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Surging mainland Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has helped set the stage for a “measured recovery” in 2026, according to Colliers. Investment from the mainland rose to...
Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...
Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao is winding up its operations in Canada by the end of this month, marking the closure of all newsrooms run by the city’s major print publications in the North American coun...
China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strengt...
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...
Rick Havacko. Courtesy of Rick Havacko Rick Havacko moved from Orange County to Austin for the affordability and a lifestyle change. He chose Dripping Springs for its rural charm, lower costs, and vib...
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin has discussed his broken relationship with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal, which the author has candidly described as "worse than rocky" and "aby...
We ate at Tommy Bahama's Manhattan restaurant, which has become a hot spot for a business lunch. Jordan Hart/Business Insider We had lunch at Tommy Bahama in Midtown Manhattan, which has become a go-t...
The last-gen Apple Watch Ultra 2 is on sale starting at $549, matching its lowest price to date. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest fleet of smartwatch...
I've been using Claude Code heavily, and kept hitting the same issue: the agent would push changes, respond to reviews, wait for CI... but never really know when it was done. It would poll CI in loops...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future hangs in the balance as she faces an appeals trial in Paris, a case that could derail her party’s ambitions to radically reshape France with an...
Despite being acquired by Google five years ago, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in the industry. While its products aren’t designed with hardcore athletes, Fitbit makes excellent de...
Between the premise and the creative team involved, the new Top Shelf graphic novel Punk'n Heads is immediately on our radar as one of the first must-read graphic novels of 2026. This new book about p...
Doug Bowser, former president and chief operating officer at Nintendo of America, has joined the board of directors at Hasbro. Bowser departed Nintendo on December 31 , less than a month ago. He had s...
A jump starter is an essential part of car's emergency kit and you don't need to pay a premium for a cordless model that gets the job done reliably. While you're at it, why not get one with additional...
Hi HN! In the past few months my team and I have been working on Tusk Drift, a system that records real API traffic from your service, then replays those requests as deterministic tests. Outbound I/O ...
A star that may have ripped apart a planet, according to researchers REUTERS/NASA/Handout A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly Tech Memo n...
The Tesla board has proposed a pay package for Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion. ALLISON ROBBERT/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI This post originally appeared in the Business In...
Mandy Moore says becoming a mom has changed the friends she feels the closest to. Monica Schipper/Getty Images Mandy Moore, 41, says her friendships have evolved ever since she became a mom. "I've...