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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: July 17, 2026, 06:45 AM PHT
Last updated: July 17, 2026, 06:45 AM PHT
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2Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Emily Mullin — July 17, 2026, 06:17 AM PHT -
3Single fission experiment maps excess gamma rays from more than a dozen unstable nuclei
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
4Roblox will offer AI-generated game creation on mobile later this year
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 17, 2026, 05:32 AM PHT -
5Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack
Zack Whittaker — July 17, 2026, 05:22 AM PHT -
6Salad Chains Are Seeing Foot Traffic Drop Over Cyclosporiasis Fears
Kate Taylor — July 17, 2026, 05:06 AM PHT -
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8Political representatives found more polarized on climate change than their constituents
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
9T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines
Jon Brodkin — July 17, 2026, 04:52 AM PHT -
10It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
Ryan Whitwam — July 17, 2026, 04:41 AM PHT -
11Do Face Masks Help With Wildfire Smoke? Yes, But More Is Needed
Matthew Korfhage — July 17, 2026, 04:41 AM PHT -
12xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.
Ashley Belanger — July 17, 2026, 04:26 AM PHT -
13MLB bans using dugout iPads for AI-powered in-game strategy calls
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 17, 2026, 04:26 AM PHT -
14Graphene nanoribbons survive gamma radiation, revealing potential sensors for fusion reactors
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 04:23 AM PHT -
15Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory
Jeremy Hsu — July 17, 2026, 04:09 AM PHT -
16Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)
Julie Bort — July 17, 2026, 04:07 AM PHT -
17Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say
Nate Anderson — July 17, 2026, 03:55 AM PHT -
182026 Toyota RAV4 plug-in: Big battery means daily drives are all-electric
Jonathan M. Gitlin — July 17, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
19China’s Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, the largest open-source model ever, rivaling top U.S. systems
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 17, 2026, 03:42 AM PHT -
20Google is better than Apple at playing the AI regulations game
The Verge — July 17, 2026, 03:41 AM PHT -
21Can bacteria reveal hidden pollution? New river study says yes
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
22Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."
Kyle Orland — July 17, 2026, 03:18 AM PHT -
23The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
VentureBeat — July 17, 2026, 03:16 AM PHT -
24Microsoft accused of unfair labor practices by US and Canadian video game unions
staff@engadget.com (Jessica Conditt) — July 17, 2026, 03:13 AM PHT -
25The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials
VentureBeat — July 17, 2026, 03:02 AM PHT -
26The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D chip is now available for $329
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 17, 2026, 02:44 AM PHT -
27Kalshi says it caught Trump’s teleprompter operator insider trading
The Verge — July 17, 2026, 02:43 AM PHT -
28Glyphosate ban could cost Illinois farmers millions annually
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
29Living alligators expose why juvenile fossils can fool classification methods
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
30Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
Maxwell Zeff — July 17, 2026, 02:35 AM PHT -
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32Roblox launches an AI-powered game-creation feature in its mobile app
Lauren Forristal — July 17, 2026, 02:22 AM PHT -
33Nearby rocky planet may be replenishing helium from atmosphere, study finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
34Cold radioactive molecules prepped and readied for physics discoveries
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
35Air from Greenland snow shows industrialization's impact on atmospheric methane
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
36New York governor says she’s using AI to analyze ‘every single rule’ in the state
The Verge — July 17, 2026, 01:58 AM PHT -
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38Brain-inspired nanopore device uses current-induced heating for memory operations
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
39A volcano in the Philippines erupted 2 weeks ago: Why scientists are still watching it closely
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
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42New science report could boost climate damage suits against oil giants
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 01:10 AM PHT -
43The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
VentureBeat — July 17, 2026, 01:06 AM PHT -
44Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
45Newsletter platform Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI
Ivan Mehta — July 17, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
46The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
VentureBeat — July 17, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
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48Google AI Mode now integrates with Canva, YouTube Music and Instacart
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 17, 2026, 12:28 AM PHT -
49Scientists create stable 'boron graphene' and uncover quantum liquid crystal state
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 12:20 AM PHT -
50Devastating Asian beetle detected in EU for first time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 12:20 AM PHT -
51AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 17, 2026, 12:08 AM PHT -
52Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps
Aisha Malik — July 17, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
53Stephen Hawking's famous 'leaky' black hole theory gets much-needed update
Robert Lea — July 17, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
54Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Martha Muir in New York — July 16, 2026, 11:48 PM PHT -
55Time’s running out to save $10 on Splatoon Raiders physical preorders
The Verge — July 16, 2026, 11:42 PM PHT -
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57UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — July 16, 2026, 11:37 PM PHT -
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59How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Maggie Nye — July 16, 2026, 11:02 PM PHT -
60Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
Sean O'Kane — July 16, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
61After a lifetime of waiting, I'll finally witness a total solar eclipse next month on Aug. 12
Anthony Wood — July 16, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
62Suno brings its gen AI music gunk to iMessage
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 16, 2026, 10:50 PM PHT -
63Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds
Ashley Belanger — July 16, 2026, 10:48 PM PHT -
64Smart speakers could help OpenAI lose even more money
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — July 16, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
65Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
Kate Park — July 16, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
66Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 16, 2026, 10:26 PM PHT -
67Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu
Sarah Perez — July 16, 2026, 09:17 PM PHT -
68Vital Signals puts continuous blood pressure monitoring into a ring
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — July 16, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
69EU demands Google give AI rivals more access to Android
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — July 16, 2026, 08:58 PM PHT -
70The Download: OpenAI unveils GPT-Red and heat pumps rise in the US
Thomas Macaulay — July 16, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
71Digital Surveillance Reshapes Fishery Enforcement in Indonesia
Yogi Putranto — July 16, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
72Hyundai reportedly looking to take total control of robotics giant Boston Dynamics
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — July 16, 2026, 07:49 PM PHT -
73Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback
Jeremy Hsu — July 16, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
74Best Air Purifiers (2026): Coway, AirDoctor, IQAir, and More
Molly Higgins — July 16, 2026, 06:08 PM PHT -
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76Scientists finally solved how a common gut bacterium triggers colon cancer
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 16, 2026, 01:37 PM PHT -
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78Quantum breakthrough links light and magnetism in atomically thin materials
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 16, 2026, 12:16 PM PHT -
79NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals a strange atmosphere on a hellish lava planet
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 16, 2026, 11:19 AM PHT -
80Common constipation drug may help clear depression brain fog
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 16, 2026, 08:49 AM PHT -
81Can Bose Help Skullcandy Shake Its Bargain-Bin Reputation?
Julian Chokkattu — July 16, 2026, 08:00 AM PHT