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(November 12, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Last updated: November 12, 2026, 06:37 AM PHT
Last updated: November 12, 2026, 06:37 AM PHT
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2Asteroid mining will crash the platinum market, but that's good news for Earth
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
3A lingering blue glow and unexpected energy levels hint at new ways to control light in advanced materials
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT -
4Scientists find some of the 'very last wild and healthy ecosystems' in the world's oceans untouched by humans
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
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6Record-breaking 2025 Iberian fire season was three times larger due to climate change
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
7More important than tropical cyclones: Scientists finally track the hidden weather systems behind most tropical rainfall
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
8Why holding on to loyal donors is not the right advice for every nonprofit
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
9Why similar changes in cloud cover can have different climate effects
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
10Deep-sea mollusk houses bacteria in tiny 'dragon balls,' revealing a new symbiotic structure
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
11T-Mobile illegally imposed 50GB cap on low-income home Internet plan, NY says
Jon Brodkin — November 12, 2026, 04:32 AM PHT -
12When rain finally does come to drylands, only some microbes in the soil 'awaken'
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
13Why the data center you dread might never even be built
Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan, Tim De Chant — November 12, 2026, 04:15 AM PHT -
14United is restricting AI agents from booking flights
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — November 12, 2026, 04:09 AM PHT -
15Biologists reveal chlorophyll-building enzyme's structure for first time and clarify its mechanism
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
16I Saw the Future of Robotics in a Virtual Duck That Chases My Cat
Will Knight — November 12, 2026, 03:55 AM PHT -
17Google brings the Gemini app to Apple CarPlay
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — November 12, 2026, 03:54 AM PHT -
18CoreWeave turns to customer prepayments, shorter contracts to fund AI growth
Rebecca Bellan — November 12, 2026, 03:54 AM PHT -
19ByteDance is reportedly working on its own AI agent
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — November 12, 2026, 03:42 AM PHT -
20Biodegradable bubble moves away from lactic acid without a motor—a step toward artificial cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
21With $720M round, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips
Anna Heim — November 12, 2026, 03:34 AM PHT -
22Scientists challenge the dream of bringing extinct species back to life
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
23How many SpaceX Starship rocket tests have failed?
staff@engadget.com (Alec Hively) — November 12, 2026, 03:27 AM PHT -
24Congress to call Jensen Huang in to answer for alleged Chinese spy affair
Rebecca Bellan — November 12, 2026, 03:22 AM PHT -
25Chip identifies cells by their electrical signature, then separates them with a precisely aimed sound wave
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
26Misunderstandings about statistics common even among experienced researchers
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
27Spain's massive stone tombs reveal collective burials continued well into Bronze Age
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
28Frozen sperm enables embryo development in endangered Japanese bird for first time—but chick fails to hatch
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
29Excess reliance on AI could harm independent thinking in humanities education
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
30Ancient DNA reveals rare genetic condition behind a 1,600-year-old infant's single eye socket
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
31Taiwan’s chipmaking giant TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic, OpenAI
Jeremy Hsu — November 12, 2026, 02:16 AM PHT -
32Loot boxes, influencers, and addictive features face an EU crackdown
The Verge — November 12, 2026, 02:13 AM PHT -
333D protein complex model sheds light on barley grain dormancy
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
34Centaurus A in the spotlight: Plasma simulations reproduce black hole jets' mysterious bright edges
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — November 12, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
35Big Walk used AI to fix a bug. Now the indie gaming world is having a reckoning.
Kyle Orland — November 12, 2026, 01:37 AM PHT -
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38IBM to offer access to a dual-processor quantum system in 2027
John Timmer — November 12, 2026, 12:33 AM PHT -
39Is Jensen Huang’s bad behavior more commonplace than it seems?
Russell Brandom — November 12, 2026, 12:16 AM PHT -
40OpenAI’s quarterly revenue reportedly crosses $10B for the first time
Ram Iyer — November 12, 2026, 12:14 AM PHT -
41The AO3 Shutdown Is Pitting Fanfic Readers Against Authors
Michaela Makusha — November 12, 2026, 12:13 AM PHT -
42'There's tremendous demand': Rocket Lab raises price of Neutron launch from $55 million to $70 million
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — November 12, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
43China’s Nvidia Honeypot Isn’t Surprising. Jensen Huang Fell for It Anyway
Garrett M. Graff — November 11, 2026, 11:30 PM PHT -
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45Databricks’ new AI agent tells CEO Ali Ghodsi the unvarnished truth
Julie Bort — November 11, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
46Europe wants to ban 'dark patterns' in apps and loot boxes for minors
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — November 11, 2026, 10:29 PM PHT -
47Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of disease
The Verge — November 11, 2026, 10:18 PM PHT -
48Google’s Tabletop AI experiment lets you build custom collaboration apps
The Verge — November 11, 2026, 10:15 PM PHT -
49Google DeepMind just mathematically verified key parts of Signal
Lily Hay Newman, wired.com — November 11, 2026, 10:08 PM PHT -
50Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads
Tim Fernholz — November 11, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
51Duolingo, Strava, and Ticketmaster Are All Caught Up in EU’s New Digital Fairness Rules
Isabella Ward — November 11, 2026, 09:36 PM PHT -
52Energy drinks linked to 11 times more reports of cardiac arrest
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 09:10 PM PHT -
53The Download: preserving minds and weighing open AI risks
Thomas Macaulay — November 11, 2026, 09:10 PM PHT -
54Obesity linked to up to 27% lower risk of death in dementia
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 08:59 PM PHT -
55Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution is now officially out for the ROG Xbox Ally X
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — November 11, 2026, 08:59 PM PHT -
56Adobe’s AI experiments let you walk around in photos and interview your characters
The Verge — November 11, 2026, 08:56 PM PHT -
57The mystery of how hair knows where to grow may finally be solved
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 08:48 PM PHT -
58Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
59Michigan Residents Voted to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics. Now Utilities Are Suing
Molly Taft — November 11, 2026, 07:15 PM PHT -
60Best Air Purifiers (2026): Tested Picks for Every Room
Molly Higgins — November 11, 2026, 07:02 PM PHT -
61The Dynamo-Electric Principle: 160 Years of Powering Industry
Innomotics — November 11, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
62A 13-Year-Old Asked AI About Suicide on Her School Laptop. It Didn’t Get Flagged for Weeks
Paresh Dave, Caroline Haskins — November 11, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
63The Best iPad to Buy (and What to Avoid) in 2026: Air, Pro, Mini
Luke Larsen — November 11, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
64Where are all the males? Ancient human fossils reveal a startling mystery
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 05:43 PM PHT -
65A radical theory says the universe is twice as old as we thought
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 02:46 PM PHT -
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67Cancer-fighting chewing gum slashes HPV levels by up to 93%
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 12:27 PM PHT -
68Scientists discover why some mosquitoes love you and others don't
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 10:21 AM PHT -
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70Scientists discover a giant 66-pound rodent that lived 34 million years ago
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 09:36 AM PHT -
71Astronomers discover hidden alien planet in James Webb images
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — November 11, 2026, 07:56 AM PHT -
72NVIDIA shareholders are suing the company and CEO Jensen Huang
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — November 11, 2026, 07:42 AM PHT -
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74How SCSKiller is trying to fix shader stuttering in PC games
staff@engadget.com (Dave Meikleham) — November 11, 2026, 07:30 AM PHT -
75The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
Stephen Clark — November 11, 2026, 07:02 AM PHT
