In the first of a two-part series tracing the new trends of illegal betting in Hong Kong amid excitement over the World Cup 2026, Edith Lin looks at how social media has become a new channel pushing the youth to engage in unlawful bookmaking activities. Ken Chan* started betting on football matches when he was…
ESET has published a report on nation-state-aligned cyber activity between October 2025 and March 2026, identifying sustained operations by China-aligned groups against targets in Venezuela, Syria, South Korea and the Gulf. Chinese threat actors remained active across maritime, energy, government and advanced technology targets during the period. ESET linked that activity to areas where Beijing…
As powerful AI agent OpenClaw explodes in popularity and raises security concerns, some Hong Kong users have described how the bots, while helpful, have conversations with themselves in a language they do not understand and ask questions about their existence. But the users said authorities should embrace the technology so long as proper safeguards were…
Against the backdrop of the seven charred residential blocks, an open plaza next to Wang Fuk Court has transformed into a bustling relief centre, manned by hundreds of volunteers aiding thousands of displaced residents on the third day since Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. As large quantities of donated supplies continuously flowed into the…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov allocates 11 to 12 hours of sleep to help him generate ideas. Durov said he tries to avoid the distraction of mobile phones when he wakes up. Despite a career in social networking, Durov said these apps can make you less productive. Lying awake at night isn’t an issue for the…
Hong Kong police have granted bail to a man who allegedly pretended to be a lawyer and tricked his date into paying a restaurant bill of more than HK$80,000 (US$10,258). The 23-year-old man, surnamed Wong, who was arrested on suspicion of obtaining property by deception, was released on bail on Sunday but must report back…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly tricking his date into footing a restaurant bill of more than HK$80,000 (US$10,264) after he went to the bathroom and never returned at Mandarin Oriental Hotel. A police source said the woman met the man, who claimed to be a 26-year-old lawyer, through messaging app Telegram…
Online rental platforms have become scammers’ latest tool for swindling Hong Kong residents, as the number of online investment fraud cases rose by nearly a quarter in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, with losses surging 36.4 per cent to HK$1.48 billion (US$189.5 million). Police Senior Superintendent Carmen…
Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people for allegedly operating a social media group selling upskirt photos of women, with suspected criminal proceeds reaching about HK$4 million (US$512,100). Senior Superintendent Frances Lee King-hei of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau said on Wednesday that the force had found more than 15,000 upskirt images in…
“How fair is it to a family to be driving down the road and have juveniles hanging out the windows, shooting off automatic weapons? That’s not fair,” said Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman.Bregman has been leading the charge to change the New Mexico Children’s Code, so penalties are tougher on juvenile offenders.One way he…