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Global Trending News — Today’s Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
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Last updated: May 21, 2026, 06:54 AM PHT
Last updated: May 21, 2026, 06:54 AM PHT
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1US government is using AI more, but hiring gaps and risk culture still slow progress
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 06:40 AM PHT -
2Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral
Marina Temkin — May 21, 2026, 06:30 AM PHT -
3Google's Managed Agents API promises one-call deployment at the cost of execution layer control
VentureBeat — May 21, 2026, 06:26 AM PHT -
4xAI burned $6.4B last year. SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over
Rebecca Bellan — May 21, 2026, 06:26 AM PHT -
5AI tool fuses five satellite datasets to help track harmful algal blooms
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
6Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more
Tim De Chant — May 21, 2026, 05:55 AM PHT -
7SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
Paresh Dave, Maxwell Zeff — May 21, 2026, 05:43 AM PHT -
8Better helium reporting to improve fission and fusion materials modeling
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
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10NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
Stephen Clark — May 21, 2026, 05:26 AM PHT -
11Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup
Julie Bort — May 21, 2026, 05:23 AM PHT -
12You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it.
Theresa Loconsolo — May 21, 2026, 05:21 AM PHT -
13Optoelectronic synapse shows exceptional photoresponse for neuromorphic vision
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
14Cohere cracks lossless quantization and native citations with first full Apache 2.0 licensed open model Command A+
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 21, 2026, 05:16 AM PHT -
15Extreme weather events may leave rivers unable to rebound
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
16Cities change storms, but the impacts depend on the storm itself
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
17Masters of the Universe final trailer brings the '80s nostalgia
Jennifer Ouellette — May 21, 2026, 04:29 AM PHT -
18OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time
Rebecca Bellan — May 21, 2026, 04:28 AM PHT -
19Dominant fish face higher microplastic risk than subordinates in social groups
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
20Here are 42 of our favorite deals from REI’s massive Anniversary Sale
The Verge — May 21, 2026, 04:03 AM PHT -
21Urban aerosols grow faster in polluted air, sharpening climate model gaps
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
22Cerebras says its chips run a trillion-parameter AI model nearly 7 times faster than GPU clouds
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — May 21, 2026, 03:59 AM PHT -
23IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
Lucas Ropek — May 21, 2026, 03:47 AM PHT -
24The complete evolution of spin glass from order to chaos
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
25Scientists solve 50-year mystery of plant immunity by unlocking debneyol's blueprint
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
26Google is bringing new AI-powered ad formats to search
staff@engadget.com (Will Shanklin) — May 21, 2026, 03:39 AM PHT -
27Reusable tea cups have hidden thresholds for achieving environmental sustainability
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
28SpaceX stacks Starship V3 rocket, completes major fueling test ahead of debut launch
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — May 21, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
29Educational analysis of students' performance uses dynamic approach to include life's variables
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
30Enterprise AI agents keep failing because they forget what they learned
taryn.plumb@venturebeat.com (Taryn Plumb) — May 21, 2026, 02:43 AM PHT -
31Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe
Kirsten Korosec — May 21, 2026, 02:32 AM PHT -
32Air-conditioning cools homes but may weaken climate action
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
33The quantum key to seeing through chaos
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
34Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support
Ivan Mehta — May 21, 2026, 02:14 AM PHT -
35Climate change spurs weight gain in owl monkeys
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 02:03 AM PHT -
36Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — May 21, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
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38Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
The Verge — May 21, 2026, 01:44 AM PHT -
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40Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026
Ryan Whitwam — May 21, 2026, 01:31 AM PHT -
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42GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — May 21, 2026, 01:21 AM PHT -
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44Airbnb expands into hotel bookings and even grocery deliveries
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — May 21, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
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46Samsung has a tentative deal with workers to avoid a memory chip strike
The Verge — May 21, 2026, 12:36 AM PHT -
47A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer
Noah Shachtman — May 21, 2026, 12:24 AM PHT -
48NASA satellite images uncover dramatic changes in Earth's nighttime lights
Samantha Mathewson — May 21, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
49Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — May 20, 2026, 11:28 PM PHT -
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52Cuneflow's e-paper writing tablet uses AI to record and transcribe meetings
staff@engadget.com (Daniel Cooper) — May 20, 2026, 11:02 PM PHT -
53Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs
Ivan Mehta — May 20, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
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55Man jailed for posting Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement
Ashley Belanger — May 20, 2026, 10:50 PM PHT -
56Russia's plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft takes off
Eric Berger — May 20, 2026, 10:28 PM PHT -
57NanoClaw's creators are turning the secure, open source AI agent harness into an enterprise 'second brain'
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 20, 2026, 10:12 PM PHT -
58An astronaut's view of Argentina's snow-capped mountains | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2026
chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) — May 20, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
59Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
Scharon Harding — May 20, 2026, 09:32 PM PHT -
60‘Perfect Storm’: How Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Fueling the Ebola Outbreak
Kate Knibbs, Leah Feiger — May 20, 2026, 09:16 PM PHT -
61Scientists discover why Alzheimer’s risk hits women so much harder
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 09:04 PM PHT -
62Green steel startup Boston Metal is doubling down on critical metals
Casey Crownhart — May 20, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
63NASA's Psyche probe takes awesome images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid
Monisha Ravisetti — May 20, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
64Scientists found a hidden Alzheimer’s trigger and shut it down
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 08:54 PM PHT -
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66Engadget Podcast: Google I/O 2026 was AI all the way down
staff@engadget.com (Devindra Hardawar) — May 20, 2026, 08:15 PM PHT -
67The Download: fully artificial chicken eggs and why Musk lost
Thomas Macaulay — May 20, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
68The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages
Jeremy Hsu — May 20, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
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71Scientists use light to create tiny molecules that could transform medicine
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
72Corti's new Symphony for Speech-to-Text model beats OpenAI at medical terminology accuracy, highlighting the value of specialized AI
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — May 20, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
73Scientists found a giant magnetic “twist” hidden inside the Milky Way
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 05:35 PM PHT -
74Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
Dell Cameron — May 20, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
75Britain’s 11,000-year-old “oldest northerner” was a 3-year-old girl, DNA reveals
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 03:07 PM PHT -
76Lost for 150,000 years: Rainforest discovery upends human history
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 02:22 PM PHT -
77Scientists discover strange link between vitamin D and pain
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 11:30 AM PHT -
78Breakthrough drug reverses aging in skin and dramatically speeds healing
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — May 20, 2026, 09:13 AM PHT