Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Congress] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry
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[2026-04-24 09:57 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-24 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- A bilateral economic cooperation agreement between South Korea and Moldova came into force Friday, the foreign ministry said, paving the way for a broader partnership in areas ranging from energy and transportation to science and technology.
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[2026-04-24 08:50 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-24 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Intel faces chip supply constraints due to rising demand, and the company prioritized meeting customer demand for its data center and AI products over PC products. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-04-24 08:41 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Meta is laying off about 8000 workers, or about 10 per cent of its workforce, the company said as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.
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[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: White House director of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-04-24 08:20 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-24 07:23 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of workers
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[2026-04-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Army troops of South Korea and Canada launched joint high-tech military drills in South Korea for the first time earlier this week, officials said Friday, as part of efforts to bolster bilateral military ties between the two nations.
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[2026-04-24 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Virginia Tech Athletic Director Whit Babcock arrives for an NCAA college football news conference introducing James Franklin as the school’s new head football coach on Nov. 19, 2025, in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Robert Simmons, File)
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[2026-04-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nike announced a new round of layoffs Thursday affecting approximately 1,400 employees across the organization, mostly concentrated in its technology department.
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[2026-04-24 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Government has launched a multi-agency local and international investigation into a sophisticated cyber fraud targeting Treasury payment communications.
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[2026-04-24 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disneyland is dialing back a controversial tech feature that has been subtly shaping the way guests enter the park.
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[2026-04-24 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disneyland is dialing back a controversial tech feature that has been subtly shaping the way guests enter the park.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: DFCC Bank PLC has been recognised at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt Awards 2026, winning the ‘Innovation – Use of Proceeds (Green Bond)’ category for its DFCC Blue Bond 2025, Sri Lanka’s first listed blue bond.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC and Sri Lanka’s number one ICT solutions provider, has partnered with Star Garments Pvt Ltd to enable next-generation textile manufacturing through advanced 5G-powered solutions, enhancing operational efficiency, automation and real-time decision-making across its production ecosystem.
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[2026-04-24 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed recently between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand will enhance the capacity of research officers and scientists in Sri Lanka’s science and technology sector.
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[2026-04-24 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: LOLC Finance PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s largest Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFI), has reaffirmed its leadership in digital financial services, with its flagship platform iPay securing the Gold Award for Overall Excellence in Digital Payments for the seventh consecutive year at the LankaPayTechnnovation Awards 2026.
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[2026-04-24 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Meta will cut thousands of jobs next month as it spends more than ever on artificial intelligence (AI) projects.
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For years, the privacy advice was simple: clear your cookies, use incognito mode, or click "Reject All" on those annoying consent banners. That advice is now outdated.
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[2026-04-24 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kate Webber is a senior producer in the ABC News division. She has more than 25 years of experience working in regional news in Queensland and Victoria. She has been with the ABC since 2015, and before her current role she worked in digital product development.
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[2026-04-24 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: OpenAI on Thursday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, which the company says is better at coding, using computers and pursuing deeper research capabilities.
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[2026-04-24 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, about 8,000 employees, as it continues ramping up investments in artificial intelligence.
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[2026-04-24 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration on Thursday accused Chinese entities of waging "industrial-scale campaigns" to rip off U.S. artificial intelligence systems, and said it will explore ways to hold the foreign actors accountable.
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[2026-04-24 03:27 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet
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[2026-04-24 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Software stocks plummeted on Thursday as disappointing results from ServiceNow and IBM added to fears that artificial intelligence tools and services will disrupt their businesses.
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[2026-04-24 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: AI data centers require more power as models become bigger and more advanced. © Reuters
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[2026-04-24 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: With The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (now on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video), filmmaker Daniel Roher – co-directing with Charlie Tyrell – may be searching for the silver lining around a mushroom cloud. The Oscar-winning director behind Navalny finds his way into a macro-subject via a micro-subject: Should he and his wife be bringing a child into a world burdened by an uncertain future, wrought by the development of artificial intelligence?
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[2026-04-24 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s Consul General to the Northwest United States, Ambassador Marco Sermoneta, found himself at the center of controversy during a Memorial Day ceremony on Tuesday in Silicon Valley, California.
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[2026-04-24 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DELPHI, Greece — The European Union is making a serious mistake by not engaging directly with Russian leadership over an end to the war in Ukraine, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told POLITICO.
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[2026-04-24 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro told The Post Thursday that $700 million seized from sophisticated cryptocurrency scammers will be returned to American victims.
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[2026-04-24 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-04-24 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordFriday, 24 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-24 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuFriday, 24 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-24 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordFriday, 24 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-24 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchFriday, 24 Aprilloading
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[2026-04-24 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-04-24 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-04-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Palawan Group of Companies has launched a new in-app savings feature, PalaSave, aiming to make banking more accessible to millions of Filipinos, particularly those underserved by traditional financial institutions.
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[2026-04-24 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Your high-tech water filter could become a thing of the past.
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[2026-04-24 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In a recent episode of The Jerusalem Post Business and Innovation Podcast, Yaniv Golan, general partner at lool ventures, shared his perspective on the rapidly evolving world of Israeli tech.
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[2026-04-24 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Devil Drinks Starbucks.
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[2026-04-24 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to some U.S. employee, a first for the 51-year-old software giant, as the tech industry grapples with major changes sparked by the artificial intelligence boom.
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[2026-04-24 00:47 UTC+10:00] [Algorithms] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Diplomats don't normally sit around discussing how much nudity is too much, but that's what's happening in Brussels as the European Union tries to clamp down on AI-powered nudification technology.
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[2026-04-24 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The age and sex of an ancient Egyptian child mummy has been figured out by researchers in Poland, according to a recent study published in Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
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[2026-04-24 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai motorists will soon be able to pay for valet parking services without reaching for their wallet under a digital payment system to be introduced by the emirate's road toll operator.
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[2026-04-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japanese suppliers warn of photoresist strain as upstream shocks ripple through Asia’s semiconductor supply chain
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[2026-04-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japanese suppliers warn of photoresist strain as upstream shocks ripple through Asia’s semiconductor supply chain
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