https://www.scmp.com/rss/297686/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Singapore continues to foster successful technology start-ups through several government funding initiatives. Professional venture capitalists such as Golden Gate Ventures have been involved from the start, providing early-stage funding through a range of agencies such as SPRING Singapore, which supports local small- and medium-sized enterprises. Last month, SPRING Singapore announced it was seeking co-investment partners for a new US$72.8 million venture capital fund. The Action Community for... https://www.scmp.com/country-reports/business/topics/singapore/article/2105864/innovation-flourishes-singapores-conducive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/country-reports/business/topics/singapore/article/2105864/innovation-flourishes-singapores-conducive?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2017 01:15:41 +0000 Exciting new green technologies are blossoming along the “new Silk Road”, raising spirits at a time when a climate sceptic is in the White House. Rail is a crucial mode of transport in China – which, in 2015, had 121,000km of railway tracks, the second longest network in the world. It is also popular with the environmental lobby because energy is produced at a safe distance, but smart technologies make it greener. The economies of scale of the massive roll-out led to cost savings. Remote... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/special-report-belt-and-road/article/2099306/track-remote-monitoring?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/special-report-belt-and-road/article/2099306/track-remote-monitoring?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jun 2017 04:41:25 +0000 Technology and industrial parks are spreading rapidly along belt and road corridors. Overseas, China has built 52 industrial parks in cooperation with other countries, according to the China Centre for Globalisation. These range from traditional research and business parks to the ambitious Pakistan corridor. Pakistan seems destined to become a tech laboratory, according to a Dawn report detailing the China and Pakistan governments’ Plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corri­dor. “Thousands of... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/special-report-belt-and-road/article/2099303/belt-and-road-corridors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/special-report-belt-and-road/article/2099303/belt-and-road-corridors?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jun 2017 04:30:15 +0000 A pair of Hong Kong-Israeli researchers is developing a miniature robot that allows minimally invasive brain surgery. Professor Moshe Shoham, of the Israel Institute of Technology, has been researching and incubating some of the world's cutting-edge medical robotic technologies for two decades. Four of its projects have already matured from the laboratory and been launched by start-up companies, while several have proved profitable in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and India. The institute is now... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1667206/hong-kong-inventor-helps-develop-tiny-robot-will-do-brain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1667206/hong-kong-inventor-helps-develop-tiny-robot-will-do-brain?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:46:17 +0000 After another year of extreme weather, it is clear governments around the world need to redouble efforts to promote greener energy, if we are to slow down the steady accumulation of environmental damage. The Hong Kong government claims to be leading the way on sustainable energy, but its actions belie its words. In recent years it has directly subsidised household energy bills, taking away the incentive to reduce energy consumption. The government loves huge infrastructure projects but shows... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1509211/why-hong-kong-should-be-chinas-green-energy-leader-and-what-we?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1509211/why-hong-kong-should-be-chinas-green-energy-leader-and-what-we?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 May 2014 19:19:02 +0000 Most people may only be dimly aware of it, but fundamental changes are being wrought by massively networked computers and robotics, and they are transforming society. Some of us may still think technological innovation has plateaued and that we cannot expect new innovation to provide the kind of growth that technologies such as electricity did in the 20th century. We may be in for a big surprise. In a new book, The Second Machine Age, authors Eric BrynJolfsson and Andrew McAffee, both directors... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1465634/rapid-technology-change-set-bring-benefits-and-dislocations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1465634/rapid-technology-change-set-bring-benefits-and-dislocations?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:39:53 +0000 Only a few years ago, parents were saying that children should not use computers until they came of age, but today schools require children to do homework online, bringing issues into the home we have to deal with. Unfortunately, nothing on our computer networks is safe from spying eyes. We live in a low-trust, high-surveillance world where technology is being used by employers to keep track of their employees and parents to keep tabs on their children. In this brave new digital age, we should... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1375470/parents-should-be-careful-about-monitoring-their-childrens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1375470/parents-should-be-careful-about-monitoring-their-childrens?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Dec 2013 22:19:02 +0000 China has developed a huge parallel internet sheltered by an electronic firewall known as the Great Firewall of China which blocks, filters and slows traffic on the internet. This significantly obstructs and impacts business, foreign trade and academic, social and cultural exchanges. However, virtual private networks (VPNs) have allowed Chinese web users almost unimpeded access to the internet with the additional benefit of anonymity. IT professionals there are among the heavy users of VPNs... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1346096/mainland-chinese-get-round-firewall-using-virtual-private?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1346096/mainland-chinese-get-round-firewall-using-virtual-private?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:52:41 +0000 Voice control of computers, a holy grail for nerds ever since Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, is finally for the masses with the move to mobile computing. Apps like Siri or Android's built-in voice recognition offer free server-side services in multiple languages which can type for us and understand simple commands. They even learn to understand our accents with neural networks which mimic the brain. Typing by voice is now actually faster and more accurate than the keyboard much of the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1305710/now-everyone-can-speak-language-their-computers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1305710/now-everyone-can-speak-language-their-computers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Long-distance travellers live in fear of finding bank-busting phone bills on their return. Although we can switch sim cards on arrival, frequent number changes confuse contacts, and in some countries, getting online is not as easy as you might expect. Before a recent trip, my telecom provider CSL offered me a HK$168 daily unlimited data roaming pass for the countries I would visit, far cheaper than its eye-watering pay-as-you-go rate of HK$120 per megabyte. I keyed in a code on my phone and set... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1294126/roaming-deals-travellers-just-dont-ring-true?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1294126/roaming-deals-travellers-just-dont-ring-true?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Since Mandiant, a US information technology security firm, sparked controversy by blaming a special unit of the People's Liberation Army for launching a series of cyberattacks on US companies, the shadowy world of hackers in China has been in the spotlight. Their activities have become a focal point of Sino-US relations. But who are these hackers and why do they do it? As in the West, hackers are mostly young men fascinated by information technology. But hackers in China are somewhat different... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219328/spotlight-chinas-hackers-after-accusations-against-pla-unit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219328/spotlight-chinas-hackers-after-accusations-against-pla-unit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Hackers range from children playing with computers to virtual hitmen, who destroy corporate data for a fee. Armies and governments also employ hackers to collect intelligence and secure their networks. China's efforts to collect intelligence and intellectual property seem to be greater than other countries, say cyber experts. Hackers advertise services including the sale of virtual assets, infiltration of corporate services or the sale of victims that have been infiltrated, known in Chinese as... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219329/ins-and-outs-hackers-life-dull-office-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219329/ins-and-outs-hackers-life-dull-office-work?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 In the winter of 2009 to 2010, a mainland writer friend whose pen name is Zhao Dagong was arrested and detained by the security police. Zhao is vice-president and secretary of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, a group of banned mainland writers whose president is Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace laureate, currently serving an 11-year sentence for subversion. Zhao suffered during Mao Zedong's Great Famine, surviving by eating the leaves and bark of trees, and other unpalatable food substitutes. It... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219321/no-limit-length-and-breadth-phishing-attacks-dissident-writers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1219321/no-limit-length-and-breadth-phishing-attacks-dissident-writers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 An investigative report released recently by Mandiant, a US IT security firm, predictably sparked controversy by pinning the blame for a series of cyberattacks on US companies on Shanghai-based Unit 61398 of the People's Liberation Army. Some critics, such as the Post's popular columnist Alex Lo, have expressed incredulity that such professional cyberwarriors would leave the kind of digital fingerprints that will allow them to be traced back to Shanghai. And isn't it hypocritical for the US to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1170235/it-would-be-even-more-surprising-if-pla-did-not-resort?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1170235/it-would-be-even-more-surprising-if-pla-did-not-resort?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000