Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: May 13, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
Last updated: May 13, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
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1Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets
Sarah Perez, Ivan Mehta, Aisha Malik — May 13, 2026, 01:01 AM PHT -
2One graph attempts to connect every object in the universe
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
3Meta is facing another lawsuit over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — May 13, 2026, 06:12 AM PHT -
4Soil food webs grow more varied in farmland and tropics, global analysis reveals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
5How a single radioactive cloud caused Fukushima particle contamination
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
Jeremy Hsu — May 13, 2026, 05:59 AM PHT -
7Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever
Lily Hay Newman — May 13, 2026, 05:52 AM PHT -
8Perseverance rover snaps selfie in western frontier of Mars
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
9Human childbirth is not uniquely difficult among mammals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
10Video: Gels for cosmetics made from natural plant oils
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
11DOJ extracts $30m settlement from PayPal over minority-owned business program
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — May 13, 2026, 05:14 AM PHT -
12The fog is alive: Droplets host bacteria that clear toxins from our air
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
13TIME instrument unlocks faint signals from early galaxies across vast stretches of sky
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
14Authors of book about classroom AI say loss of foundational knowledge is biggest threat
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
15Scientists dispute hypothesis that climate change will unleash massive agricultural pest populations
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
16AI surrogate accelerates nonlinear optics simulations by orders of magnitude
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT -
17Airport readings uncover ultrafine particle spikes and oil residue in Zurich study
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
18The Audemars Piguet x Swatch Collaboration Is Here for Real
Jeremy White — May 13, 2026, 04:13 AM PHT -
19How Qing featherwork got its colors: New scans reveal multiple birds and hidden pigment layers
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:10 AM PHT -
20Coral reefs around Hainan are collapsing faster under local damage and warming, but targeted action could reverse losses
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
21Wine's leftovers could help wean chicken farms off antibiotics
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
22How winds above Tibet quietly replenish water for nearly 2 billion people
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
23'Mobile' DNA elements may have expanded gene regulatory networks in brain development
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
24Self-activating catalysts boost hydrogen output by reshaping themselves during electrolysis
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
25Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
Vincenzo Leone — May 13, 2026, 03:06 AM PHT -
26Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket
Elizabeth Howell — May 13, 2026, 03:05 AM PHT -
27Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada is back with his own studio under SNK
staff@engadget.com (Jessica Conditt) — May 13, 2026, 03:03 AM PHT -
28DeepAFM decodes protein motion from noisy images with 93.4% accuracy
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 13, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
29Protect your enterprise now from the Shai-Hulud worm and npm vulnerability in 6 actionable steps
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — May 13, 2026, 02:49 AM PHT -
30Perceptron Mk1 shocks with highly performant video analysis AI model 80-90% cheaper than Anthropic, OpenAI & Google
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 13, 2026, 02:45 AM PHT -
31Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after a car drove directly into a flooded road
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — May 13, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT -
32Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
Tim Fernholz — May 13, 2026, 02:05 AM PHT -
33Threads users are pissed they can't block Meta's new AI chatbot
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — May 13, 2026, 02:04 AM PHT -
34IEEE Program Aims to Connect the Billions Who Are Still Offline
Kathy Pretz — May 13, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
35'Cannibal stars,' AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here's how
Robert Lea — May 13, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
36Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares
Ram Iyer — May 13, 2026, 01:36 AM PHT -
37Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them
Sean O'Kane — May 13, 2026, 01:33 AM PHT -
38Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Rebecca Bellan — May 13, 2026, 01:30 AM PHT -
39Neutralizing the Gigascale Problem: How to Solve the Physical Power Paradox of Extreme AI Training Loads
Ampace — May 13, 2026, 01:15 AM PHT -
40Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year
Ryan Whitwam — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
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42The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action
Lucas Ropek — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
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45Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
46Googlebook Is Google’s New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android
Julian Chokkattu — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
47Google announces upcoming security tools for Android, including enhanced protection against banking scam calls
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
48Gemini in Chrome arrives on Android devices in June
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
49Gemini Intelligence brings app automation to Android
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — May 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
50US bank discloses security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — May 13, 2026, 12:36 AM PHT -
51Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
Aisha Malik — May 13, 2026, 12:34 AM PHT -
52World Models: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
MIT Technology Review — May 13, 2026, 12:22 AM PHT -
53Running Claude Code or Claude in Chrome? Here's the audit matrix for every blind spot your security stack misses
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — May 12, 2026, 11:59 PM PHT -
54Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
Marina Temkin — May 12, 2026, 11:07 PM PHT -
55Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Already Spreading Online
David Gilbert — May 12, 2026, 10:53 PM PHT -
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57NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars on May 15: Here's what to expect
Robert Lea — May 12, 2026, 10:19 PM PHT -
58Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice
Zack Whittaker — May 12, 2026, 09:34 PM PHT -
59Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools
Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times — May 12, 2026, 09:33 PM PHT -
60Star Catcher just raised $65 million to build the world's first power grid in space — with lasers
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — May 12, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
61The Download: a Nobel winner on AI, and the case for fixing everything
Thomas Macaulay — May 12, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
62Scientists discover hidden fat-burning switch that could strengthen bones
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 12, 2026, 07:58 PM PHT -
63Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
Stephen Clark — May 12, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
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67Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 12, 2026, 03:10 PM PHT -
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70NASA’s Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 12, 2026, 12:42 PM PHT -
71This simple strength test could predict how long you live
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 12, 2026, 09:13 AM PHT -
72Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff — May 12, 2026, 07:51 AM PHT -
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74Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower
The Verge — May 12, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT