Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-18 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China's DeepSeek has a precondition for its $7.4 billion maiden fundraise: no poaching the AI lab's talents.
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[2026-06-18 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a session with Japanese companies in Tokyo in February 2025. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
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[2026-06-18 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Intel's stock rose around 9% in premarket trading on Thursday, after President Donald Trump said the semiconductor company had agreed to a deal with Apple to design and build chips in the U.S.
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[2026-06-18 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hate speech that once circulated in person now travels farther and faster via anonymous online accounts behind a screen.
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[2026-06-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A sweeping higher-education overhaul has affected over 30 per cent of China’s degree programmes, with arts and languages ditched in favour of tech-focused fields.
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[2026-06-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TikTok owner’s expanding spending could benefit a few second-tier domestic chipmakers, with Iluvatar CoreX in pole position, analysts say
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[2026-06-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [ByteDance] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TikTok owner’s expanding spending could benefit a few second-tier domestic chipmakers, with Iluvatar CoreX in pole position, analysts say
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[2026-06-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence
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[2026-06-18 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hello, this is Kenji in Tokyo, your host this week for the latest edition of #techAsia.
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[2026-06-18 17:47 UTC+10:00] [National News] [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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[2026-06-18 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World’s largest PC maker plans to use the proceeds to buy back shares and strengthen its financial position amid sustained growth
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[2026-06-18 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Alat] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World’s largest PC maker plans to use the proceeds to buy back shares and strengthen its financial position amid sustained growth
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[2026-06-18 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) surged past 9,000 points for the first time ever Thursday, buoyed by a technology rally driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and led by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix.
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[2026-06-18 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Stock markets in Japan and South Korea closed at record highs on June 18, buoyed by the signing of a deal to end the war in Iran and AI-fueled optimism. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-06-18 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Air Force on Wednesday awarded production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril Industries to build its first fleet of semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), moving a program that began just over two years ago from prototype to full-scale manufacturing.
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[2026-06-18 16:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Trading volume tops 30 billion won within minutes as investors seek broader exposure to Korea's AI-driven stock rally
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[2026-06-18 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State Council plan also prioritises stabilisation of employment in labour-intensive industries
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[2026-06-18 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State Council plan also prioritises stabilisation of employment in labour-intensive industries
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[2026-06-18 16:01 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A charity helping shape Australia’s approach to artificial intelligence and copyright has received more than $1 million from philanthropic funds with personal and financial ties to Anthropic, an AI giant that would benefit directly from the organisation’s proposal.
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[2026-06-18 15:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tech giant retreats from low-margin markets while expanding AI across products, manufacturing
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[2026-06-18 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's visit to South Korea, originally scheduled for earlier this week, has been postponed due to the birth of his second daughter, sources here said Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 14:50 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: No two potato harvests are the same, yet each of the 100 million Pringles cans that leaves the Kellanova plant in Kutno in central Poland has to have the crunch and flavor that consumers expect. The process of ensuring that consistency is increasingly guided by artificial intelligence.
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[2026-06-18 14:31 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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[2026-06-18 14:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Chem said Thursday it signed a joint research and license option agreement with UK-based biotechnology company LabGenius Therapeutics to develop next-generation multispecific antibody therapies for cancer using artificial intelligence.
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[2026-06-18 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People wait for the bus at a transit center Friday, June 5, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-06-18 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Seating rises beyond the pitch at Arrowhead Stadium as it is transformed to Kansas City Stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer tournament Monday, June 8, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-06-18 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks crossed over another round-number milestone on Thursday, topping the 9,000-point mark, buoyed by semiconductors and other tech heavyweights.
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[2026-06-18 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move aims to support listings of ‘high-quality’ AI firms that have yet to form ‘a certain scale of revenue’
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[2026-06-18 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Star Market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move aims to support listings of ‘high-quality’ AI firms that have yet to form ‘a certain scale of revenue’
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[2026-06-18 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Google's vice president of engineering and a co-lead of its Gemini AI models Noam Shazeer announced Wednesday that he was leaving the company to join OpenAI.
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[2026-06-18 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Regional Development and Planning
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tokyo Electron President and CEO Toshiki Kawai speaks to Nikkei in Tokyo on June 9. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tokyo Electron President and CEO Toshiki Kawai speaks to Nikkei in Tokyo on June 9. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [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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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-06-18 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Professional Women’s Hockey League Draft By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit 2026 PWHL Draft TeamPlayerPositionPrevious Team (League)NationalityRound One1.
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[2026-06-18 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Apple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant's boss has said.
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[2026-06-18 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A model of the planned Johor Tech Smart City is displayed during the project's launch event in the southern Malaysian state of Johor on June 12. (Photo by Kentaro Takeda)
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[2026-06-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [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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[2026-06-18 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Marvell President Chris Koopmans says the company has already engaged with TSMC about using the latter's A14 chip production technology for its next-generation products. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Cheng Ting-Fang and Getty Images)
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[2026-06-18 11:47 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A price rise for 2026’s new iPhone models is inevitable, according to Apple chief executive Tim Cook, as the tech industry continues to battle out-of-control component prices driven by an explosion in AI data centre development.
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[2026-06-18 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US forces employed Elon Musk’s Grok AI to strike over 2,000 targets in 96 hours during the joint US-Israel war on Iran, according to a written declaration from the US Department of Defense’s digital and artificial intelligence chief, Cameron Stanley.
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[2026-06-18 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Up until now, Americans primarily hated the flood of data centers popping up around the country like mushrooms (at least those that haven't been canceled or delayed due to regulatory pushback, lack of electricity or outright hostility) because of surging electricity prices and the rising tide of unemployment as chabots gradually make America's white collar workers obsolete.
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[2026-06-18 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [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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[2026-06-18 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip, the 12-layer HBM4E, to major global customers, marking another step in the race to supply next-generation memory for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
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[2026-06-18 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore.
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[2026-06-18 10:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix said Thursday it has shipped samples of its 12-layer HBM4E, the next generation of high-bandwidth memory for artificial intelligence, to major customers, moving the company into the customer-qualification stage roughly three weeks after rival Samsung Electronics claimed the industry's first such shipment.
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[2026-06-18 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Residents of Washington state are more concerned about artificial intelligence replacing jobs than workers anywhere else in the United States, according to a new report released in June 2026. The study, conducted by IP address provider Floxy, comes amid growing concerns about workplace automation after more than 54,000 American jobs were reportedly lost to AI-related workforce reductions last year.
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[2026-06-18 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The latest public version of ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised images or depict scenes of graphic violence with a simple prompt, researchers have told the BBC.
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[2026-06-18 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The first time Chicago resident John Roberts saw a delivery robot trundling down the sidewalk on his street he was impressed.
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