[2026-05-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: The Digital Euro As Europe's Backdoor Capital Control System

Snippet: Submitted by Thomas Kolbe

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/digital-euro-europes-backdoor-capital-control-system

[2026-05-26 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Age

Title: OpenAI boss downplays jobs apocalypse as ‘threats of violence’ hit Aussie tech giant

Snippet: OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman downplayed the threat of AI killing jobs just days after WiseTech informed the police of “threats of violence” against its CEO, who is using the technology to replace thousands of its workers.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/openai-boss-downplays-jobs-apocalypse-as-threats-of-violence-hit-aussie-tech-giant-20260526-p600tn.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-26 15:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: SK hynix’s iHBM tackles heat choking next-gen HBM

Snippet: SK hynix on Tuesday introduced a packaging technology that builds cooling channels directly into its high-bandwidth memory chips to combat heat, one of the engineering challenges standing between today's AI memory and the next generation.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10756207

[2026-05-26 15:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Hyundai taps former Nvidia engineer to boost self-driving, AI

Snippet: Hyundai Motor Group has hired former Nvidia autonomous driving expert Lee Hee-seok to its software research unit 42dot, amid the South Korean automaker’s push to strengthen its software-defined vehicles and self-driving technology capabilities.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10756178

[2026-05-26 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Unitree Robotics reports plunge in first-quarter profits days before crucial IPO hearing

Snippet: A filing shows adjusted profit fell 53 per cent, even as revenue continued to rise, highlighting tough competition in humanoid robot sector

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3354855/unitree-robotics-reports-plunge-first-quarter-profits-days-crucial-ipo-hearing?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-26 15:12 UTC+10:00] [Optimus] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Unitree Robotics reports plunge in first-quarter profits days before crucial IPO hearing

Snippet: A filing shows adjusted profit fell 53 per cent, even as revenue continued to rise, highlighting tough competition in humanoid robot sector

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3354855/unitree-robotics-reports-plunge-first-quarter-profits-days-crucial-ipo-hearing

[2026-05-26 15:03 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: Samsung consumer electronics union asks court to block vote on pay deal

Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.

Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/technology/samsung-consumer-electronics-union-asks-court-block-vote-pay-deal/

[2026-05-26 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: America’s schools face a reckoning on digital devices

Snippet: LuAnn Oliver’s son demonstrates how he uses an iPad for his classes during a meeting where a group of school parents discussed ways to push back against screen time at the children’s school, Saturday, May 9, 2026 in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/school-screen-time-technology-edtech-07958fb159c7cfbceb7bfdb37b2bb726

[2026-05-26 13:14 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Japan Times

Title: Pope says AI should be ‘disarmed’ to avoid dominating humanity

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world.

Read full article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/26/world/pope-ai-disarmed/

[2026-05-26 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Gov't to tighten surveillance on cross-border crypto trading

Snippet: SEJONG, May 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to tighten surveillance on cross-border cryptocurrency transactions in line with efforts to curb illegal activities, the finance ministry said Tuesday.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260526002400320

[2026-05-26 13:10 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: Frontier isn’t the finish line in US-China AI rivalry

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2026/05/frontier-isnt-the-finish-line-in-us-china-ai-rivalry/

[2026-05-26 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: Weverse app, made famous by BTS, helps turn superfandom into economic force

Snippet: BTS fans gather at the Tokyo Dome for the megahit K-pop act's world tour in April. © AP

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/media-entertainment/weverse-app-made-famous-by-bts-helps-turn-superfandom-into-economic-force

[2026-05-26 12:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Dreame Technology names Cristiano Ronaldo global ambassador

Snippet: Dreame Technology said Tuesday it has appointed Cristiano Ronaldo, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner and one of the world’s most recognized athletes, as its global ambassador.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10756025

[2026-05-26 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Vatican tech flop: Pope Leo’s AI crusade needs Trump — not the UN

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/opinion/vatican-tech-flop-pope-leos-ai-crusade-needs-trump-not-the-un/

[2026-05-26 12:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: S-Oil launches AI data center cooling pilot

Snippet: S-Oil said Tuesday it has launched a pilot project to test liquid immersion cooling technology for AI data centers, as surging AI workloads drive up power consumption and heat generation.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10755934

[2026-05-26 12:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Industry ministry discusses AI transformation of battery industry with LGES

Snippet: The industry ministry on Tuesday discussed ways to accelerate the artificial intelligence transformation of the battery industry, currently facing sluggish growth amid the electric vehicle market slowdown.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10755917

[2026-05-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Industry ministry discusses AI transformation of battery industry with LGES

Snippet: SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The industry ministry on Tuesday discussed ways to accelerate the artificial intelligence (AI) transformation of the battery industry, currently facing sluggish growth amid the electric vehicle (EV) market slowdown.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260526002700320

[2026-05-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: How Elon Musk galvanized the UK’s online safety regime

Snippet: LONDON — MPs hoping for a gentle return to Westminster from Christmas recess this year had barely settled back into their parliamentary offices when photos of two female Cabinet ministers in bikinis began circulating on X.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-elon-musk-grok-galvanized-uk-online-safety-regime/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-05-26 11:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

Snippet: VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10755891

[2026-05-26 11:56 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Japan Times

Title: Former execs of AI developer Alt found guilty of window dressing

Snippet: The Tokyo District Court on Monday found two former executives of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt guilty of window dressing in violation of the financial instruments and exchange law.

Read full article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/26/japan/crime-legal/alt-guilty-window-dressing/

[2026-05-26 11:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Babymonster to drop single next month

Snippet: Babymonster is poised to make a comeback on June 8 with digital single “Sugar Honey Ice Tea,” announced label YG Entertainment on Tuesday.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10755872

[2026-05-26 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: SBy Sara Garcia

Snippet: Sara Garcia is South Australia's Deputy Digital Editor for ABC News. She has been working as a reporter and digital producer with the ABC in Adelaide since 2014, having previously worked for regional newspapers in South Australia.

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/sara-garcia/5926406

[2026-05-26 11:40 UTC+10:00] [Ozzy Osbourne] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be ‘so tasteful’, Jack Osbourne says after fan backlash

Snippet: Lifesize avatar of former Black Sabbath frontman will be created by tech companies Hyperreal and Proto Hologram

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/26/ozzy-osbourne-ai-avatar-backlash-jack-osbourne-response

[2026-05-26 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative

Snippet: Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV's Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash "new forms of slavery" and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data centers buildouts, a move that would conveniently cede compute power to communists in Beijing, a growing and emerging chorus of dystopian futurists is now trying to frame the AI boom as an existential labor-market crisis rather than

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/first-andreessen-now-goldman-ceo-shuts-down-ai-job-apocalypse-doomerism

[2026-05-26 11:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Nexon’s blockchain arm expands Web3 playground with MapleStory Universe

Snippet: Nexpace pushes AI-powered builder platform, on-chain creator economy

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10755842

[2026-05-26 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: China to promote drones and flying cars via new safety department

Snippet: Chinese drone startup EHang became the first company in China to obtain an operating license for its flying taxi. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/china-tech/china-to-promote-drones-and-flying-cars-via-new-safety-department

[2026-05-26 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Tasmania spent $47m on digital program that did not deliver intended modules

Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/auditor-general-scathing-of-tasmanian-doh-hris-program/106719970

[2026-05-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: OnlyFans "Hack" Hoax Likely Used To Push Malware-Laced Leak Checkers

Snippet: A cyber threat actor advertised a purported database of 340 million OnlyFans-linked user records on a well-known cybercrime forum, asking for 0.313 BTC, or roughly $76,000, according to U.K.-based cybersecurity news site HackRead.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/onlyfans-hack-hoax-likely-used-push-malware-laced-leak-checkers

[2026-05-26 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Politico

Title: A nation on a hard drive: Inside the rise of digital embassies

Snippet: In the small, sleepy Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a hidden digital vault holds data on every Estonian citizen.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/estonia-russia-luxembourg-hard-drive-data-foreign-vaults/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-05-26 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Texas Tech-Florida softball series gets insanely heated — with former NBA star and his daughter in the middle of it

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/sports/texas-tech-florida-softball-series-gets-insanely-heated-with-former-nba-star-and-his-daughter-in-the-middle-of-it/

[2026-05-26 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: The Guardian view on the Pope and Claude: Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI is right to put humanity first | Editorial

Snippet: In calling for regulation of the digital revolution, and foregrounding human dignity, the pontiff has contributed to a crucial ethical debate

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/25/the-guardian-view-on-the-pope-and-claude-encyclical-on-ai-is-right-to-put-humanity-first

[2026-05-26 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: UCLA earns No. 1 seed for NCAA baseball tournament ahead of Georgia Tech

Snippet: The NCAA logo is seen on a baseball during an NCAA college baseball tournament regional game between Louisiana-Lafayette and Mississippi State in Lafayette, La., June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/college-baseball-ncaa-cws-463e14c3ddaf188b1023d30d6fb7f5c8

[2026-05-26 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Pope says AI must be ‘disarmed’ to prevent domination, exclusion, and death

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are tied to its rise.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/25/pope-says-ai-must-be-disarmed-to-prevent-domination-exclusion-and-death

[2026-05-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Download the South China Morning Post app for full access to SCMP Games, including the .

Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordTuesday, 26 Mayloading

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/games/crosswords-quick/2026-05-26

[2026-05-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Download the South China Morning Post app for full access to SCMP Games, including Mini Sudoku.

Snippet: Mini SudokuTuesday, 26 Mayloading

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/games/mini-sudoku/2026-05-26

[2026-05-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Download the South China Morning Post app for full access to SCMP Games, including the SCMP Cryptic Crossword.

Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordTuesday, 26 Mayloading

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/games/crosswords-cryptic/2026-05-26

[2026-05-26 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Download the South China Morning Post app for full access to SCMP Games, including Word Search.

Snippet: Word SearchTuesday, 26 Mayloading

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/games/word-search/2026-05-26

[2026-05-26 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: A historic struggle for sovereigntyA historic struggle for sovereignty

Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/26/supplements/a-historic-struggle-for-sovereigntya-historic-struggle-for-sovereignty/2351262

[2026-05-26 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Pope Leo says AI must be 'disarmed' in first major teaching

Snippet: Pope Leo has presented the first major teaching document of his papacy, warning that artificial intelligence needs to be "disarmed".

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedppn6002jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-26 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Pope demands AI weapons be ‘disarmed’

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stark warning on artificial intelligence, claiming that the technology is aiding the “normalization of war” and transferring powers of life and death to unaccountable “technological actors.”

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640547-pope-ai-weapons-warning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-26 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Pope demands AI weapons be ‘disarmed’

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has delivered a stark warning on artificial intelligence, claiming that the technology is aiding the “normalization of war” and transferring powers of life and death to unaccountable “technological actors.”

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640547-pope-ai-weapons-warning/

[2026-05-26 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Huawei Touts Sanctions-Busting Chip Breakthrough, SMIC Shares Erupt

Snippet: Semiconductor Manufacturing International soared to a record high in China after Huawei unveiled what it described as a breakthrough pathway for advanced semiconductor production at the IEEE ISCAS conference, without relying on the West's most advanced chipmaking equipment.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/huawei-touts-sanctions-busting-chip-breakthrough-smic-shares-erupt

[2026-05-26 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Vucic and Xi agree to strengthen ‘ironclad friendship’ between Serbia and China

Snippet: Serbian leader makes first official state visit to Beijing, with the two sides signing more than 20 deals covering politics, trade and tech

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3354804/vucic-and-xi-agree-strengthen-ironclad-friendship-between-serbia-and-china?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-26 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Xi Jinping] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Vucic and Xi agree to strengthen ‘ironclad friendship’ between Serbia and China

Snippet: Serbian leader makes first official state visit to Beijing, with the two sides signing more than 20 deals covering politics, trade and tech

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3354804/vucic-and-xi-agree-strengthen-ironclad-friendship-between-serbia-and-china

[2026-05-26 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Pope Leo calls for tighter AI regulation and warns autonomous weapons now impossible to govern | The National

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has urged governments to slow down and regulate the development of artificial intelligence systems in his first ⁠major document, released on Monday.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/05/25/pope-leo-calls-for-tighter-ai-regulation-and-warns-autonomous-weapons-now-impossible-to-govern/

[2026-05-26 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ByteDance AI films shake up Cannes as TikTok owner challenges Hollywood norms, budgets

Snippet: A new cinematic tool, Seedance 2.0, can generate feature-length movies for a fraction of traditional costs

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3354800/bytedance-ai-films-shake-cannes-tiktok-owner-challenges-hollywood-norms-budgets?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-26 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Jia Zhangke] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ByteDance AI films shake up Cannes as TikTok owner challenges Hollywood norms, budgets

Snippet: A new cinematic tool, Seedance 2.0, can generate feature-length movies for a fraction of traditional costs

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3354800/bytedance-ai-films-shake-cannes-tiktok-owner-challenges-hollywood-norms-budgets

[2026-05-25 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Jewish CEO of Azerbaijani giant deepens business ties with Israel

Snippet: Kirill Rubinski, the Jewish CEO of the Azerbaijani group NEQSOL Holding, has spent much of his career moving between worlds that do not usually sit easily together: Soviet Moscow and Paris, Jewish identity and Muslim-majority Azerbaijan, private equity and strategic infrastructure.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/energy-and-infrastructure/article-897248

[2026-05-25 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Lockheed Martin breaks ground for new THAAD manufacturing facility

Snippet: With reports that the United States expended more than half of its overall Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors during Operation Epic Fury (Operation Roaring Lion) against Iran, Lockheed Martin has broken ground for a new munitions production center in Troy, Alabama.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-897250

[2026-05-25 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: AI takes over Cannes as agents privately seek big money deals with tech giants despite actors’ criticism

Snippet: This was the year AI companies took over the Cannes Film Festival while the studios stayed home. And we hear that Hollywood agents were even eagerly aiming to strike deals with the AI outfits, never mind what their clients publicly claimed back home.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/05/25/hollywood/ai-takes-over-cannes-as-agents-privately-seek-big-money-deals-with-tech-giants-despite-actors-criticism/