Russian crackdown on VPNs enters new phase
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Taiwan Market Cap Tops $4 Trillion on AI Boom, Overtaking UK Taiwan overtook the UK in stock market value as the island’s tech firms regained favor amid hopes for further de-escalation in the Iran war.

Taiwan Market Cap Tops $4 Trillion on AI Boom, Overtaking UK
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese device found in strategic waters near Bali identified A large torpedo-shaped device discovered near an island in a strategically important strait between Bali and Lombok has been identified by defence analysts as a Chinese undersea monitoring system.

Device found near Bali and Lombok identified as Chinese undersea monitoring system
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Exclusive: India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushback India's government has decided not to go ahead ​with a proposal to require Apple , Samsung and others to pre-install the country's biometric identification app Aadhaar on ‌phones, a state body said on...

India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushback
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

DNS Blocking: Mind the Unintended Consequences - Internet Society As DNS blocking mandates multiply, so do concerns about security, the openness of the Internet, and fragmentation.

DNS Blocking: Mind the Unintended Consequences
By Carl Gahnberg
www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04...

Hong Kong schools should ditch Cantonese for Mandarin, says head of Shangri-La hotel empire Changing medium of instruction would boost competitiveness, according to group chief Hui Kuok

You will always get your shoes shined spotless and shiny at Shangri-La.

Hong Kong schools should ditch Cantonese for Mandarin, says head of Shangri-La hotel empire
Changing medium of instruction would boost competitiveness, according to group chief Hui Kuok
www.ft.com/content/1de8...

TikTok, Sea, Alibaba-owned e-commerce corner ASEAN markets Smaller rivals pushed to margins as online shopping booms in Thailand, Malaysia

TikTok, Sea, Alibaba-owned e-commerce corner ASEAN markets
Smaller rivals pushed to margins as online shopping booms in Thailand, Malaysia
asia.nikkei.com/business/ret...

Why Amazon Is Buying Starlink Rival Globalstar in $11 Billion Deal Amazon has agreed to acquire Globalstar in a move that allows its Amazon Leo satellite network to offer direct-to-device connections.

Why Amazon Is Buying Starlink Rival Globalstar in $11 Billion Deal
The tech giant is doubling down in satellite race with Elon Musk’s SpaceX
www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-...

Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat

One down.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

The FBI Just Recovered “Disappearing” Signal Chats From a Phone That No Longer Had the App FBI recovers deleted Signal messages from iPhone notification cache, exposing privacy vulnerability in lock screen settings that persists after app deletion.

The FBI Just Recovered “Disappearing” Signal Chats From a Phone That No Longer Had the App
tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurit...

UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines Defence Secretary John Healey says there is "no evidence" of any damage to UK infrastructure in the Atlantic.

UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines
www.bbc.com/news/article...

翻牆清零｜中國全面封鎖海外連線 網民不得瀏覽香港、台灣網站
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Russia sees China's WeChat, Douyin as models for its homegrown Max messenger Russia sees Chinese tech giant Tencent's WeChat messaging app and TikTok sister app Douyin as models for developing its own struggling ​Max messaging app, Vladimir Kiriyenko, CEO of state-controlled i...

Russia sees China's WeChat, Douyin as models for its homegrown Max messenger
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Anthropic is launching a new AI model for cybersecurity Nvidia, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and others will use Claude Mythos Preview to spot vulnerabilities in their systems.

A new Anthropic model found security problems ‘in every major operating system and web browser’
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Watch live! NASA Artemis 2 crew's historic moon flyby is today YouTube video by VideoFromSpace

Watch live! NASA Artemis 2 crew's historic moon flyby is today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Pd...

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say
Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

France to announce measures to favour data centres in coming weeks, Finance Minister says French Finance ​Minister Roland ‌Lescure said on Thursday ​his ​government expects to ⁠announce in ​the coming ​weeks new measures to encourage ​setting ​up data centres in ‌the ⁠country.

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France to announce measures to favour data centres in coming weeks, Finance Minister says
www.reuters.com/technology/f...

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這也是我一向問的問題，別說中國，就是香港.....

查建英、严歌苓：同样有审查制度，伊朗和中国电影为何如此不同？ | 不明白Talkshow | 广电总局 | 张艺谋 | 惊蛰无声丨陈凯歌 | 霸王别姬 | 一念菩提 | 只是一场意外
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Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong's secretary Li Rui Stanford said the papers, which mentioned the Tiananmen Massacre, would be banned if returned to Beijing.

Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong's secretary
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Construction begins for data center in new Hong Kong tech hub Will see $3bn investment

Construction begins for data center in new Hong Kong tech hub
Will see $3bn investment
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cons...

Data centers create ‘heat islands,’ warming local land by up to 16 degrees Researchers found that roughly 340 million people now live within 6.2 miles of a data center

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ on land around them – warming them by up to 16 degrees, researchers warn
Researchers found that roughly 340 million people now live within 6.2 miles of a data center
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World

Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World
With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/w...

I Watched The AI Doc and You Should Too The filmmakers' storytelling informs and leads viewer to consider its call-for-action narrative, and maybe it will make you an "apocaloptimist” too.

I Watched The AI Doc and You Should Too
The filmmakers' storytelling informs and leads viewer to consider its call-for-action narrative, and maybe it will make you an "apocaloptimist” too.
charlesmok.substack.com/p/i-watched-...

US rushes to set up refund portal to pay back $166bn in Trump tariffs Washington on hook for $23m in interest per day, according to estimate

回水

US rushes to set up refund portal to pay back $166bn in Trump tariffs
Washington on hook for $23m in interest per day, according to estimate
asia.nikkei.com/economy/trad...

England set to charge foreign tourists for entry to leading museums Move would affect British Museum and National Gallery, but could depend on success of government ID card roll-out

England set to charge foreign tourists for entry to leading museums
Move would affect British Museum and National Gallery, but could depend on success of government ID card roll-out
www.ft.com/content/306e...

China's DeepSeek AI chatbot suffers longest outage since viral rise in early 2025 China's popular DeepSeek artificial intelligence chatbot suffered on Monday its longest outage since ​the viral rise of its flagship R1 ‌and V3 models early last year.

China's DeepSeek AI chatbot suffers longest outage since viral rise in early 2025
www.reuters.com/technology/c...

US Supreme Court Unanimously Defends Internet Access for Millions  - Internet Society The US Supreme Court's Cox v. Sony decision confirms that ISPs cannot be forced to disconnect people from the Internet for piracy allegations

A POSITIVE OUTCOME that #ISOC has supported!

US Supreme Court Unanimously Defends Internet Access for Millions
www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/03...

Personal Data & AI Governance in East Asian Countries: Navigating East Asia's AI and Data Governance Sharing a webinar I did for the Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment last month.

My latest video on Substack:

Personal Data & AI Governance in East Asian Countries: Navigating East Asia's AI and data governance
Sharing a webinar I did for the Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment last month.
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Canadians face ‘tsunami’ of transnational repression in coming years, cyber-research group says Think tank cites rise of U.S. authoritarianism, AI and Carney’s disinterest in human rights

Canadians face ‘tsunami’ of transnational repression in coming years, cyber-research group says
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

China taps rocket, satellite startups to catch up to SpaceX Government open to working with private sector on launches, communications

China taps rocket, satellite startups to catch up to SpaceX
Government open to working with private sector on launches, communications
asia.nikkei.com/business/aer...