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On a quiet autumn morning in Kathmandu, on October 15, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, better known as the CIAA, made an announcement that could have easily been just another routine administrative note. But behind the dry, official language lay a small, strangely human story about…
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Hong Kong’s business and civic community was briefly thrown into a strange, unsettling stillness this week as a baseless rumor about one of the city’s most beloved and recognizable figures began to circulate online. At the center of the storm was Li Ka-shing, the 98-year-old billionaire philanthropist and former chairman of CK Hutchison and CK Asset Holdings, whose name has become synonymous with resilience, enterprise, and generosity across Asia and far beyond. The rumor, which appeared on mainland social media, alleged that the legendary tycoon had passed away. It was not true. CK Asset, the property and infrastructure giant that…
Outside Moscone Center in San Francisco, the air carried the unmistakable tension of a tech conference under siege. A small but determined group of protesters held signs reading “Flock out,” some wearing hand-built cardboard camera masks that stared blankly at passersby while audio clips from George Orwell’s 1984 played on a loop. Inside, on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage, Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety, was telling a largely sympathetic audience that the wave of anger aimed at his company is not really about privacy, surveillance, or even the misuse of data. “Much of the problem that I’m facing right…
