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(June 13, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Last updated: June 13, 2026, 08:46 AM PHT
Last updated: June 13, 2026, 08:46 AM PHT
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3Meet REMORA: The autonomous space fleet built to tag and track asteroids
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 08:00 AM PHT -
4Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff — June 13, 2026, 07:45 AM PHT -
5Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
Connie Loizos — June 13, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT -
6SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?
Eric Berger — June 13, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
7Kimi K2.7-Code cuts thinking tokens 30% — but practitioners say the benchmarks don't check out
VentureBeat — June 13, 2026, 05:55 AM PHT -
8Google researchers introduce 'faithful uncertainty,' allowing LLMs to offer best guesses instead of hallucinations
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — June 13, 2026, 05:27 AM PHT -
9‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
Paresh Dave, Zoë Schiffer — June 13, 2026, 05:16 AM PHT -
10Gulf Stream shifted north during 12,900-year-old cold snap, first direct evidence shows
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
11Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — June 13, 2026, 04:38 AM PHT -
12SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world’s first trillionaire
Marina Temkin, Sean O'Kane — June 13, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
13Japan's H3 rocket bounces back from failure with successful return to flight launch carrying 6 satellites
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — June 13, 2026, 04:03 AM PHT -
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15Jurassic viral gene may have helped apple snails start laying eggs on land
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
16PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
Dan Goodin — June 13, 2026, 03:26 AM PHT -
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18Congress lets decades-old spying law lapse amid Trump's controversial DNI nomination
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — June 13, 2026, 02:45 AM PHT -
19New species of Middle Miocene bear-dog described in tribute to Salvador Moyà-Solà
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
20Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers
Jeremy Hsu — June 13, 2026, 02:03 AM PHT -
21Donald Trump’s White House UFC Event Would Be Embarrassing Anywhere
Tim Marchman — June 13, 2026, 02:03 AM PHT -
22Mountainous landscapes store far more carbon than previously thought, new research shows
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
23Award-Winning Researcher Trains Robots to Make Educated Guesses
Liz Wegerer — June 13, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
24Why is the US Space Force researching 'orbital warehouses'?
Elizabeth Howell — June 13, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
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26Supercomputer predicts 2026 World Cup results
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
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28Rare-earth-free zinc oxide achieves a first in stress-to-light conversion
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 01:20 AM PHT -
29$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Ashley Belanger — June 13, 2026, 01:18 AM PHT -
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31Nuclear clocks tick for the first time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
32When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
Kyle Orland — June 13, 2026, 12:51 AM PHT -
33NanoClaw and JFrog launch 'immune system' to block AI agents from downloading malicious code
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — June 13, 2026, 12:46 AM PHT -
34Carbon dioxide unlocks safer oxidation chemistry under room-temperature conditions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
35Horse owners' personality and attachment style shape how they interact with and care for their horses
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
36Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams
Ryan Whitwam — June 13, 2026, 12:34 AM PHT -
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38Engineered bacterium turns potato starch into biodegradable plastic in 24 hours
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 13, 2026, 12:20 AM PHT -
39Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO
Sean O'Kane — June 12, 2026, 11:55 PM PHT -
40PixelRAG beats text parsers on accuracy and cuts AI agent token costs 10x
VentureBeat — June 12, 2026, 11:39 PM PHT -
41AI tracks missing hydrogen atoms in crystals with 97% success rate
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
42Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines
Cyrus Farivar — June 12, 2026, 11:03 PM PHT -
43A cornerstone of Milky Way history may need rewriting with evidence of multiple ancient mergers
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
44'As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it': 'Star City's' Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV's soviet space race spin-off (interview)
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — June 12, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
45Meltwater is causing Antarctic glaciers to flow faster toward the ocean
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
46Would you buy milk from a gene‑edited cow? Consumers may be more open than you think
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 10:20 PM PHT -
47Why birds ignore Newton: New theory could sharpen models of flocks, crowds and cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 10:20 PM PHT -
48Venus flytrap's snap may come from rapid cell wall softening, not water flow
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — June 12, 2026, 10:11 PM PHT -
49Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’
The Verge — June 12, 2026, 10:07 PM PHT -
50Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026
brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) — June 12, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
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52The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it
Elizabeth Howell — June 12, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
53Scientists discover a surprising cancer link to Alzheimer’s disease
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 08:47 PM PHT -
54Stanford scientists regrow lost cartilage and reverse arthritis in major breakthrough
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 08:35 PM PHT -
55The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception
Thomas Macaulay — June 12, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
56Giant underground neutrino detector brings scientists closer to cracking the neutrino puzzle
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 07:57 PM PHT -
57US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies
Zack Whittaker — June 12, 2026, 07:43 PM PHT -
584 Best Floodlight Security Cameras (2026) After Thorough Testing
Simon Hill — June 12, 2026, 07:30 PM PHT -
59Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
Jeremy Hsu — June 12, 2026, 07:15 PM PHT -
60The Morning After: Apple's quest to make AI useful to its users
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — June 12, 2026, 07:15 PM PHT -
61Apple says Siri AI won't suck up to you
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — June 12, 2026, 07:06 PM PHT -
62Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely
Jon Brodkin — June 12, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
63Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday
Eric Berger — June 12, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
64Google sues Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fraud
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — June 12, 2026, 06:46 PM PHT -
65Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 06:38 PM PHT -
66Sheeran Loopers Looper X Review: Create Your One-Person Tour
Pete Cottell — June 12, 2026, 06:31 PM PHT -
67Matchmakers Are Being Paid $25K to Find Trad Wives for Rich Men
Ej Dickson — June 12, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
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69The missing notebooks that solved a 55-million-year-old fossil mystery
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 05:15 PM PHT -
70Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now
Jessica Hamzelou — June 12, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
71Inside interoception: The hidden sense of how you feel inside
Katherine W. Isaacs — June 12, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
72A legendary golden fabric lost for 2,000 years has returned
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 03:02 PM PHT -
73One-way quantum synchronization could make quantum computers more reliable
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 02:05 PM PHT -
74Ancient DNA shared with Neanderthals may explain human language
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 01:13 PM PHT -
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76Scientists found the strength training sweet spot for a longer life
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — June 12, 2026, 12:46 PM PHT -
77Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
Ivan Mehta — June 12, 2026, 12:30 PM PHT -
78Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
Ivan Mehta — June 12, 2026, 12:30 PM PHT -
79Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Anna Heim — June 12, 2026, 09:48 AM PHT -
80Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
Marina Temkin — June 12, 2026, 09:04 AM PHT -
81Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
Julian Chokkattu — June 12, 2026, 09:00 AM PHT
