(August 27, 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: August 27, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
Last updated: August 27, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
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1Ramped fields create more robust entanglement between trapped-ion qubits
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
2We discovered rare dinosaur tracks from the Coniacian age near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
3Nvidia is about to be a hundred-billion-dollar-a-quarter company
The Verge — August 27, 2026, 05:46 AM PHT -
4Reference genome of the Saimaa ringed seal released
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
5Does AI shape decisions before we do? Researcher questions what 'human in the loop' really means
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
6How plants evolved a molecular switch to cope with heat
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
7OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought
The Verge — August 27, 2026, 05:36 AM PHT -
8AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Scharon Harding — August 27, 2026, 05:25 AM PHT -
9Hidden switch in cell division may point to new cancer treatments
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
10Machine learning methods move self-driving labs closer to materials discovery at scale
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
11Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near‑real time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
12Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll
David Gilbert — August 27, 2026, 04:18 AM PHT -
13AI designs new antibodies that pass blinded laboratory tests
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
14IEEE Student Conference Provides Visibility to Budding Authors
Amy Michael — August 27, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
15Sunscreen for lakes and dams: Could a thin floating layer of nanomaterial shield water from evaporation?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
16Salesforce just put its entire CRM inside Claude — and says you’ll never need its app again
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — August 27, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
17All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens
The Verge — August 27, 2026, 03:56 AM PHT -
18Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"
Jon Brodkin — August 27, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
19Permafrost thaws worldwide as active layers deepen from 2000 to 2024
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
20Why banks in Ghana make little use of AI for climate action decisions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
21Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI
Sarah Perez — August 27, 2026, 03:37 AM PHT -
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23Dry seeds preserve fully formed mitochondria, unlocking rapid energy at germination
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
24How climate change affects different modes of transport—from roads to railways
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
25Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text
Ryan Whitwam — August 27, 2026, 03:19 AM PHT -
26What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman — August 27, 2026, 03:16 AM PHT -
27OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach
Russell Brandom — August 27, 2026, 03:05 AM PHT -
28Older women experience sexual violence too, but their stories rarely make the news
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
29Roman telescope aims to directly image exoplanets 1,000 times fainter than current limits
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
30The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
Grace Huckins — August 27, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
31Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’
The Verge — August 27, 2026, 02:28 AM PHT -
32Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a ‘global disruption’ to its operations
Zack Whittaker — August 27, 2026, 02:23 AM PHT -
33Better timetables could greatly shorten train travel times
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
34Observing the vibrations of neighboring atoms with an atomic-scale double slit
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 27, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
35The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery
Will Knight — August 27, 2026, 02:15 AM PHT -
36FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure
Andy Greenberg — August 27, 2026, 01:57 AM PHT -
37Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
Molly Taft — August 27, 2026, 01:13 AM PHT -
38US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
Zack Whittaker — August 27, 2026, 01:01 AM PHT -
39Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the ‘female economy’
Dominic-Madori Davis — August 27, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
40A black star in a false Spanish twilight: Here's the story of my 1st total solar eclipse
Anthony Wood — August 27, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
41Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future
Kyle Orland — August 27, 2026, 12:59 AM PHT -
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43The fix for the AI agent that hijacked a company's DNS: it can propose the change, but it can't approve it
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — August 27, 2026, 12:13 AM PHT -
44Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states
Aisha Malik — August 27, 2026, 12:03 AM PHT -
45What’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to Legora
Theresa Loconsolo — August 27, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
46Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
Sarah Perez — August 26, 2026, 11:47 PM PHT -
47Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads
Jon Brodkin — August 26, 2026, 11:45 PM PHT -
48Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor
Lucas Ropek — August 26, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
49Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter's secrets
Sharmila Kuthunur — August 26, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
50Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features
Ivan Mehta — August 26, 2026, 10:44 PM PHT -
51Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI
Russell Brandom — August 26, 2026, 10:37 PM PHT -
52CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July
Zack Whittaker — August 26, 2026, 10:31 PM PHT -
53Orchestration is the new challenge for CX in the age of AI agents
VentureBeat — August 26, 2026, 10:30 PM PHT -
54Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model
Rebecca Bellan — August 26, 2026, 10:19 PM PHT -
55Psychiatry’s diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade
Anand Kumar, The Conversation — August 26, 2026, 09:53 PM PHT -
56Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
Tim Fernholz — August 26, 2026, 09:30 PM PHT -
57'Star Wars: Zero Company' review: XCOM-like strategically recaptures the magic of your favorite Star Wars films
Hayes Madsen — August 26, 2026, 09:17 PM PHT -
58Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
59190-year-old DNA reveals a hidden pangolin species
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 08:46 PM PHT -
60Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 08:39 PM PHT -
61The Download: the Kids issue arrives, and Bill Gates reveals his AI fears
Thomas Macaulay — August 26, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
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63What you eat before age 2 may affect your health 70 years later
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 07:30 PM PHT -
64Best Wi-Fi Routers (2026): My Honest Picks After Testing 50+
Simon Hill — August 26, 2026, 07:30 PM PHT -
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66NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready to hunt thousands of alien worlds
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 06:29 PM PHT -
67One asteroid strike may explain two mysteries of Mars’ moon Deimos
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 05:05 PM PHT -
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69AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?
Grace Huckins — August 26, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
70A missing color in indoor light may help prevent myopia
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 04:15 PM PHT -
71Childhood trauma may leave a lasting “scar” inside brain cells
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 03:28 PM PHT -
72Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what?
Mat Honan — August 26, 2026, 03:01 PM PHT -
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75Your genes may decide whether a low-carb diet sends cholesterol soaring
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 09:31 AM PHT -
76Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 26, 2026, 09:20 AM PHT