(May 06, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: May 06, 2026, 06:38 AM PHT
Last updated: May 06, 2026, 06:38 AM PHT
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1Scientists map genetic switches on mosquito reproductive genes, advancing tools to fight disease
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT -
2One command turns any open-source repo into an AI agent backdoor. OpenClaw proved no supply-chain scanner has a detection category for it
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — May 06, 2026, 06:09 AM PHT -
3Close Juno flyby unlocks sharp new image of Jupiter moon Thebe
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
4Apple will pay $250 million for failing to deliver its AI-powered Siri on time
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 06, 2026, 05:51 AM PHT -
5Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
The Verge — May 06, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
6Watch as NASA's Curiosity Rover frees its drill from a rock
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
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8Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean
Jeremy Hsu — May 06, 2026, 05:41 AM PHT -
9Anthropic reportedly agrees to pay Google $200 billion for chips and cloud access
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — May 06, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
10Almost all plant-based meat alternatives contain mycotoxins, new research finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
11Digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
12Polar vortex forecasts gain months of lead time with new climate-based method
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
13Rain barrels and other household stormwater strategies are working—for now
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
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15Xbox is ditching Microsoft's Copilot AI
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 06, 2026, 05:11 AM PHT -
16How to equip girls for an increasingly AI-driven world
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
17Watermelon super-pangenome paves the way for precision breeding
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
18Microplastics pass through earthworms without accumulating in body tissues, study shows
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
19Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license
Jon Brodkin — May 06, 2026, 04:58 AM PHT -
20Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models
Lucas Ropek — May 06, 2026, 04:56 AM PHT -
21Scientists connect “time crystal” to real device in quantum breakthrough
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 04:53 AM PHT -
22'Solar-blind' 2D heterostructure delivers 422-fold responsivity gain for UV sensing
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
23Q&A: How are teachers reckoning with AI in schools?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
24Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
The Verge — May 06, 2026, 04:26 AM PHT -
25Stanford’s new chip boosts light 100x with surprisingly low energy
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 04:21 AM PHT -
26Chemistry-aware AI can generate millions of plausible new molecules
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 04:10 AM PHT -
27Dog training choices may reflect owners' ethical views on animals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
28Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — May 06, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
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30Irish regulators are investigating whether Meta is using 'dark patterns' to steer people away from non-algorithmic feeds
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — May 06, 2026, 03:57 AM PHT -
31Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack
Dan Goodin — May 06, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
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33Tiny eggs may explain why ammonites vanished while nautiloids survived asteroid aftermath
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
34Apple Intelligence will reportedly let you choose third-party AI models in iOS 27
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — May 06, 2026, 03:38 AM PHT -
35RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin
Beth Mole — May 06, 2026, 03:32 AM PHT -
36AI is showing up in court cases, but only a human jury can grapple with the moral weight of assessing guilt
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 06, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
37Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI over chatbots that pretend to be licensed doctors
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 06, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
38This tiny outer Solar System world has an atmosphere. It shouldn’t
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 02:53 AM PHT -
39Google Home gains more Gemini-powered camera features
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — May 06, 2026, 02:39 AM PHT -
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41Breakthrough biomaterial heals tissue from the inside out
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
42Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect
Sarah Perez — May 06, 2026, 02:09 AM PHT -
43OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
The Verge — May 06, 2026, 02:01 AM PHT -
44ChatGPT's new default model is more factual and better at personalization
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — May 06, 2026, 01:59 AM PHT -
45Book publishers accuse Meta and Mark Zuckerberg of copyright infringement
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — May 06, 2026, 01:52 AM PHT -
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47Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor
Russell Brandom — May 06, 2026, 01:46 AM PHT -
48Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls
Ryan Whitwam — May 06, 2026, 01:17 AM PHT -
49A 75-million-year-old fossil reveals a shocking tyrannosaur secret
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 01:14 AM PHT -
50Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — May 06, 2026, 01:13 AM PHT -
51Alexa+ is now available on a bunch of Bose speakers
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — May 06, 2026, 01:08 AM PHT -
52OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT
Ivan Mehta — May 06, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
53'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'
Fran Ruiz — May 06, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
544,000-year-old tablets reveal magic spells, kings feared, and a beer receipt
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 12:59 AM PHT -
55Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in 'AI-native' restructuring
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — May 06, 2026, 12:29 AM PHT -
56PayPal says it’s ‘becoming a technology company again’ — that means AI
Sarah Perez — May 05, 2026, 11:49 PM PHT -
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58Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push
Lauren Forristal — May 05, 2026, 11:31 PM PHT -
59Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack
Zack Whittaker — May 05, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
60Charlize Theron is a bewitching Circe in Odyssey trailer
Jennifer Ouellette — May 05, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
61Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
Aisha Malik — May 05, 2026, 10:27 PM PHT -
62ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors
Ivan Mehta — May 05, 2026, 10:20 PM PHT -
63CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents
Ram Iyer — May 05, 2026, 10:07 PM PHT -
64Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over as CEO of Quantum Space
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — May 05, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
65India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
Jagmeet Singh — May 05, 2026, 09:18 PM PHT -
66Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as part of broader restructuring
Ivan Mehta — May 05, 2026, 08:35 PM PHT -
67The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy
Thomas Macaulay — May 05, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
68Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
Joel Khalili — May 05, 2026, 07:59 PM PHT -
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709 Best Portable Power Stations (2026): Power Capacity, Portability, Camping, and More
Simon Hill — May 05, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
71The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
Katie Drummond — May 05, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
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73The Best Sustainable Surf Gear (2026): Patagonia, Billabong, Outerknown
Brent Rose — May 05, 2026, 05:02 PM PHT -
74A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy
Andrew Sorota, Josh Hendler — May 05, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
75OpenAI turns its sold-out GPT-5.5 party into a monthlong Codex giveaway for 8,000 developers
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — May 05, 2026, 03:34 PM PHT -
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79Scientists just created exotic new forms of matter that shouldn’t exist
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 05, 2026, 10:48 AM PHT -
80Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave — May 05, 2026, 07:19 AM PHT -
81What the Spirit Airlines Implosion Means for Your Vacation
Aarian Marshall — May 05, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT