(October 30, 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 30, 2026, 06:50 AM PHT
Last updated: October 30, 2026, 06:50 AM PHT
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1Asteroids venturing near white dwarfs don't break directly into dust, study reveals
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 06:50 AM PHT -
2Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto
Zack Whittaker — October 30, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT -
3Reddit’s CEO says Google’s AI Mode ‘does not drive traffic’
The Verge — October 30, 2026, 06:25 AM PHT -
4Waves alter Antarctic polynyas by breaking up surrounding sea ice
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
5Chemical recycling turns silicone waste into reusable building blocks with up to 99% yield
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 06:10 AM PHT -
6Qinghai–Tibet Plateau study traces evolution of terrestrial animals across three distinct regions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
7Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius,’ says Vladimir Putin
Amanda Silberling — October 30, 2026, 05:51 AM PHT -
8The human surfaceome: AI flags potential cell surface drug targets overlooked by major databases
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:50 AM PHT -
9VRChat says it's not adding AI labels despite user survey showing people want that
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — October 30, 2026, 05:48 AM PHT -
10The 'shape' of gene expression: Identifying genes that may share roles across species
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
11Nature finance needs a fundamental rethink, researchers argue
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
12How the quantum vacuum perturbs atoms, could shrink black holes and may have helped form galaxies
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
13Detailed images reveal ribosome assembly inside human cells for the first time
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:30 AM PHT -
14On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph
Hanneke Weitering — October 30, 2026, 05:28 AM PHT -
15Amazon reported booming cloud revenue but otherwise missed expectations
Julie Bort — October 30, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
16Terahertz light distinguishes two groups of particles trapped inside superconducting vortices
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
17European rivers retain far more plastic than they carry to the sea, study finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 05:10 AM PHT -
18Apple’s new laptop supports one of the coolest features for color pros
The Verge — October 30, 2026, 04:51 AM PHT -
19Machine learning helps track semiconductor defects under more realistic temperature conditions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 04:50 AM PHT -
20What to Know About China’s Top-Secret Spaceplane
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica — October 30, 2026, 04:45 AM PHT -
21GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold driving habits data
The Verge — October 30, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
22What drives temperature preferences? Female mice have temperature sensors tuned to run warmer
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 04:40 AM PHT -
23Reddit will force users to log in as AI is killing search traffic
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — October 30, 2026, 04:32 AM PHT -
24Microplastic shape can influence viral disease severity in rainbow trout
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
25Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
Nick Indge — October 30, 2026, 04:18 AM PHT -
26Google brings AI Mode advertisements to more countries
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — October 30, 2026, 04:18 AM PHT -
27Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 04:10 AM PHT -
28As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience
Sarah Perez — October 30, 2026, 04:08 AM PHT -
29Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
Jon Brodkin — October 30, 2026, 04:08 AM PHT -
30Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant
Kirsten Korosec — October 30, 2026, 04:05 AM PHT -
31Light-emitting nanoparticles help ultrasound direct gene editing to selected mouse brain regions
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — October 30, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
32'Crystal Lake' is great, but nothing tops the space horror shenanigans of 'Jason X'
Sergio Pereira — October 30, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
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34Polymarket Halted International Trading After Hackers Drained Accounts
Kate Knibbs — October 30, 2026, 03:51 AM PHT -
35Popcorn bucket innovation is at an all-time low and the Dune: Part Three 'Double Sandworm' is proof
staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) — October 30, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
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37Consumer Appetite for Personal AI Goes Mainstream
Qualcomm Technologies — October 30, 2026, 03:18 AM PHT -
38Where was my invite to the — wait, what? Airbnb had a gala?
Dominic-Madori Davis — October 30, 2026, 03:17 AM PHT -
39Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch
Aisha Malik — October 30, 2026, 03:14 AM PHT -
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41Hacker may have stolen millions in a malware attack against online poker players
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — October 30, 2026, 03:03 AM PHT -
42See NASA's Artemis III astronauts meet Trump at the White House as they train for a critical 2027 moon lander test flight (photos)
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) — October 30, 2026, 02:55 AM PHT -
43You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now
The Verge — October 30, 2026, 02:45 AM PHT -
44A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
Vittoria Elliott — October 30, 2026, 02:39 AM PHT -
45Meta will now alert parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for self-harm content on Facebook
staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) — October 30, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
46Cosmic graveyard of zombie planets offers a grisly warning about our own solar system's fate
Robert Lea — October 30, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
47Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr
Ivan Mehta — October 30, 2026, 01:54 AM PHT -
48Utah charges Kalshi and its CEO with illegally promoting online gambling
The Verge — October 30, 2026, 01:48 AM PHT -
49Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity
Lucas Ropek — October 30, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
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51Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
Ryan Whitwam — October 30, 2026, 12:24 AM PHT -
52Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction
Marina Temkin — October 30, 2026, 12:21 AM PHT -
53SuperMe raises $20M for its network of AI expert profiles
Ivan Mehta — October 30, 2026, 12:19 AM PHT -
54Big cats, unexplained lights and a floodlit eclipse — 7 skywatching 'horror stories' to keep you entertained this Halloween
Anthony Wood — October 30, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
55FromSoftware delays The Duskbloods until 2027
staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt) — October 29, 2026, 11:02 PM PHT -
56Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy
Julie Bort — October 29, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
57The ‘Pain in the Ass’ Math That Could Save Vibe Coding From Itself
Paresh Dave — October 29, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
58Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round
Sarah Perez — October 29, 2026, 10:35 PM PHT -
59Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race
Joel Khalili — October 29, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
60Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee data as government seeks takedowns
Zack Whittaker — October 29, 2026, 09:43 PM PHT -
61A single brain signal may explain schizophrenia's most puzzling symptoms
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 09:14 PM PHT -
62Six popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 09:04 PM PHT -
63A 700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals a lost world where early humans lived
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 08:38 PM PHT -
64NASA discovers Jupiter’s invisible shield is more complex than Earth’s
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 08:26 PM PHT -
65The Download: AI agent tracking and climate feedback loops
Thomas Macaulay — October 29, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
66Einstein's equations may explain the universe without dark energy
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 08:07 PM PHT -
67Less than 42 minutes of bright daylight linked to higher dementia risk
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 07:30 PM PHT -
68An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’
Isabella Ward — October 29, 2026, 06:45 PM PHT -
69A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards
Ben Dowsett — October 29, 2026, 06:30 PM PHT -
70We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time
Madhulika Srikumar, Claire Leibowicz — October 29, 2026, 06:11 PM PHT -
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72SpaceX's Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force in landmark 'point to point' space mission
jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) — October 29, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
73Law Firm Linked to Elon Musk Started an ‘Election Integrity’ Organization
Justin Glawe — October 29, 2026, 05:45 PM PHT -
74Google's Gemini 4 Carbon promises 'significant leap' in AI coding and cybersecurity
staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent) — October 29, 2026, 05:41 PM PHT -
75Hackers leaked details of more than 41,000 Homeland Security personnel
staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon) — October 29, 2026, 04:33 PM PHT -
76128,000-year-old ice in Tibet could rewrite climate history
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 04:10 PM PHT -
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79Your blood pressure could be dangerous even when your numbers look normal
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 11:54 AM PHT -
80Scientists just broke a textbook rule of physics
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 11:39 AM PHT -
81Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records
Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron — October 29, 2026, 11:34 AM PHT -
82Meteors don't just burn up. What really happens is far more violent
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — October 29, 2026, 11:06 AM PHT -
83FCC chair wants to let prisons jam illegal cellphones
staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) — October 29, 2026, 07:09 AM PHT -
84On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket
Hanneke Weitering — October 29, 2026, 07:02 AM PHT