(July 18, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
Loaded 70 stories from 11 working feeds.
Last updated: July 18, 2026, 07:53 AM PHT
Last updated: July 18, 2026, 07:53 AM PHT
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1Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores
Lucas Ropek — July 18, 2026, 03:49 AM PHT -
2Zoox issues software recall because its robotaxis may be confused by smoke
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — July 18, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
3Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs
Jagmeet Singh — July 18, 2026, 06:55 AM PHT -
4Study finds high school track experience gives baseball players an edge MLB teams overlook
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
5Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Julie Bort — July 18, 2026, 06:12 AM PHT -
6There's now an API for mainlining Trump's Truth Social posts
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — July 18, 2026, 06:05 AM PHT -
7Tuberculosis drug discovery gets smarter with AI
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
8Capital One releases VulnHunter, an open-source AI tool that finds software flaws before hackers do
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 18, 2026, 04:51 AM PHT -
9Intuit scrapped its own AI agent architecture twice in four months. At VB Transform 2026, its AI VP called that the fast path
VentureBeat — July 18, 2026, 04:46 AM PHT -
10Herbularyo card game blends Filipino folklore and organic chemistry
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
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13AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
Caroline Haskins — July 18, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
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15Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
Marina Temkin — July 18, 2026, 03:22 AM PHT -
16What Cities From Chicago to Washington, DC, Look Like Under a Blanket of Wildfire Smoke
Brian Kahn — July 18, 2026, 03:17 AM PHT -
17How Gravity from Entropy theory connects the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of cosmic structure
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
18Agents think in milliseconds, legacy infrastructure doesn't. LinkedIn, Walmart and Zendesk shared how they closed the gap at VB Transform 2026
VentureBeat — July 18, 2026, 02:48 AM PHT -
19Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware
The Verge — July 18, 2026, 02:46 AM PHT -
20Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees
Kate Knibbs — July 18, 2026, 02:30 AM PHT -
21Here are the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 camera and battery specs, apparently
staff@engadget.com (Jessica Conditt) — July 18, 2026, 02:11 AM PHT -
22Wild snapdragons paint themselves in subtle shades to attract bees
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
23River bacteria consume methane but fall short as global warming boosts emissions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
24Wildfire smoke engulfs millions in US ahead of World Cup final
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
25This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills
Novid Parsi — July 18, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
26Brex built its AI agent policy by watching what agents actually do, not by writing rules first
taryn.plumb@venturebeat.com (Taryn Plumb) — July 18, 2026, 01:49 AM PHT -
27How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Theresa Loconsolo — July 18, 2026, 01:45 AM PHT -
28Is America ready for this quirky Jeep-looking EV that can park itself?
The Verge — July 18, 2026, 01:45 AM PHT -
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30Prototype bicycle tire uses silk to outperform nylon in strength and endurance
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
31AI-designed proteins help scientists see inside living cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 01:20 AM PHT -
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33Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy
Jennifer Ouellette — July 18, 2026, 01:08 AM PHT -
34A bug in AWS has caused some customers' bills to spike from a few cents to billions of dollars
staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — July 18, 2026, 01:07 AM PHT -
35AI‑designed gene‑editing enzymes expand the CRISPR toolbox
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 12:59 AM PHT -
36Bethesda details what's next for Fallout and its other franchises amid Xbox cuts
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 18, 2026, 12:58 AM PHT -
37FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — July 18, 2026, 12:18 AM PHT -
38Apple and Google ordered by San Francisco attorney to take action against 'nudify' apps
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 18, 2026, 12:10 AM PHT -
39New study defines conditions for successful long-term biodiversity net gain
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 18, 2026, 12:10 AM PHT -
40Making history: Watch Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, launch early on July 18
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — July 18, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
41Thinner wires, faster electrons: Quantum material challenges copper at chip scale
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 11:40 PM PHT -
42Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars
Zack Whittaker — July 17, 2026, 11:29 PM PHT -
43Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
Sarah Perez — July 17, 2026, 11:21 PM PHT -
44To learn how tough a material is, engineers find its breaking point
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
45'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)
Robert Lea — July 17, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
46Sun holds 55% more silver than estimated, new model reveals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
47Self-driving trucks will redraw US economic map
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 17, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
48Samsung's Freestyle+ projector is now available for $1,200
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — July 17, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
49No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
TechCrunch Events — July 17, 2026, 10:30 PM PHT -
50Engadget Podcast: Is Siri AI actually useful in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate?
staff@engadget.com (Devindra Hardawar) — July 17, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
51God of War show recasts Kratos after Ryan Hurst sustains an injury on set
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — July 17, 2026, 09:40 PM PHT -
52Xreal XBX a01+ review: Astoundingly bright, lightweight AR glasses for $299
staff@engadget.com (Devindra Hardawar) — July 17, 2026, 08:30 PM PHT -
53The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China’s latest AI leap
Thomas Macaulay — July 17, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
54Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
Tim Fernholz — July 17, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
55Tesla's selling a $225 balance bike for toddlers
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — July 17, 2026, 07:22 PM PHT -
56FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals
Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica — July 17, 2026, 07:15 PM PHT -
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5823 Best Gifts for Cooks (2026): Vitamix, Frying Pans, Air Fryers
Matthew Korfhage — July 17, 2026, 06:34 PM PHT -
59A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony’s PlayStation 5 a Computer Again
Boone Ashworth — July 17, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
60The Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film
David Gilbert — July 17, 2026, 05:30 PM PHT -
61A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
Will Knight — July 17, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
62There’s a lot of hype around perimenopause. Don’t buy it.
Jessica Hamzelou — July 17, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
63The risk of weather data sabotage is rising
Monique Kuglitsch, Jesper Dramsch, Franz G. Kuglitsch, Andrea Toreti — July 17, 2026, 04:57 PM PHT -
64Scientists built a camera that can track invisible particles in 3D
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 17, 2026, 02:04 PM PHT -
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67New Alzheimer's drug repairs DNA damage and reduces brain inflammation
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 17, 2026, 12:19 PM PHT -
68This sugar-coated therapy boosted survival against deadly brain cancer by 50% in mice
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 17, 2026, 09:51 AM PHT