Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-19 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE government has unveiled an AI-generated spokesman named Zayed in the latest leap forward in its ambitious journey to embrace advanced technology.
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[2026-06-19 01:54 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Le grand sujet politique du jour, analysé en 15 minutes par les journalistes de POLITICO. Du lundi au jeudi, avant 18h.
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[2026-06-19 01:45 UTC+10:00] [CULTURE] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Demon slayers clash swords with superpowered carnivorous demons, some of whom break into songs about their lives, while scaling a maze of moving stairs, sliding doors and digital projections representing the ever-shifting Infinity Castle.
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[2026-06-19 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Rising petrol prices and 'pump anxiety' caused by the Middle East conflict have led to a surge in consumer interest in electric vehicles.
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[2026-06-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Large language models elevate expert consensus and moderate views, in sharp contrast to social platforms with research shows AI useage tends to be depolarising, says John Burn-Murdoch
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[2026-06-19 01:21 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Der wirtschaftspolitische Podcast von POLITICO Deutschland.
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[2026-06-19 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Alibaba Cloud's most advanced Qwen model is said to be on a par with OpenAI's GPT-5.5. © Reuters
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[2026-06-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Pictorus acquisition will help strengthen Renesas' software operations. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-06-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Northslope, an artificial intelligence company created by former Palantir employees, has opened an office in the UAE, its first in the Gulf region.
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[2026-06-18 22:51 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission is using artificial intelligence to speed up its work with prospective members of the EU.
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[2026-06-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s advantages in energy and industrial applications could erode America’s AI ‘moat’, according to University of Hong Kong academic
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[2026-06-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Li Cheng] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s advantages in energy and industrial applications could erode America’s AI ‘moat’, according to University of Hong Kong academic
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[2026-06-18 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures rebounded from the post-FOMC selloff, and oil prices fell as Trump signed the Iran MOU two days early to end the war in the Middle East (in the symbolic Palace of Versailles of all place) and some energy shipments began to transit the Strait of Hormuz. As usual, tech led the parade higher.
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[2026-06-18 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO has fueled speculation that Elon Musk could take an even bigger step: merging SpaceX with Tesla to create a roughly $4 trillion technology conglomerate spanning rockets, AI, satellites, electric vehicles, robotics, energy, and social media, according to a new report from the New York Times.
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[2026-06-18 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Politics and finance collide as some social media users claim Singapore stands to gain from negative sentiment towards Indonesia
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[2026-06-18 22:02 UTC+10:00] [Airlangga Hartarto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Politics and finance collide as some social media users claim Singapore stands to gain from negative sentiment towards Indonesia
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[2026-06-18 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dream, an artificial intelligence and cyber defence company specialising in sovereign AI, has raised $260 million in a funding round valuing it at $3 billion, as it accelerates its intercontinental expansion plans.
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[2026-06-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett established an advisory committee on artificial intelligence ahead of the upcoming elections to advance and develop a long-term national policy on AI, his office announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The prices of Apple products will have to increase due to the new demand for memory chips from the artificial intelligence boom, outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook has told The Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-06-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Elon Musk's xAI is a "failure" that will be unable to compete on the frontier of artificial intelligence, Yann LeCun, founder of AMI Labs, told CNBC, as he laid out his view on what could cause a "big bubble explosion" in the industry.
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[2026-06-18 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto
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[2026-06-18 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that demand for memory chips from the artificial intelligence boom will force the tech giant to increase the prices of its products, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Former CEO of MDI Ventures Donald Wihardja, left, and former CEO of BRI Ventures Nicko Widjaja after they were convicted of corruption and sentenced to jail in Jakarta on Thursday over their companies' investments in failed Indonesian startup Tanihub. (Photos by Mira Maruto and Rezha Hadyan. Image partially edited)
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[2026-06-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dream, a company that builds artificial intelligence and cyber‑defense systems for governments and critical infrastructure, has raised $260 million in new funding, pushing its valuation to $3 billion just three years after its founding.
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[2026-06-18 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a session with Japanese companies in Tokyo in February 2025. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
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[2026-06-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A sweeping higher-education overhaul has affected over 30 per cent of China’s degree programmes, with arts and languages ditched in favour of tech-focused fields.
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[2026-06-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TikTok owner’s expanding spending could benefit a few second-tier domestic chipmakers, with Iluvatar CoreX in pole position, analysts say
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[2026-06-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [ByteDance] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TikTok owner’s expanding spending could benefit a few second-tier domestic chipmakers, with Iluvatar CoreX in pole position, analysts say
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[2026-06-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence
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[2026-06-18 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COPPERSTONE Lending Inc. has reaffirmed that its online lending platform, MocaMoca, operates as a legitimate digital lending service under the company's management and continues to comply with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards governing lending operations in the Philippines.
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[2026-06-18 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) surged past 9,000 points for the first time ever Thursday, buoyed by a technology rally driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and led by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix.
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[2026-06-18 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Air Force on Wednesday awarded production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril Industries to build its first fleet of semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), moving a program that began just over two years ago from prototype to full-scale manufacturing.
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[2026-06-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Biodiversity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
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[2026-06-18 16:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critical Resources has scaled up its solid-state lithium-ion battery evaluation program, moving from laboratory coin cells to full-format, larger-scale pouch cells.
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[2026-06-18 16:01 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A charity helping shape Australia’s approach to artificial intelligence and copyright has received more than $1 million from philanthropic funds with personal and financial ties to Anthropic, an AI giant that would benefit directly from the organisation’s proposal.
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[2026-06-18 15:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tech giant retreats from low-margin markets while expanding AI across products, manufacturing
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[2026-06-18 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US and Iran have signed an interim peace agreement aimed at ending their latest war and setting out a 60-day framework for a broader settlement, in a deal that immediately halts hostilities and opens the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.
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[2026-06-18 14:50 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: No two potato harvests are the same, yet each of the 100 million Pringles cans that leaves the Kellanova plant in Kutno in central Poland has to have the crunch and flavor that consumers expect. The process of ensuring that consistency is increasingly guided by artificial intelligence.
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[2026-06-18 14:31 UTC+10:00] [Business] [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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[2026-06-18 14:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG Chem said Thursday it signed a joint research and license option agreement with UK-based biotechnology company LabGenius Therapeutics to develop next-generation multispecific antibody therapies for cancer using artificial intelligence.
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[2026-06-18 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Seating rises beyond the pitch at Arrowhead Stadium as it is transformed to Kansas City Stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer tournament Monday, June 8, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-06-18 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks crossed over another round-number milestone on Thursday, topping the 9,000-point mark, buoyed by semiconductors and other tech heavyweights.
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[2026-06-18 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move aims to support listings of ‘high-quality’ AI firms that have yet to form ‘a certain scale of revenue’
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[2026-06-18 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Star Market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move aims to support listings of ‘high-quality’ AI firms that have yet to form ‘a certain scale of revenue’
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tokyo Electron President and CEO Toshiki Kawai speaks to Nikkei in Tokyo on June 9. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tokyo Electron President and CEO Toshiki Kawai speaks to Nikkei in Tokyo on June 9. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Japan Innovation Party (JIP), the junior partner in the country’s ruling coalition, on Wednesday called for the swift introduction of nuclear-powered submarines, citing China’s constant naval expansion into the Pacific.
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[2026-06-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-06-18 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Apple plans to raise the prices of its products as the cost of the memory chips it uses has surged, the technology giant's boss has said.
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[2026-06-18 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A model of the planned Johor Tech Smart City is displayed during the project's launch event in the southern Malaysian state of Johor on June 12. (Photo by Kentaro Takeda)
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