(October 15, 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: October 15, 2026, 06:32 AM PHT
Last updated: October 15, 2026, 06:32 AM PHT
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1Waste plastics become molecular sponges that capture water from air
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
2The best feature of Apple’s HomeView might be its simplicity
The Verge — October 15, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
3CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes
Anna Heim — October 15, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
4Ambani’s Jio seeks to raise $3.2B in what could be India’s biggest IPO
Jagmeet Singh — October 15, 2026, 05:48 AM PHT -
5How E. coli eavesdrops on the metabolic activity of other gut bacteria
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
6Warmer climate could reshape hurricane risk and its relationship with El Niño around Hawai'i
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
7Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
The Verge — October 15, 2026, 05:17 AM PHT -
8Scientists identify avian cholera as major cause of penguin deaths in Antarctica
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
9Firms facing tariff shocks choose collaboration over conquest
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
10Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts
Dominic-Madori Davis — October 15, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
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12AI-assisted math advance highlights gap between finding answers and judging their significance
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
13International business is influenced by local political climate, study finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
14Wide-scale cropland loss has consequences for wildfire resilience in the American West
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
15Flock CEO: We haven’t ‘fired’ any police departments as customers
Zack Whittaker, Amanda Silberling, Rebecca Bellan — October 15, 2026, 04:26 AM PHT -
16New framework links magnetic phase boundaries to string-like defects in spin ice
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
17Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet
Jon Brodkin — October 15, 2026, 04:15 AM PHT -
18Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages
The Verge — October 15, 2026, 04:03 AM PHT -
19Job loss and AI-exposed jobs: Q&A with sociology professor
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
20Learning reshapes inhibitory synapses differently within the same nerve cell, study suggests
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
21TimeTeller puts our internal clocks at the center of personalized medicine
Anna Heim — October 15, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
22Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff's office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation
Cyrus Farivar — October 15, 2026, 03:53 AM PHT -
23Rare particle decays hint at deviations from Standard Model predictions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
24Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030
Jonathan M. Gitlin — October 15, 2026, 03:44 AM PHT -
25Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
26Superheavy-element compound reveals weaker-than-expected bond due to relativistic effects
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
27Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician's Nephew trailer
Jennifer Ouellette — October 15, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
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29How can AI transform education without leaving anyone behind?
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
30Museum specimens reveal pathogen behind decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
31IBM executive warns of risk of quantum computing hacks
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 15, 2026, 02:50 AM PHT -
32Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
The Verge — October 15, 2026, 02:47 AM PHT -
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34YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms
Lauren Forristal — October 15, 2026, 02:23 AM PHT -
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36Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Ram Iyer — October 15, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
37Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
John Timmer — October 15, 2026, 01:10 AM PHT -
38Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance network
Kate Park — October 15, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
39Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room
Ashley Belanger — October 15, 2026, 12:41 AM PHT -
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41Save 50% on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket and join the last 2 days in San Francisco’s Moscone West
TechCrunch Events — October 14, 2026, 11:13 PM PHT -
42Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
Ivan Mehta — October 14, 2026, 11:08 PM PHT -
43Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to
Lauren Forristal — October 14, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
44Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff amid intensifying competition for user attention
Ram Iyer — October 14, 2026, 10:55 PM PHT -
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46Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps
Christopher Miller, Financial Times — October 14, 2026, 09:56 PM PHT -
47‘Dune: Part Three’ Cowriter Brian K. Vaughan Has a New Comic on the Way
Angela Watercutter — October 14, 2026, 09:30 PM PHT -
48Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
Dan Goodin — October 14, 2026, 08:55 PM PHT -
49The Download: faking blood and the future of batteries
Thomas Macaulay — October 14, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
50Scientists reveal why some workout recovery tricks can backfire
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 08:04 PM PHT -
51Four years ago, NASA punched an asteroid. Europe's Hera probe arrives this month to inspect the wreckage
mbartels@space.com (Meghan Bartels) — October 14, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
52The secret to easier exercise as an adult may start in childhood
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 07:36 PM PHT -
53The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone
Jeremy Hsu — October 14, 2026, 07:15 PM PHT -
54Scientists may have overlooked a hidden Alzheimer's culprit for decades
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 07:06 PM PHT -
55OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say
Ashley Belanger — October 14, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
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57cool kids are writing in all lowercase now. does that make you mad?
Tiffany Ng — October 14, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
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59AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
David Gilbert — October 14, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
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62New knee arthritis treatment delivers lasting pain relief without surgery
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 12:39 PM PHT -
63AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don't think it's conscious
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 09:41 AM PHT -
64A planet 320 light-years away confirms what scientists long suspected
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 08:24 AM PHT -
65AI reveals a hidden chemical shortcut that could turn CO2 into fuel
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 08:01 AM PHT -
66An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
Paresh Dave, Maddy Varner, Caroline Haskins — October 14, 2026, 07:17 AM PHT -
67210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 14, 2026, 06:53 AM PHT -
68Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says
Beth Mole — October 14, 2026, 06:48 AM PHT