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In Hong Kong, Ant Group finds an anchor for its global fintech ambitions
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NewsWritten by Cheng ZiPublished on 4 Nov 20254 mins read
Ant Group is deepening its global ambitions through Hong Kong, positioning the city as a central base for cross-border financial innovation and enterprise growth. The company’s chairman, Eric Jing, outlined this direction during the tenth Hong Kong Fintech Week, underscoring Hong Kong’s unique role as both a regulatory testbed and an international hub for Chinese companies expanding abroad.
The announcement comes as Hong Kong strengthens its credentials as a regulated digital finance center. In August, the city’s first stablecoin law took effect, requiring issuers of fiat-referenced stablecoins to obtain licenses from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). The move reinforced the territory’s efforts to balance innovation with oversight, an approach Jing described as “visionary and prudent.” He added that Ant’s long-term commitment aligns with Hong Kong’s drive...
NASA spacecraft finds solar ‘cannonballs’ may have stripped Mars of its water — proving decades-old theory
This artist's concept depicts the early Martian environment (right) with liquid water and a thicker atmosphere versus the cold, dry environment seen today (left).(Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)After nearly a decade in orbit, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has, for the first time, directly observed the process that scientists had long suspected was responsible for stripping Mars of its atmosphere.
The findings, published May 28 in the journal Science Advancescould help answer a longstanding question about how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable world with rivers and lakes into the mostly-frozen desert we see today.
Although Mars today is dry, cold and virtually airless, its surface is carved with unmistakable evidence of a wetter past. Features resembling ancient river valleys, lake beds, and minerals that only form in the presence of water point to long-lived lakes,...
Survey finds AI has taken hold in AEC
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NASA watchdog finds quality control problems with Boeing SLS work
NASA Space Technology WASHINGTON — NASA’s internal watchdog sharply criticized the work Boeing is doing on the next version of the Space Launch System, finding serious lapses in quality control.In a report released Aug. 8, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said there were significant issues with Boeing’s work on the Block 1B version of SLS being done at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, which it attributed to a lack of an acceptable quality management system and trained workforce.NASA used the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to monitor Boeing’s work on the SLS core and upper stages at Michoud. “According to DCMA officials, Boeing’s process for addressing contractual noncompliance has been ineffective, and the company has generally been nonresponsive in taking corrective actions when the same quality control issues reoccur,” the OIG report...
