Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 16:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea on Thursday launched the AmCham AI Leadership Council, bringing together major global technology companies and policymakers to support South Korea's ambitions of becoming a global artificial intelligence hub.
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[2026-07-02 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with Lee's remarks at meeting with aides)
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[2026-07-02 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Virtual roads and wire cars: carmaker reinvents how vehicles are tested and validated
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[2026-07-02 15:22 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel & leisure] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Security checks due to new digital entry and exit system have caused delays and missed flights for holidaymakers
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[2026-07-02 14:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Electric said Thursday it has signed a framework agreement worth up to 1.12 trillion won ($721 million) to supply power and distribution equipment to a global Big Tech company.
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[2026-07-02 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: OpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday, as the artificial intelligence startup seeks to defuse mounting political pressure in Washington.
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[2026-07-02 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-02 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critical Resources has scored a significant third-party endorsement for its solid-state battery program, after its optioned dry supersonic deposition, or “DSD”, cathode technology was validated in the peer-reviewed international journal Electrochimica Acta.
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[2026-07-02 14:02 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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[2026-07-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tourists with an umbrella take a photo in Paris, as France is enduring a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )
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[2026-07-02 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 2 Jul 2026 at 1:37pm
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[2026-07-02 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Industry sources say Apple has more bargaining power than many of its rivals when it comes to securing smartphone chips and components. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When a service’s name becomes a verb, it has crossed the line from being a mere utility to having become an integral part of people’s daily lives. So it is with WhatsApp, the online messaging service with an estimated 3.3 billion users worldwide. “WhatsApp it to me” has become as commonplace as “Google it”.
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[2026-07-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday moved to end the more than 50-year ban on civilian supersonic flights over the continental United States, proposing rules that would allow aircraft to exceed the speed of sound provided they don’t produce a sonic boom.
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[2026-07-02 12:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended earning $1.2 billion from his family's cryptocurrency activities last year, saying "everybody's profiting" from his time in power.
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[2026-07-02 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung vowed Thursday to turn the central Chungcheong provinces into the global center of artificial intelligence-led innovation as he promoted the government's plan to support large-scale facility investment in the region.
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[2026-07-02 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung vowed Thursday to turn the central Chungcheong provinces into the global center of artificial intelligence (AI)-led innovation as he promoted the government's plan to support large-scale facility investment in the region.
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[2026-07-02 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New tracks expand K-Tech Pass, offering long-term stay, education, housing and tax benefits to foreign tech professionals
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply lower but pared earlier losses to trade nearly 3 percent lower late Thursday morning, as an overnight selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks pressured Korean chipmakers.
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area
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[2026-07-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [State Administration for Market Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area
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[2026-07-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lee Geon Hui mira la pantalla de una computadora mientras un video muestra una imagen digital de su difunto abuelo hablando en la empresa tecnológica Vaice, el viernes 12 de junio de 2026, en Seúl, Corea del Sur. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 11:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An industrywide 392 trillion-won ($252.5 billion) investment will be injected into the central Chungcheong area, including high bandwidth memory fabs and packaging facilities by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix, as part of the government's drive to spread artificial intelligence-led growth, the industry ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lee Geon Hui looks at a computer screen as a video clip shows a digital likeness of his late grandfather speaking at Seoul-based tech firm Vaice, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- An industrywide 392 trillion-won (US$252.5 billion) investment will be injected into the central Chungcheong area, including high bandwidth memory (HBM) fabs and packaging facilities by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix, as part of the government's drive to spread artificial intelligence (AI)-led growth, the industry ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-02 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plummeted more than 7% in early Thursday trading, dragging down South Korea's benchmark Kospi after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slumped overnight.
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[2026-07-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firms like Tencent and Alibaba are trying to boost investor confidence in the sector, whose stock prices have recently hit alarming lows
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[2026-07-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Alibaba Group Holding] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firms like Tencent and Alibaba are trying to boost investor confidence in the sector, whose stock prices have recently hit alarming lows
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[2026-07-02 10:57 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: They’re making an art of stealing intellectual property
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[2026-07-02 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Last week saw renewed skepticism in the AI narrative, this week there is growing skepticism to the semiconductor narrative. A multitude of reasons from leveraged single-stock ETFs to a too hawkish Fed were apparent in explaining renewed Tech weakness. Indeed, despite Micron’s post earnings rally, which has now fully faded, much of the broader tech sector did not bounce back as might have been expected.
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[2026-07-02 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as a sell-off of US semiconductor shares weighed on market sentiment, while investors assessed fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-07-02 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in paras 2-4, 8-11; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-07-02 10:20 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sony has announced that it will end support for new games on disc from January 2028, effectively killing off the market for physical format video games as a mainstream concern.
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[2026-07-02 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as a sell-off of U.S. semiconductor shares weighed on market sentiment, while investors assessed fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
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[2026-07-02 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-07-02 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-02 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Partying on a tech billionaire’s private island, event waitress Frida is troubled by strange hints that the hedonism masks a sinister purpose. Violent thriller directed by Zoë Kravitz. More
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[2026-07-02 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul ranked as the world’s 12th-richest city by ultra-high-net-worth population last year, posting the fastest growth among major cities amid the AI investment boom and a rally in technology stocks.
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[2026-07-02 08:15 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-02 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After raising prices on their entire product line last week as much as 50% thanks to "unsustainable" input costs from the memory cartel (SK Hynix, Samsung, Micron and Sandisk), Apple is in active negotiations to buy memory chips from two Chinese semiconductor manufacturers on the Pentagon's blacklist, aiming to diversify supply and mitigate the impact of sharply rising component costs triggered by surging AI demand.
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[2026-07-02 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Most U.S. stocks rose, but drops for some influential technology companies kept the market in check.
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[2026-07-02 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office in Beijing, Aug. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-07-02 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-02 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: TikTok has reached a settlement with a Florida teenager who blamed the platform and other social media companies for fueling his addiction, leading to depression, anxiety, and sleep loss, just ahead of a trial to determine the industry’s part in the youth mental health crisis.
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[2026-07-02 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Most of Wall Street is rising, but drops for some influential technology stocks are keeping the market in check.
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[2026-07-02 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Elon Musk has called The Wall Street Journal’s story about a new SpaceX smartphone-like device "utterly false."
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[2026-07-02 04:56 UTC+10:00] [PlayStation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suite
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[2026-07-02 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Artificial intelligence is progressing faster than scientists can fully understand it and governments can regulate it, a UN independent scientific panel warned on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: AOL’s home page is shown on a computer screen, Aug. 4, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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