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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: July 16, 2026, 07:32 AM PHT
Last updated: July 16, 2026, 07:32 AM PHT
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1Study finds carbon-based pricing encourages greener tourist intentions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT -
2Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads
The Verge — July 16, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
3India's monsoon rain depends on where air gets cleaner
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
4Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations have a deployment problem, not a platform problem — and most are calling chatbots agents
VentureBeat — July 16, 2026, 06:24 AM PHT -
5Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all
The Verge — July 16, 2026, 06:22 AM PHT -
6Researcher details US biobank's value as global resource in study of roots of disease, health
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
7'Full steam ahead': NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — July 16, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
8Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
The Verge — July 16, 2026, 05:56 AM PHT -
9How To Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals: Spain vs. Argentina
Boone Ashworth — July 16, 2026, 05:49 AM PHT -
10Sheetz moves 838 stores off VMware: Broadcom created “too much uncertainty"
Scharon Harding — July 16, 2026, 05:41 AM PHT -
11Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 16, 2026, 05:41 AM PHT -
12Hidden feeding grounds that fuel one of the ocean's most iconic sportfish identified
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
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14Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship'
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 16, 2026, 05:33 AM PHT -
15Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Ashley Belanger — July 16, 2026, 05:26 AM PHT -
16Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
Samuel Axon — July 16, 2026, 05:04 AM PHT -
17Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
18What does it mean to be 'quantum?' A physicist explains the basics behind Einstein's spooky actions at a distance
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
19Helpful microbes could battle pathogens in our hospitals and schools—with the help of AI to make it work
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
20Epigenetic mechanism explains how some plants cope with salt stress
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
21Marsupial newborns get early arms as embryos bypass usual limb-building sequence
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 04:10 AM PHT -
22New algorithm improves gene expression marker identification across diverse biological systems
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
23Amazon AGI director says AI agent reliability, not capability, is blocking enterprise deployment at VB Transform 2026
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 16, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
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26Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M
Julie Bort — July 16, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
27Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
Lucas Ropek — July 16, 2026, 03:41 AM PHT -
28Scientists explain how nucleolus sub-compartments drive ribosome assembly
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
29Astronomers find nearby planets to be small, strange, and utterly uninhabitable
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
30Asteroid breakup may explain inner solar system bombardment 800 million years ago
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
31FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs
Jon Brodkin — July 16, 2026, 02:52 AM PHT -
32How school choice may sustain income segregation in US classrooms
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
33OpenAI launches a physical keypad for controlling agents
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — July 16, 2026, 02:31 AM PHT -
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35Cohere VP says enterprise AI sovereignty requires control of the full agent stack at VB Transform 2026
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 16, 2026, 02:21 AM PHT -
36Prey accessibility, not abundance, may shape predator behavior in penguins
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
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38Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling
Connie Loizos — July 16, 2026, 02:04 AM PHT -
39As snowpack shrinks, Sierra Nevada mountain ponds undergo dramatic change
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 16, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
40Apple is reportedly shopping for AI chip companies
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 16, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
41Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer
The Verge — July 16, 2026, 01:54 AM PHT -
42Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant
Tim De Chant — July 16, 2026, 01:39 AM PHT -
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44Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer
Will Douglas Heaven — July 16, 2026, 01:09 AM PHT -
45Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — July 16, 2026, 01:09 AM PHT -
46Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
Amanda Silberling — July 16, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
47Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
Lauren Forristal — July 16, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
48Valve appears to be discontinuing self-repair parts for the LCD Steam Deck at iFixit
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 16, 2026, 12:25 AM PHT -
49Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI
Zack Whittaker — July 16, 2026, 12:20 AM PHT -
50A hacker accessed Suno source code that reportedly details how the company scraped millions of songs
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 16, 2026, 12:13 AM PHT -
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53Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI
Sarah Perez — July 15, 2026, 11:29 PM PHT -
54Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise
Theresa Loconsolo — July 15, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
55'We have maybe 20 months' to rebuild for AI agents, Meta's infrastructure VP tells VB Transform 2026
VentureBeat — July 15, 2026, 10:59 PM PHT -
56Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier
Aisha Malik — July 15, 2026, 10:42 PM PHT -
57India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing
Jagmeet Singh — July 15, 2026, 10:39 PM PHT -
58The hidden skeleton “gatekeeper” inside brain cells could help fight Alzheimer's
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 15, 2026, 10:37 PM PHT -
59Apple Intelligence finally gets regulatory approval in China
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 15, 2026, 10:22 PM PHT -
60US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims
Zack Whittaker — July 15, 2026, 10:21 PM PHT -
61iOS 27 preview: Long-awaited Siri AI is practical but plain
staff@engadget.com (Mat Smith) — July 15, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
62Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models
Rebecca Bellan — July 15, 2026, 09:10 PM PHT -
63'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek
Robert Lea — July 15, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
64The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel
Thomas Macaulay — July 15, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
65An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI
Isabella Ward — July 15, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
66The Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2026: Air, Pro, Mini
Luke Larsen — July 15, 2026, 07:01 PM PHT -
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68Withings' new ultra-premium scale goes on sale today
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — July 15, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
694 Best Personal Safety Alarms: Garmin, Sabre, & More (2026)
Boutayna Chokrane — July 15, 2026, 06:33 PM PHT -
70Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science
Kate Wong, WIRED.com — July 15, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
71My Ebike Delivery Went Missing. When I Tried to Recover It, I Ended Up in Chatbot Hell
Dillon Thompson — July 15, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
72OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
Maxwell Zeff — July 15, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
73NASA selects 41 space technologies for future Moon and Mars exploration
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 15, 2026, 03:43 PM PHT -
74Astronomers just found four hidden white dwarf stars near Earth
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78Going to museums, movies, and theater may help your body stay younger
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 15, 2026, 12:45 PM PHT -
79Chewing bubble gum after beetroot may help lower blood pressure
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 15, 2026, 08:24 AM PHT