Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The case is being closely watched as governments across the US pursue similar claims seeking to force big tech platforms to change to protect young users
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[2026-05-02 20:31 UTC+10:00] [New Mexico] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The case is being closely watched as governments across the US pursue similar claims seeking to force big tech platforms to change to protect young users
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[2026-05-02 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Matzpen, the IDF unit most responsible for integrating and relaying artificial intelligence and “big data” intelligence across the military, played a critical role in transforming the air force’s effectiveness during the recent war with Iran, its commander, Col. Rotem Beshi, told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview.
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[2026-05-02 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has said that it has reached deals with major artificial intelligence firms to integrate their advanced AI capabilities into the agency's classified networks.
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[2026-05-02 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has said that it has reached deals with major artificial intelligence firms to integrate their advanced AI capabilities into the agency's classified networks.
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[2026-05-02 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A woman holds a poster of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran on Feb. 28. Artificial intelligence has made military strikes nearly instantaneous. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by WANA/Reuters)
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[2026-05-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese tech giant fields teams in Boston, Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona as its unit unveils frameworks and therapies powered by AI
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[2026-05-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [ByteDance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese tech giant fields teams in Boston, Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona as its unit unveils frameworks and therapies powered by AI
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[2026-05-02 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The sons of a powerful family with close ties to Iran’s new supreme leader control the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, transforming it from a startup into a conduit to the global economy used by both blacklisted state institutions and ordinary citizens.
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[2026-05-02 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched an artificial intelligence-driven university policy hub, aimed at simplifying access to institutional policies for students.
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[2026-05-02 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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[2026-05-02 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eric Swalwell, the disgraced former Congressman, is still using Snapchat as a channel for private communications despite it being the app that led to the end of his political career.
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[2026-05-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides are expected to discuss cooperation in areas such as energy and artificial intelligence
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[2026-05-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [East China Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides are expected to discuss cooperation in areas such as energy and artificial intelligence
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[2026-05-02 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The deal comes even as some tech workers raise concerns about the use of AI for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
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[2026-05-02 11:47 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The deal comes even as some tech workers raise concerns about the use of AI for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
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[2026-05-02 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s measures to retain research talent and encourage the commercialisation of research results ‘gradually taking effect’, venture capitalist says
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[2026-05-02 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s measures to retain research talent and encourage the commercialisation of research results ‘gradually taking effect’, venture capitalist says
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[2026-05-02 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Dannielle Maguire is a digital producer for the National News Desk at ABC Brisbane.
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[2026-05-02 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The easiest way to remind mom who’s at the top of her list this Mother’s Day?
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[2026-05-02 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese video game companies have been reluctant to put their titles in Epic Games' new store. © Reuters
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[2026-05-02 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US military plans to increase its use of artificial intelligence (AI) further after the Pentagon agreed to new and expanded contracts with some of the biggest names in technology.
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[2026-05-02 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Eight out of ten AI chatbots have been found to actively assist users in planning violent attacks, according to a new investigation by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
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[2026-05-02 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — Actors created with artificial intelligence will not be eligible for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday as it launched a crackdown on the use of AI.
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[2026-05-02 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After the Oculus and Metaverse bets turned into costly disappointments for Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms, the tech giant's pivot to real-world humanoid robotics appears to be gaining momentum, with news Friday afternoon that it is acquiring Assured Robot Intelligence.
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[2026-05-02 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday that it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks, allowing the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars.
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[2026-05-02 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Users can make custom AI characters they can chat with on meltly's Days AI app. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For two men whose companies promise to remake civilisation, the opening day was strangely pedestrian. The microphones in a federal courtroom in downtown Oakland kept cutting out. A presentation slide vanished from the screens. “We can’t hear you,” Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said, before drily observing that the federal judiciary would happily accept additional taxpayer funds.
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In 2006, weeks after a monthlong missile war with Hezbollah had shut down much of northern Israel, Warren Buffett flew to Tel Aviv and acquired an 80% stake in Iscar, a precision metalworking business in Tefen.
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[2026-05-02 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The unlikely suspect that could win Mother’s Day this year? It’s not flowers or chocolates, but a $441 wearable neuro-tech device that looks a little bit like a headband.
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[2026-05-02 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-05-02 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jason Nelson via decrypt.io,
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[2026-05-02 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) blasted Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg on Friday over the tech giant’s “disturbing” move to take down ads from law firms that offered to represent victims of social media addiction.
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[2026-05-02 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Matthew Georgio was having trouble in school.
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[2026-05-02 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: If you search Evan Ross Katz‘s name on Getty Images, you’ll find photo after photo of him alongside everyone from Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Murphy to Ariana Grande and Jenna Lyons. If you look quickly at his Instagram page, you’ll see that his nearly half a million followers include names like Kathryn Hahn and Sandra Bullock — the latter of whom joined the app only weeks ago and follows just 81 accounts.
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[2026-05-02 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For Apple aficionados lamenting that the company never followed through on plans to build a car, Porsche has developed a consolation prize.
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[2026-05-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordSaturday, 2 Mayloading
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[2026-05-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuSaturday, 2 Mayloading
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[2026-05-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordSaturday, 2 Mayloading
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[2026-05-02 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchSaturday, 2 Mayloading
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[2026-05-02 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Apple shares popped more than 4% on Friday morning after reporting huge demand from shoppers for its flagship iPhones and MacBooks – but Wall Street still has questions about the company’s artificial intelligence strategy.
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[2026-05-02 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-02 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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[2026-05-02 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-02 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-02 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BY now, Filipinos are being told to celebrate. Another “milestone.” Another “strategic partnership.” Another shiny promise of investment, jobs and technological upgrading, this time wrapped in the sleek branding of “Pax Silica” or, more poetically, the so-called Silicon Peace initiative. Peace, apparently, now comes with semiconductors, artificial intelligence supply chains and a generous helping of geopolitical baggage.
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[2026-05-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-02 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The United States Department of Defense has announced a new agreement with seven Artificial Intelligence companies to use their advanced technologies for its classified networks.
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[2026-05-02 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Anthropic's new Claude Mythos AI model can find software vulnerabilities overlooked by human experts. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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