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Instagram’s Threads app now lets you message everyone, like its Direct app once did

Last year, Instagram announced it was ending support for its standalone mobile messaging app known as Direct, which had allowed users to quickly create and share messages with friends. Shortly thereaf

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4K version of 'In the Mood for Love' to premiere in Cannes

A restored 4K version of Wang Kar-wai's iconic film "In the Mood for Love" will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch. The Hong Kong director will attend

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5G smartphones to capture half of the global market by 2023: Report

A person compares the download speed between 4G and 5G smartphones. /CFP 5G smartphones are expected to capture 50 percent of the global market by 2023 as countries step up efforts on 5G techn

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Daily Crunch: Spotify is testing virtual events

Spotify explores virtual concerts, Twitter tests a “quotes” count and Google’s Nest Hub becomes more hotel-friendly. This is your Daily Crunch for August 26, 2020.The big story: Spot

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New control point linking Hong Kong, Shenzhen to ease cross-boundary freight traffic

The Liantang Port/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen will be opened on Aug. 26 to ease the pressure on cross-boundary freight traffic

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Cobalt.io grabs $29M Series B to continue building out pentesting platform

The promise of SaaS has always been about taking tedious, expensive manual tasks and finding a way to build a platform to automate them. Cobalt.io is doing that with pentesting, the process of testing

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Taiwan set to bar Chinese streaming services like iQiyi and Tencent’s WeTV

iQiyi and Tencent’s WeTV, two of China’s most popular streaming services, may be banned in Taiwan next month as the government prepares to close regulatory loopholes that enabled them to operate

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Chinese companies donate protective gear for PNG pandemic relief

The China Enterprises Association in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has donated 48,000 pieces of medical personal protective equipment (PPE) to the PNG government to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Acco

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HK expands free testing to speed up screening for COVID-19 in community

Hong Kong announced Thursday a decision to expand its community testing scheme to more districts in a bid to screen COVID-19 patients faster, as another 95 cases were

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China stocks rise as economic rebound hopes stay intact

China stocks rose marginally on Wednesday as investor confidence in the country's economic upswing stayed intact, though a drop in financials tamed the broader market's strength.At the midday brea

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12 nominees for HKSAR LegCo General Election invalidated

Photo taken on July 16, 2020 shows Wan Chai of China's Hong Kong. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)Twelve nominees for Legislative Council election in China's Hong Kong Special Admi

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HK catering sector struggling as restaurant ban looms amid pandemic

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR) catering sector is struggling as the sweeping ban on dine-in services into effect on Wednesday amid the epidemic.On Monday, the densely populated

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HK earmarks HK$260M to revive film industry

The Hong Kong government's Commerce Economic Development Bureau announced on Monday that it will earmark around HK$260 million (US$33.5 million) under the Film Development Fund (FDF) to implement

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Macao gov't secretaries firmly support law on safeguarding national security in HK

The secretaries of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government's administration and security departments Thursday both expressed their firm support to the

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Hong Kong society opposes U.S. act, highlights necessity of national security legislation

Hong Kong residents display China's national flag in the Tamar Park, Hong Kong on June 25, 2020 in support of the national security legislation for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (Xinhua)--

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Candidate Labs wants to be modern talent agency for techies

In the first few minutes of pitching his new company, Candidate Labs, Jonathan Downey admitted that he’s operating in a market that is “done to death”: recruitment technology. But Downey, whose previo

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Partners at Sequoia, GGV, General Catalyst and Greylock join Valence’s VC initiative for Black founders

The new, Los Angeles-based online professional network for Black talent, Valence, has launched a new initiative called the Valence Funding Network to link Black entrepreneurs with top partners at firm