Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-01 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordSaturday, 1 Augustloading
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[2026-08-01 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchSaturday, 1 Augustloading
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[2026-08-01 02:17 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Lawyers working on behalf of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have accused the capital’s police force of breaching procurement rules by working with Palantir to award the U.S. tech giant a closely watched police contract.
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[2026-08-01 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-08-01 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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[2026-08-01 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The U.S. Department of Energy's Dario Gil, under secretary for science, spoke with Nikkei about collaborative efforts under the Genesis Mission. (Photo by Dai Kuwamura)
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[2026-08-01 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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[2026-08-01 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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[2026-08-01 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Google on Friday responded to concerns over potential misuse of its maps tool Google Earth, to which an artificial intelligence feature was recently added, allowing users to easily manipulate satellite images.
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[2026-08-01 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Google said it would be pausing a new AI feature it introduced to Google Earth which made it possible for users to easily manipulate satellite mapping images.
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[2026-08-01 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-08-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-08-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As rise of AI drives spike in cross-border data demand, infrastructure control becomes critical to digital sovereignty and national security
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[2026-08-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As rise of AI drives spike in cross-border data demand, infrastructure control becomes critical to digital sovereignty and national security
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[2026-08-01 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.
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[2026-08-01 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. lawmakers have requested information from food delivery company DoorDash on its use of Chinese artificial intelligence models, CNBC has learned, as scrutiny around American businesses' use of systems developed by China ramps up.
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[2026-08-01 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In July alone, Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on the AI supply chain, reportedly saw its portfolio value plummet 67 per cent
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[2026-08-01 00:30 UTC+10:00] [AGI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In July alone, Situational Awareness, which bet heavily on the AI supply chain, reportedly saw its portfolio value plummet 67 per cent
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[2026-08-01 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 31 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at countering North Korea's illicit schemes involving its information technology (IT) workers and other activities that support its weapons of mass destruction programs.
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[2026-08-01 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The first test flight of a new AI-powered, anti-fire VTOL & APUS 25 drone was launched on Wednesday, amid growing extreme heat and fire concerns.
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[2026-08-01 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE-backed semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries has said the US government will award it $300 million to develop technology to make AI data centres faster and more efficient.
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[2026-07-31 23:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea, the United States, Japan and eight other countries on Friday issued a joint alert about North Korean information technology (IT) workers accused of generating revenue to help fund Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction programs.
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[2026-07-31 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States, Japan and eight other countries on Friday issued a joint alert about North Korean information technology (IT) workers accused of generating revenue to help fund Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction programs.
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[2026-07-31 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German government has approved a bill to deploy artificial intelligence in processing asylum, visa and residence permit applications.
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[2026-07-31 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Almost four years into the artificial intelligence boom, the world's biggest tech companies are still making grand promises about the future. The problem is, they're burning through their cash in the process.
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[2026-07-31 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New rules give extra teeth to efforts to stamp out critical mineral smuggling and leaks of strategically vital technology
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[2026-07-31 23:05 UTC+10:00] [People's Liberation Army] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New rules give extra teeth to efforts to stamp out critical mineral smuggling and leaks of strategically vital technology
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[2026-07-31 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ad for the prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, file)
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[2026-07-31 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A broad rally in US tech stocks is extending for a second day, with Nasdaq 100 futures rising over 1%. Amazon is the standout in premarket trading, up by 12% after reporting a fifth quarter of cloud sales growth, while Apple is sinking 7% after its sales forecast was dented by industry-wide supply shortages.
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[2026-07-31 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For decades, the defense industry has been dominated by a small number of established contractors building increasingly complex and expensive systems through procurement programs that often take years, or even decades, to deliver.
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[2026-07-31 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dramatic move makes GPT-5.6 Luna the ‘most attractive’ in intelligence-per-dollar rankings, above Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 and MiniMax’s M3
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[2026-07-31 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Anthropic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dramatic move makes GPT-5.6 Luna the ‘most attractive’ in intelligence-per-dollar rankings, above Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 and MiniMax’s M3
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[2026-07-31 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firm aims to ‘support open-source community’ and a ‘broad range of hardware’, as H3 model bests Seedance 2.0 in some tasks
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[2026-07-31 20:30 UTC+10:00] [video generation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Firm aims to ‘support open-source community’ and a ‘broad range of hardware’, as H3 model bests Seedance 2.0 in some tasks
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[2026-07-31 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Commission has launched a hiring call to boost the headcount of its units responsible for enforcing the EU's new artificial intelligence rules.
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[2026-07-31 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: DeepSeek’s pricing plans for its AI models are far cheaper than those of U.S. rivals. © Getty Images
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[2026-07-31 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Six months after Golomt adopted the technology, 96 per cent of yuan payments moved from Swift to China’s payment system, the bank says
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[2026-07-31 18:25 UTC+10:00] [CIPS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Six months after Golomt adopted the technology, 96 per cent of yuan payments moved from Swift to China’s payment system, the bank says
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[2026-07-31 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While Westminster was still digesting the BritCard cancellation, Andy Burnham also abolished the department that was supposed to build it.
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[2026-07-31 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s DeepSeek is also recruiting for jobs in Inner Mongolia, the location of the buildout, as it emerges as an AI hub due to low power costs
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[2026-07-31 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s DeepSeek is also recruiting for jobs in Inner Mongolia, the location of the buildout, as it emerges as an AI hub due to low power costs
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[2026-07-31 17:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country’s internet regulator has found.
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[2026-07-31 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Kumamoto quake, which has killed at least 34 people, has stopped work in an area critical to Japan’s car and semiconductor industries
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[2026-07-31 17:32 UTC+10:00] [Aichi] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Kumamoto quake, which has killed at least 34 people, has stopped work in an area critical to Japan’s car and semiconductor industries
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[2026-07-31 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Investors are becoming more willing to increase their exposure to international equities, as concerns over the dominance of the "Magnificent Seven" technology giants encourage diversification away from U.S. stocks, Janus Henderson Investors' Julian McManus told CNBC.
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[2026-07-31 17:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks skyrocketed by a record 18 percent to reclaim the 6,500-point level Friday, driven by robust semiconductor gains as better-than-expected Microsoft earnings eased concerns over artificial intelligence spending. The local currency rose sharply against the US dollar.
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[2026-07-31 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The push for cooperation comes as Chinese carmakers seek to validate their driverless technology in European markets
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[2026-07-31 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The push for cooperation comes as Chinese carmakers seek to validate their driverless technology in European markets
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[2026-07-31 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Demand for NAND flash memory, the core product of Kioxia Holdings, is on the rise as U.S. tech companies expand data center capacity. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-07-31 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks skyrocketed by a record 18 percent to reclaim the 6,500-point level Friday, driven by robust semiconductor gains as better-than-expected Microsoft earnings eased concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) spending. The local currency rose sharply against the U.S. dollar.
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