(April 30, 2026) – AI, Science, and Tech Updates
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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
Loaded 74 stories from 11 working feeds.
Last updated: April 30, 2026, 07:19 AM PHT
Last updated: April 30, 2026, 07:19 AM PHT
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#1
Tokamak regime sustains stable fusion plasma for one minute while easing heat loads
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 07:10 AM PHT
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Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it
Julie Bort — April 30, 2026, 07:02 AM PHT
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is working on AI agents for personal and business use
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — April 30, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT
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AI decides what we see online. It's time digital platforms tell us exactly how they do it
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT
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Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained
Sarah Perez — April 30, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT
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A new era for ultrafast photonics: 2D mercury-acetylide frameworks for near-infrared nonlinear optics
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT
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Spintronics at BESSY II: Real-time analysis of magnetic bilayer systems
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT
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Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs
The Verge — April 30, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT
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#10
The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there
The Verge — April 30, 2026, 06:08 AM PHT
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#11
In study of Taiwanese electronics firms, effects of offshoring on innovation were mixed
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT
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#12
A flower-like pattern exposes chiral superconductivity's long-sought fingerprint
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT
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#13
New research uses AI to unlock decades of hidden flood risk data
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT
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#14
Microscopic sensors uncover how liquids turn glassy without structural change
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT
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#15
Fertilizer can be made from local resources instead of fossil fuels
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT
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#16
Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off
The Verge — April 30, 2026, 05:19 AM PHT
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#17
Amazon’s OpenAI gambit signals a new phase in the cloud wars — one where exclusivity no longer applies
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — April 30, 2026, 05:14 AM PHT
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Why your pet reptile 'surfs' the glass or rubs against the barriers of their enclosure
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT
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Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One
Sarah Perez — April 30, 2026, 04:59 AM PHT
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Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have
The Verge — April 30, 2026, 04:54 AM PHT
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#21
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix
Tim De Chant — April 30, 2026, 04:53 AM PHT
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#22
Companies disclose more on cybersecurity—but markets remain indifferent
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT
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#23
Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why
Miles Klee — April 30, 2026, 04:36 AM PHT
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#24
Frozen in dry ice, hydrogen reveals a surprisingly simple way to control quantum behavior
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT
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Using AI to supercharge environmental causes on social media
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — April 30, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT
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#27
The retrieval rebuild: Why hybrid retrieval intent tripled as enterprise RAG programs hit the scale wall
VentureBeat — April 30, 2026, 04:06 AM PHT
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#28
Humanoid robots will work as baggage handlers at Tokyo airport
staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — April 30, 2026, 03:34 AM PHT
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#29
Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — April 30, 2026, 03:25 AM PHT
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#30
Female Looksmaxxer Alorah Ziva Is Suing Clavicular for Alleged Battery
Ej Dickson — April 30, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT
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#31
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"
Kyle Orland — April 30, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT
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#32
IBM launches Bob with multi-model routing and human checkpoints to turn AI coding into a secure production system
VentureBeat — April 30, 2026, 02:37 AM PHT
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#33
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
Julie Bort — April 30, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT
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#34
AWS Quick's personal knowledge graph is making orchestration decisions most control planes can't see
VentureBeat — April 30, 2026, 02:23 AM PHT
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Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers
Scharon Harding — April 30, 2026, 02:02 AM PHT
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#36
New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says
Ashley Belanger — April 30, 2026, 01:52 AM PHT
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#37
The Google TV platform will soon display YouTube Shorts videos directly on the home page
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — April 30, 2026, 01:38 AM PHT
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#38
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’
The Verge — April 30, 2026, 01:32 AM PHT
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#39
Sanctioned Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Releases Image Model Built for Speed
Zeyi Yang — April 30, 2026, 01:23 AM PHT
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#40
Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30: Watch it live
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — April 30, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT
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#41
Vine reboot app Divine arrives with a ban on AI slop
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — April 30, 2026, 12:49 AM PHT
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#42
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality
Sarah Perez — April 30, 2026, 12:42 AM PHT
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#43
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — April 30, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT
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YouTube TV gets a fully customizable multiview feature, with availability for all channels
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — April 29, 2026, 11:34 PM PHT
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#46
FOMO is why enterprises pay for GPUs they don't use — and why prices keep climbing
VentureBeat — April 29, 2026, 11:12 PM PHT
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#47
Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI
Kirsten Korosec — April 29, 2026, 11:12 PM PHT
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How Trump Weaponized the DOJ Division That Kept Elections Fair
David Gilbert — April 29, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT
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#50
Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails
Boone Ashworth, wired.com — April 29, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT
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#51
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals
Tim De Chant — April 29, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT
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#52
Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry
Zack Whittaker — April 29, 2026, 09:23 PM PHT
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#53
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
Kate Park — April 29, 2026, 09:10 PM PHT
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#54
BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun
Kirsten Korosec — April 29, 2026, 09:10 PM PHT
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#55
Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats
Aisha Malik — April 29, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT
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#56
Definity embeds agents inside Spark pipelines to catch failures before they reach agentic AI systems
VentureBeat — April 29, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT
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#57
Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — April 29, 2026, 08:11 PM PHT
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#58
The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents
Thomas Macaulay — April 29, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT
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#59
Sam Altman is “the face of evil” for not reporting school shooter, says lawyer
Ashley Belanger — April 29, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT
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#60
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
Sarah Perez — April 29, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT
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#61
What is quantum gravity? Scientists think it could explain the beginning of our universe
Robert Lea — April 29, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT
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#62
Smart Cat Collars: Which Is Best for Health and GPS Tracking?
Molly Higgins — April 29, 2026, 07:32 PM PHT
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#63
Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden
Dan Goodin — April 29, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT
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#64
Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 Shoe Review: World Record Breaker
Kieran Alger — April 29, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT
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#65
Which Automatic Litter Box Is Best? We Tested Litter-Robot’s Lineup
Molly Higgins — April 29, 2026, 06:33 PM PHT
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Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp
Tim Fernholz — April 29, 2026, 05:45 PM PHT
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#68
Vari Align Desk Chair Review (2026): Breathable, Comfy, Low Cost
Matthew Korfhage — April 29, 2026, 05:02 PM PHT
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Scientists just found the Milky Way’s edge and it’s closer than expected
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — April 29, 2026, 02:33 PM PHT
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#71
A forgotten drug is giving new hope to kids with a rare disease
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — April 29, 2026, 01:28 PM PHT
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#72
MIT study finds children more vulnerable to cancer-causing chemical in water
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — April 29, 2026, 01:06 PM PHT
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#73
How to build custom reasoning agents with a fraction of the compute
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — April 29, 2026, 07:55 AM PHT
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