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Struggle with online passwords? You’ll have more to remember soon

Passwords will be needed for consumers to obtain more public services, interact on health care and education websites, and deal with retailers. But using the same ones over and over again will only make it easier for hackers.

18 Dec 2018 - 11:34pm

This file picture shows Meituan food delivery workers attending a morning briefing in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Meituan to team with Starbucks’ China rival Luckin Coffee

18 Dec 2018 - 9:51pm 2

Social media applications like Line, Facebook and Instagram accounted for 51 per cent of Thailand’s US$3.1 billion e-commerce market last year, according to research from PwC. Photo: EPA

The world’s keenest online hagglers help Line rule in Thailand

18 Dec 2018 - 3:33pm

In this photo taken on December 11, 2018 Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - Google chief Sundar Pichai said fears about artificial intelligence are valid but that the tech industry is up to the challenge of regulating itself. Photo: AFP

Google halts plans for censored Chinese search engine, report says

18 Dec 2018 - 10:53pm 1

FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity

18 Dec 2018 - 2:22pm

Indie interactive web game “A Gay's Life” lets players experience what it is like to be gay in China. Photo: Handout.

Indie game offers stark insights into gay life in China

18 Dec 2018 - 6:01am 2

Type “idiot” into Google images and this might be what you see. Photo: AP

Google image search makes Trump the world’s top idiot, but is it fair?

18 Dec 2018 - 7:37am 46

A police officer walks in an intersection closed off by police tape on California Street in San Francisco on December 13, 2018, after an emailed bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax. Photo: AP

Bitcoin bomb threats sweep Canada and US, but massive hoax is suspected

14 Dec 2018 - 7:31pm

Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada appoints new chief executive to replace Lucy Peng

Lazada appoints new chief executive to replace Lucy Peng

13 Dec 2018 - 10:40pm

Why Story of Yanxi Palace is a bigger deal for Hongkongers than US-China trade war, Typhoon Mangkhut and the World Cup

Intrigues of Story of Yanxi Palace bigger deal than trade war

12 Dec 2018 - 6:58pm

Sundar Pichai did not say what steps Google would take to comply with Chinese laws if it re-entered the market. Photo: Xinhua

Google has ‘no plans’ to launch censored Chinese search engine

12 Dec 2018 - 10:34am

A still from one of the videos shot in secret at “women’s values” classes by Pear Video, which went viral on Chinese social media over the weekend. Photo: Pear Video

Promiscuous women get gangrene, Chinese summer camps told teens

12 Dec 2018 - 3:30am 5

Chinese visitors hold the communist party flags for group photos outside an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up at the National Museum of China, in Beijing, China, 15 November 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE

China watchdog working on name-and-shame credit blacklist

11 Dec 2018 - 11:07pm

The headquarters of ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s ByteDance to raise about US$1.45 billion for its venture fund

7 Dec 2018 - 8:38pm

China forms new body to review ethics risks of video games

China forms ethics review body for games, rejects nine of 20 titles

7 Dec 2018 - 10:56pm

Australian cloud service provider eyes China potential with expanded presence in Hong Kong

Australian cloud service provider eyes China with bigger Hong Kong presence

7 Dec 2018 - 6:02am 1

Alibaba extends global electronic trade partnership to Belgium

Alibaba extends global electronic trade partnership to Belgium

5 Dec 2018 - 9:42pm

Lynette Dawson. Photo: Twitter

Australian arrested over cold case made famous by podcast

5 Dec 2018 - 7:35pm

Police arrested former Youku head Yang Weidong on suspicion of accepting improper payments. Photo: Alamy

Former Youku president arrested in corruption probe

5 Dec 2018 - 12:31am 4

Tencent cancels ‘drift bottle’ WeChat feature citing ‘pornography’ and ‘prostitutes’ in clean-up action

WeChat cancels drift bottle citing porn and prostitutes

3 Dec 2018 - 10:19pm

China’s mobile apps collect too much data, says consumer body

China’s mobile apps collect too much data, says consumer body

1 Dec 2018 - 3:08pm 5

A primary school in Dong Van district, on the border of Vietnam and China, has neither electricity nor books. For all the talk about the AI revolution, basic internet access remains a distant dream in parts of the developing world. Photo: Reuters

Reality check for the AI revolution: millions don’t even have electricity yet

1 Dec 2018 - 8:43am 5

A “like” sign outside the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Photo: Alamy

Facebook’s first responsibility is the privacy of its users

30 Nov 2018 - 5:01am 1

Why Twitch earns billions and is the king of game streaming platforms

Why Twitch earns billions and is king of video game streaming

28 Nov 2018 - 3:36am

eBay is eyeing Asian markets as it looks to expand. Photo: EPA

eBay targets Japanese market as it sets its sights on Asian expansion

28 Nov 2018 - 5:05am

File image of logos of US multinational technology company Google on computer screens. Photo: AFP

Google using ‘deceptive, misleading, manipulative’ tactics to track people

27 Nov 2018 - 8:04pm 3

Hong Kong-raised teen who’s never been on Facebook or Instagram so she ‘can have the best life’

Meet the Hong Kong-raised teen who says no to social media

28 Nov 2018 - 7:25pm 7

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan considers consolidating data from its different platforms after loss widens amid price war with Alibaba

Meituan considers consolidating data to cut costs amid losses from price war

27 Nov 2018 - 5:26am

Residents of Aceh province, the only region in Indonesia to impose Islamic law. Photo: AFP

Indonesian village yanks Wi-fi over porn-surfing pupils

27 Nov 2018 - 5:02am

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