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Last updated: August 13, 2026, 06:59 AM PHT
Last updated: August 13, 2026, 06:59 AM PHT
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1What it's like to discover an ancient Egyptian tomb, and the race against time to preserve it
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
2Ultrafast flash Joule heating significantly reduces MXene manufacturing time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 06:30 AM PHT -
3Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
Lucas Ropek — August 13, 2026, 06:26 AM PHT -
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5Pixel 11 event live blog: Let’s watch Trevor Noah introduce Google’s new phones
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 05:43 AM PHT -
7Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
Dan Goodin — August 13, 2026, 05:43 AM PHT -
8Pain isn't the point: European viper venoms may have evolved to subdue prey
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
9Wars between nations face persistent escalation risk, decades of conflict data suggest
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
10This 8BitDo mechanical keyboard has an extra keypad and is 30 percent off
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 05:21 AM PHT -
11Novel polymer membrane design improves high-purity hydrogen separation
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
12Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Scharon Harding — August 13, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
13A $10 soil test goes global with virtual reality training for farmers
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
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15This year's 'Masters of the Universe' movie wasn't Hollywood's first attempt at capturing the power of He-Man; they tried back in 1987, and failed then too
Richard Edwards — August 13, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
16Northrop’s robot space mechanic is a new way to keep satellites at work longer
Tim Fernholz — August 13, 2026, 04:53 AM PHT -
17Severe weather now a key predictor of where bird species occur in North America
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
18An open-source tool for automated consolidation of lipid data
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
19Sugar swap simplifies production of promising targeted cancer therapies
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT -
20Cutting traffic pollution alone could worsen Taiwan's haze
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
21Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
22Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
Amanda Silberling — August 13, 2026, 04:10 AM PHT -
23Negotiation is a routine part of daily life, not a rare high-stakes event
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
24Single synthetic peptide forms electrically polarized, self-healing hydrogel
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
25Claim that science is becoming less disruptive challenged after years-long publication delay
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
26US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas
Jeremy Hsu — August 13, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
27Microbes turn CO₂ into protein and vitamin B9 at commercially viable prices
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
28Total solar eclipse 2026 thrills millions with a stunning cosmic spectacle (photos, video)
brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) — August 13, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
29AI tool could help veterinarians track heart disease more precisely
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 03:30 AM PHT -
30It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 03:27 AM PHT -
31History, not age, determines the genomic importance of ancient trees
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — August 13, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
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34Rogue AI Agents Aren’t Evil. They’re Just Eager to Please
Will Knight — August 13, 2026, 02:45 AM PHT -
35Four of five enterprises that secured AI agent identities still can't contain one that goes rogue
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — August 13, 2026, 02:44 AM PHT -
36Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers
Lauren Forristal — August 13, 2026, 02:34 AM PHT -
37AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Julie Bort — August 13, 2026, 02:19 AM PHT -
38As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open
Kate Park — August 13, 2026, 01:51 AM PHT -
39OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
Rebecca Bellan — August 13, 2026, 01:41 AM PHT -
40ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
41Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
The Verge — August 13, 2026, 01:29 AM PHT -
42SpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.6, overtaking Kimi K3's performance and matching GPT-5.6 Sol for world's third best on Artificial Analysis
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — August 13, 2026, 01:26 AM PHT -
43Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
Zack Whittaker — August 13, 2026, 01:15 AM PHT -
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45Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data
MIT Technology Review Insights — August 13, 2026, 12:51 AM PHT -
46Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
Theresa Loconsolo — August 13, 2026, 12:46 AM PHT -
47US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Jon Brodkin — August 13, 2026, 12:33 AM PHT -
48Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid
Tim De Chant — August 13, 2026, 12:18 AM PHT -
49Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M
Julie Bort — August 13, 2026, 12:04 AM PHT -
50Facebook officially rolls out its stand-alone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators
Aisha Malik — August 12, 2026, 11:56 PM PHT -
51How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures
Russell Brandom — August 12, 2026, 11:44 PM PHT -
52Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
Ashley Belanger — August 12, 2026, 11:19 PM PHT -
53After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug
Zack Whittaker — August 12, 2026, 11:18 PM PHT -
54Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues
TechCrunch Events — August 12, 2026, 11:02 PM PHT -
55Ozempic may have revealed the brain’s hidden “craving center”
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 10:36 PM PHT -
56Everything announced at Made by Google ’26: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Tag, and tons of Gemini features
Lauren Forristal — August 12, 2026, 10:20 PM PHT -
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58Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag
Ryan Whitwam — August 12, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
59On this day in space! Aug. 12, 2005: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched
Hanneke Weitering — August 12, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
60Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing
Lily Hay Newman, wired.com — August 12, 2026, 09:37 PM PHT -
61Scientists discover a hidden brain rhythm that could improve Parkinson’s treatment
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 09:20 PM PHT -
623,500-year-old skeletons challenge what scientists thought they knew about syphilis
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 09:05 PM PHT -
63The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 08:43 PM PHT -
64Honor’s Robot Phone Has a Gimbal-Powered Camera for Vloggers
Julian Chokkattu — August 12, 2026, 08:30 PM PHT -
65The Download: our 35 young innovators and the “censorship-industrial complex”
Thomas Macaulay — August 12, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
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67SpaceX wraps Starlink double header day with the launch of 24 Starlink satellites from California
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — August 12, 2026, 07:48 PM PHT -
68How to Select the Office Chair That’s Right For You
Matthew Korfhage — August 12, 2026, 07:32 PM PHT -
69Scientists turn sheep’s wool into a material that helps regrow bone
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 07:17 PM PHT -
70Ego 1300 Electric Mower Review: Tame Your Lawn Without Gas
Scott Gilbertson — August 12, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
71Skan AI raises $63 million betting that watching how employees actually work is the missing layer of enterprise AI
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — August 12, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
72The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself
Kate Taylor — August 12, 2026, 06:45 PM PHT -
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74McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There
Reece Rogers — August 12, 2026, 06:15 PM PHT -
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76FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months
Vittoria Elliott — August 12, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
77‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Cargo Thefts Have Turned Violent in Pursuit of AI Hardware
Paresh Dave, Aarian Marshall — August 12, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
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79A strange crystal made of electrons just revealed its hidden motion
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — August 12, 2026, 05:10 PM PHT -
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81Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations know how to govern agents but still can't meter what they cost
VentureBeat — August 12, 2026, 03:30 PM PHT -
82Agent context layers: Enterprises governing their AI data are catching twice as many bad answers as the ones who aren't
VentureBeat — August 12, 2026, 03:30 PM PHT -
83Agentic reliability and evaluations : Enterprises that got burned by a bad eval are the most likely to remove humans from the loop, not the least
VentureBeat — August 12, 2026, 03:30 PM PHT -
84Agentic security: Enterprises enforce agent permissions two-thirds of the time — and isolate high-risk agents less than one in five
VentureBeat — August 12, 2026, 03:30 PM PHT -
85A total solar eclipse will darken the sky for millions today! Here's what you need to know
daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic) — August 12, 2026, 02:00 PM PHT -
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87SpaceX could make $500 billion in 2028, Elon Musk says (video)
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — August 12, 2026, 07:42 AM PHT