Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-31 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New rules give extra teeth to efforts to stamp out critical mineral smuggling and leaks of strategically vital technology
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[2026-07-31 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Markets have a habit of explaining every move with the most obvious narrative available. This week, that narrative was earnings. Investors spent days dissecting cloud growth, AI capex, free cash flows, and also Fed messaging, while some of the most dramatic price action of this summer was being driven by something else entirely.
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[2026-07-31 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A broad rally in US tech stocks is extending for a second day, with Nasdaq 100 futures rising over 1%. Amazon is the standout in premarket trading, up by 12% after reporting a fifth quarter of cloud sales growth, while Apple is sinking 7% after its sales forecast was dented by industry-wide supply shortages.
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[2026-07-31 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For decades, the defense industry has been dominated by a small number of established contractors building increasingly complex and expensive systems through procurement programs that often take years, or even decades, to deliver.
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[2026-07-31 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dramatic move makes GPT-5.6 Luna the ‘most attractive’ in intelligence-per-dollar rankings, above Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 and MiniMax’s M3
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[2026-07-31 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Anthropic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dramatic move makes GPT-5.6 Luna the ‘most attractive’ in intelligence-per-dollar rankings, above Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 and MiniMax’s M3
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[2026-07-31 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dozens more staff in Brussels will work to rein in AI to move towards a situation that ‘people and businesses can understand and trust’
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[2026-07-31 20:39 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dozens more staff in Brussels will work to rein in AI to move towards a situation that ‘people and businesses can understand and trust’
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[2026-07-31 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firm aims to ‘support open-source community’ and a ‘broad range of hardware’, as H3 model bests Seedance 2.0 in some tasks
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[2026-07-31 20:30 UTC+10:00] [video generation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firm aims to ‘support open-source community’ and a ‘broad range of hardware’, as H3 model bests Seedance 2.0 in some tasks
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[2026-07-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-07-31 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Commission has launched a hiring call to boost the headcount of its units responsible for enforcing the EU's new artificial intelligence rules.
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[2026-07-31 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A data centre is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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[2026-07-31 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Warning: this article contains spoilers
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[2026-07-31 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: DeepSeek’s pricing plans for its AI models are far cheaper than those of U.S. rivals. © Getty Images
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[2026-07-31 18:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan's economy is booming thanks to the global AI buildout, although the administration in Taipei aims to spread the benefits. © Reuters
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[2026-07-31 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While Westminster was still digesting the BritCard cancellation, Andy Burnham also abolished the department that was supposed to build it.
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[2026-07-31 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Amazon shares surged on Friday while Apple dropped as investors reacted starkly differently to their June quarter earnings reports.
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[2026-07-31 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s DeepSeek is also recruiting for jobs in Inner Mongolia, the location of the buildout, as it emerges as an AI hub due to low power costs
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[2026-07-31 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s DeepSeek is also recruiting for jobs in Inner Mongolia, the location of the buildout, as it emerges as an AI hub due to low power costs
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[2026-07-31 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Buying on the dip supported shares in Japan and South Korea on July 30 after the main Tokyo and Seoul indexes fell sharply over the past few days. © Reuters
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[2026-07-31 17:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country’s internet regulator has found.
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[2026-07-31 17:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks skyrocketed by a record 18 percent to reclaim the 6,500-point level Friday, driven by robust semiconductor gains as better-than-expected Microsoft earnings eased concerns over artificial intelligence spending. The local currency rose sharply against the US dollar.
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[2026-07-31 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Hacks lead was cast in meta-slasher sensation Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma for her ‘deranged physicality’ – but it’s a fitting role for an actor who has made a point of confronting shame and speaking her mind
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[2026-07-31 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Demand for NAND flash memory, the core product of Kioxia Holdings, is on the rise as U.S. tech companies expand data center capacity. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-07-31 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Anthropic señaló que sus modelos de inteligencia artificial hackearon a otras tres organizaciones durante unas pruebas, apenas unos días después de que OpenAI, creadora de ChatGPT, manifestó su preocupación por el control de la IA tras revelar que sus modelos fuera de control se infiltraron en otra compañía.
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[2026-07-31 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks skyrocketed by a record 18 percent to reclaim the 6,500-point level Friday, driven by robust semiconductor gains as better-than-expected Microsoft earnings eased concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) spending. The local currency rose sharply against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-07-31 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xi was speaking ahead of the PLA’s 99th anniversary and his comments offer a rare insight into how its modernisation is progressing
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[2026-07-31 16:25 UTC+10:00] [anti-corruption campaign] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xi was speaking ahead of the PLA’s 99th anniversary and his comments offer a rare insight into how its modernisation is progressing
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[2026-07-31 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
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[2026-07-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-07-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — A monster day for Microsoft's stock following signals that its big spending on AI is translating into profits led a powerful rebound on Wall Street Thursday, while computer-chip companies regained some of their sharp recent losses. In the bond market, though, worries remained about inflation potentially remaining high for years.
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[2026-07-31 15:53 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Deadly storms that have disrupted copper mines in Chile could amplify market strains, strategists say, as the U.S. and China battle for supply of the critical industrial metal, in turn pushing prices higher.
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[2026-07-31 14:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Engineering has unveiled a new corporate vision aimed at expanding beyond its traditional engineering, procurement and construction business into future energy and advanced industrial facilities.
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[2026-07-31 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Anthropic has disclosed that three of its Claude artificial intelligence models gained unauthorised access to the systems of three organisations during cybersecurity testing after a configuration error mistakenly gave them access to the public internet, in the latest incident to raise questions about the safeguards surrounding advanced AI models.
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[2026-07-31 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The government has been urged to study the terms of Pax Silica, an agreement which would build supply chains for artificial intelligence, through a scientific study before it can set a commitment, according to a group.
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[2026-07-31 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors.
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[2026-07-31 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Augie Fabela doesn't hedge. Put it to him that the AI debate is draining oxygen from the room, pulling operators away from the harder job of building digital services on top of telecom infrastructure, and Veon's founder and chairman turns the question over. He would look at it the other way, he says.
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[2026-07-31 14:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KT said Friday it has signed a three-way collaboration agreement with on-device AI chipmaker DeepX and edge computing firm Sesol to jointly develop NPU-based artificial intelligence edge systems for use in transportation and industrial sites.
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[2026-07-31 14:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG AI Research unveiled South Korea’s largest homegrown artificial intelligence model on Friday, a system with 750 billion parameters -- more than three times the size of its predecessor -- as the conglomerate steps up efforts to build a globally competitive AI platform.
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[2026-07-31 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MLS: New England Revolution vs. CF Montreal — Apple TV
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[2026-07-31 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Anthropic has said its Claude AI model hacked into the systems of three organisations during testing that was supposed to keep them isolated from the internet.
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[2026-07-31 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea's stock market staged its sharpest reversal on record on Friday, capping a month of wild swings that underscored how tightly the country's equity market has become tied to the global artificial intelligence trade.
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[2026-07-31 13:37 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors.
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[2026-07-31 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s election campaign has begun, but it has offered a preview of what lies ahead.
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[2026-07-31 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded nearly 13 percent higher late Friday morning as investors scooped up semiconductor shares following Microsoft's strong earnings.
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[2026-07-31 12:22 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Across the country, workers are fearful about the impact of AI on their livelihoods in an increasingly fragile labour market
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[2026-07-31 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-31 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Leaders of tech companies Meta, Amazon and Google all reported quarterly financial results in in recent days
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