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Apple rejected an app in Hong Kong that helped protesters track police activity
Apple has rejected an app designed to help people in Hong Kong navigate protests and police activity, according to the app's creator. The app, HKMap Live, displays a crowdsourced map of the local area with alerts about protester activity and logos marking the location of police vehicles. According to developer Maciej Ceglowski, who is better known online as @Pinboard and currently in Hong Kong, said the app saves people's lives and allows them to dodge tear gas.
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Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the...
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Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685%
Mesh networking: how you communicate when China censors the internet.
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As it happened: Hong Kong airport protesters go on rampage in MTR station
Demonstrators hoping for repeat of two weeks ago when sit-in forced cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights. Chaos causes Tung Chung line and Airport Express to shut down.
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Water Cannons and a Gun Shot: Hong Kong Protest Violence Intensifies
Hong Kong police deployed water cannons for the first time Sunday in a show of force as pro-democracy protests turned violent following nearly two weeks of relative calm.
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Hong Kong's ultra-rich lose patience with protesters as their profits dive
For months, Hong Kong's billionaires have remained silent on the protests, but as house prices fall and the market tanks, the city's elite are demanding that order be restored.
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Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets to portray Hong Kong protestors as violent – TechCrunch
Twitter is being criticized for running promoted tweets by China’s largest state news agency that paint pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong as violent, even though the rallies, including one that drew an estimated 1.7 million people this weekend, have been described as mostly peaceful.
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Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts for Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protests
Twitter is shutting down 200,000 accounts believed to be part of a Chinese government influence campaign against the pro-democracy protest movement in Hong Kong. The Associated Press reports the social-media platform will also ban ads from Chinese state-run companies, much like it did in 2017 when it banned ads from two Russian companies. A Twitter representative also confirmed to the AP that the companies in question have been reported to the FBI for investigation.
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This Hong Kong start-up puts the smart into prisons with AI
More than 40 cameras with the AI system were installed at Pik Uk Prison – in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung district – in February, as the government pushes smart city infrastructure
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Mayhem in Hong Kong as police fire tear gas, rubber bullets
Hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets demanding independent inquiry over 'escalating' police abuse of power
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Hong Kong protesters press on, demand police apologize for violence
Hong Kong protesters occupied the streets around government offices and police headquarters on Friday to show officials they were not backing down despite a series of concessions by Beijing-backed officials. Their outrage over a proposed extradition bill has now extended to the police's heavy-handed response to demonstrations that has seen dozens of people injured.
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Say Hello to China's New Model for Controlling Hong Kong
Writer Simon Lau Sai Leung says the extradition bill is the nail in the coffin for Hong Kong’s autonomy under "One Country, Two Systems."
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Hong Kong police ‘threatened and humiliated’ in backlash to force’s response to protests
Officers and their families abused and humiliated in what union boss calls ‘quest for revenge’ from ‘rioters.’ By Denise Tsang.
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Drone Over Hong Kong Protests
Team Blacksheep
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Hong Kong Versus Beijing: ‘It’s Now or Never’
Authorities are violently cracking down on protesters who oppose a bill that would extradite people to China. Is resistance futile? By CG Fewston.
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An Exotic Strain of Hepatitis Appears to Have Made The Leap From Rats to Humans in Hong Kong
A 70-year-old woman in Hong Kong has just become the second ever recorded case of rat-specific hepatitis E in humans, worrying Chinese researchers. By Michelle Starr.
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Can Hong Kong Sell Its Residents on Watery Graves?
Sea burial is a way to save space in a dense city, but runs counter to funeral traditions.
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Life in prison for professor found guilty of Hong Kong yoga ball murders
Khaw Kim Sun, 53, has been convicted of killing wife and teenage daughter with deadly gas
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Hong Kong now has more super-rich people than any other city
New York is no longer the city with the biggest super-rich population. Hong Kong overtook the Big Apple to become the top destination for the planet's wealthiest people last year, according to a study published Thursday by research firm Wealth-X. The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) residing in the Asian financial hub rose by almost a third in 2017 to 10,000, the study said.
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