Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Zhipu AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Youth employment has fallen sharply in sectors highly exposed to artificial intelligence (AI) technology since the emergence of generative AI chatbots, a central bank report showed Tuesday.
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[2026-08-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Artificial intelligence is frequently presented as a revolutionary technology that will make the world smaller by breaking down barriers to communication and mutual understanding. Yet many of the systems now in place have inherited some of modern society’s most persistent biases.
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[2026-08-18 12:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Three companies have advanced to the next stage of a government-backed project to develop an artificial intelligence service accessible to everyone for free, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-18 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Three companies have advanced to the next stage of a government-backed project to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) service accessible to everyone for free, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-18 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev, the founders of Israeli AI startup Decart are in the final stages of signing a huge deal with Anthropic, the US AI company behind Claude.
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[2026-08-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains by major chipmakers, despite overnight losses on Wall Street, as hopes for a deal to end the war with Iran fade.
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[2026-08-18 10:28 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed “Superman”, days before becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to list on mainland China’s stock market.
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[2026-08-18 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details in last 5 paras)
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[2026-08-18 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, led by gains by major chipmakers, despite overnight losses on Wall Street, as hopes for a deal to end the war with Iran fade.
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[2026-08-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-18 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-18 08:37 UTC+10:00] [What's the scam?] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-08-18 07:49 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Technological innovation has changed the nature of conflict since Japan formulated the current editions of its main security documents in 2022. (Illustration by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-18 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing platform, will soon change how it counts views after requests from content creators.
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[2026-08-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Norman was the first to wish Chouwa Liang a happy 30th birthday. He sent her a poem.
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[2026-08-18 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is working to strengthen security against biological attacks after staffing cuts targeted experts in the field early in US President Donald Trump's second term, as artificial intelligence raises new fears about synthetic pathogens, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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[2026-08-18 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman increased its efforts to mitigate the potential environmental impacts from a ship's oil spill, which covers an area of over 2,000 square kilometres, according to a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology on Monday.
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[2026-08-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Leading technology firms are increasingly tying together chips, power and data centre development as they race to meet soaring AI demand
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[2026-08-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Leading technology firms are increasingly tying together chips, power and data centre development as they race to meet soaring AI demand
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[2026-08-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 18, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-08-18 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Justice Department filings show that a communications arrangement undertaken on behalf of the Israeli government included $1 million in disclosed work orders for digital content, research, production and communications aimed at audiences in the United States.
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[2026-08-18 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIZAL Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) and the Social Security System (SSS) formalized their partnership through the signing of an agreement for the rollout of SSS Loan Lite powered by RCBC DiskarTech at the Yuchengco Museum in RCBC Plaza last Aug. 11, 2026.
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[2026-08-18 02:52 UTC+10:00] [Anthropic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulation
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[2026-08-18 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-18 02:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Commentary about the ‘so bad it’s good’ qualities of mother and son’s movie has driven people to see it at cinema
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchTuesday, 18 Augustloading
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[2026-08-18 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GLOBE continues to invest in the next generation of talent, helping students to develop the skills, confidence and perspective they need to thrive in a digital future.
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[2026-08-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
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[2026-08-18 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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[2026-08-18 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Recent Securities and Exchange Commission guidance is underpinning the debt-fueled data center buildout to support artificial intelligence.
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[2026-08-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Supermarkets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Supermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’
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[2026-08-18 00:50 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The first thing I noticed when I gave up American technology was the silence.
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[2026-08-18 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nvidia on Monday said it will provide the credit and compute for a new artificial intelligence data center for OpenAI in Ohio.
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission
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[2026-08-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission
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[2026-08-17 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shop set a Guinness World Record on its opening day for the most cups of coffee served by a robot-operated store in one hour.
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[2026-08-17 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week starts with Semis / Memory / AI themes bid globally, as small-caps are fractionally in the red. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are 0.1% higher, while Nasdaq futures climb 0.5% after strong revenue growth at Anthropic helped boost optimism around artificial intelligence and bolstered the view that massive spending on artificial intelligence will be sustained.
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta wants to lead in open-source AI. China's Alibaba just reminded the U.S. tech giant how competitive the market is.
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[2026-08-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Meta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Raúl Torrez is drafting two bills with state lawmakers to bolster consumer protections and child safety online, building on state’s landmark case against Meta
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[2026-08-17 20:22 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: WORLDCLAW. Silhouettes of figures depicting US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump are seen behind the WorldClaw logo in this illustration taken on August 11, 2026.
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The landmark deal sees Citic Capital’s private equity arm acquiring the unit famous for strategy game Three Kingdoms Tactics
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The landmark deal sees Citic Capital’s private equity arm acquiring the unit famous for strategy game Three Kingdoms Tactics
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[2026-08-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Department of Science and Technology opens its 2026 Regional Science and Technology Week celebration at the La Marietta Events Place in Odiongan, Romblon. The ribbon cutting ceremony was led by Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum and Romblon Governor Trina Alejandra Firmalo-Fabic, who tested some of the projects on exhibit.
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