Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-03 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Asahi Kasei's Sunfort photoresist film is used to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor package substrates. (Asahi Kasei)
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[2026-07-03 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America’s need for inverters is growing amid a boom in renewable energy demand driven by the AI race – and China is the dominant global supplier
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[2026-07-03 00:30 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: America’s need for inverters is growing amid a boom in renewable energy demand driven by the AI race – and China is the dominant global supplier
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[2026-07-03 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-03 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Wednesday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp delivered a blistering critique of frontier AI labs, accusing them of having an "effing insane" business model that leaves enterprises paying escalating token costs for limited value while risking their proprietary data and intellectual property. He said that top AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI were misleading corporate partners - "overselling" the risks of AI while at the same time offering their most powerful models to companies and governments worldwide.
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[2026-07-03 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi pose for photos ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, July 2. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Quirky theater chain Alamo Drafthouse is betting that the uproar from longtime patrons over its new mobile food ordering system will die down as the dine-in theater chain improves new tech to bring you your burger.
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[2026-07-02 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Owners of Meta's AI glasses have been told they must pay a monthly fee if they want full access to a feature that was previously free.
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[2026-07-02 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-02 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Microsoft is investing $2.5 billion into a new group focused on assisting clients with AI implementations, becoming the latest tech company to commit hefty resources to helping businesses understand and adopt emerging artificial intelligence technologies.
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[2026-07-02 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai authorities have thwarted a bid to smuggle more than 278,000 prescription pills into the emirate after acting on a high-tech tip-off.
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[2026-07-02 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures have reversed all overnight losses which were driven by the latest crash in South Korean stocks, which plunged 8% and closed at LOD, driven by a plunge in memory stocks. Still, the Nasdaq is still lower with tech stocks depressed on news that Sam Altman's OpenAI is seeking to offer a 5% stake to Trump in what is clearly an attempt to incentivize the government to backstop the company whose revenues are clearly below budget.
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[2026-07-02 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BRUSSELS (AP) — Judges at the European Union’s top court dismissed an appeal by Google over a landmark, 4.1 billion euro ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system.
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[2026-07-02 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears poised to make a big bet on a potentially big market, but one that commands much slimmer margins than his company's dominant online ad business.
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[2026-07-02 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The king and Queen Suthida visited France this week to mark the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties between the two nations
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[2026-07-02 21:47 UTC+10:00] [Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The king and Queen Suthida visited France this week to mark the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic ties between the two nations
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[2026-07-02 21:35 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Group of Seven nations will discuss standards on artificial intelligence security and defense, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has said.
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[2026-07-02 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. government's equity portfolio could be expanding again, this time with a potential 5% stake in Sam Altman's OpenAI at an $852 billion valuation, according to a new report. The proposed stake would mark another step toward taking direct financial positions in tech giants. For OpenAI, buy-in from the Trump administration could ease mounting political pressure ahead of an IPO.
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[2026-07-02 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Brookfield Asset Management wants to bring data centers to London's Canary Wharf, the financial district often dubbed the "U.K. Wall Street," CEO Connor Teskey told CNBC on Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a domestically developed artificial intelligence model and put roughly 10 million AI-equipped robots into operation across 18 sectors by 2040 - building on a 14-year growth strategy announced last month, which targets ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 priority areas, including physical AI, semiconductors, quantum technology, and nuclear fusion.
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[2026-07-02 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi pose for photos ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, July 2. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Amirhossein Eshtiaghi via The Mises Institute,
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[2026-07-02 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of Israel’s first dedicated energy-efficiency companies, ESCO Israel, announced last week that it's participating in a NIS 25 billion plan to address the rise in energy consumption associated with the development of artificial intelligence data centers in the country.
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[2026-07-02 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: AI agents will soon have the ability to match the capabilities of human traders, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev predicts.
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[2026-07-02 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Deanna Danger types an AI prompt into her computer as she uses the technology to assist in her tasks as an administrative assistant at Vanderbilt University, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-07-02 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Europe's top court has ruled Google must pay a €4.1bn (£3.5 bn) fine handed down for using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals.
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[2026-07-02 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK, United States — Long looked down upon, skilled trades are booming in the United States, especially among young adults drawn by strong demand -- even as artificial intelligence (AI) eats into service-sector jobs.
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[2026-07-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Large language models, or LLMs, like ChatGPT are effective because they are trained on high-quality human-generated content. However, there is a concern that they also undermine the incentives humans have to create original material, meaning that they might inadvertently be killing their feedstock.
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[2026-07-02 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net fund inflows soared nearly 200 per cent, supported by a tech-led stock rally and a 30 per cent rise in capital allocated to the mainland
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[2026-07-02 19:29 UTC+10:00] [CSI Index] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net fund inflows soared nearly 200 per cent, supported by a tech-led stock rally and a 30 per cent rise in capital allocated to the mainland
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[2026-07-02 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-02 19:09 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-02 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hi everyone, this is Cheng Ting-Fang, your #techAsia host this week, saying hello from Taipei, where we have had torrential rain and wildly volatile weather the past few days. It's much like recent global stock markets, which have moved sharply on the smallest developments.
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[2026-07-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr. We discovered a saga involving the Trump administration’s tariff policy, sanctioned Russian oil and an Indian billionaire family’s private zoo.
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[2026-07-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CXMT is taking orders for its advanced DDR5 server memory from Tencent and ByteDance after completing customer validation, a source says
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[2026-07-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [Samsung Electronics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CXMT is taking orders for its advanced DDR5 server memory from Tencent and ByteDance after completing customer validation, a source says
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[2026-07-02 18:40 UTC+10:00] [Antitrust] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Europe’s top court on Thursday dismissed Google’s appeal against a €4.1 billion Android antitrust fine, handing the European Commission a major victory in one of its longest-running antitrust battles with Big Tech.
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[2026-07-02 18:39 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Golf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Savvy golfers have been using AI to nab themselves the best time slots at top clubs across the country, according to a Melbourne club, which is warning its members that those caught doing so could face consequences.
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[2026-07-02 18:37 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SoftBank Group and its telecom unit will start renting artificial intelligence computing resources to U.S. companies next fiscal year in a bid to capitalize on the company’s growing pipeline of data center projects.
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[2026-07-02 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The AI trade has shown gaps in Hong Kong’s stock market, but the share sale boom suggests it is set to capitalise on Beijing’s AI ambitions
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[2026-07-02 18:30 UTC+10:00] [CSI 300] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The AI trade has shown gaps in Hong Kong’s stock market, but the share sale boom suggests it is set to capitalise on Beijing’s AI ambitions
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[2026-07-02 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Australian fashion] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At Sydney’s Hair festival, professionals from the hair industry put their locks on show – and jostle for a view of the live cutting competitionIsabella Lee, photos by Jessica Hromas
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[2026-07-02 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Commission's top court has upheld Google's fine of around 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) over alleged anti-competitive practices.
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[2026-07-02 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-02 17:31 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says
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[2026-07-02 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The zone is set to provide up to 100 million yuan to fund research and development of the technology
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[2026-07-02 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Xuhui] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The zone is set to provide up to 100 million yuan to fund research and development of the technology
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[2026-07-02 17:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A new ALP ginger group pushing for stronger worker protections in the face of artificial intelligence will launch at this weekend’s NSW Labor conference, sharpening party divisions over how far the Albanese government should accommodate the technology sector.
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[2026-07-02 17:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks dipped nearly 8 percent Thursday, dragged down by a sharp sell-off in semiconductor shares as investor sentiment soured amid renewed concerns over excess capacity. The Korean won weakened against the US dollar.
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[2026-07-02 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Apple plans to launch at least five new iPhone models between the second half of this year and the first half of 2027, while increasing production plans for foldable devices, as it looks to vie for a greater slice of the market amid an industrywide component supply shortage, Nikkei Asia reported Thursday.
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