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(July 25, 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: July 25, 2026, 08:29 AM PHT
Last updated: July 25, 2026, 08:29 AM PHT
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1Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
Scharon Harding — July 25, 2026, 03:41 AM PHT -
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3I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else
Lucas Ropek — July 25, 2026, 08:23 AM PHT -
4SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure
Sean O'Kane — July 25, 2026, 07:25 AM PHT -
5Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
Stephen Clark — July 25, 2026, 06:28 AM PHT -
6After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses
The Verge — July 25, 2026, 06:28 AM PHT -
7Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M
Marina Temkin — July 25, 2026, 06:25 AM PHT -
8TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between
TechCrunch Events — July 25, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT -
9Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
Jon Brodkin — July 25, 2026, 05:56 AM PHT -
10Long-lived ytterbium states could sharpen quantum computing and atomic clocks
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
11Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same
Aisha Malik — July 25, 2026, 05:15 AM PHT -
12Study explores the hedging capability of cryptocurrencies in turbulent markets
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
13Can a robot tutor give too much help? Why timing matters
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
14VentureBeat Research: Where enterprise AI agent governance hasn't caught up
mmarshall@venturebeat.com (Matt Marshall) — July 25, 2026, 03:34 AM PHT -
15Qualcomm is about to raise prices and that’s bad news for everyone
The Verge — July 25, 2026, 03:23 AM PHT -
16Gold-catalyzed chemical reaction advances next-generation anticancer prodrugs
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
17Quantum dots reveal hidden light waves on metal surfaces
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
18Cutting out the noise: How horseshoe bats adapt their echolocation behavior in colonies
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
19Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors ‘fake news’
The Verge — July 25, 2026, 02:10 AM PHT -
20Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Sarah Perez — July 25, 2026, 02:07 AM PHT -
212022 IEEE President K.J. Ray Liu Honored for His Leadership
Kathy Pretz — July 25, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
22US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
Zack Whittaker — July 25, 2026, 01:53 AM PHT -
23China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger — July 25, 2026, 01:53 AM PHT -
24European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
Jeremy Hsu — July 25, 2026, 01:45 AM PHT -
25Blade Runner 2099’s moody dystopia streams on Amazon in November
The Verge — July 25, 2026, 01:43 AM PHT -
26Algorithms create foundry-ready photonic circuits
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
27How fishing may be changing one fish species at the molecular level
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
28Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year’s mark
Ram Iyer — July 25, 2026, 01:33 AM PHT -
29Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
John Timmer — July 25, 2026, 01:31 AM PHT -
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31Review finds lack of evidence as to whether planting around our homes reduces the pollution we breathe
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 01:20 AM PHT -
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33Trust among farmers is key to scaling climate-smart innovations
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
34Fat-storing cell structures may block viral spread by recruiting antiviral proteins
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
35Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now
Dominic-Madori Davis — July 25, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
36Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper AI model for coding, agents and enterprise workflows
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — July 25, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
37India’s move against Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat sparks legal debate
Jagmeet Singh — July 25, 2026, 12:54 AM PHT -
38OpenAI’s own model went rogue before Kimi had Wall Street sweating
Theresa Loconsolo — July 25, 2026, 12:50 AM PHT -
39Why and how birdsong differs across the world—and the eight motifs that tie them together
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 12:50 AM PHT -
40More than 80,000 flee forest infernos in France and Spain
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
41Quantum Zeno effect could freeze computations as qubit systems scale up
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 12:40 AM PHT -
42Magnetic clues inside atomic nuclei help explain how elements form in stars
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 12:20 AM PHT -
43Sam Altman’s biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale
Lucas Ropek — July 25, 2026, 12:11 AM PHT -
44Community context shapes corporate response to violence in street protests
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 25, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
45As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions
Rebecca Bellan — July 24, 2026, 11:51 PM PHT -
46Researchers develop AI-driven method to improve forecasts weeks in advance
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — July 24, 2026, 11:40 PM PHT -
47This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
Stephen Clark — July 24, 2026, 11:23 PM PHT -
48Rivian sues the US government for ‘full refund’ of Trump tariffs
Sean O'Kane — July 24, 2026, 11:16 PM PHT -
49Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool
Sarah Perez — July 24, 2026, 11:13 PM PHT -
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51Planet hunter gets the silent treatment | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2026
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — July 24, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
52AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say
Molly Taft, wired.com — July 24, 2026, 09:49 PM PHT -
53AI helps Stanford scientists discover “natural Ozempic” without the usual side effects
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 09:44 PM PHT -
54Scientists discover a compound that could supercharge aging muscle repair
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 09:37 PM PHT -
55OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
Ivan Mehta — July 24, 2026, 09:36 PM PHT -
56A new antiviral could stop measles before an outbreak takes off
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 09:27 PM PHT -
57The easiest way to learn the summer night sky starts with these 3 stars
Jamie Carter — July 24, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
58The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips
Charlotte Jee — July 24, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
59Best Window Air Conditioners of 2026: Midea, Zafro, GE
Matthew Korfhage, Lisa Wood Shapiro — July 24, 2026, 07:37 PM PHT -
60Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings
Jeremy Hsu — July 24, 2026, 07:20 PM PHT -
61Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages
Chris Haslam, Jeremy White — July 24, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
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63Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time
David Nield — July 24, 2026, 05:30 PM PHT -
64Sweden’s hidden rare earth deposits could help break China’s grip
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 04:30 PM PHT -
65China’s Tianwen-1 captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 03:47 PM PHT -
66APOE2 may protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and aging
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 02:00 PM PHT -
67Ozempic and Mounjaro linked to a surprising hair loss risk
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 11:31 AM PHT -
68New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — July 24, 2026, 09:58 AM PHT
