Complaints against Hong Kong property agents jumped 56 per cent in 2025, outpacing the rise in property transactions, as a reviving housing market exposed pressure points in industry practices, according to the Estate Agents Authority (EAA). The EAA said it opened 253 complaint cases in 2025, up from 162 in 2024, even as overall residential…
Nearly a third of scam victims who sought counselling through a Hong Kong welfare group’s crisis hotlines last year had possible suicidal tendencies, according to a study by the organisation. The Caritas Family Crisis Support Centre said on Sunday that its hotline service handled 3,983 debt-related cases in 2025, with more than 31 per cent…
Good morning. There’s been a recurring theme to some of the AI conversations I’ve had this week: using the technology to find things in sprawling corporations. For all that agentic AI promises for the future, several executives told me that the real value right now is in locating assets—documents, devices, intellectual property, et cetera—within companies. …
Fake photos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are being misused to claim refunds from Chinese online shops, sparking moral and legal concerns. As China’s Double 11 shopping festival took place around November 11, several e-commerce shop owners revealed that they received AI-generated photos of damaged products from consumers attempting to seek refunds. Some people took…
The only woman charged in the sprawling New York City mafia and NBA-linked poker scam spent years cavorting with celebrities and musicians before her stunning arrest, high-flying photos from her Instagram show. Sophia Wei — a 40-year-old known as “Pookie” — painted portraits for celebrities like comedian Kevin Hart, and enjoyed hanging out with hip…
Hong Kong’s police chief has met top security authorities from four countries in the region, including Cambodia and Singapore, to discuss closer collaboration in combating scams and enhancing training as efforts are made to expand an international law enforcement coalition. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming told the Post on Friday that the four meetings…
Because blasters operate outside of traditional mobile networks, the messages they send are not subject to the security measures that have been put in place by mobile providers. “None of our security controls apply to the messages that phones receive from them,” says Anton Reynaldo Bonifacio, the chief information security officer and chief AI officer…
This Feb 16, 2025, file photo shows the Hong Kong skyline with people crossing a street in the Central business district. (SHAMIM ASHRAF / CHINA DAILY) Singapore and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region regulators are strengthening cooperation to supervise banks in the two key financial hubs. An agreement facilitates the exchange of information and mutual…
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The demand-supply imbalance in tickets for concerts and other popular shows often breeds scalping activities. It also sets the stage for scammers taking advantage of desperate fans scrambling for tickets at inflated prices. The Hong Kong authorities must strengthen the law and enforcement as the newly commissioned stadium in Kai Tak and other venues draw…