Topic: Technology — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New portfolio managers were thrust into the spotlight as tech bets soured and client scrutiny intensified during 50-day market turmoil
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[2026-08-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New portfolio managers were thrust into the spotlight as tech bets soured and client scrutiny intensified during 50-day market turmoil
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[2026-08-15 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Dos personas hablan cerca de un anuncio de Meta fuera de las oficinas generales de la empresa, en Menlo Park, California, el 7 de marzo de 2023. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, Archivo)
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[2026-08-15 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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[2026-08-15 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese Z.ai is known for developing an AI model that defended against a cyberattack by OpenAI models. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
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[2026-08-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-15 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Flock Safety, the startup that blanketed America in automated license plate readers (ALPRs), announced Thursday that it is dialing back its expansive platform. The company is significantly shortening its data retention windows, requiring police to justify every search, and allowing cities to block neighboring jurisdictions from querying their cameras for immigration enforcement.
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[2026-08-15 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MARKING a significant step in digital pathology and cancer diagnostics, Makati Medical Center (MMC) launched the first digital pathology scanner in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s billionaire software king Wang Wenjing and his wife Sonia Yan Song have put their waterfront home in Sydney’s Mosman on the market and could double their money.
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[2026-08-15 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A joint venture between Global Innovation Labs and Z Venture Capital plans to establish a fund for early-stage Japanese startups. (Source photos by Global Innovation Labs and Z Venture Capital)
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[2026-08-15 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A push notification sent by Apple to some users warning about mercenary spyware is giving many pause about just how secure their iPhones and Macs really are.
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[2026-08-15 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A push notification sent by Apple to some users warning about mercenary spyware is giving many pause about just how secure their iPhones and Macs really are.
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[2026-08-15 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PostMag Quick CrosswordSaturday, 15 Augustloading
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[2026-08-15 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mini SudokuSaturday, 15 Augustloading
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[2026-08-15 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP Cryptic CrosswordSaturday, 15 Augustloading
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[2026-08-15 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Word SearchSaturday, 15 Augustloading
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[2026-08-15 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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[2026-08-15 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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[2026-08-15 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There has been a recent flurry of important real estate tax cases in Israel. The cases relate to hotel companies, Value Added Tax (VAT), and transparent house property companies. If you have a financial interest in Israeli real estate, read on and consult your real estate tax advisor.
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[2026-08-15 01:31 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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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Scams] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology
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[2026-08-15 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tesla plans to unveil a redesigned Roadster sports car with limited "flying" capabilities later this month, The Information reported Friday morning, citing people familiar with the matter. The report follows this week's comments from Tesla's chief vehicle designer, who said the long-delayed Roadster is "coming soon."
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[2026-08-14 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In July, the appropriately-named 'Groundbreaker' website laid out a structural diagnosis that most of the market still refuses to confront: the AI boom is not a technology cycle. It is a credit-driven real-estate-like cycle whose financing architecture depends on the second derivative.
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[2026-08-14 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Senior FAO official for Africa Meshack Malo described artificial intelligence as a powerful tool for farmers, stressing the need for Africa datasets, language models, research capacity and agritech firms, to enable the continent to be not only the consumer but the driver of the technology.
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[2026-08-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Online dating] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ grows
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[2026-08-14 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are fractionally higher, as they have been much of this supercharged week which pushed stocks to new all tim ehighs, amid quiet news flow this morning. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1% after the index closed at a record on Thursday. Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.2%, with the tech benchmark set for a 1.2% gain in the week.
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[2026-08-14 21:52 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: DENNIS ANTHONY UY. Converge CEO Uy speaks at the launch of the DTI AI and Scale-up Center.
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Anthropic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
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[2026-08-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The breakthrough is expected to provide a foundation for scalable quantum communications, computing and networked sensing
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[2026-08-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [signal loss] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The breakthrough is expected to provide a foundation for scalable quantum communications, computing and networked sensing
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[2026-08-14 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.
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[2026-08-14 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
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[2026-08-14 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday confirmed that two senior officials from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have been removed from their posts.
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[2026-08-14 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services
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[2026-08-14 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Guangdong province deepens ties with China tech giant to boost digital innovation by focusing on AI, semiconductors and smart services
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[2026-08-14 18:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Viva Republica, the operator of South Korean fintech giant Toss, reported an over 50 percent increase in revenue in the first half of the year, driven by growth across its in-app services.
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[2026-08-14 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Japanese currency and US tech stocks share the same fatal problem: momentum can’t survive broken fundamentals
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[2026-08-14 18:30 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Japanese currency and US tech stocks share the same fatal problem: momentum can’t survive broken fundamentals
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[2026-08-14 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Viva Republica Inc., the South Korean operator of the Toss app, said its net income for the first six months of the year rose 120.2 percent on-year, thanks to the growth of services provided through its super app.
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[2026-08-14 18:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook met Bill Gates, chairman of TerraPower, in Seoul on Friday to discuss cooperation on small modular reactors and energy solutions for the artificial intelligence era.
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[2026-08-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A prolific hacking group known for exploiting software vulnerabilities to attack multiple targets simultaneously claimed it had stolen large volumes of data from nearly 50 companies worldwide, including Philips, Shell, Fiserv, and GE, according to a posting on the group's website.
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[2026-08-14 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli-American startup Covenant Industries successfully conducted a live launch of its innovative new Anthem cruise missile last week in the Tan Tan area of southern Morocco, as part of a joint military exercise involving the US military and the Moroccan Armed Forces.
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[2026-08-14 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney design giant Canva has cut its internal valuation by a fifth, telling staff an independent assessment now values the business at $43.9 billion, a cut of more than $10 billion from its most recent valuation a year ago.
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[2026-08-14 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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