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// Lenovo has partnered with the Bridge Foundation to establish Hong Kong’s first Lenovo AI hub, focused on delivering personalized educational tools for students with special educational needs. Lenovo’s commitment includes a donation of approximately HK$2 million in software and… Continue Reading →

// A total of 27 people between the ages of 21 and 34 were taken into custody suspected of conspiracy to defraud following a raid on a Hong Kong office. Several were graduates in digital media from local universities, while… Continue Reading →

// As per the announcement, future products will include stablecoins pegged to other major fiat currencies, starting with US dollar-pegged stablecoins. The products will be developed in collaboration with major financial institutions and Web3 platforms in the industry. https://www.coinspeaker.com/ida-finance-chainlink-hong-kong-hkda-stablecoin/ //

// 創新科技及工業局局長孫東介紹，現時已有10間內地科企進駐創新創業工場，另有5間即將進駐。這些科企涵蓋人工智能（AI）、半導體等領域，部分更是國家級專精特新「小巨人」企業，以及國家高新技術企業。他相信這些科企可充分利用香港的國際優勢，拓展全球市場。 http://ejtech.hkej.com/%e7%a7%91%e6%8a%80%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b/%e6%9c%ac%e5%9c%b0%e5%89%b5%e7%a7%91%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b%ef%bd%9c%e6%95%b8%e7%a2%bc%e6%b8%af%e7%b2%89%e5%b6%ba%e5%bb%ba%e7%b2%b5%e6%b8%af%e6%be%b3%e9%9d%92%e5%b9%b4%e5%89%b5%e6%a5%ad%e5%b7%a5%e5%a0%b4/ //

// 資助計劃全年接受申請，以下5類企業及機構符合資格，包括本地院校、研發機構、政府部門、人工智能初創企業（7年內成立、僱員總人數少於250人），以及生命健康科技、人工智能和數據科學、金融科技、先進製造、新能源技術行業等重點企業。 http://ejtech.hkej.com/%e7%a7%91%e6%8a%80%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b/%e6%9c%ac%e5%9c%b0%e5%89%b5%e7%a7%91%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b%ef%bd%9c%e6%b8%afai%e8%b6%85%e7%ae%97%e4%b8%ad%e5%bf%83%e5%b0%87%e5%95%9f%e7%94%a8-%e6%8e%a5%e5%8f%97%e8%b3%87%e5%8a%a9%e7%94%b3%e8%ab%8b/ //

// VC firms based in Greater China that invest in the region have struggled to raise US dollars over the past few years amid China’s weak economic recovery and heightened geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3281595/hong-kong-vc-mindworks-raises-us220-million-new-fund-defying-private-capital-slump?utm_source=rss_feed //

// 香港證監會行政總裁梁鳳儀接受《香港01》採訪時表示，有 11 家虛擬資產交易平台是被當作獲發牌的申請者，目前已進行首階段現場審查，並提出要求讓這些申請者整改，目標是年底前會有新進展，包括分批發牌。 https://zombit.info/hk-11-deemed-licensed-crypto-platforms-may-approved-in-batches-end-of-year/ //

// SecondLive is a metaverse platform that lets users create their own avatars. The firm has raised a total of $15 million so far. The latest $12 million raised was in a private round led by Crypto.com. https://crypto.news/crypto-vc-funding-secondlive-ranking-bags-12-million/ //

// 計算與數據科學學院合共開設8個本科生課程，除了整合旗艦課程工學學士（計算機科學）外，還計劃推出新課程工學學士（人工智能與數據科學），該課程設計為獨立或「AI+X」雙學位課程。此外，港大將為2025至26學年入學的本科生提供人工智能素養微證書。 http://ejtech.hkej.com/%e7%a7%91%e6%8a%80%e5%8b%95%e6%85%8b/%e6%b8%af%e5%a4%a7%e6%96%b0%e5%ad%b8%e9%99%a2%ef%bd%9c%e8%a8%88%e7%ae%97%e8%88%87%e6%95%b8%e6%93%9a%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%b8%e5%ad%b8%e9%99%a2-%e5%9f%b9%e8%82%b2cds%e4%ba%ba%e6%89%8d/ //