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(July 21, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: July 21, 2026, 06:34 AM PHT
Last updated: July 21, 2026, 06:34 AM PHT
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1Avengers: Doomsday finally has a real trailer
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — July 20, 2026, 11:14 PM PHT -
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3Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
4Transforming vibrations into clean fuels and chemicals through piezosynthesis
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
5New cell imaging method measures protein folding in living organelles
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6The first UL 3700-compliant plug-in solar microinverter is now available in the US
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — July 21, 2026, 05:55 AM PHT -
7Molecules stop carbon nanotubes clumping, unlocking record heat-to-electricity performance
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
8Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Lucas Ropek — July 21, 2026, 05:21 AM PHT -
9Carbon nanotube model reveals how smart sensors perform at aircraft-like extremes
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
10Writer's AI harness cuts token spend nearly 40% — without sacrificing accuracy
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — July 21, 2026, 05:18 AM PHT -
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12The 1st 'Avengers: Doomsday' trailer is here, and it's stuffed to bursting with superheroes
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — July 21, 2026, 05:05 AM PHT -
13Heat shock reveals rapid protein-control system cells may use to survive
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
14The Galaxy Card Is Samsung’s Answer to the Apple Card
Julian Chokkattu — July 21, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
15AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
Russell Brandom — July 21, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
16How rainfall timing can dramatically reshape entire plant communities
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
17Oystercatchers, known for sharp bills and beady eyes, are making a comeback thanks to conservation
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
18Judge pauses Paramount’s attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 04:08 AM PHT -
19Get Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2 and 13 other great PC games for $15
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 04:08 AM PHT -
20The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 04:06 AM PHT -
21Virtual reality reveals the role of stress in selecting the memories we store and the details we remember
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
22Scientists discover mystery molecule on Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan: 'We cannot say what it is'
Sharmila Kuthunur — July 21, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
23Surfing webcams help demystify Oregon's coastal fog
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
24Move over quokkas—Rottnest's salt lake bacteria could be the island's next big claim to fame
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
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26OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?
Tim Fernholz — July 21, 2026, 03:33 AM PHT -
27Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 03:18 AM PHT -
28Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
Marina Temkin — July 21, 2026, 03:11 AM PHT -
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30What explains gender pay gaps in academia?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
31Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
32Researchers complete new assessments of vulnerable Southern Ocean species
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
33Japan's first mosasaur premaxilla fossil hints at a new species
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
34A single AI agent conversation can look perfect and still be broken, leaders from LangChain, Conviva and CoreWeave said at VB Transform 2026
VentureBeat — July 21, 2026, 02:24 AM PHT -
35Why some human brains can outlast other soft tissues after death
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
36RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan
Kyle Orland — July 21, 2026, 02:06 AM PHT -
37Adobe crams multiple AI tools into its experimental camera app
staff@engadget.com (Jackson Chen) — July 21, 2026, 02:04 AM PHT -
38Greater nutrient variety can counterintuitively shrink microbial diversity, experiments reveal
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
39Investing podcasts are super popular. But do they help people learn the market?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 21, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
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41China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
James O'Donnell — July 21, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
4250 years after Viking 1's historic Mars landing, NASA is looking to the Red Planet's skies
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — July 21, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
43'Stranger Things' at 10: The Netflix streaming icon that made it cool to like science again
Sergio Pereira — July 21, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
44At VB Transform 2026, Zillow's engineering chief said AI ROI numbers only hold up if you measure before you build
VentureBeat — July 21, 2026, 12:38 AM PHT -
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46LG’s monitors come with an unwanted addition for Windows: McAfee pop-up ads
The Verge — July 21, 2026, 12:22 AM PHT -
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48Twice in a row: SpaceX rocket aborts launch at last second again (video)
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — July 21, 2026, 12:09 AM PHT -
49Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — July 21, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
50F1 in Belgium: Machine learning algorithms are ruining the sport
Jonathan M. Gitlin — July 20, 2026, 11:59 PM PHT -
51SEM-Guided Low-kV FIB Finishing for Leading-Edge Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Zeiss — July 20, 2026, 11:55 PM PHT -
52Safety guardrails blocked Hugging Face's defenders, not the attacker, when an AI agent breached its systems
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — July 20, 2026, 11:49 PM PHT -
53Adobe camera app’s new feature will critique your photos using AI
Ivan Mehta — July 20, 2026, 11:45 PM PHT -
54Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — July 20, 2026, 11:35 PM PHT -
55AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes
Ashley Belanger — July 20, 2026, 11:32 PM PHT -
56How long is a new iPhone actually supposed to last?
staff@engadget.com (Adnan Ahmed) — July 20, 2026, 11:30 PM PHT -
57YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
Sarah Perez — July 20, 2026, 11:23 PM PHT -
58Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 20, 2026, 11:15 PM PHT -
59Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies
Zack Whittaker — July 20, 2026, 11:01 PM PHT -
60Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)
Aparna Venkatesan — July 20, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
61Get stabilized views of the cosmos with the Canon 18×50 IS binoculars, now almost 30% off
Harry Bennett — July 20, 2026, 10:27 PM PHT -
62Scientists detect hidden skin damage before it becomes visible
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 20, 2026, 09:38 PM PHT -
63NVIDIA data center hardware is being cooled with water 'hotter than a hot tub'
staff@engadget.com (Gabriela Vătu) — July 20, 2026, 09:30 PM PHT -
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65The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage
Thomas Macaulay — July 20, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
66Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness
Samuel Axon — July 20, 2026, 07:20 PM PHT -
67An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem
Aarian Marshall — July 20, 2026, 06:15 PM PHT -
68Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 20, 2026, 06:05 PM PHT -
69The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
Dell Cameron — July 20, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
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71An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 20, 2026, 03:40 PM PHT -
72AI confidence just dropped 17 points in six months. That’s actually great news.
VentureBeat — July 20, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
73Scientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damage
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 20, 2026, 01:28 PM PHT -
74UCLA scientists develop mineral sunscreen without the chalky white cast
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 20, 2026, 11:32 AM PHT
