https://www.scmp.com/rss/249068/feed LinkedIn, founded by former PayPal employees in 2002, is used mainly for professional networking, and reported more than 200 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories as of January 2013. It is one of the most profitable companies in the Internet sector, with gross margins of roughly 90 per cent. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Mandy Zuo,Daniel Ren Mandy Zuo,Daniel Ren Billionaire investor and philanthropist Ray Dalio has called the US-China relationship the single most critical factor for global well-being, as the war on Iran shakes the world order and leaders of the two superpowers prepare to meet next month. Strong ties between Beijing and Washington could unlock immense progress for humanity, while bad relations could cause catastrophic damage, Dalio warned at an event for his non-profit ocean exploration initiative OceanX in Shanghai on Wednesday. “We are... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3349393/ray-dalio-says-us-china-ties-are-critical-world-enters-dangerous-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3349393/ray-dalio-says-us-china-ties-are-critical-world-enters-dangerous-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:08 +0000 Clifford Lo Clifford Lo English-speaking con artists have targeted university students seeking summer internships, using a bogus 40-minute orientation session for one victim to make their dubious job offers appear genuine, Hong Kong police have warned. The force issued the alert after a 19-year-old first-year university student fell for a dubious job offer last month and lost nearly HK$190,000 (US$24,230), saying scammers had prepared detailed scripts to deceive her and conducted the fraudulent recruitment process in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349115/warning-issued-after-university-student-loses-hk190000-internship-scam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349115/warning-issued-after-university-student-loses-hk190000-internship-scam?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:16 +0000 dpa dpa A massive international grey market in mobile phone SIM cards is fuelling large-scale manipulation and fraud online, a University of Cambridge study has found. The researchers say physical and virtual SIMs from providers like SMSActivate, 5Sim, SMShub and SMSPVA were being used to verify fake accounts on social media platforms and e-commerce services. “We find a thriving underground market through which inauthentic content, artificial popularity and political influence campaigns are readily and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336187/how-global-grey-market-sim-cards-powers-fraud-and-influence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336187/how-global-grey-market-sim-cards-powers-fraud-and-influence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:29:24 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Xiaomi has hired a former engineer from Tesla’s Optimus team, Zach Lu Zeyu, to join the Chinese tech giant’s robotics initiatives, as the talent grab in the industry intensifies. Lu, previously a senior robotics engineer focused on the Optimus humanoid robot, joined Xiaomi last month to lead the Beijing-based firm’s dexterous hand research and development operations, according to his LinkedIn page. During his two years at Tesla, Lu worked on the design for dexterous grasping and manipulation, as... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334353/xiaomi-seeks-helping-hand-former-tesla-engineer-robotics-development?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334353/xiaomi-seeks-helping-hand-former-tesla-engineer-robotics-development?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:00:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters Donald Trump said Friday he knew “nothing” about an email from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting the US president knew about the disgraced financier’s sexual abuse. “I know nothing about that. They would have announced that a long time ago,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked what Epstein meant in a 2019 email saying “of course he knew about the girls”. Trump has sought to shift the focus from his relationship with the convicted sex offender, asking the US Justice Department to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332890/trump-demands-probe-epstein-ties-bill-clinton-he-faces-scrutiny-own-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332890/trump-demands-probe-epstein-ties-bill-clinton-he-faces-scrutiny-own-role?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:38:44 +0000 Damien Green Damien Green The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) as a practical tool is far outweighed by overinflated hype around it. The trending topic of AI is being driven by pundits with seemingly minute-by-minute hot takes, advice and products to sell. However, as the AI bandwagon picks up pace, there is an urgent need for a more thoughtful, independent conversation about preparing for a new reality. The Microsoft/LinkedIn 2024 Annual Work Trend Index trumpets aggressive conclusions such as “Employees want AI... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3331016/survive-ai-age-humans-must-hold-our-humanity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3331016/survive-ai-age-humans-must-hold-our-humanity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Nov 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has urged LinkedIn users to review their settings on the platform, as the professional networking giant is set to resume using their personal data to train generative artificial intelligence models starting from Monday next week. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issued the reminder on Thursday, saying LinkedIn had confirmed it would begin using personal data to train its generative AI models starting on November 3. The updated policy will... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330868/hong-kong-linkedin-users-urged-check-privacy-settings-ai-training-resume?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330868/hong-kong-linkedin-users-urged-check-privacy-settings-ai-training-resume?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:31:33 +0000 Rachel Chan Rachel Chan Hong Kong stands at a crossroads in the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. With advanced digital infrastructure, world-class universities and proximity to the mainland’s fast-moving AI industry, the city is well-positioned to serve as a bridge between East and West AI ecosystems. The 2025 budget has set aside HK$1 billion (US$128.4 million) for the establishment of an AI Research and Development Institute, which is set to launch next year. Recent AI studies provide a sobering... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3323290/what-hong-kongs-coming-ai-institute-must-do-make-difference?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3323290/what-hong-kongs-coming-ai-institute-must-do-make-difference?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:30:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press It started out as a routine bit of fun at a Coldplay concert: lead singer Chris Martin asked the cameras to scan the crowd for his “Jumbotron Song”, when he sings a few lines about the people the camera lands on. At a concert at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Wednesday, a man wearing a birthday sash was up first. Two people in banana costumes were highlighted. But in between, something else ensued. For several seconds, a couple was shown on the big screen. They were cuddling and smiling,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318832/coldplays-jumbotron-captures-what-exactly-internet-has-its-theories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318832/coldplays-jumbotron-captures-what-exactly-internet-has-its-theories?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:52:28 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has posted a flurry of new job openings on the professional networking site LinkedIn over the past week, coinciding with Meta Platforms’ aggressive hiring blitz amid an intensifying global race for AI talent. The Hangzhou-based company listed 10 new positions online, including two internships focused on large language models. Other roles include deep learning researchers, core systems engineers, front-end developers and full-stack engineers,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316982/deepseeks-linkedin-ai-job-listings-show-hunger-international-chinese-talent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316982/deepseeks-linkedin-ai-job-listings-show-hunger-international-chinese-talent?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:08 +0000 Harvey Kong Harvey Kong The popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has created so many “perfect” job applicants that companies in Hong Kong are choosing more in-person interviews and stepping up scrutiny of potential hires, a leading recruitment consultancy has said. Faye Walshe, global director of innovation and AI at Robert Walters, said the firm’s clients were shifting to physical face-to-face interviews to screen candidates, given the rise of artificial intelligence tools that jobseekers could use. Citing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3315365/how-hong-kong-firms-are-weeding-out-perfect-job-candidates-age-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3315365/how-hong-kong-firms-are-weeding-out-perfect-job-candidates-age-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jun 2025 03:12:42 +0000 Outspoken billionaire Reid Hoffman has made headlines several times since Donald Trump won last year’s presidential election. He landed in hot water over his comments around Trump’s attempted assassination last July and The New York Times reported he was considering moving out of the US at one point. Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, is a serial entrepreneur and was among the first investors in Open AI, the tech company that developed Chat GPT. He is also a big donor to the Democratic Party,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/entrepreneurs/article/3307681/meet-linkedin-billionaire-co-founder-reid-hoffmans-ultra-private-wife-michelle-yee-she-gave-being?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/entrepreneurs/article/3307681/meet-linkedin-billionaire-co-founder-reid-hoffmans-ultra-private-wife-michelle-yee-she-gave-being?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Pop singer Justin Bieber, who has been raising concerns among fans for his unusual behaviour lately, is re-evaluating the company he keeps. After drug-use allegations surfaced – and were denied shortly before Bieber posted social media photos and videos of himself apparently smoking marijuana – TMZ reported, last month, that the new dad had been ending “several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him”. Now, The Sun has revealed that the “Love Yourself” crooner’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301451/who-justin-biebers-former-estate-manager-mateo-caldas-colombia-born-actor-reportedly-quit-working?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3301451/who-justin-biebers-former-estate-manager-mateo-caldas-colombia-born-actor-reportedly-quit-working?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Reskilling and upskilling are among Hong Kong’s future workplace trends amid the changing landscape brought on by the rise of AI, according to the head of professional networking platform LinkedIn in the city. Ng Mei-mei, general manager for the platform in Hong Kong and Taiwan, also said its data showed users were adopting a more passive approach when seeking out new job opportunities, as compared with the past. According to LinkedIn, 60 per cent of all skills used to do a job in Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3298948/reskilling-key-future-ai-driven-job-market-linkedin-head-hong-kong-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3298948/reskilling-key-future-ai-driven-job-market-linkedin-head-hong-kong-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:29:54 +0000 Hong Kong faces a critical challenge as it repositions itself as an innovation and technology hub: a projected workforce shortfall of 180,000 by 2028. This shortfall spans technical workers, digital skills and core competencies such as language proficiency, communication, problem-solving and teamwork. The latest Future of Jobs Report from the World Economic Forum reveals that 39 per cent of existing skill sets will be transformed or become outdated by 2030. Artificial intelligence (AI) and big... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3295746/how-ai-can-help-hong-kong-deepen-its-talent-pool?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3295746/how-ai-can-help-hong-kong-deepen-its-talent-pool?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Singapore is investigating a case of job offers on LinkedIn supposedly posted by a branch of the Communist Party of China and its Communist Youth League for purportedly two roles at an educational institution in the city state. “The Singapore government will not tolerate the importation of the politics of other countries into Singapore. Foreigners visiting, studying, working or living in Singapore should not carry out their political agendas or activities here. We will deal firmly with any... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3292341/singapore-warns-about-meddling-over-supposed-communist-youth-league-china-linked-ads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3292341/singapore-warns-about-meddling-over-supposed-communist-youth-league-china-linked-ads?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:14:51 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma Professional networking platform LinkedIn has suspended collecting Hong Kong users’ data for its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model after the city’s privacy watchdog raised concerns about the practice by the Microsoft-owned site. The Office for the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said on Tuesday that LinkedIn had responded to its inquiries over a default opt-in setting for Hong Kong users’ data to be gathered for purposes such as training AI models “used for content... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3282452/linkedin-suspends-collecting-hong-kong-users-data-genai-privacy-watchdog?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3282452/linkedin-suspends-collecting-hong-kong-users-data-genai-privacy-watchdog?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:08:21 +0000 Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has raised concerns over job-focused social media platform LinkedIn’s latest privacy policy update, which allows its generative artificial intelligence models to be trained on users’ data and content by default. In a reply to the Post, LinkedIn said on Thursday it had started informing users of the change through multiple channels, citing a September 18 blog post, while an information technology expert said users concerned about the risk to their privacy could opt... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3280970/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-flags-concerns-over-linkedins-default-use-data-genai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3280970/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-flags-concerns-over-linkedins-default-use-data-genai?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:03:46 +0000 The Central Intelligence Agency posted instructional videos Wednesday on several social media platforms seeking to recruit informants in China, North Korea and Iran. “CIA is providing instructions in multiple languages on how to securely contact us,” the agency posted on its official pages on X, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Dark Web, with videos in Mandarin, Korean and Farsi. The Mandarin video, more than two minutes long, offered only written instruction, assuring... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3280854/cia-boosts-online-recruiting-efforts-china-iran-and-north-korea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3280854/cia-boosts-online-recruiting-efforts-china-iran-and-north-korea?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:18:10 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Artificial intelligence pioneer Li Feifei has raised US$230 million from a star-studded list of investors for a new AI start-up called World Labs, which officially launched on Friday. The company aims to build software that can use images and other data to make decisions about the three-dimensional world, building what it calls “large world models”. The funding is a sign of investors’ continued appetite for technology that pushes the boundaries of AI, as well as the draw of the field’s biggest... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3278645/ai-pioneer-li-feifei-raises-us230-million-new-start-world-labs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3278645/ai-pioneer-li-feifei-raises-us230-million-new-start-world-labs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2024 03:00:10 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the development of video games is poised to eliminate many jobs across the industry, according to Cai Haoyu, co-founder of Genshin Impact creator miHoYo. “For game developers – ranging from average to professional – we might as well consider switching careers,” Cai, 37, suggested in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. He said the adoption of AI-generated content (AIGC) would lead to “only two types of people logically making sense when it comes to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3276624/genshin-impact-creator-mihoyos-co-founder-sees-ai-revolution-upending-video-gaming-jobs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3276624/genshin-impact-creator-mihoyos-co-founder-sees-ai-revolution-upending-video-gaming-jobs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:00:14 +0000 Job applicants often list hobbies such as reading, cooking or going to the theatre on their CVs, even if this is not a must. Known as “mad skills”, hobbies and skills, such as learning Fon – a language spoken in Benin, West Africa – or a passion for marathons can really make a difference when applying for a job. “‘Mad skills’ are basically particularly rare soft skills,” says Marlene Poehlmann, managing director at a recruitment agency. “They can be anything that’s been acquired through... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3273209/why-putting-mad-skills-your-cv-such-acting-stage-could-get-you-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3273209/why-putting-mad-skills-your-cv-such-acting-stage-could-get-you-job?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:15:08 +0000 World leaders lined up to pay tribute to Joe Biden after he announced on Sunday he was dropping out of the US presidential race. Biden notified the public of his decision in a letter, a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. He endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he respects Biden’s decision to drop out of the White House race and that Biden has made his decision based on what he believes is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3271330/world-leaders-react-biden-dropping-out-white-house-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3271330/world-leaders-react-biden-dropping-out-white-house-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:54:47 +0000 Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, publicly endorsed Donald Trump for the first time in the US presidential race, calling the Republican former president “tough”. Musk, the world’s richest person, posted the endorsement with a video of Trump with blood on his face pumping his fist after multiple shots rang out at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump was safe. The posts cement Musk’s shift towards right-wing politics and hand Trump a high-profile backer in his quest to return to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3270400/elon-musk-endorses-trump-presidential-race-calls-him-tough-martyr-lived?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3270400/elon-musk-endorses-trump-presidential-race-calls-him-tough-martyr-lived?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:26:26 +0000 Some Chinese shipbuilders who saw opportunity in anchoring their business to orders from Russia are being forced to adapt amid pressure from Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, with shipyards in eastern China severing long-standing ties with their Russian buyers in recent weeks, according to a major company and domestic media reports. The moves come two years after five Chinese companies were told they would need to stop work on Russia’s Arctic-LNG 2 project in northern Siberia, due to... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3268322/china-shipbuilders-cast-russia-yielding-western-sanctions-after-blacklisting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3268322/china-shipbuilders-cast-russia-yielding-western-sanctions-after-blacklisting?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:30:08 +0000 Note: The website was back online on April 11, following the publication of this story. The website and LinkedIn page of Dubai Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum’s private office were no longer accessible on Wednesday, despite his earlier pledge to return to Hong Kong to open a US$500 million family office after an abrupt postponement last month. The private office’s domain www.sheikhalialmaktoum.com led to a page that said: “Looks like this domain isn’t connected to a website yet.” The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3258523/website-and-linkedin-pages-connected-sheikh-ali-al-maktoums-dubai-private-office-no-longer-available?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3258523/website-and-linkedin-pages-connected-sheikh-ali-al-maktoums-dubai-private-office-no-longer-available?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:07:22 +0000 A close aide of a Dubai prince who suddenly postponed the opening ceremony of his Hong Kong family office has a history of unsuccessful blockchain ventures and was involved in a solar plant deal in the United States that collapsed due to a lack of funding, public records show. Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum, reportedly the nephew of Dubai’s ruler and prime minister, grabbed headlines earlier this month when he pledged to open a US$500 million family office in Hong Kong and made... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3257172/dubai-prince-vows-open-family-office-hong-kong-end-may-after-abruptly-postponing-earlier-launch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3257172/dubai-prince-vows-open-family-office-hong-kong-end-may-after-abruptly-postponing-earlier-launch?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:15:10 +0000 China’s commerce minister spoke with his Dutch counterpart this week in a bid to dissuade the European country – exporter of the world’s top chip-making equipment – from hi-tech decoupling, which would hurt Chinese efforts to develop their own advanced semiconductors. Wang Wentao and Geoffrey van Leeuwen, the Netherlands’ acting foreign trade minister, met in Beijing on Wednesday for “in-depth exchanges of views on issues such as exporting lithography machines to China and strengthening... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3257118/china-asks-netherlands-exporter-worlds-top-chipmaking-equipment-avoid-decoupling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3257118/china-asks-netherlands-exporter-worlds-top-chipmaking-equipment-avoid-decoupling?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:00:13 +0000 Microsoft has agreed to pay Inflection AI US$650 million, largely to license its artificial intelligence software, alongside its move earlier this week to hire much of the start-up’s staff, according to a person familiar with the transaction. Microsoft stunned the AI world on Tuesday with an announcement that it had hired Inflection’s co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karen Simonyan, along with most of the start-up’s 70 employees. The unusual deal, first reported by Bloomberg News, resembled an... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3256331/microsoft-pay-inflection-ai-us650-million-after-hiring-most-staff-including-founders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3256331/microsoft-pay-inflection-ai-us650-million-after-hiring-most-staff-including-founders?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:45:20 +0000 AirAsia‘s CEO Tony Fernandes said he doesn’t regret posting his shirtless photo on LinkedIn as the viral post garnered him a lot of publicity. Fernandes told CNBC in an article published on Sunday that he posted the controversial photo in October to illustrate the flexibility within the Malaysian airline’s work culture. “Initially I asked whether we could delay the meeting so that I could have a massage, I was in a lot of pain from a lot of flying. But the team said, we’re OK, you know, nothing... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3254933/airasias-tony-fernandes-has-regret-posting-shirtless-photo-linkedin-got-me-lot-publicity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3254933/airasias-tony-fernandes-has-regret-posting-shirtless-photo-linkedin-got-me-lot-publicity?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:30:20 +0000 Apple supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co has received approval to invest an additional US$330 million in a planned plant in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang, as the US tech giant’s supply chain diversification away from China continues. The additional amount raises the total plant investment to US$504 million, with the facility used to produce cables for smart devices, communications equipment, touch pens, smart positioning tags and smartwatches, Bac Giang authorities said in a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3241111/apple-supplier-luxshare-invest-additional-us330-million-vietnam-plant-supply-chain-diversification?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3241111/apple-supplier-luxshare-invest-additional-us330-million-vietnam-plant-supply-chain-diversification?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:30:16 +0000 Cloud Software Group, the parent of cloud computing company Citrix, has announced it would stop all new commercial transactions in China, becoming one of the latest American technology companies to pull back from the market. The decision would extend to customers, either directly or through partners, in China, including Hong Kong and Macau, effective December 3, a spokesman said in a statement to the Post on Wednesday. The business decision was made due to the “increasing cost” of operating in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3240901/citrix-owner-cloud-software-becomes-latest-us-software-company-quit-china-economy-weakens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3240901/citrix-owner-cloud-software-becomes-latest-us-software-company-quit-china-economy-weakens?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:00:12 +0000 Microsoft’s LinkedIn said on Monday it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for the social media network for professionals amid slowing revenue growth. The cuts, which affect more than 3 per cent of the 20,000-strong staff, add to the tens of thousands of job losses this year in the technology sector in the face of an uncertain economic outlook. “While we are adapting our organisational structures and streamlining... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3238179/linkedin-lays-668-employees-second-cut-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3238179/linkedin-lays-668-employees-second-cut-year?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Oct 2023 02:41:54 +0000 For a decade until 2018, China sought to recruit elite foreign-trained scientists under a lavishly funded programme that Washington viewed as a threat to US interests and technological supremacy. Two years after it stopped promoting the Thousand Talents Plan (TTP) amid US investigations of scientists, China quietly revived the initiative under a new name and format as part of a broader mission to accelerate its tech proficiency, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter and a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3232287/tech-war-china-quietly-recruits-overseas-chip-talent-us-tightens-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3232287/tech-war-china-quietly-recruits-overseas-chip-talent-us-tightens-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:46:18 +0000 “High-value” Canadians are being unwittingly recruited online by Chinese intelligence officers to spy for Beijing, Canada’s national spy agency said in a rare warning issued on social media. The latest allegations made by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) come as the country continues to grapple with numerous reports of Chinese interference in its domestic affairs – claims that Beijing has repeatedly and forcefully denied. “The accusations have no basis in fact and are an... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224922/intelligence-service-warns-china-recruiting-canadians-linkedin-spy-beijing-unwittingly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224922/intelligence-service-warns-china-recruiting-canadians-linkedin-spy-beijing-unwittingly?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:00:09 +0000 The latest recruit at SpaceX is a software engineer who passed its “technically challenging” and “fun” interview process. What is different about Kairan Quazi is that he is just 14 years old. He said in a LinkedIn post on Thursday: “I will be joining the coolest company on the planet as a software engineer on the Starlink engineering team. One of the rare companies that did not use my age as an arbitrary and outdated proxy for maturity and ability.” The post came soon before his graduation from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3223661/elon-musks-spacex-hires-14-year-old-dream-job?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3223661/elon-musks-spacex-hires-14-year-old-dream-job?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jun 2023 13:51:36 +0000 LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned platform for jobseekers and recruiters, is shuttering the app it launched in China less than two years ago, ending its remaining social media presence in the country as it cuts hundreds of jobs worldwide. The company is cutting 716 jobs across its global operations amid “fierce competition” and “slower revenue growth”, CEO Ryan Roslansky wrote in a letter published on Monday. Revenue was up 8 per cent year on year in the quarter ended March, slower than the 10 per... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3219889/linkedin-shuts-down-last-china-app-amid-global-job-cuts-ending-platform-trailed-far-behind-domestic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3219889/linkedin-shuts-down-last-china-app-amid-global-job-cuts-ending-platform-trailed-far-behind-domestic?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 May 2023 04:30:19 +0000 Busy professionals looking to upgrade their LinkedIn profiles without spending time and money on a professional photo shoot may be in luck: artificial intelligence (AI) can now offer cost-effective alternatives. This is the burgeoning area that Hong Kong start-up Try It On has entered. The company uses AI technology to generate “professional studio quality headshots” entirely online. Instead of visiting a studio, a user pays US$17 to upload existing photos of themselves to the platform and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3219016/ai-generated-portraits-hong-kong-start-offer-busy-professionals-affordable-social-media-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3219016/ai-generated-portraits-hong-kong-start-offer-busy-professionals-affordable-social-media-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 May 2023 09:32:48 +0000 A Pakistani man will stand trial for a murder committed 15 years ago after his dramatic arrest in Dubai where he was traced by the victim’s daughter through a LinkedIn profile, officials said on Friday. Mohamed Ahmed Amjad, 44, was gunned down by a colleague in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in 2008 following a work-related dispute, police official Irfan Baloch said. The suspect fled Pakistan months after the incident and started living in Dubai in hiding, Baloch said. The victim’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3211496/pakistan-woman-finds-dads-murder-suspect-linkedin-15-years-after-his-death?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3211496/pakistan-woman-finds-dads-murder-suspect-linkedin-15-years-after-his-death?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:52:22 +0000 Foreign investors on the hunt for growth potential do not need to look too far for “the next China”, according to the chairman of a global management consulting firm. “The next China is China,” says Joe Ngai at McKinsey & Company in Greater China. His declaration came in response to a question he posted himself on the LinkedIn networking site: “As global investors and corporations look for growth, everyone is wondering: Where’s the next China?” More specifically, he was referring to the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3211211/next-china-china-foreign-investors-claims-mckinsey-companys-greater-china-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3211211/next-china-china-foreign-investors-claims-mckinsey-companys-greater-china-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:10:06 +0000 Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said on Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it “one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen.” Twitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on December... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3205765/twitter-hacked-200-million-user-email-addresses-leaked-researcher-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3205765/twitter-hacked-200-million-user-email-addresses-leaked-researcher-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:52:42 +0000 US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its latest start-up incubation programme in Hong Kong, joining the ranks of global Big Tech companies such as Amazon to tap the city’s potential as an international innovation centre. Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub is designed to provide Hong Kong-based start-ups with technology and guidance to tackle technical bottlenecks and boost business development. Participants can use Microsoft’s products – such as Microsoft 365, Teams, GitHub... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3182674/microsoft-supports-hong-kong-start-ups-partnership-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3182674/microsoft-supports-hong-kong-start-ups-partnership-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:00:24 +0000 US internet company Yahoo said it would officially stop providing email services to mainland Chinese users from February 28 onwards, following its announcement in November that it was withdrawing from China, where foreign websites such as Google’s search engine and Twitter have been unavailable for years. After Monday, Yahoo Mail users “will no longer be able to send or receive new emails from mainland China or download data”, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said in an email sent to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3168685/yahoo-stops-email-service-mainland-users-final-retreat-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3168685/yahoo-stops-email-service-mainland-users-final-retreat-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:30:16 +0000 I was born in Singapore in 1969. My parents weren’t educated – my mother was illiterate, she could only write her name, and my father could read a little bit of a Chinese newspaper. He was a street food vendor selling prawn noodles. He got up at 5am every day and rested only one day a year, on the first day of Chinese New Year. As the eldest and the only son – I’ve got two younger sisters – I felt it was my duty to help him, so from the age of about 10 I helped out on the weekends and during... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3166685/how-engineering-nerd-stage-fright-became-tedx-speaker?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3166685/how-engineering-nerd-stage-fright-became-tedx-speaker?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Feb 2022 05:15:08 +0000 As the world waits for the verdict on the trial of Elizabeth Holmes – the disgraced businesswoman behind faux blood-testing start-up Theranos faces nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud – a cultlike fascination has grown up around the former tech entrepreneur’s personal life. The latest twist? During her high-stakes legal drama, Holmes, who could end up in prison for 20 years if convicted, managed to find love in William “Billy” Evans – a 29-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3160968/who-elizabeth-holmes-husband-billy-evans-inside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3160968/who-elizabeth-holmes-husband-billy-evans-inside?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:04:59 +0000 LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media network for job-hunters and recruiters, has launched a new app specifically for mainland China after the company announced in October it would pull its global platform from the market. Tailored for China, which has strict requirements on content censorship and data protection, “InCareer” has no social media feed. The app is “designed to help Chinese mainland professionals find jobs and companies discover great talent in China,” said Mohak Shroff, senior... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3159968/linkedin-launches-new-app-china-without-social-feed-after-shutting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3159968/linkedin-launches-new-app-china-without-social-feed-after-shutting?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:00:26 +0000 LinkedIn’s retreat from China once again underscores the challenging environment that US social media faces in the country. If China is too restrictive, the United States faces the inverse problem of an environment so free that it is complicating the US media’s ability to maintain fair and balanced reporting. This month, a Facebook whistle-blower’s testimony to US lawmakers leaves the social media giant once again facing a congressional threat to break it up. At the heart of Facebook’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3153037/press-freedom-china-may-have-too-little-america-has-far-too?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/world/article/3153037/press-freedom-china-may-have-too-little-america-has-far-too?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:30:16 +0000 Happy Monday! I’m Amber Wang, a reporter at the South China Morning Post who focuses on diplomacy and defence, with your Monday update on the biggest news items from the previous week, and what to look forward to in the week ahead. My pick for the biggest news last week: at a party meeting on Thursday, President Xi Jinping called China’s political system a “great creation”, in what was seen as an attempt to defend the country against criticism, especially from the US, over rights and values. Xi... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3152706/china-update-our-reporters-round-biggest-news-past-7-days?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3152706/china-update-our-reporters-round-biggest-news-past-7-days?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Oct 2021 04:27:06 +0000 The retreat from China of LinkedIn, the professional social network owned by Microsoft, is the result of Beijing’s tighter regulation of the domestic internet sector as well as tougher market competition, according to industry insiders and analysts. LinkedIn cited “a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China” for its decision to withdraw from the mainland market in a blog post on Thursday. The decision comes just two weeks before China’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3152526/linkedins-china-retreat-stems-regulatory-and-competitive-pressures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3152526/linkedins-china-retreat-stems-regulatory-and-competitive-pressures?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:00:11 +0000 A United States senator wrote to Microsoft and LinkedIn on Thursday demanding an explanation for the professional networking platform’s recent decision to block China-based users accessing the accounts of several US journalists. Earlier this week, LinkedIn blacklisted the accounts of Axios’ Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and independent journalists Melissa Chan and Greg Bruno, the latest in a string of actions the Silicon Valley-headquartered company has taken to preserve access to the Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3150818/lawmaker-asks-linkedin-microsoft-why-they-censored-us-journalists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3150818/lawmaker-asks-linkedin-microsoft-why-they-censored-us-journalists?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Sep 2021 19:56:29 +0000