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(July 24, 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 24, 2026, 07:01 AM PHT
Last updated: July 24, 2026, 07:01 AM PHT
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1Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its staff
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — July 24, 2026, 04:47 AM PHT -
2Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics
Kirsten Korosec — July 24, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
3Materials surrounding a fusion reaction can dramatically increase how often it occurs
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
4Programmable platform enables on-demand design of plant immune receptors against crop pathogens
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 06:30 AM PHT -
5Not every meal has the same impact: Researchers reveal the hidden footprint of our food
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
6Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
The Verge — July 24, 2026, 06:02 AM PHT -
7College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
8Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
9There's a business case for companies to embrace sustainability, if it's pitched the right way
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
10Global map reveals mining's uneven toll on forests and biodiversity
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
11Engineers observe quantum heat waves at room temperature
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
12Agentic coding goes hands-free as OpenAI brings GPT-Live's full duplex voice control to Codex and ChatGPT on the desktop
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 24, 2026, 05:17 AM PHT -
13Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — July 24, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
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15Machine learning narrows search for additional particles in the Higgs boson family
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
16Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
Scharon Harding — July 24, 2026, 04:47 AM PHT -
17'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4: Release date & how to watch Paramount+’s sensational sci-fi series
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — July 24, 2026, 04:45 AM PHT -
18Universal structure of exceptional points revealed in nonlinear light‑based systems
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
19Meta's pro-AI ad campaign is conspicuously light on AI
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — July 24, 2026, 04:37 AM PHT -
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22Mars auroras reveal miniature version of Earth's magnetic engine
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
23Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks
Julie Bort — July 24, 2026, 04:13 AM PHT -
24New physics-based metric improves estimates of climate-driven cooling demand
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
25First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
26Lithium ions sprint up to 10,000 times faster when their molecular cages briefly open
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
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28FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified
Beth Mole — July 24, 2026, 03:22 AM PHT -
29OpenAI once again makes the case for giving ChatGPT your health records
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — July 24, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
30Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
Ryan Whitwam — July 24, 2026, 03:14 AM PHT -
31AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems
Jon Brodkin — July 24, 2026, 03:08 AM PHT -
32Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models
Ivan Mehta — July 24, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
33Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
Caroline Haskins — July 24, 2026, 02:45 AM PHT -
34AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
Marina Temkin — July 24, 2026, 02:38 AM PHT -
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36Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 capable of generating images and 20-second video with audio — but in limited release to start
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 24, 2026, 01:58 AM PHT -
37Amazon puts Luna cloud-streamed games like Fallout 4 inside Prime Video
The Verge — July 24, 2026, 01:39 AM PHT -
38Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — July 24, 2026, 01:13 AM PHT -
39OpenAI is making big claims as it rolls out ChatGPT Health to everyone
The Verge — July 24, 2026, 01:10 AM PHT -
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41Runway launches AI model router as generative media gets crowded
Rebecca Bellan — July 24, 2026, 01:07 AM PHT -
42The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
VentureBeat — July 24, 2026, 01:06 AM PHT -
43The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials
VentureBeat — July 24, 2026, 01:03 AM PHT -
44The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix
VentureBeat — July 24, 2026, 01:03 AM PHT -
45The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway
VentureBeat — July 24, 2026, 01:02 AM PHT -
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48A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain.
Beth Mole — July 24, 2026, 12:58 AM PHT -
49The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search
Joel Khalili — July 24, 2026, 12:51 AM PHT -
50Xbox is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 24, 2026, 12:42 AM PHT -
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52Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
Amanda Silberling — July 24, 2026, 12:28 AM PHT -
53Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending
Ryan Whitwam — July 24, 2026, 12:04 AM PHT -
54AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
Julie Bort — July 23, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
55Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 23, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
56The latest Resident Evil movie trailer has lots of fun nods to the games
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — July 23, 2026, 10:50 PM PHT -
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58AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident
Cristina Criddle and Tom Wilson, Financial Times — July 23, 2026, 10:45 PM PHT -
59Satellite spots a 'hummingbird' in Antarctica | Space photo of the day for July 23, 2026
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — July 23, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
60There isn't a single consumer Wi-Fi router that is 100% American-made
staff@engadget.com (Alec Hively) — July 23, 2026, 09:30 PM PHT -
61The Download: energy transmission and US threats against Chinese AI
Charlotte Jee — July 23, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
62How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines
MIT Technology Review Insights — July 23, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
63The Best Vacuum for Pet Hair—We Tested Many to Find Which Ones Work Best (2026)
Molly Higgins — July 23, 2026, 07:33 PM PHT -
64I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.
Lee Hutchinson — July 23, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
65The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters
Molly Taft — July 23, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
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67Banning Social Media for Kids Is a Bad Idea
Claudia Del Pozo, Nicté Cabañas — July 23, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
68Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop
Boone Ashworth — July 23, 2026, 05:15 PM PHT -
69The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags
Casey Crownhart — July 23, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT
