Internet

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said that she, along with actor Andy Lau, have become the “the target of bullies online” because of their support for reclamation. Photo: Sam Tsang

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22 Oct 2018 - 5:33pm 3

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From left, Jack Ma, William Ding, Robin Li, Lei Jun and Pony Ma each had their light-bulb moment, which led to them creating their innovations.

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22 Oct 2018 - 3:25pm 1

The rate at which the world is getting online has dropped since 2015. Data from the UN shows that women and the rural poor are the ones missing out

Digital revolution slipping further away from globe’s poorest

21 Oct 2018 - 1:22pm 2

Subsidiary Lazada to hold Singles’ Day promotions in Southeast Asia
Tmall to engage 180,000 Chinese and global brands

Alibaba pledges ‘largest ever’ Singles’ Day as festival goes global

19 Oct 2018 - 11:05pm 1

The market for on-demand delivery is crucial for Chinese internet giants as it opens up an entry point to other services such as online payments
Starbucks and Luckin are vying for a bigger share of a fast-growing coffee market in the world’s most populous nation

Alibaba to expand Starbucks coffee deliveries in China

19 Oct 2018 - 8:40pm 3

‘Falling stars’ challenge attracts Chinese millennials hoping to go viral and a mocking response from more down-to-earth citizens

Chinese millennials ‘fall out of cars’ in search of internet fame

19 Oct 2018 - 4:58am 12

The Partnership on AI is led by researchers representing Amazon.com, Google, DeepMind Technologies, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and Apple

Baidu becomes first Chinese firm to join US-based AI ethics group

18 Oct 2018 - 12:01pm

YouTube back online after video platform suffers major outage worldwide

YouTube back online after major worldwide outage

17 Oct 2018 - 5:04pm

The investment in NetEase Cloud Music comes amid Baidu’s stepped-up efforts to build an ecosystem of content and battle for user attention as consumers upgrade their spending habits

Baidu steps up mobile content by investing in NetEase music unit

16 Oct 2018 - 4:08pm

5G offers world's biggest mobile market a gateway to the industrial internet

'Made in China 2025': China sees 5G as gateway to the industrial internet

16 Oct 2018 - 12:08am

The fifth instalment of a series on China’s hi-tech industry development master plan looks at 5G mobile technology and how it could create a more advanced digital foundation for the world’s second-largest economy

‘Made in China 2025’: Beijing has big plans for 5G – if the world lets it

16 Oct 2018 - 1:20pm 53

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Even a censored Google would be better for China than Baidu

15 Oct 2018 - 6:33am 28

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Google tells US lawmakers it is weighing options on China services

13 Oct 2018 - 4:29am 4

Facebook found no theft of highly personal messages or financial data. Photo: Bloomberg

How to check whether Facebook hackers accessed your account

13 Oct 2018 - 6:39pm 2

China Central Television reporter Kong Linlin berates a student volunteer at a conference co-organised by the London-based human rights NGO Hong Kong Watch and Britain’s Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Photo: Facebook

China’s journalists are the new enforcers of party propaganda

11 Oct 2018 - 3:03pm 8

Online payments still a challenge for Southeast Asia’s tech players

Online payments still a challenge for Southeast Asia’s tech players

11 Oct 2018 - 4:08pm

The removal from app stores, which comes amid an ongoing content crackdown in China, would prevent new users from downloading the app but not affect current users

Tencent-backed Douyu’s live-streaming app pulled from stores

10 Oct 2018 - 1:26pm

Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is said to consider taking a majority stake in co-working start-up WeWork

Japan’s SoftBank may take majority stake in WeWork

10 Oct 2018 - 11:10am

Chinese rocket scientist’s veggie-selling app may be worth US$7 billion

A China veggie-selling app may be worth US$7 billion

10 Oct 2018 - 10:53am 1

The Chinese-only indie game allow players to guide their kids from a toddler all the way up to gaokao, the notorious college entrance exam

Chinese Parents simulation game strikes nostalgic chord

10 Oct 2018 - 6:31am

Centre Penitentiaire Sud-Francilien prison in Reau, where notorious gangster Redoine Faid broke out of on July 1. Photo: AFP

France asks Google to pull photos of ‘security buildings’ after jailbreak

9 Oct 2018 - 6:33pm

More research is needed to understand new problems that may arise out of internet use, experts say. File photo: Shutterstock

Is internet fuelling new conditions like cyberchondria and cyberhoarding?

9 Oct 2018 - 4:43pm

China's Tencent invests US$180 million in Brazil fintech Nubank to build personal finance platform

Tencent takes global investment spree to Brazil

9 Oct 2018 - 10:16am

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Photo: AP

Social network Google+ to shut for consumers after software bug

9 Oct 2018 - 3:53am

Tencent is shopping around the world for partners in revolutionising medicine

Tencent taps UK firm for AI-powered Parkinson’s treatment

8 Oct 2018 - 5:44pm

Google said in June that it would not renew a contract with the Defense Department, following an uprising from employees who criticized its work on AI-enabled drones as helping the military track and kill with greater efficiency.

Google CEO met with military leaders at the Pentagon, seeking to smooth tensions over drone AI

8 Oct 2018 - 5:27pm

The new rule comes more than a year after a controversial cybersecurity law was introduced in China. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese police get power to inspect internet service providers

6 Oct 2018 - 5:26pm 11

Online karaoke, like social commerce and live-streaming, are being embraced in China as companies and internet users experiment with new formats to deliver entertainment and sell products and services.

There’s now a way to invest in the rising popularity of online karaoke

6 Oct 2018 - 5:07pm

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