Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has had to instruct some of its AI tools to stop talking about goblins, after finding the term had randomly crept into responses.
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[2026-04-30 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Move at a glacial pace? Micaela Erlanger would never.
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[2026-04-30 23:11 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First quarter output, driven by AI investment and government spending, rose as oil shock fuels inflation fears
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[2026-04-30 23:00 UTC+10:00] [5G] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Britain will take a “grown up” approach to Chinese involvement in its energy system, a senior government official told POLITICO, after the government blocked a deal which would have seen a Chinese firm build a wind turbine factory in Scotland.
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[2026-04-30 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saba Capital, the activist hedge fund led by Boaz Weinstein, has won a dramatic victory in its long-running campaign against the board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust.
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[2026-04-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sabastian Sawe cruza la meta al ganar el Maratón de Londres, el domingo 26 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Ian Walton)
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[2026-04-30 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-30 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures erase an overnight slide, and have resumed their ascent trading near all time highs, despite a hawkish Fed statement but stronger Mag7 earnings. The hawkish Fed followed by a less hawkish press conference, plus the news that Powell is staying on seemingly removing a cut, actually have bond yields lower pre-mkt by 2-4bp as the Dollar weakens on what appears to be BOJ intervention which has sent the USDJPY plunging most since 2022.
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[2026-04-30 22:09 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Iran’s new supreme leader gave a rare statement on Thursday, vowing not to give up the country’s nuclear or missile technologies and signaling Tehran would keep control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-30 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese leader also calls for expanding country’s talent pool and fostering an innovation culture ‘open, inclusive and tolerant of failure’
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[2026-04-30 21:03 UTC+10:00] [artificial intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese leader also calls for expanding country’s talent pool and fostering an innovation culture ‘open, inclusive and tolerant of failure’
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[2026-04-30 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks by a giant screen displaying the Google logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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[2026-04-30 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hello, everyone! This is Lauly, your host for this week's #techAsia. I just came back from a weekend trip with my college friends to the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, my favorite one on this island. Tech industry people know it as the place where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. produces its cutting-edge chips, but the city is also a beautiful place where four centuries of history and modernity seamlessly intertwine.
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[2026-04-30 19:37 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-30 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s memory chip giants warn of a prolonged crunch, with worried Samsung customers already pre-booking memory capacity for 2027
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Kim Woo-hyun] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s memory chip giants warn of a prolonged crunch, with worried Samsung customers already pre-booking memory capacity for 2027
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The war in Iran might as well be over for investors as positive sentiment, strong corporate earnings and the AI boom lift Asian markets
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [data centres] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The war in Iran might as well be over for investors as positive sentiment, strong corporate earnings and the AI boom lift Asian markets
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[2026-04-30 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Education (DepEd) urged campus journalists during the opening of the 2026 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) to remain steadfast in pursuing truth and accountability, even as artificial intelligence reshapes the media landscape.
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[2026-04-30 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday nominated two former senior presidential officials as candidates in the upcoming parliamentary by-elections to be held in conjunction with the local elections.
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[2026-04-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Non-local residents with valid residence permits can buy homes in Futian, Nanshan and Xinan
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[2026-04-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Xin'an] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Non-local residents with valid residence permits can buy homes in Futian, Nanshan and Xinan
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[2026-04-30 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-30 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Mayo Clinic-developed artificial intelligence (AI) model can help detect pancreatic cancer on routine abdominal CT scans up to three years before it is diagnosed, research has shown.
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[2026-04-30 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Samsung Electronics is riding high on strong demand for memory chips as artificial intelligence technology develops. © Reuters
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[2026-04-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wingtech says it is working to restore its internal system and gain full access to Nexperia China’s data to solve the audit issues
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[2026-04-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wingtech says it is working to restore its internal system and gain full access to Nexperia China’s data to solve the audit issues
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[2026-04-30 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 9-10, 12, 16)
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[2026-04-30 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Violinist talks about her chamber music debut, first overseas recital in Copenhagen, human-robot ensemble at APEC
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[2026-04-30 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Samsung] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Small top-tier Android is great to use, being fast, AI-loaded and with reasonable battery life, but falls short of rivals on camera
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[2026-04-30 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-30 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Danylo Tsvok, head of the Defense Artificial Intelligence Center of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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[2026-04-30 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SoftBank Group is planning to create and list a standalone artificial intelligence and robotics company in the U.S. as early as this year, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photo; RECASTS headline)
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[2026-04-30 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Thursday posted first-quarter operating profit of 280.6 billion won ($189 million), up 40 percent from a year earlier and well above the 271.5 billion won analysts had expected, as demand for the high-end semiconductor substrates used in AI accelerators drove the strongest growth in the components maker's portfolio.
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[2026-04-30 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia's venture arm, NVentures, has invested in Swedish AI legal tech Legora at a $5.6 billion valuation, as the chip giant continues to ramp up startup funding across the globe.
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[2026-04-30 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Parents the ABC spoke to said police told them 21 girls had been identified as victims of the deepfake incident. (ABC News: Jake Grant)
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[2026-04-30 14:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-30 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Michigan at Maryland — Big Ten Plus
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[2026-04-30 14:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives
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[2026-04-30 13:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Shinhan Card said Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Solana Foundation to collaborate on stablecoin payment technologies and expand its high tech payment ecosystem.
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[2026-04-30 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks traded higher late Thursday morning at above the landmark 6,700-point mark as investors' risk appetite was boosted thanks to strong earnings from Samsung and U.S. big tech giants, which fueled hopes for a continued artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
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[2026-04-30 12:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI now drives over half of ad revenue growth
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Talented young scientist’s links with Beihang University raised in recent article but questions remained unanswered
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [AI chip] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Talented young scientist’s links with Beihang University raised in recent article but questions remained unanswered
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For someone who literally wrote the book on the state-sponsored surveillance of citizens, Anna Funder is surprisingly optimistic about the perils of artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu will on Thursday unveil a program offering young Australian artificial intelligence founders $100,000 in equity-free capital, as the global payments giant moves to deepen its local roots while navigating a financial crimes investigation and a stalled run at a public listing.
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[2026-04-30 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in last 5 paras)
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[2026-04-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [Qwen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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