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Last updated: July 09, 2026, 06:55 AM PHT
Last updated: July 09, 2026, 06:55 AM PHT
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1The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
Boone Ashworth — July 09, 2026, 04:27 AM PHT -
2Should a chatbot manage your bank account? Probably not, according to analysis
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
3Satellites are transforming biodiversity monitoring for global nature targets, but major gaps remain
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
4Primordial mini-moons may explain meteorite composition
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
5Brown howler monkeys rest more on long, hot days and when feeding on leaves
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6SpaceX's Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here's why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAI
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 09, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
7Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders
Kirsten Korosec — July 09, 2026, 05:49 AM PHT -
8"We cannot choose to become idiots": The AI cheating scandal roiling Brown University
Nate Anderson — July 09, 2026, 05:42 AM PHT -
9Decoding of one of nature's largest enzymes reveals electron flow behind biological methane production
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
10Judge approves $1.5 million SEC-Musk settlement over Twitter investment
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 09, 2026, 05:34 AM PHT -
11Indigenous peoples in the Amazon face massive cultural and ecological loss due to climate change
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
12Block-by-block AI maps uncover real urban air temperatures across 380 U.S. cities
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
13Messi and Ronaldo Are Building Tech Portfolios. Mo Salah Is Playing a Different Game
Omnia Al Desoukie — July 09, 2026, 05:08 AM PHT -
14Dynamic population breeding improves turquoise killifish husbandry
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
15X-pinch plasma achieves radial proton acceleration for crisp imaging
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
16Older adults are at risk in heat waves, but it's not just age: How public systems and policies are failing them
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
17Scientists discover rare 'super-Jupiter' planet with 180-day long orbit
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
18Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Russell Brandom — July 09, 2026, 04:37 AM PHT -
19Astronomers dig deep to find tiny dangerous space debris
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT -
20With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
Anna Heim — July 09, 2026, 04:29 AM PHT -
21Heat-shrinking materials get cleaner production route with lower temperatures and finer particles
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
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23New CRISPR method makes it possible to control protein production in cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
24NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — July 09, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
25Caddisfly silk gene evolves quickly without losing adhesive power
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
26How AI and digital data shape our understanding of migration
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
27SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
Lucas Ropek — July 09, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
28This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
Rebecca Bellan — July 09, 2026, 03:19 AM PHT -
29Maize-fed animals may have helped Maya farmers solve corn's protein deficiency
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
30Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Dan Goodin — July 09, 2026, 03:01 AM PHT -
31Study shows why comfort at home is more than a temperature issue
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
32Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed
The Verge — July 09, 2026, 02:50 AM PHT -
33Optimizing RNA design with AI and an Ising machine: Encoding matters
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 09, 2026, 02:50 AM PHT -
34OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice upgrade that lets ChatGPT talk more like a person
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 09, 2026, 02:49 AM PHT -
35Elon Musk says X will send DMs when posts you’ve engaged with are corrected
Sarah Perez — July 09, 2026, 02:46 AM PHT -
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38Inside the Race to Electrify Semi Trailers for Long Haul Freight
Willie D. Jones — July 09, 2026, 01:58 AM PHT -
39Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
Theresa Loconsolo — July 09, 2026, 01:47 AM PHT -
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41Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space
Stephen Clark — July 09, 2026, 01:26 AM PHT -
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43Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Sarah Perez — July 09, 2026, 01:11 AM PHT -
44Twelve South’s AirFly Pro is a great travel companion, and it’s on sale for $40
The Verge — July 09, 2026, 01:09 AM PHT -
45OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
Ivan Mehta — July 09, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
46Google announces new 'Video Remix' feature its for AI subscribers
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 09, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
47ChatGPT's new voice mode will slow down if you tell it to
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — July 09, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
48Venus takes center stage with 2 easy-to-see sky shows this July. Here's when and where to look
Joe Rao — July 09, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
49Amazon is reportedly working on a more powerful agentic Alexa assistant
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 09, 2026, 12:33 AM PHT -
50Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 09, 2026, 12:29 AM PHT -
51EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI Platform
MIT Technology Review Editors — July 09, 2026, 12:26 AM PHT -
52Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
Marina Temkin — July 09, 2026, 12:22 AM PHT -
53Another massive data breach exposed millions of driver’s license numbers
Zack Whittaker — July 09, 2026, 12:14 AM PHT -
54These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
Marina Temkin — July 08, 2026, 11:41 PM PHT -
55Two teens learn the hard way not to do toy gun drive-bys from a Waymo
Jonathan M. Gitlin — July 08, 2026, 11:40 PM PHT -
56Solo GP Ashley Smith announces second $25M fund to back startups in AI, security and more
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 08, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
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59Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine
Tim Fernholz — July 08, 2026, 10:07 PM PHT -
60US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
Camilla Hodgson in London — July 08, 2026, 09:26 PM PHT -
61Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital
Eric Berger — July 08, 2026, 08:47 PM PHT -
62The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality
Thomas Macaulay — July 08, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
63Slack’s Slackbot can now pull your CRM data, generate charts, and send DocuSigns — all from a chat message.
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 08, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
64Revolutionary rocket engine company Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale design
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — July 08, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
659 Best Portable Power Stations (2026), Tested for Capacity and Size
Simon Hill — July 08, 2026, 07:30 PM PHT -
66Apple loses legal fight over its App Store 'gatekeeper' status in Europe
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — July 08, 2026, 07:22 PM PHT -
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68OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear
Matt Burgess — July 08, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
69What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out
Andy Greenberg — July 08, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
70This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster
Joel Khalili — July 08, 2026, 05:30 PM PHT -
71Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk
Aarian Marshall — July 08, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
72Can't stick to a diet? Intermittent fasting may be easier than counting calories for weight loss
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 08, 2026, 04:46 PM PHT -
73Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
Dan Goodin — July 08, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
74AI has collapsed the cyber response window — resilience now starts before the attack
VentureBeat — July 08, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
75New weight loss pill beats oral Ozempic in major trial
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 08, 2026, 01:16 PM PHT -
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79New AI model reveals how neutron star mergers forge heavy elements
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 08, 2026, 12:07 PM PHT -
80Schrödinger’s anthill: Quantum entanglement found in a crystal large enough to hold
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 08, 2026, 08:46 AM PHT -
81Incredible new material makes heat programmable
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 08, 2026, 07:28 AM PHT