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Halep, Osaka, Serena enter 2nd round as Australian Open gets underway

Star players Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep and Serena Williams started their Australian Open journey all with easy victories as the delayed Grand Slam finally got underway on Monday. World No. 3 Naomi

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Vision Fund backs Chinese fitness app Keep in $360 million round

As Chinese fitness class provider Keep continues to diversify its offerings to include Peloton-like bikes, health-conscious snacks among other things, it’s bringing in new investors to fund its

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Chinese brands make up bigger presence in global wearables market

The global wearables market saw Chinese brands increase their presence in the second quarter (Q2) of the year as shipments of Chinese-made wearable devices posted rapid

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Beijing issues smart thermometers for returning students

More than 80,000 students in their final year of junior high school in Beijing returned to classrooms on Monday as the COVID-19 epidemic is under control. Some of them

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German virologist calls for better use of coronavirus tests

A German virologist on Tuesday called for better use of coronavirus tests as the number of tests in Germany may not be able to be increased. "We have to look now to test where it is really necessa

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Roundup: Hong Kong reports 48 new COVID-19 cases in single day, ramps up prevention measures

Hong Kong is ramping up prevention and control measures against rapidly increasing imported cases amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as its Centre of Health Protectio

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HKSAR gov't to do utmost in making compulsory quarantine arrangements: chief executive

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam Thursday said that the government would do its utmost in making compulsory quarantine arrang

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Immutouch wristband buzzes to stop you touching your face

In the age of coronavirus, we all have to resist the urge to touch our faces. It’s how the virus can travel from doorknobs or other objects to your mucus membranes and get you sick. Luckily, a s

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HKSAR chief executive eyes anti-epidemic fund to help embattled tech startups

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said Thursday that she hopes the anti-epidemic fund set by the government will benefi