Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The 11th China Military Intelligent Technology Expo opened Thursday at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, showcasing a lineup of drones, robotic war dogs, grenade launchers, wheeled unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and other modern battlefield technologies.
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [Han River bridges] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in
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[2026-05-16 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El subsecretario de Estado para Asuntos Económicos, Jacob Helberg, durante la cumbre AI Impact, el 20 de febrero de 2026, en Nueva Delhi. (AP Foto, Archivo)
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[2026-05-16 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg speaks at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-05-16 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump claimed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping told him he was “surprised” by US advancements in artificial intelligence.
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[2026-05-16 09:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Campus beat: Still Playing Race Games
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[2026-05-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having learned lessons from Ragasa, the government has published guidelines, prepared barriers and employed technology from drones to AI
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[2026-05-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Extreme weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having learned lessons from Ragasa, the government has published guidelines, prepared barriers and employed technology from drones to AI
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[2026-05-16 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese companies’ proven capability in making affordable, high-quality robotics is poised to be an engine of growth for the future
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[2026-05-16 08:45 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese companies’ proven capability in making affordable, high-quality robotics is poised to be an engine of growth for the future
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[2026-05-16 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-16 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hundreds of employees at Big Apple airports are in constant fear for their lives due to disastrously unsafe working conditions, according to a bombshell complaint.
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[2026-05-16 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Behind the scenes in Washington, many policymakers are planning for an economic disruption: potential job displacement caused by AI.
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[2026-05-16 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson taunted Zohran Mamdani over his war on Wall Street — claiming that the Big Apple mayor’s antagonism is accelerating a stampede of businesses down to the booming Texas city.
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[2026-05-16 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Gavin Newsom is going after Silicon Valley with a sweeping proposal to expand the state’s sales tax into cloud software, AI platforms and digital applications — a move projected to generate more than $1 billion in its first year and reshape how the digital economy is taxed.
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[2026-05-16 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From China’s nuclear weapons to Trump’s summit entourage, here are highlights from our overseas correspondents in the first half of May 2026
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[2026-05-16 06:00 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From China’s nuclear weapons to Trump’s summit entourage, here are highlights from our overseas correspondents in the first half of May 2026
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[2026-05-16 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, a new kind of soldier was born. It doesn’t breathe, it doesn’t sleep, and recently, it did the unthinkable: It successfully negotiated the surrender of three Russian soldiers.
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[2026-05-16 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The deranged ex-Broadway dancer accused of shoving a retired Big Apple teacher to his death was indicted for murder Thursday night — hours after he flashed another carefree grin inside a Manhattan courtroom.
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[2026-05-16 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was just appointed to a prestigious San Francisco park board position, just months after the tech executive drew backlash for mass layoffs.
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[2026-05-16 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump reported thousands of financial transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars — including large purchases and sales of tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta — in the first three months of 2026, new disclosure forms reveal.
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[2026-05-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31, 2024, to discuss child safety. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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[2026-05-16 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Upper West Side mom-of-two has turned to AI to keep track of all her children’s school communications — and she’s selling her solution to other parents battling the barrage of emails from teachers and administrators.
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[2026-05-16 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Recruit Holdings has been leaning into AI to boost Indeed's services for both employers and job seekers. (Source photos by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-16 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: City Comptroller Mark Levine launched an investigation Thursday into the Big Apple’s popular outdoor dining program — citing concerns that more than half of restaurant applicants are stuck in limbo.
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[2026-05-16 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-16 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A county in the US state of California has become the latest litigant against Meta Platforms, the sprawling multinational corporation that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads.
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[2026-05-16 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: You’re not beautiful, bro.
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[2026-05-16 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Billionaire investor Bill Ackman revealed Friday that his firm Pershing Square Capital has built a stake in Microsoft – and said the tech giant “offers analogous and compelling long-term value” despite a recent stock slump.
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[2026-05-16 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reality TV star-turned mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is rapidly gaining traction in the race to unseat incumbent Karen Bass, as a growing roster of high-profile tech executives, entertainment moguls and billionaire investors pour money into his longshot campaign just days ahead of the June 2 primary.
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[2026-05-16 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A retired French sports teacher is in custody after being caught making sexual propositions online to a 14 year-old girl.
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[2026-05-15 23:47 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [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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[2026-05-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for China
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[2026-05-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Meeting in Beijing, the presidents weighed safety protocols for the rapidly emerging technology, and H200 chip shipments were a ‘sovereign decision’ for China
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[2026-05-15 23:40 UTC+10:00] [Data] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has picked a French AI firm over the U.S. security giant Palantir, in a push to make Europe less reliant on American tech, according to German media reports.
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[2026-05-15 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Copper that has been extracted and shaped into smaller disks. (Photo by Kosuke Shimizu)
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[2026-05-15 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s tech-focused healthcare firm M42 is using AI to help provide kidney disease patients with a new level of personalised care.
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[2026-05-15 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Bond yields, oil and the dollar are surging this morning as US futures tumble from all-time highs, with Tech underperforming driven by a series of factors including i) surging energy prices on lack of Iran war progress, ii) elevated positioning into options expiry; iii) Central bank repricing, iv) Tech sell-off driven by higher yields, and v) strikes at Samsung Electronics.
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[2026-05-15 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American firm’s warning about China’s tech capability seen by some as fearmongering as hopes of bilateral cooperation on AI safety rise
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[2026-05-15 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American firm’s warning about China’s tech capability seen by some as fearmongering as hopes of bilateral cooperation on AI safety rise
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The nation’s over 900 million e-commerce users are taking part in an experiment where rigid search terms are replaced by natural dialogue
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Jamie Chen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The nation’s over 900 million e-commerce users are taking part in an experiment where rigid search terms are replaced by natural dialogue
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is vague on whether AI cooperation was on the summit’s agenda, even as experts urge collaboration on common problems
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[2026-05-15 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Guo Jiakun] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is vague on whether AI cooperation was on the summit’s agenda, even as experts urge collaboration on common problems
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[2026-05-15 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy
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[2026-05-15 21:07 UTC+10:00] [Denmark] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy
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