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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: May 07, 2026, 07:21 AM PHT
Last updated: May 07, 2026, 07:21 AM PHT
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1Apple to pay $250M to settle lawsuit over Siri’s delayed AI features
Lauren Forristal — May 06, 2026, 11:12 PM PHT -
2Antimalarial drug hunt uncovers enzyme target with potent new inhibitors
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 07:20 AM PHT -
3Researchers discover a new pathway to building energy-efficient computing chips
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 07:00 AM PHT -
4Rare footage of elusive sea-floor creatures and backward-swimming fish captured by compact video-acoustic system
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 06:50 AM PHT -
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6Clean energy's nickel rush is heading straight for some of Earth's richest ecosystems
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
7A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
Jagmeet Singh — May 07, 2026, 06:30 AM PHT -
8Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
Samuel Axon — May 07, 2026, 06:09 AM PHT -
9An experiment shows that yellow trout can grow larger than the wild strain
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
10Dynamic catalyst interfaces offer a smarter route for converting CO₂ into formic acid
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
11Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Sarah Perez — May 07, 2026, 05:57 AM PHT -
12TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch
Jeremy Hsu — May 07, 2026, 05:47 AM PHT -
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14Genetic 'bonus material' boosts gut bacterium's oxygen tolerance up to 1,000-fold
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
15Membrane complex aids rock-eating microbes in converting carbon dioxide to biomass
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
16Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers
Jon Brodkin — May 07, 2026, 05:33 AM PHT -
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18Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 07, 2026, 05:24 AM PHT -
19A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Fernanda González — May 07, 2026, 05:24 AM PHT -
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21Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good
Ashley Belanger — May 07, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
22Hybrid vein networks in tree leaves reveal a new model of biological design
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
23Nature draws more tourists to the Canary Islands than previously believed
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
24Roman Space Telescope poised to transform hunt for elusive neutron stars
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
25Snap's $400 million deal with Perplexity is dead
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — May 07, 2026, 05:04 AM PHT -
26'Atomic snapshots' of proofreading enzyme could lead to better COVID-19 drugs
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
27How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together
Keith Cooper — May 07, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
28Twisting atom-thin materials reveals new way to save computing energy
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
29Indigenous lands can outperform protected areas on conservation, researchers find
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
30New long-necked dinosaur found in Northeast Brazil was a close relative of a European species
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
31Why twisted bilayer graphene stops superconducting near high-dielectric substrates
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 04:30 AM PHT -
32Green and yellow light guide newborn whitefish to safety—but warming waters cause issues
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 07, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
33Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals
Tim De Chant — May 07, 2026, 03:57 AM PHT -
34Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
The Verge — May 07, 2026, 03:44 AM PHT -
35Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says
Sarah Perez — May 07, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
36Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — May 07, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
37Google's AI search results will now turn to Reddit for expert advice
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 07, 2026, 02:57 AM PHT -
38Anthropic Gets in Bed With SpaceX as the AI Race Turns Weird
Lauren Goode — May 07, 2026, 02:28 AM PHT -
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40DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases
Zack Whittaker — May 07, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
41AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — May 07, 2026, 02:05 AM PHT -
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43Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
Will Knight — May 07, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
44SpaceX may spend up to $119B on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
Ram Iyer — May 07, 2026, 01:23 AM PHT -
45Google just bought a stake in the maker of Eve Online to train its AI models
staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk) — May 07, 2026, 01:22 AM PHT -
46DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
Julie Bort — May 07, 2026, 01:20 AM PHT -
47Report: SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits
Jon Brodkin — May 07, 2026, 01:20 AM PHT -
48MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly laid off even more staff
staff@engadget.com (Matt Tate) — May 07, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
49Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing
Kyle Orland — May 07, 2026, 12:56 AM PHT -
50I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes
Reece Rogers — May 07, 2026, 12:51 AM PHT -
51The animated version of the iconic "Hello, world" image reveals striking new details
Eric Berger — May 07, 2026, 12:42 AM PHT -
52Market research is too slow for the AI era, so Brox built 60,000 identical 'digital twins' of real people you can survey instantly, repeatedly
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 07, 2026, 12:16 AM PHT -
53Google updates AI search to include quotes from Reddit and other sources
Amanda Silberling — May 06, 2026, 11:49 PM PHT -
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55Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows
Anna Heim — May 06, 2026, 11:46 PM PHT -
56Google's Gemma 4 AI models get 3x speed boost by predicting future tokens
Ryan Whitwam — May 06, 2026, 11:44 PM PHT -
57Tinder owner Match Group is slowing hiring to pay for its increased use of AI tools
Sarah Perez — May 06, 2026, 11:27 PM PHT -
58Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges
staff@engadget.com (Nathan Ingraham) — May 06, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
59Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding
Ivan Mehta — May 06, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
60The app store for robots has arrived: Hugging Face launches open-source Reachy Mini App Store with 200+ apps
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 06, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
61Sci-fi RPG 'Exodus''s combat looks and feels like 'Mass Effect', but the dialogue system could be a big upgrade (video)
stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) — May 06, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
62Aurora lands McLane deal to run driverless truck routes in Texas
Kirsten Korosec — May 06, 2026, 10:56 PM PHT -
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64Zest Maps Is the AI-Powered ‘Spiritual Successor to Foursquare’
Reece Rogers — May 06, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
6510 hidden spots in Spain to see the rare sunset total solar eclipse on Aug. 12
Jamie Carter — May 06, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
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67reMarkable Paper Pure review: Great hardware held back by bad philosophy
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — May 06, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
68Best Indoor Security Cameras (2026): For Homes and Apartments
Simon Hill — May 06, 2026, 07:32 PM PHT -
69Ten Technology Enablers Shaping the Future of 6G Wireless
Rohde & Schwarz — May 06, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
70Hasan Piker, Self-Described ‘Ayatollah of Woke,’ Wants AI to Die
Alana Hope Levinson — May 06, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
71Nuro approved to test its driverless Uber robotaxis on California roads
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — May 06, 2026, 04:25 PM PHT -
72New AI method tackles one of science’s hardest math problems
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 04:24 PM PHT -
73Scaling AI into production is forcing a rethink of enterprise infrastructure
VentureBeat — May 06, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
74240-million-year-old giant “sand creeper” found hidden in retaining wall
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 02:47 PM PHT -
75Colon cancer breakthrough keeps patients cancer-free for nearly 3 years
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 02:20 PM PHT -
76Common knee surgery found ineffective, may make things worse
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 01:54 PM PHT -
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78Oak trees are delaying spring to starve caterpillars
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 11:22 AM PHT -
79Webb space telescope reveals a scorching “super-Earth” that looks like Mercury
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 08:57 AM PHT -
80AI lets chemists design molecules by simply describing them
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 06, 2026, 08:20 AM PHT -
81Miami startup Subquadratic claims 1,000x AI efficiency gain with SubQ model; researchers demand independent proof.
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — May 06, 2026, 07:30 AM PHT -
82GPT-5.5 Instant shows you what it remembered — just not all of it
VentureBeat — May 06, 2026, 07:26 AM PHT -
83‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk
Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff — May 06, 2026, 07:24 AM PHT