Hong Kong police arrest 2 men over HK$1.7 million Kowloon break-in spree
Hong Kong police have arrested two men over their alleged involvement in at least six break-ins across Kowloon over the past three months, with...
Japan taps foreign tech to plug defence gaps as China’s power grows. Will it pay off?
Japan is increasingly turning to foreign companies to accelerate its military modernisation, drawing on overseas technology, expertise and production capacity to plug defence gaps...
Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands’ marks and passing off dupes, known as “superfakes,” as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to...
AI-powered drones to help detect hill fires during Chung Yeung Festival
Published: 9:16pm, 16 Oct 2026Updated: 9:34pm, 16 Oct 2026 Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department will launch three new AI-assisted drone technologies to strengthen fire...
China’s R&D spending keeps up steady rise as No 1 US seeks further funding cuts
Published: 9:00pm, 16 Oct 2026Updated: 9:26pm, 16 Oct 2026 China’s R&D investment grew by 8.2 per cent last year – fuelled by double-digit growth...
Anti-China protectionism backfiring on American carmakers’ EV plans: analyst
While Washington’s efforts to block Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) were originally intended to protect its domestic automotive industry, they have sparked concerns the strategy...
Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’
Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.Read More
An OpenAI research agent ‘stole’ test Ethereum to finish a coding task
It reasoned that the tokens were ‘valueless’ and ‘abandoned.’
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Oct. 16, 2026 8:50 am EST An OpenAI research model hit another...
ASML eyes hybrid bonding, report finds, as Chinese firms adopt chip packaging technique
Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML is expanding into next-generation hybrid bonding, a technique that creates dense electrical connections by directly joining chips or silicon...