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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: May 08, 2026, 06:35 AM PHT
Last updated: May 08, 2026, 06:35 AM PHT
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3Eating eggs could cut Alzheimer’s risk by 27%
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 08, 2026, 06:22 AM PHT -
4Bumble will replace swiping right with… something
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 08, 2026, 06:13 AM PHT -
5Pilot whales are already 'shouting' at full volume, but one busy waterway is pushing them to the edge
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6OpenAI debuts a Codex plugin for Chrome
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — May 08, 2026, 05:57 AM PHT -
7Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 08, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
8The 'nostalgia effect': Scientists produce less disruptive work as they age
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
9Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%
Kirsten Korosec — May 08, 2026, 05:49 AM PHT -
10Meta's AI agent plans reportedly include an OpenClaw competitor that can shop on Instagram
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — May 08, 2026, 05:41 AM PHT -
11How soil bacteria help plants defend themselves against disease
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
12Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger — May 08, 2026, 05:37 AM PHT -
13Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
The Verge — May 08, 2026, 05:31 AM PHT -
14How Sakana trained a 7B model to orchestrate GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — May 08, 2026, 05:23 AM PHT -
15Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm
Anna Heim — May 08, 2026, 05:02 AM PHT -
16Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
17Next-gen Mars helicopter rotor blades exceed Mach 1
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
18Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Zack Whittaker — May 08, 2026, 04:59 AM PHT -
19This strange planet pair shouldn’t exist, but it does
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 08, 2026, 04:53 AM PHT -
20Gaming monkeys' curiosity: Japanese macaques actively explore moderately uncertain stimuli
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
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22OpenAI introduces new ‘Trusted Contact’ safeguard for cases of possible self-harm
Lucas Ropek — May 08, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
23Quantum metallurgy: Electron crystals deform and melt
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
24Theoretical framework can predict how complex networks behave
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
25Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
Sarah Perez — May 08, 2026, 03:57 AM PHT -
26Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
The Verge — May 08, 2026, 03:55 AM PHT -
27Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
The Verge — May 08, 2026, 03:54 AM PHT -
28Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
The Verge — May 08, 2026, 03:39 AM PHT -
29I'm already dreading Apple's camera-equipped AirPods
staff@engadget.com (Devindra Hardawar) — May 08, 2026, 03:36 AM PHT -
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31Perplexity opens up its Personal Computer AI assistant to all Mac users
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — May 08, 2026, 03:22 AM PHT -
32Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
Tim Fernholz — May 08, 2026, 03:21 AM PHT -
33Tax cuts, access and quality of life shape startup-friendly smart cities
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
34Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
Dan Goodin — May 08, 2026, 03:18 AM PHT -
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36Why workplace change keeps failing: New framework says structure, not mindset, may be the real barrier
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
37'Saros' nails the cosmic horror and bullet-hell action assignments, but it falls short as a roguelite
Fran Ruiz — May 08, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
38Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?
Julie Bort — May 08, 2026, 02:36 AM PHT -
39Amazon Luna's May lineup includes Guardians of the Galaxy and the Resident Evil 2 remake
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — May 08, 2026, 02:35 AM PHT -
40Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — May 08, 2026, 02:28 AM PHT -
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42Meet ZAYA1-8B, a super efficient, open reasoning model trained on AMD Instinct MI300 GPUs
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 08, 2026, 02:24 AM PHT -
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44Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B
Dominic-Madori Davis — May 08, 2026, 02:02 AM PHT -
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46Thawing Arctic soil awakens only half of soil microbes, new study reveals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 08, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
47ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
Zeyi Yang — May 08, 2026, 12:25 AM PHT -
48One of DOGE’s Young Engineers Is Now Running a Defense Tech Startup
Vittoria Elliott — May 08, 2026, 12:21 AM PHT -
49How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
Russell Brandom — May 08, 2026, 12:05 AM PHT -
50'Star Wars: Galactic Racer': Release date, trailers, gameplay & everything we know about the return of podracing
Fran Ruiz — May 08, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
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52Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — May 07, 2026, 11:10 PM PHT -
53Spotify now lets AI agents like OpenClaw generate personal podcasts
staff@engadget.com (Igor Bonifacic) — May 07, 2026, 10:55 PM PHT -
54Qualcomm reveals two new affordable phone chips with Smooth Motion UI tech
staff@engadget.com (Sam Rutherford) — May 07, 2026, 10:52 PM PHT -
55Spotify's AI-powered personal DJ expands to more languages and countries
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — May 07, 2026, 10:27 PM PHT -
56Google Is Rebranding the Fitbit App to ‘Google Health’
Julian Chokkattu — May 07, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
57Google Ditches the Screen With the New Fitbit Air (2026)
Boutayna Chokrane — May 07, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
58The Google Fitbit Air is an AI-infused take on Whoop wearables
staff@engadget.com (Cherlynn Low) — May 07, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
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60Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla
George Hammond, Financial Times — May 07, 2026, 09:14 PM PHT -
61How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue
Robert Lea — May 07, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
62Sardinia’s Ancient Reasons for Rejecting a Clean Energy Future
Emily Waltz — May 07, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
63Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast
Elizabeth Howell — May 07, 2026, 08:11 PM PHT -
64The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar
Thomas Macaulay — May 07, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
65Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
Eric Berger — May 07, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
66Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
Andy Greenberg — May 07, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
67This Reggae Band Is in a Nightmare Battle Against AI Slop Remixes
Kate Knibbs — May 07, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
68Bottom G Wants You to Know He’s More Than Just ‘Gay Andrew Tate’
Miles Klee — May 07, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
69Scientists discover why Ozempic works better for some people
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 07, 2026, 06:11 PM PHT -
70ChatGPT’s ‘Trusted Contact’ will alert loved ones of safety concerns
The Verge — May 07, 2026, 05:55 PM PHT -
71Everyone Should Travel With a Pair of Cheap Wired Headphones (2026)
Adrienne So — May 07, 2026, 05:31 PM PHT -
72Scientists accidentally discover DNA that breaks the rules of life
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 07, 2026, 03:01 PM PHT -
73Anthropic Skill scanners passed every check. The malicious code rode in on a test file.
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — May 07, 2026, 03:00 PM PHT -
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76Your DNA may predict your future success more than your upbringing
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 07, 2026, 10:41 AM PHT -
77Scientists finally solve 40-year-old physics puzzle about how things grow
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 07, 2026, 08:28 AM PHT -
78Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
Maxwell Zeff, Paresh Dave — May 07, 2026, 07:23 AM PHT -
79This town found clean energy deep inside old coal mines
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 07, 2026, 07:10 AM PHT