Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-26 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-06-26 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging said on Thursday they had achieved the first complete reading of a closed Herculaneum scroll burnt by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
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[2026-06-26 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian orchestra musicians have been cut from the country’s highest-grossing musical, Disney’s The Lion King, and replaced by technology as theatre productions across the country buckle under the pressure of rising costs.
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[2026-06-26 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday unveiled the all-new Avante compact sedan, featuring a redesigned exterior, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered infotainment system and enhanced safety technologies.
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[2026-06-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese innovation boosts wireless data rates, reduces dead zones and can track people and objects, even underground
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[2026-06-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese innovation boosts wireless data rates, reduces dead zones and can track people and objects, even underground
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[2026-06-26 10:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK Telecom will invest 738.4 billion won ($477 million) in a US-based investment vehicle set up by SK hynix, becoming the latest SK Group affiliate to back the chipmaker’s artificial intelligence push.
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[2026-06-26 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SoftBank Group plunged more than 11% on Friday, leading a broad selloff in Asian technology stocks, amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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[2026-06-26 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Johannesburg, South Africa – In April, African Union ministers gathered in Tangier, Morocco, to discuss artificial intelligence at a moment when governments across the continent are racing to develop AI strategies, attract investment and expand digital infrastructure.
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[2026-06-26 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-26 10:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks started a tad lower Friday following tech losses on Wall Street and a sharp rise the previous session as investors are worried about valuation of artificial intelligence-related shares and a possible rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
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[2026-06-26 10:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS latest info in paras 2-3, 6-9)
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[2026-06-26 10:14 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal to introduce one-time tax of 5% will go to voters in November after backers decline to withdraw measure
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[2026-06-26 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started a tad lower Friday following tech losses on Wall Street and a sharp rise the previous session as investors are worried about valuation of artificial intelligence (AI)-related shares and a possible rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
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[2026-06-26 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (World Cup) S. Korea lose to South Africa to finish 3rd in group; knockout status in limbo
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[2026-06-26 09:46 UTC+10:00] [Apple] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next
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[2026-06-26 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Owen Flowers (left) and Thalha Jubair pleaded guilty on the first day of their trial
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[2026-06-26 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One month ago, during the height of the tokenmaxxing craze - when companies were spending ridiculous amounts of money, in many cases without knowing they were even doing so, just to test out the latest agentic craze - first OpenAI and then Anthropic rushed to announce they will follow in the footsteps of the SpaceX IPO, and were planning (or rather hoping) to go public in the next quarter or two.
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[2026-06-26 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bourse wants proprietary indices to better capture China’s technology boom as traditional Hong Kong benchmarks trail regional peers
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[2026-06-26 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The bourse wants proprietary indices to better capture China’s technology boom as traditional Hong Kong benchmarks trail regional peers
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[2026-06-26 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: EU’s Jozef Sikela promises refining investment and technology transfer, in a race for Brazilian minerals that the US and China already lead
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[2026-06-26 07:37 UTC+10:00] [Jozef Sikela] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: EU’s Jozef Sikela promises refining investment and technology transfer, in a race for Brazilian minerals that the US and China already lead
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[2026-06-26 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Projects discontinued by Sony include the Wena smartwatch and the chip-scale laser. (Source photos by Nikkei, Sony Group)
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[2026-06-26 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Witnesses say decades of technology theft have strengthened Beijing, while others caution against broad anti-China measures
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[2026-06-26 06:17 UTC+10:00] [FBI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Witnesses say decades of technology theft have strengthened Beijing, while others caution against broad anti-China measures
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[2026-06-26 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toshiba sold its memory business, now known as Kioxia, while U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric filed for bankruptcy. (Source photos by Reuters, Nikkei)
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[2026-06-26 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We're finally starting to see hints of relief when it comes to inflation. Prices at the pump are starting to come down, monthly core CPI momentum has slowed, used cars were down around 2% YoY, and food inflation is starting to moderate. On the other hand, there's America's massive explosion in artificial-intelligence infrastructure - which is beginning to push prices up on everything from electricity to smartphones.
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[2026-06-26 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pax Silica, US President Donald Trump's initiative to secure technology supplies crucial for building artificial intelligence, expanded its footprint on Thursday, with 35 countries signing a declaration on AI opportunity.
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[2026-06-26 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Apple said Thursday it was raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiraling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence.
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[2026-06-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC), China's largest maker of NAND flash memory which is breathing down Sandisk's neck in global sales, and which is widely expected to IPO soon after China's DDR giant CXMT goes public in the coming weeks, has increased its global NAND flash memory market share from 8% in the same period in 2025 to 13%, Kuai Technology reported citing the latest Counterpoint research report.
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[2026-06-26 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Meta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violation
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[2026-06-26 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence
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[2026-06-26 02:38 UTC+10:00] [NetEase] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence
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[2026-06-26 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Liberal Party (LP) of the Philippines on Thursday condemned the spread of artificial intelligence (AI) videos on social media surrounding the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, particularly involving its principal author, Senator Francis Pangilnan.
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[2026-06-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordFriday, 26 Juneloading
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[2026-06-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuFriday, 26 Juneloading
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[2026-06-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordFriday, 26 Juneloading
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[2026-06-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchFriday, 26 Juneloading
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[2026-06-26 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Apple has increased the prices of some of its Mac computers and iPad tablets globally, caving in to soaring chip costs, after years of largely resisting increasing the prices of its products.
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[2026-06-26 02:00 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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[2026-06-26 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 25 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. official on Thursday hailed South Korea as a country that "far punches its weight" in semiconductor production and engineering, expressing his expectations for Seoul's role in advancing a U.S.-led initiative to promote artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain security.
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[2026-06-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’
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[2026-06-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’
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[2026-06-25 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli-founded AI biotech company Immunai announced Thursday a new discovery collaboration with German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim aimed at identifying novel T-cell targets across immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases.
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[2026-06-25 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI, India — E-commerce giant Amazon announced on Thursday an additional $13-billion investment by 2030 to expand its artificial intelligence footprint in India, months after declaring plans to invest more than $35 billion.
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[2026-06-25 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Readers were warned as early as late January to front-run the coming memory shortage by purchasing their favorite electronics, whether PCs, laptops, TVs, smartphones, or anything else dependent on high-end memory chips, as unprecedented data-center demand was already beginning to emerge.
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[2026-06-25 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end.
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[2026-06-25 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Case of Andrei Pivovarov raises questions about how much control Cellebrite has over its own software
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[2026-06-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi
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[2026-06-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi
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