China’s finance industry urged to better support tech innovation
Technological innovation in China still has “much room for improvement” and the country needs financial support to develop new ideas, according to a prominent...
Japan’s Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again: media
A start-up aiming to become Japan’s first private firm to put a satellite into orbit postponed a rocket launch for the second day running...
Hong Kong NGO warns of pupil suicide rise after logging 10 cases amid term start
Hong Kong’s largest suicide prevention group has said more pupils took their own lives around the start of the school term this year than...
AI crackdown: China stamps out tech misuse to preserve national literature and ideology
Published: 12:00pm, 15 Dec 2024Updated: 12:05pm, 15 Dec 2024 Beijing is stepping up its defence of classic literature against AI misuse that it says...
Ex-OpenAI engineer launches robotics start-up, joining race to produce intelligent machines
An ex-OpenAI engineer has started a new robotics venture with offices reportedly in China and Singapore, joining the race to produce intelligent machines as...
US banks face rising distress as commercial property values slump
Slumping office property values are rippling through US banks, with smaller lenders in particular ramping up the use of loan modifications in their commercial...
Hongkongers wake up to winter’s chilliest day as mercury dips to 13 degrees
Published: 11:31am, 15 Dec 2024Updated: 11:38am, 15 Dec 2024 Hongkongers on Sunday woke up to the chilliest day of this winter so far as...
Hong Kong could be first to get Swiss start-up’s drug for diabetic eye disease
Hong Kong could be one of the first jurisdictions to use a novel treatment for diabetics suffering from a potentially blinding disease if a...
When a ferry crashed into a Hong Kong typhoon shelter, killing 3 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on December 16, 1989. Advertisement By Eammon Fitzpatrick and Jimmy Leung Mystery over death crash The Marine Department has...