(August 06, 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 06, 2026, 06:57 AM PHT
Last updated: August 06, 2026, 06:57 AM PHT
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1Experimental drug turns cancer's favorite fuel against it
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
2Laser scanning may help prevent urban trees from falling
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
3Electrostatic nanocorral offers new control over charged excitons and quantum light
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
4Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO
Sean O'Kane — August 06, 2026, 05:26 AM PHT -
5Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases
Lucas Ropek — August 06, 2026, 05:21 AM PHT -
6Diffuse inter-filament gas is likely a key fuel source for massive star formation
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
7Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships
Julie Bort — August 06, 2026, 05:05 AM PHT -
8Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Spark 1.2 and Muse Code with persistent async background agents
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 06, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
9Little-known protein helps the body restrain scar-forming signals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
10Histone acetylation sites reshape DNA condensates, revealing a potential gene-control mechanism
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
11Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry
Kirsten Korosec — August 06, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
12How Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DM
Dominic-Madori Davis — August 06, 2026, 04:48 AM PHT -
13Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital
Theresa Loconsolo — August 06, 2026, 04:48 AM PHT -
14Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
Jeremy Hsu — August 06, 2026, 04:47 AM PHT -
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16'Spooky' particles transit DC suburbs, a step toward a quantum network
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT -
17Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders
Marina Temkin — August 06, 2026, 04:05 AM PHT -
18New semiconductor maser operates continuously above room temperature
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
19Accelerating the discovery of ceramic materials using cellulose nanofiber dispersions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
20Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch
Nate Anderson — August 06, 2026, 03:51 AM PHT -
21Harvesting rainwater from rooftops could help cities stay cool and cut the number of heat wave days
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
22The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Humans in the Loop
Lily Hay Newman — August 06, 2026, 03:42 AM PHT -
23Using the Earth's magnetic field to hunt for axions and dark photons
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
24SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
Jon Brodkin — August 06, 2026, 03:38 AM PHT -
25Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Lucas Ropek — August 06, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
26How hydrogen can be produced from bio-based formic acid in a continuous process
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 03:26 AM PHT -
27Runaway supermassive black hole RBH-1 offers new way to reconstruct ancient merger
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
28Historic discovery finds 19th-century estate agent used peepshow technology to create proto version of Rightmove
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
29Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart
Ryan Whitwam — August 06, 2026, 03:05 AM PHT -
30The 'Dark Matter' season 2 trailer is here, and it looks like Apple TV has another sci-fi hit on its hands
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — August 06, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
31Whole-genome sequencing reveals that Japanese and Ryukyu wild boars share a common ancestor
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 06, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
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33Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount
The Verge — August 06, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
34Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
The Verge — August 06, 2026, 02:04 AM PHT -
35Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
The Verge — August 06, 2026, 02:01 AM PHT -
36Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Sarah Perez — August 06, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
37IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids
Pauleth Jaramillo — August 06, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
38Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 06, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
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40Two of Ring’s latest video doorbells are a lot cheaper than usual
The Verge — August 06, 2026, 01:53 AM PHT -
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42DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner — August 06, 2026, 01:24 AM PHT -
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45D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race
John Timmer — August 06, 2026, 12:37 AM PHT -
46Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Matt Burgess — August 06, 2026, 12:26 AM PHT -
47The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — August 06, 2026, 12:12 AM PHT -
48Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Steven Levy — August 06, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
49Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)
Stefanie Waldek — August 06, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
50Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Sarah Perez — August 05, 2026, 11:56 PM PHT -
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52AI startup Hark unveils first product: an affordable, fast computer use agent Hark Handoff
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 05, 2026, 11:42 PM PHT -
53Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt
The Verge — August 05, 2026, 11:14 PM PHT -
54Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
Kirsten Korosec — August 05, 2026, 11:06 PM PHT -
55TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals
TechCrunch Events — August 05, 2026, 11:05 PM PHT -
56Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules
Tim De Chant — August 05, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
57On this day in space! Aug. 5, 2011: NASA's Juno spacecraft launches to Jupiter
Hanneke Weitering — August 05, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
58Mars dust is toxic. How will future astronauts deal with it?
Leonard David — August 05, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
59Sitting up straight may improve your mood and decision-making
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 08:38 PM PHT -
60The Download: NASA’s new telescope and Chinese tech import curbs
Charlotte Jee — August 05, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
61Scientists discover the brain cells that keep you motivated
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 08:09 PM PHT -
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6380-million-year-old snake brain reveals a surprising evolutionary secret
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 07:42 PM PHT -
64This school-bus-sized “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 06:50 PM PHT -
65A colossal magma system has been hiding beneath Tuscany
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 05:19 PM PHT -
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67AI is exposing the limits of traditional network architecture
VentureBeat — August 05, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
68Europe’s wildfires became so intense they created their own storm
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 01:42 PM PHT -
69Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 week to go
daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic) — August 05, 2026, 01:30 PM PHT -
701 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland
Anthony Wood — August 05, 2026, 01:17 PM PHT -
71Stanford scientists discover immune cells that explode like microscopic bombs
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 01:10 PM PHT -
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77Scientists catch a “jumping gene” mid-leap between species
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 05, 2026, 10:51 AM PHT -
78OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
Paresh Dave, Brian Barrett — August 05, 2026, 07:11 AM PHT