(August 01, 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 01, 2026, 06:49 AM PHT
Last updated: August 01, 2026, 06:49 AM PHT
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1OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
Lucas Ropek — August 01, 2026, 06:47 AM PHT -
2Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.
Dominic-Madori Davis — August 01, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
3How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery
Samantha Mathewson — August 01, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
4Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing
Beth Mole — August 01, 2026, 05:51 AM PHT -
5Laying odds on the potential for Martian water near future landing zones
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
6Art festivals may revive island communities when tourism stays within local limits
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
7Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Ashley Belanger — August 01, 2026, 05:19 AM PHT -
8Structured AI data pipelines score 10.9 points below free-form code — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — August 01, 2026, 05:19 AM PHT -
9Smarter fish farms could cut electricity use and CO₂ while keeping fish safe
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
10A new genetic tool helps researchers uncover the logic of gene regulation
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
11Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Dan Goodin — August 01, 2026, 04:39 AM PHT -
12Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics
Jeremy Hsu — August 01, 2026, 04:21 AM PHT -
13Homing in on the X-ray sky with eROSITA's second data release
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
14Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
The Verge — August 01, 2026, 04:12 AM PHT -
15Optimized magnetic pulses could cut memory switching energy by several orders of magnitude
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
16The Milky Way has a hidden feature you've probably never noticed. Here's how to find it
Jamie Carter — August 01, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
17Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
Lucas Ropek — August 01, 2026, 03:47 AM PHT -
18Technical flaws may inflate Australia's forest carbon credits
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
19Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds
Marina Temkin — August 01, 2026, 03:39 AM PHT -
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21A backup fluoride defense in soil bacteria could aid greener chemical production
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
22How is your enterprise tracking AI agent telemetry? Groundcover thinks it should never leave your cloud
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 01, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
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24Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?
Nate Anderson — August 01, 2026, 03:04 AM PHT -
25A single RNA-based therapeutics approach against multiple types of RNA viruses
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
26The ban on robot vacuums won’t make them safer, only worse
The Verge — August 01, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
27The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports
The Verge — August 01, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT -
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29Why is gaining citizen support for climate policies so difficult?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
30Experts survey the glacier ice on Mount Ararat for the first time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
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32High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Ashley Belanger — August 01, 2026, 02:11 AM PHT -
33New open-source software predicts energy transfer between tiny defects in solid materials
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
34Modified cell vesicles trigger 'lipid counterstorm' against lung inflammation in mice
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
35Diego Rivera claimed his mural Creation was half wax, but chemical forensics says otherwise
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
36Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI
Theresa Loconsolo — August 01, 2026, 01:26 AM PHT -
37A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
38Ancient Irish volcano offers new clues about the development of its modern-day, active 'brothers and sisters'
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 01, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
39Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Lauren Forristal — August 01, 2026, 12:49 AM PHT -
40The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts
The Verge — August 01, 2026, 12:36 AM PHT -
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43NASA is sending 2 probes to the moon to test complex 'three-body orbits'
brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) — August 01, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
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45Samsung expects memory shortage to worsen through 2027 and last until 2028
Marina Temkin — July 31, 2026, 11:37 PM PHT -
46New York sues Kalshi for allegedly running an ‘illegal gambling operation’
The Verge — July 31, 2026, 11:30 PM PHT -
47SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
Tim De Chant — July 31, 2026, 11:16 PM PHT -
48AI Slop Melodramas Are Taking Over X—and Their Creators Are Cashing In
Steven Levy — July 31, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
49Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts
Sarah Perez — July 31, 2026, 10:49 PM PHT -
50This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s Incompetence
Jason Parham — July 31, 2026, 10:47 PM PHT -
51Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
Marina Temkin — July 31, 2026, 10:47 PM PHT -
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53AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
Andy Greenberg, wired.com — July 31, 2026, 10:01 PM PHT -
54Artemis moonsuits take a dive | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2026
brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) — July 31, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
55Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger
Sean O'Kane — July 31, 2026, 09:45 PM PHT -
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57Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 31, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
58How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
Nate Anderson — July 31, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
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60Rocket Report: New launch rule may limit environmental regulations, Falcon 9 to hit Moon
Eric Berger — July 31, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
61The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Kim Zetter — July 31, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
62The night sky is changing this August — here's which planets to watch
Joe Rao — July 31, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
63Not just OpenAI: Now Anthropic says its internal models got online and cyberattacked 3 other organizations
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 31, 2026, 09:45 AM PHT -
64Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests
Louise Matsakis, Lily Hay Newman — July 31, 2026, 09:24 AM PHT -
65Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests
Kirsten Korosec — July 31, 2026, 09:06 AM PHT -
66Thinking Machines debuts Inkling Small open source AI model nearing performance of predecessor at about 1/4 size
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — July 31, 2026, 08:14 AM PHT -
67Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
Amanda Silberling — July 31, 2026, 07:28 AM PHT -
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