From a Chinese AI surprise to US defence bill, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of August 2026
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App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is an Apple privacy initiative intended to allow iPhone owners greater control over how developers collect and use their data. However, the company was accused of treating its own apps more favourably than third-party ones.
The company has now agreed to apply new rules to how ATT works throughout the EU, following an investigation by the German antitrust regulator …
【星島綜合報道】加拿大統計局星期一（17日）公布，受汽油價格回升帶動，加拿大7月份年度通脹率升至3%，但超市食品價格升幅則有所放緩，顯示部分生活成本壓力開始減弱。
7月份消費物價指數（CPI）加快上升，此前
An innocent local photographer — who was well-known in Memphis, Tennessee — was killed in a high-speed police chase.
Reggie Pederson, a well-liked photographer — who captured artists, music events, and people — was killed on August 2 in a car crash stemming from a high-speed police chase in Memphis, Tennessee. Local photographer Pederson had no involvement in the pursuit.
According to a report by Action 5 News , the deadly car chase allegedly came after suspect Donell
Apple’s foldable iPhone Ultra will be unveiled in just a few weeks , and new leaks cover what to expect from release timing, availability, and the product’s name.
在未來受到炮火波及的中東國家或會愈來愈多，美國總理特朗普於周1（17日）揚言，若阿曼妨礙美國與伊朗就霍爾木茲海峽達成協議，美國將對阿曼發動轟炸。
據法新社報道，特朗普在接受福斯新聞
A former street gang leader accused of masterminding the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas faces opening statements on Monday in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap history.
Cosina has officially announced a pair of stylish silver Voigtländer lenses for Fujifilm X Mount, the Nokton 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical and the Nokton 35mm f/1.2.
As reported by Asobinet , these new lenses are expected to arrive this autumn. The 23mm and 35mm primes are new silver editions of lenses originally released in black in 2022 and 2021, respectively. They are the first new Voigtländer lenses for Fujifilm X