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This financial hub is always one to watch, especially as Beijing continues to tighten its grip on the territory.

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Another major university is supporting generative AI use but with serious guardrails

The University of Hong Kong will provide its teachers and students free access to various generative AI tools, along with some rules to follow.

August 4, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Artificial Intelligence

Hong Kong consumers want right to choose when firms use AI

Just 31% of online consumers in the Asian market trust artificial intelligence and 81% want the right to choose when merchants use AI tools to provide services, reveals a survey conducted by Hong Kong Consumer Council.

September 8, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Security

Superloop parts with Hong Kong business and Singapore assets for AU$140 million

Entire Hong Kong business and 'select' Singapore assets sold to Columbia Capital and DigitalBridge.

October 17, 2021 by Chris Duckett in Broadband

South Korea, Denmark, Hong Kong, Switzerland and China lead way in mobile and fixed broadband download speed ranking

Mean download speeds over mobile and broadband this year are nearly 200% faster than in 2017, according to Speedtest.

September 8, 2021 by Jonathan Greig in Broadband

IT upgrades and digitalisation fuels Lenovo's Q1 119% net income growth

Lenovo's latest financial results are the first time the company has reported under its new organisational structure.

August 10, 2021 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Hardware

Hong Kong-Singapore quarantine-free travel bubble to commence on May 26

Travellers between the Singapore and Hong Kong will be required to download the contact tracing app used in each respective city-state.

April 25, 2021 by Aimee Chanthadavong in Tech Industry

Remote work readiness gives Singapore firms cybersecurity anxiety

Majority of Singapore businesses are prepared to facilitate remote work arrangements, but being so has led 58% to believe they are more susceptible to cyber attacks.

November 30, 2020 by Eileen Yu in Security

Ant Group suspends Hong Kong and Shanghai IPOs following Chinese regulatory disapproval

Chinese regulators blocked Ant Group's Shanghai listing after a meeting with the company's top executives.

November 3, 2020 by Campbell Kwan in Tech Industry

Ant Group set to dual-list onto Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges next week

Various reports have estimated the company could raise over $34.4 billion.

October 26, 2020 by Campbell Kwan in Tech Industry

NTT introduces private cloud services in Singapore, Hong Kong

Japanese IT services provider launches a range of private cloud offerings that include ERP and analytics in the two Asian markets, extending the services beyond Europe and the US.

August 12, 2020 by Eileen Yu in Cloud

Equinix invests $51m into Hong Kong footprint

With an additional 1,000 cabinets added to the facility, HK4 now has a total capacity of 1,500 cabinets and will further add 3,000 cabinets in future phases.

July 21, 2020 by Asha Barbaschow in Data Centers

Naver transfers Hong Kong backup data to Singapore

The South Korean search giant denied allegations that its sensitive user data stored abroad was at risk.

July 21, 2020 by Cho Mu-Hyun in Security

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