China’s ‘two sessions’ 2026: everything you need to know
From US ties post-Iran to new tech innovation strategies, here is everything you need to know about China’s ongoing ‘two sessions’
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Newest first · UTC+11:00From ‘Moro wars’ to BARMM: Centuries of resistance and struggle for self-rule
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· Herbie G
Empyrean Sky Partners Achieves Fastest First Close of 2026, Secures $90 Million for Global Technology Fund
SINGAPORE, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Empyrean Sky Partners (ESP) has completed the fastest first close of 2026, raising US$90 million toward a US$200 million target for its Global Technology Fund. The fund targets growth-stage companies at the convergence of artificial intelligence, robotics and advanced manufa…
· PRNEWSWIRE
FACT CHECK: No reports of Duterte ‘apology’ to Marcos; photo is AI-generated
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· Leah Sagaad
Travelers are turning to AI to plan trips — but hallucinations and trust gaps remain
For many travelers, the process of planning their trips is a grueling slog through endless price comparisons and messy browser tabs. Increasingly, they are outsourcing the task to artificial intelligence.
· Sydney Goh
He shoots, he scores! Basketball as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures
View image in fullscreenKwunTong #54 HongKong, 2022Beginning in 2019, Austin Bell embarked on a quest to document all 2,549 basketball courts across Hong Kong, using Google Maps and drone photography to navigate the city’s diverse topography. His project involved 140 days of shooting and over 40,000 photos. Here we …
Apple iPad Air M4 review: still the premium tablet to beat
Faster laptop-level power, rapid wifi and 5G, plus much-improved multitasking make the middle iPad highly capable beyond just watching TV
· Samuel Gibbs
What will it take for solar power to take off in the Philippines?
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· Tati Maligro
Meta buys Moltbook, the social media network for AI agents
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· Victor Barreiro Jr.
Colossal Amazon warehouse under construction south of Brisbane
A new Amazon warehouse the size of 18 rugby fields and fitted out with high-tech robots is being built south of Brisbane.
· William Davis
Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center
Just outside Ireland's capital, Dublin, a data center has become the first in Europe to turn to an independent, so-called "islanded," microgrid to keep its servers running.
· April Roach, Gaelle Legrand
‘The other side’ of IITs: Student suicides haunt India’s top tech schools
Nashik, India – As Sanjay Nerkar returns from his office in Nashik, a small town in India’s Maharashtra state, he waits almost instinctively for a phone call – one he knows will never come.
· Aatif Ammad
China pins hopes on society-wide AI push to add jobs, rejuvenate economy
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· Angelo Gonzales
CICI to host news carousel competition
The Corea Image Communication Institute said Wednesday it will host a news carousel competition from March 10 to May 10 under themes including the future of Korean traditional and contemporary culture and the competitiveness of K-content in the AI era.
· Hong Yoo
Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age
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· Angelo Gonzales
Scarpetta review – this Nicole Kidman show is a dire mess … with an AI chatbot as a main character
Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis – who exec produced this adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s novels – have terrific chemistry. But this trashy drama is just weird
· Hannah J Davies
Anduril expands into space as defense tech angles to support Trump's Golden Dome
Anduril acquired missile tracking and intelligence firm ExoAnalytic Solutions as it extends its reach into U.S. defense interests in space, the company announced on Wednesday.
· Samantha Subin
CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Beijing can't afford another crackdown on its tech companies
This report is from this week's CNBC's The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what's driving the world's second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.
· Evelyn Cheng
Inside Beijing's futuristic Robot Mall
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Colvin's 18 points leads Wake Forest scoring wave to 95-89 OT win over Virginia Tech in ACC opener
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Myles Colvin scored 18 points and led seven Wake Forest teammates in double-figures scoring and the Demon Deacons went to overtime to beat Virginia Tech 95-89 Tuesday night in a first-round ACC Tournament contest.
Halo trade reshapes Wall Street portfolios. Is China set to lead the heavy-asset era?
The investment strategy gains momentum as AI spending, geopolitics and inflation boost demand for firms with heavy assets, low obsolescence
· Mandy Zuo
81% of Vietnamese Travelers Want to Use AI to Plan Their Next Trip, Agoda Report Finds
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Agoda 2026 Travel Outlook Report, Vietnamese travelers are emerging as the region's most enthusiastic adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) in travel planning. The report reveals that 81% of Vietnamese travelers are likely to use AI to pla…
· PRNEWSWIRE
Nearly half of Korean high school students use AI weekly for studies: survey
Nearly half of South Korean high school students regularly use artificial intelligence in their studies, a recent study found.
· Lee Seung-ku
‘Imperfect Women’ LA premiere red carpet: Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara and more
The new Apple TV psychological thriller series “Imperfect Women”, an adaptation of the novel by Araminta Hall, held its world premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Mar. 10. Stars including Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara and more brought perfection to the red carpet. Ahead, …
· Brian Sunday
AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD
As AI chipmaker Cerebras angles for an eventual IPO, the company appears to have landed a significant cloud-computing customer: Oracle.
· Jordan Novet
Naplan testing paused on first day for 1.4 million students amid widespread tech issues
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority says students had trouble logging onto platform to access test on Wednesday morning
· Caitlin Cassidy
SBVA Invests €30 Million in Yann LeCun-Founded AMI to Pioneer the Era of World Models
SEOUL, South Korea, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SBVA (CEO: JP Lee) announced today that it has committed a total of €30 million in the seed round of AMI (Advanced Machine Intelligence), a global frontier AI lab founded by Professor Yann LeCun, one of the world's foremost pioneers in artificial intelligence.
· PRNEWSWIRE
Gulf crisis: How global oil supply disruptions impact the Philippines
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· Leah Sagaad
US-Israel vs Iran war: How global oil supply disruptions impact the Philippines
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· Leah Sagaad
NAPLAN test chaos after ‘widespread’ tech issue
Primary and high school students have had their NAPLAN tests paused following technology issues with the online national assessment.
· Emily Kowal
Duterte: The ‘prized’ and ‘peculiar’ catch of the ICC
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· Lian Buan
Without effective regulation of AI, society is facing a head-on collision with a driverless car | Peter Lewis
Artificial intelligence is accelerating exponentially before it has brakes, seat-belts, speed limits or a working GPS
· Peter Lewis Australia
Can Ukraine’s state-of-the-art drone tech come to US aid in Iran?
President Donald Trump’s Department of War has rightly called Israel a “model ally” — and no wonder, as the world watches Israeli pilots operate alongside their American counterparts in the skies over Iran.
· Mark Montgomery
Bota Launches SAION AI -- Physical AI Platform for Biomanufacturing
SAN FRANCISCO and HANGZHOU, China, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As AI reshapes the digital world through cognitive and generative capabilities, a new frontier emerges: Physical AI — an intelligent system that perceives, reasons through, and acts in the physical world.
· PRNEWSWIRE
Why China’s red-hot tech push is leaving some sectors out in the cold
Beijing’s preferences for innovation and emerging industries are affecting businesses’ development paths and reshaping the corporate landscape
· Frank Chen
Mamdani doesn’t need to raid NYC’s ‘rainy day’ fund to close $5.4B budget gap: City Council
City Council leaders urged Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday not to raid the Big Apple’s “rainy day” fund — finding $1.7 billion in savings and revenue that could go toward closing the city’s budget gap.
· Craig McCarthy, Hannah Fierick, Vaughn Golden, David Propper
Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents
LOS ANGELES — Meta said Tuesday it is acquiring Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for artificial intelligence agents to make posts and interact with each other.
· Associated Press
Musk’s xAI wins permit for data center’s makeshift power plant despite backlash
Billionaire’s artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its ‘Colossus 2’ in Mississippi
· Dara Kerr
Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents
Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for AI agents, is shown on a computer screen Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kaitlyn Huamani, File)
Google’s Sergey Brin backs rival candidates in race to succeed California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Sergey Brin, the billionaire co-founder of Google, is emerging as a major financier in California’s gubernatorial race, throwing his weight behind competing candidates just months after moving his primary residence out of the state.
· Marc Vartabedian
Did anybody do the reading? Colleges grapple with a generational shift in learning — plus AI
Assistant Professor Dr. Hillary Lazar poses for a photo at the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (Alex Jurkuta/Pittsburgh’s Public Source via AP)
NYC’s minimum wage could hit $30 — highest in the US — under new proposed law
The New York City Council is set to propose a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage bill on Tuesday, which would nearly double the Big Apple’s current baseline pay of $17, Gothamist first reported.
· Hannah Fierick
Former Super Bowl champion asked ChatGPT about injuries before girlfriend’s death, court hears
Judge sends Darron Lee murder case to grand jury
· Guardian Sport
Meta gets into social networks for AI agents with acquisition of viral Moltbook platform
Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral social media platform for artificial intelligence agents, the company confirmed Tuesday.
· Lola Murti
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook
Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit
· Reuters
Ukrainian Paralympian says ChatGPT helped him win silver medal
Artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, it’s starting to replace coaches.
· Noah Nussbaum
NYC Council forges ahead with effort to give themselves and other local pols raises
The City Council is forging ahead with an effort to give itself raises — even as the Big Apple scrambles to close an apparent $5.4 billion budget gap.
· Hannah Fierick
Where Was ‘War Machine’ Filmed? Discover the ‘War Machine’ 2026 Filming Locations for Alan Ritchson’s Netflix Movie
If there’s one thing that sets War Machine apart from the other big budget action flicks that Netflix churns out, it’s that much of War Machine 2026 was filmed on location in the great outdoors. It really makes a difference when the CGI robot is crashing through real trees, instead of just another CGI background!
· Anna Menta
Sprout Solutions powers HR, payroll growth with human-led AI
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· The Manila Times
Russia’s Antitrust Agency Confirms Advertising Ban on Telegram, Meta Platforms and YouTube
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said Tuesday that advertising on restricted online platforms like Telegram, YouTube and Instagram is illegal, coming after lawmakers from the lower-house State Duma called on the agency to provide clarity on the issue amid reports that some users were facing fines for put…
· The Moscow Times