Tech news: Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s tech startup news from August 2019
(Today’s startup news: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook)
- Hong Kong: Elevator Pitch Competition 2019 applications now open for startups in AI / robotics, fintech, health technology and smart city fields
- Hong Kong: Correctional Services Dep’t to use AI-powered cameras and analytics to detect suspicious behavior among inmates
- Twitter reports ‘significant state-backed information operation’ from within the China targeting Hong Kong; removes 936 accounts and suspends 200,000
- Hong Kong: A look at Snapask, on-demand education app matching students with qualified tutors for interactive Q&A sessions
- Hong Kong: Hydroplast startup unveils water-soluble film, aiming to fight plastic waste in oceans and landfills
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology establishes HK$50M HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund to support development of early-stage startups
- Google shuts 210 YouTube channels acting as part of ‘coordinated’ disinformation campaign about Hong Kong protests, following similar actions by Twitter, Facebook
- Why YouTube continues to demonetize videos of the Hong Kong protests, preventing coverage of this and other important global events
- An overview of the 8 startups selected for Accenture’s 2019 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific program
- Applications for cohort 2 of The STILE Initiative now open, a 4-month residential incubation program based in Hong Kong
