(August 19, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Last updated: August 19, 2026, 09:38 AM PHT
Last updated: August 19, 2026, 09:38 AM PHT
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1Topography controls how mountains respond to large earthquakes
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 09:20 AM PHT -
2Digital spirituality grows, but young people still rely on family and faith leaders
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 09:00 AM PHT -
3Premium customer, quickest service? Not so fast, at least in a world of agentic AI-driven services
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 08:40 AM PHT -
4New set of international rules needed to protect health of fishing stocks, study shows
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 08:00 AM PHT -
5Krypton gas emerges as a new ingredient for quantum computing
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:40 AM PHT -
6Research helps NYC students aim higher in public high school applications
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:40 AM PHT -
7Artificial intelligence acts as an 'ideological chameleon' and may deepen political polarization
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:30 AM PHT -
8Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 19, 2026, 07:23 AM PHT -
9Largest catalog yet of how human cells read DNA shows how chemical marks alter genetic instructions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:20 AM PHT -
10Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:10 AM PHT -
11Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT -
12Dying radio galaxies suggest a shorter, more dynamic afterlife for black hole jets
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:50 AM PHT -
13How to better forecast once-in-a-millennium weather events
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
14Sustainable medical electronics can reduce environmental impact by up to 65%
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
15Canada's AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
16Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now
Jeremy Hsu — August 19, 2026, 06:18 AM PHT -
17Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
Lucas Ropek — August 19, 2026, 06:14 AM PHT -
18Rare satellite data reveal major limits in flood models
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT -
19New photonic crystal method improves single-photon sources for quantum networks
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
20NASA's LRO images Falcon 9 crater on moon, learns new details
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
21How can AI help identify pain when animals can't tell us they're suffering?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
22Curved surfaces reshape active materials, localizing vibrations near defects
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
23A single asteroid impact may explain the appearance of Mars' moon Deimos
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 19, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
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25Squeeze More Juice Out of Your Dead Batteries—Using Physics
Rhett Allain — August 19, 2026, 04:11 AM PHT -
26TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says
Aisha Malik — August 19, 2026, 04:03 AM PHT -
27SteelSeries’ comfy wireless gaming headset is nearly half off
The Verge — August 19, 2026, 04:03 AM PHT -
28Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’
The Verge — August 19, 2026, 03:48 AM PHT -
29NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement
robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) — August 19, 2026, 03:36 AM PHT -
30OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face
The Verge — August 19, 2026, 03:28 AM PHT -
31Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
Stephen Clark — August 19, 2026, 03:01 AM PHT -
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33OpenAI Overhauls Safety Protocols After Its AI Agents Went Rogue
Maxwell Zeff — August 19, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT -
34Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
Jon Brodkin — August 19, 2026, 02:11 AM PHT -
35OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
Russell Brandom — August 19, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
36Tesla is finally launching the Cybercab — let’s hope it’s ready
The Verge — August 19, 2026, 01:45 AM PHT -
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38Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable
Scharon Harding — August 19, 2026, 12:42 AM PHT -
39Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Sarah Perez — August 19, 2026, 12:19 AM PHT -
40Fairphone's latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650
Ryan Whitwam — August 19, 2026, 12:05 AM PHT -
41Viral Disneyland Content Creator Defends Her ‘Special Friendship’ With Peter Pan
Ej Dickson — August 18, 2026, 11:50 PM PHT -
42Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
Ashley Belanger — August 18, 2026, 11:36 PM PHT -
4385% of companies burned by an AI mistake are racing to cut the humans who might catch the next one
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 18, 2026, 11:35 PM PHT -
44Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans
Aisha Malik — August 18, 2026, 11:26 PM PHT -
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46Comcast is turning millions of its routers into motion detectors
The Verge — August 18, 2026, 10:43 PM PHT -
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48Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries
Tim De Chant — August 18, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
49Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
Russell Brandom — August 18, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
50On this day in space! Aug. 18, 1868: Total solar eclipse leads to discovery of helium
Hanneke Weitering — August 18, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
51OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
Sarah Perez — August 18, 2026, 09:50 PM PHT -
52Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Jagmeet Singh — August 18, 2026, 09:45 PM PHT -
53Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it
The Verge — August 18, 2026, 09:35 PM PHT -
54Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera
Ivan Mehta — August 18, 2026, 09:28 PM PHT -
55Enterprises are overpaying for simple AI queries — Snowflake's gateway now auto-routes to cut costs up to 3x
VentureBeat — August 18, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
56The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices
Thomas Macaulay — August 18, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
57Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
Dominic-Madori Davis — August 18, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
58Fairphone is launching its latest repairable phone in the US too
Ivan Mehta — August 18, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
59Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet
Kirsten Korosec — August 18, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
60Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US
Julian Chokkattu — August 18, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
61Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To
Andy Greenberg — August 18, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
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64See gorgeous views of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse captured from space
Anthony Wood — August 18, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
65Best Merino Wool Clothing (2026): Base Layers, Hoodies, Jackets
Scott Gilbertson — August 18, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
66The Powerful Chinese AI Model Experts Warned About Is Here
Will Knight — August 18, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
67AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all
Michelle Kim — August 18, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
68Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 18, 2026, 02:08 PM PHT -
69A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 18, 2026, 01:06 PM PHT -
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