Written by adminAugust 7, 2026
(August 07, 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 07, 2026, 06:58 AM PHT
Last updated: August 07, 2026, 06:58 AM PHT
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2No cloud, no GPUs, no problem: Liquid AI's new model LFM2.5-2.6B brings powerful AI agents to devices as small as a Raspberry Pi
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 07, 2026, 06:56 AM PHT -
3OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300-$400
Lucas Ropek — August 07, 2026, 06:43 AM PHT -
4Charting the galaxy: Milky Way Mapper survey releases latest all-sky spectra
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 06:30 AM PHT -
5Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport
Jeremy Hsu — August 07, 2026, 06:01 AM PHT -
6Your table awaits: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to be seen by thousands
TechCrunch Events — August 07, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
7Social robots may support learning and reduce teachers' workload, pilot trial finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
8Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Yulia Almazova — August 07, 2026, 05:35 AM PHT -
9Single-shot phase imaging technique can reconstruct transparent objects
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
10New quantum microscopy trick quadruples microscope resolution
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
11Trillion-mile gas streamer may explain tilt of triple-star system's outer planet-forming ring
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
12Why are deaf audiences still treated as an afterthought in theater and cinema?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
13Adding an AI tool to Google Earth shook our trust in maps that has been centuries in the making
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
14Milky Way-like simulation reveals how central galactic structures grow together
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
15With new digital tools, researchers are helping Joshua trees survive wildfires
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
16Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music
Ryan Whitwam — August 07, 2026, 04:17 AM PHT -
17'1 more step': NASA astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk to prep ISS for solar array upgrade
robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) — August 07, 2026, 04:05 AM PHT -
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19Checking out AI: University library puts emerging technology to the test
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
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21Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — August 07, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
22AI and 'Ramanomics' could eliminate a major obstacle to studying living cells
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
23ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Molly Taft — August 07, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
24Drained by humans, rewetted by beavers—opposing forces shape boreal wetlands
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
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27Observing key material properties atom by atom for the first time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
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29Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
Eric Berger — August 07, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
30Earthquake sensors can help forecast how hurricanes intensify
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 07, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
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33Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too
Jennifer Ouellette — August 07, 2026, 01:13 AM PHT -
34Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company
Ram Iyer — August 07, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
35Hacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — August 07, 2026, 12:42 AM PHT -
36Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress
Jon Brodkin — August 07, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
37DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else
Victoria Turk — August 07, 2026, 12:23 AM PHT -
38Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren't coders
Jeremy Hsu — August 07, 2026, 12:15 AM PHT -
39Qwen 3.8-Max and Claude Opus 5 show why raw benchmark scores don't predict the bill
VentureBeat — August 07, 2026, 12:11 AM PHT -
40Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids
Aisha Malik — August 07, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
41Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
Amanda Silberling — August 06, 2026, 11:53 PM PHT -
42Apple increases trade-in offers and adds new Android devices
The Verge — August 06, 2026, 11:47 PM PHT -
43AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them.
VentureBeat — August 06, 2026, 11:30 PM PHT -
44OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
Sarah Perez — August 06, 2026, 11:10 PM PHT -
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48The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model
Thomas Macaulay — August 06, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
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50World’s most-used weedkiller disrupts honeybee brains
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 07:42 PM PHT -
51AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI
Scharon Harding — August 06, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
52Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results
Isabella Ward — August 06, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
53Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers
Molly Taft — August 06, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
54Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 06:23 PM PHT -
55A drug already used for osteoporosis blocked spinal damage in a new study
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 05:50 PM PHT -
56The browser is where attacks land. Why is security still focused on the endpoint?
VentureBeat — August 06, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
57Plan your perfect 2026 total solar eclipse experience with these smartphone apps
Anthony Wood — August 06, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
58Forget the sperm race: Fertilization may depend on teamwork
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 02:25 PM PHT -
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60Dirty air may trigger painful rheumatoid arthritis flares
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 11:32 AM PHT -
61THC medication made PTSD nightmares disappear for more than a third of patients
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 11:16 AM PHT -
62Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 10:02 AM PHT -
63567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 06, 2026, 08:33 AM PHT -
64OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
Lily Hay Newman — August 06, 2026, 08:15 AM PHT -
65OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
Matt Burgess — August 06, 2026, 07:30 AM PHT -
66A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg — August 06, 2026, 07:30 AM PHT
