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Blizzard employees walk out in support of Hong Kong protests: Report

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About 30 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout to protest the company’s punishment of a Hong Kong-based esports competitor who made a political statement during a Blizzard event in Taiwan, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Blizzard has faced harsh criticism from fans and U.S. lawmakers for its decision to ban “Hearthstone” player […]

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Chinese state media condemns Apple decision to allow “poisonous” Hong Kong maps app in scathing attack

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Image via South China Morning Post What you need to know Chinese state media has denounced Apple’s decision to allow HKmap.live to be published on the App Store. The piece comes from People’s Daily, a Chinese Communist party “mouthpiece”. Article described Apple’s conduct as “unwise”, “imprudent” and “a betrayal of Chinese people’s feelings”. Chinese state

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Blizzard Suspends Gaming Pro After He Showed Support For Hong Kong Protests

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Gaming giant Blizzard booted a professional gamer from one of its tournaments and took away his prize money after the player expressed support for pro-democracy protests happening in Hong Kong.  “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our age!” said Chung Ng Wai ― or “Blitzchung,” as he’s known in the community ― during a post-game interview

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Battle of the Quants, BIG DATA, October 15th, Asia Society, Hong Kong

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When and where is it on? The upcoming Battle of the Quants – BIG DATA will be held on October 15th at the Asia Society Hong Kong with a pre-event cocktail reception in Tai Kwun on October 14th. How many years has it been going? The Battle of the Quants is in its fourteenth year.  We

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Taiwan flag emoji disappears for iPhone users in Hong Kong and Macau

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The Taiwan flag emoji has disappeared from the latest iPhone versions for users in Hong Kong and Macau, the Hong Kong Free Press’s Kris Cheng reports.  Users on Hong Kong online forums spotted this change. The People’s Republic of China claims Taiwan as one of its provinces and does not recognize it as an independent country. 

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Apple reportedly pulls app that warns Hong Kong citizens about police activity

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Apple has reportedly pulled an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state from its App Store. The app, called HKmap.live, is a Waze-like live map of the anti-extradition law amendment bill (ELAB) demonstrations that have gripped the autonomous region since June, keeping people

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China Plays ‘Fight the Landlord’ to Tame Hong Kong

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“Fight the Landlord” is one of the most popular card games in China. The name comes from the 1950s, when the Chinese Communist Party confiscated property from landowners, often violently, in the name of the masses. As many as two million people were killed. China’s state-controlled media is playing a new game of “Fight the

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Ex-Donkey Kong Champ Threatens to Sue Over Record Removal

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Competitive videogamer Billy Mitchell is threatening “legal recourse” against Guinness World Records and the Twin Galaxies scoreboard if they don’t retract “defamatory statements” against him and reinstate his expunged game score world records within the next two weeks. ARS TECHNICA This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy

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Facebook, Twitter accuse China of Hong Kong disinformation

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The Chinese government has mobilized its vast propaganda machine against the pro-democracy protests that have roiled the streets of Hong Kong since this spring. And it has made America’s social media companies its unwitting partners in that campaign, they say. Facebook and Twitter said Monday they had discovered and suspended a slew of social media

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Why Hong Kong Protesters Are Cutting Down Lampposts

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Protesters fear these “smart lampposts”—streetlights equipped with sensors and cameras, perched high above the most densely populated areas of the territory—may have surveillance and facial-recognition capabilities. It’s not been proved or debunked, but the threat is compelling enough that protesters have toppled 20 such lampposts since their rollout in July. “I think that [smart lampposts

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