactics, from Vivo’s Android app store. Photo: Handout
TSMC

Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025

The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s latest quarterly results raise hopes of increased artificial intelligence chip spending in 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology

Chinese software firm Yonyou picks former senior SAP executive as new president

Huang Chenhong is the latest multinational veteran to join China’s tech sector, as these firms scale back operations on the mainland.

Alibaba

Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’

AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.

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China technology

US cloud services firm Akamai to cease CDN operations in China

Partners Tencent Cloud and Wangsu Science & Technology to ‘ensure smooth transition’ for Akamai’s content delivery network users in China.

Akamai Technologies says it remains committed to the China market. Photo: Akamai
TikTok

TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban

TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.

Vietnam

Asian Angle | Vietnam’s ‘Chubby Bear’ approach to TikTok reveals double standards

Vietnam’s TikTok strategy involves enforcing censorship while exploiting youth-centric trends to promote pro-leader narratives.

Artificial intelligence

China’s tech giants vow to fix algorithm issues amid crackdown

ByteDance’s Douyin, PDD’s Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu have promised to address issues related to the misuse of algorithms.

ByteDance’s Douyin app is shown on a smartphone. Photo: Xinhua
Alibaba

Alibaba set on growth path after divesting offline retailing assets: analysts

After disposing of Sun Art and Intime, an ‘asset-light’ Alibaba is expected to be in a better position to compete against e-commerce rivals.

Alibaba Group Holding has received kudos from analysts for divesting both hypermarket operator Sun Art and department store chain Intime Retail in a span of a few weeks. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

Appeal court blocks US government effort to restore net neutrality rules

Under the so-called net neutrality rules, US internet service providers would have been subjected to greater regulation.

Trending in China

Chinese ex-gymnast hit with new social media ban over sexy dance routines

Former sporting hero’s provocative live streaming sessions lead to fresh social media gag, dividing opinion on mainland social media.

Alibaba

Alibaba sells retailer Sun Art for US$1.7 billion to refocus on e-commerce

Alibaba agreed to divest its entire stake in Sun Art Retail Group to Chinese private-equity firm DCP Capital.

The deal between Alibaba Group Holding and Chinese private equity firm DCP Capital was reached on December 31. Photo: Shutterstock
Malaysia

Google and X miss Malaysia’s social media licence deadline; WeChat, TikTok comply

The Malaysian government implemented the licensing requirement to combat cybercrime, but Google and X have raised concerns about the regulations.

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Despite a January 1 deadline, Elon Musk’s X failed to secure social media licences in Malaysia. Photo: AP
Millionaires and billionaires

Elon Musk baffles internet with ‘Kekius Maximus’ profile name on X

Billionaire’s new X handle merges alt-right symbols and Gladiator references, sparking crypto surge and online speculation.

Social media

China’s short video market may have peaked as user numbers fall for first time

The number of short video app users in China reached 1.05 billion at the end of June, about 3 million fewer than in December 2023.

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