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While authorities should promote safe internet practices for the young and vulnerable, parents can strengthen the first line of defence by staying vigilant about their children’s online activities.
Foreigners having trouble making mobile payments in China is just a trivial issue when it comes to the cost of its walled internet.
Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.
Experts fear proposed update to legislation may pose restrictions on mainland media coverage of disasters and accidents
Lessons must be learned from a privacy breach at an online marketplace that saw details of city users compromised as well as from the probe that followed.
Allowing the resumption of cross-border data transfers in day-to-day business shows pragmatism can still prevail in Chinese policymaking.
Education Bureau and privacy watchdog follow up with St Paul’s Co-educational College over social media post accusing it of monitoring pupils’ after-class activities.
Products from firms such as Meta and Snap have ‘rewired the way children think, behave and learn’, school boards said. Lawsuit also named TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance.
People familiar with the matter say Cai Qi has been appointed to head the Communist Party’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission.
That expansion shows how short video and live-streaming campaigns have boosted online retail sales on the mainland.
With China at odds with Western countries in data and cyberspace management, Beijing is trying to sway other parties to side with its vision.
Chinese think tank commentator says he can’t imagine Beijing having ‘interest in the private affairs of the Princess of Wales. Unless, I am shown some evidence’.
This initiative escalates ByteDance’s efforts to expand the reach of its social media operation into a potentially large e-commerce revenue stream.
Attack in Russia sparks online debate in China over whether extreme security measures might hurt the post-Covid economy or boost investor confidence.
Martial law prohibits most men of military age from leaving the country, creating a need and space for female tech entrepreneurs at home and abroad.
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra promised investors that 2024 will mark a rebound for the memory chip industry and 2025 will see record sales levels, driven by opportunities enabled by AI.
The United States, which sponsored the resolution, hopes the UN will adopt it by consensus, meaning it would be supported by all 193 member states.
11-year-old girl suffers online sex abuse after she met man on internet gaming site, police say.
From April 1, EHang’s EH216-S electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle will be available in overseas markets at a suggested retail price of US$410,000.
Affected members of the South China Athletic Association urged to report any suspicious activity, a day after the club announced data leak of its 70,000 members’ personal information.
The capital infusion could be a harbinger for Huawei’s increased pace of new investments this year, as the Chinese tech giant’s sales rose in 2023.
Mainland cryptocurrency investors made US$1.15 billion in 2023 to rank fourth behind those in the US, the UK and Vietnam, according to a Chainalysis survey.
Tencent is said to have snapped up some of ByteDance’s ditched video gaming projects amid continued industry consolidation.
They will use an online platform to learn how to use Microsoft’s AI tools to gain workplace skills and to be able to recognise cybersecurity threats.
Many Chinese netizens on Weibo and former Global Times editor Hu Xijin praised TikTok for urging American users to flood legislators with calls against a new bill.
Attacks by internet users on China’s biggest water company have prompted concerns over whether other private businesses will come under boycott, hampering growth at a time when the country needs it most.
Celebrated author, whose real name is Guan Moye, has been accused by Weibo users of smearing China and pandering to the West.
Alibaba’s fresh push of AI tools comes amid increasing competiton among Chinese e-commerce players to woo consumers across the world amid sluggish growth at home.
Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay are enhancing operations to make it easier for foreign travellers to pay for goods and services on the mainland, the world’s largest cashless society.
Broadcom said on Thursday it expects US$10 billion in revenue from chips related to artificial intelligence this year, but its stock dipped after the tech company’s full-year forecast failed to impress investors.
South Korea’s personal data protection watchdog has been investigating overseas e-commerce platforms since last month, after a parliament audit last year raised questions about data handling.
Alibaba’s latest artificial intelligence push reflects a new tech arms race in mainland China’s e-commerce sector.
Proposals like the one submitted by Zhihu CEO Zhou Yuan signal that policymakers are actively discussing how to boost the platform economy, analysts say.
Shenzhen’s municipal government plans to boost the number of its native apps built on HarmonyOS and push for their adoption across major sectors, including education, healthcare, banking, transport and welfare.