Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-17 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Visitors walk at Harvard University. Japan has seen a decline in the number of researchers studying overseas. (SIPA via AP)
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[2026-06-17 01:12 UTC+10:00] [SpaceX] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Elon Musk company’s becomes world’s fifth most-valuable firm just days after its IPO following purchase of AI coding startup Cursor
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[2026-06-17 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tech trillionaire Elon Musk has said he will take legal action against German public broadcaster ZDF after it linked him to unrest in Belfast and accused him of helping instigate a "hunt" against migrants.
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[2026-06-17 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For decades, companies have turned to futures markets to manage uncertainty. Airlines hedge fuel costs. Farmers hedge crops. Manufacturers hedge metals.
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[2026-06-17 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El cohete Starship de SpaceX en su Starbase en Boca Chica, Texas, el 18 de noviembre del 2024. (AP foto/Eric Gay)
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[2026-06-16 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: While Israel is considered a dominant player in the cybersecurity field, and part of that means using artificial intelligence (AI) in smart ways in that arena, in the broader AI context, Jerusalem is behind and now trying to play catch-up.
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[2026-06-16 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A McDonald’s logo is shown at a restaurant in Warren, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)
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[2026-06-16 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SpaceX on Tuesday announced it entered a formal agreement to buy the artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion worth of stock, a hotly anticipated deal.
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[2026-06-16 23:06 UTC+10:00] [Climate Change] [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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[2026-06-16 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech during an all employee celebration at the construction site of their Taiwan headquarters “Constellation"¨ in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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[2026-06-16 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-16 22:49 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: STRASBOURG ― The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of lifting the immunity of Italian center-right lawmaker Fulvio Martusciello, permitting Belgian authorities to investigate bribery allegations involving Chinese tech firm Huawei.
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[2026-06-16 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Rights groups and tech activists have warned against the increasing use of AI in the military, specifically citing Israel's genocide in Gaza as a dangerous precedent.
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[2026-06-16 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based private surveillance firm, insists its cameras are not tracking people. Yet its own systems, training materials, and expanding product line tell a different story -one of a rapidly growing, warrantless mass surveillance infrastructure that logs vehicle movements, follows pedestrians with AI, and feeds data-hungry police departments across the country.
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[2026-06-16 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The family of a Brazilian woman who died after waiting several days for an intensive-care bed has blamed a new AI-powered state system for downgrading the severity of her condition and delaying her transfer.
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[2026-06-16 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The family of a Brazilian woman who died after waiting several days for an intensive-care bed has blamed a new AI-powered state system for downgrading the severity of her condition and delaying her transfer.
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[2026-06-16 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures are flat, pausing after a three-day rally with investors shifting their focus to this week's FOMC meeting, Kevin Warsh's first, which begins today. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1% after surging 2% on Monday; and Nasdaq futures gain 0.3%, as SpaceX continued to surge, rising 11% overnight and on track for a more than 50% jump since going public, and briefly surpassing Microsoft's market value in afterhours trading.
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[2026-06-16 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: SpaceX has agreed to buy AI coding start-up Cursor for $60bn (£45bn) just days after its bumper initial public offering (IPO).
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[2026-06-16 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Project to be built in three stages, targeting 40,000 petaflops of computing power by 2030 to drive sector’s industrialisation
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[2026-06-16 22:07 UTC+10:00] [Jiang Meng] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Project to be built in three stages, targeting 40,000 petaflops of computing power by 2030 to drive sector’s industrialisation
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[2026-06-16 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Rights groups and tech activists have warned against the increasing use of AI in the military, specifically citing Israel's genocide in Gaza as a dangerous precedent.
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[2026-06-16 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World No 2 was speaking ahead of team rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong, featuring rivals Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann
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[2026-06-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World No 2 was speaking ahead of team rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong, featuring rivals Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann
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[2026-06-16 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, giving Elon Musk's artificial intelligence empire a leg up in the chatbot coding race currently led by frontier AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
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[2026-06-16 21:40 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: With the recent crackdown on Anthropic, the White House has given global leaders another reason to panic about their place in the technology race.
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[2026-06-16 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship prepares for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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[2026-06-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Carmakers strive for more control over computing hardware to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Horizon Robotics
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[2026-06-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [electric vehicles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Carmakers strive for more control over computing hardware to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Horizon Robotics
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[2026-06-16 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fintech giant is seen leveraging its billion-user base to launch a conversational interface that coordinates 10,000 services, with safeguards
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[2026-06-16 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Ah Bao] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fintech giant is seen leveraging its billion-user base to launch a conversational interface that coordinates 10,000 services, with safeguards
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[2026-06-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-16 19:55 UTC+10:00] [Football] [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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[2026-06-16 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during a launch event for the company's AI-powered cyber security service in Tokyo on June 16. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-06-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Narrowing capability gaps between models and falling costs of service set stage for price reductions to continue, analysts say
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[2026-06-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Narrowing capability gaps between models and falling costs of service set stage for price reductions to continue, analysts say
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[2026-06-16 18:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean firm Upstage said Tuesday it will pull its model, its workplace AI tools and a web portal into a single operation.
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[2026-06-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Masayoshi Son, left, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, speaks as Mark Chen, chief research officer for OpenAI, listens during a talk at their business event at a hotel in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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[2026-06-16 18:49 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [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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[2026-06-16 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Somewhere over Gaza right now, a drone is making a decision. Not a soldier. Not a commander hunched over a screen in a bunker. The drone. That moment, replicated thousands of times a day across active conflict zones, is the clearest signal we have that warfare has entered a new era.
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[2026-06-16 18:09 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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[2026-06-16 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s privacy commissioner says move aligns with national plan to develop Hong Kong into global talent hub while addressing new AI challenges
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[2026-06-16 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Digital China Initiative] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s privacy commissioner says move aligns with national plan to develop Hong Kong into global talent hub while addressing new AI challenges
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[2026-06-16 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-06-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Policy relaxations in core districts boost transactions, while ‘a positive wealth effect’ leads to sell-out sales in luxury projects
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[2026-06-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Policy relaxations in core districts boost transactions, while ‘a positive wealth effect’ leads to sell-out sales in luxury projects
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[2026-06-16 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI
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[2026-06-16 16:16 UTC+10:00] [HY-Embodied] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI
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[2026-06-16 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AI memory boom gives southwest regions rare opening, but Samsung, SK still need math to work
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[2026-06-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Plants] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data
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