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(September 02, 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: September 02, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
Last updated: September 02, 2026, 06:27 AM PHT
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1Giant impact could have formed an intact moon within five hours, simulations suggest
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 06:20 AM PHT -
2AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B
Julie Bort — September 02, 2026, 06:08 AM PHT -
3Salt of the Earth: How Egypt's coastal sabkhas tell a story of climate and change
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 06:00 AM PHT -
4A roadmap for animal-free chemical testing
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 05:40 AM PHT -
5A sustainable flame retardant derived from corn steep liquor
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 05:20 AM PHT -
6Open AI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems
Tim Fernholz — September 02, 2026, 05:06 AM PHT -
7Two astronauts replace ISS camera and docking aid on 6th-ever all-female spacewalk (video)
robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) — September 02, 2026, 05:02 AM PHT -
8AI-informed AdaptiveFlow redefines large-scale cloud computing for drug discovery
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 05:00 AM PHT -
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10X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money
Sarah Perez — September 02, 2026, 04:48 AM PHT -
11OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack
The Verge — September 02, 2026, 04:45 AM PHT -
12OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities
Maxwell Zeff, Lily Hay Newman — September 02, 2026, 04:00 AM PHT -
13Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy
The Verge — September 02, 2026, 03:43 AM PHT -
14What is public interest technology? An expert on data and policy explains how it helps people in need
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
15In tune with nature: Human speech follows a rhythm that is also found in the animal kingdom
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
16Frontier models can recover up to 65% of facts they can't directly recall — just by thinking longer
bendee983@gmail.com (Ben Dickson) — September 02, 2026, 03:20 AM PHT -
17How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri
Michelle Kim — September 02, 2026, 03:10 AM PHT -
18The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
The Verge — September 02, 2026, 03:02 AM PHT -
19Switching gravity on and off leaves particles behind, mathematical model finds
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 03:00 AM PHT -
20Closing an Azure OpenAI assistant's retrieval gap didn't take a new identity platform. It took one filter and a narrower assistant.
louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) — September 02, 2026, 02:59 AM PHT -
21Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 arrive with a 75% cost reduction for Fable cache reads
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — September 02, 2026, 02:41 AM PHT -
22Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 million every year
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
23First measurement of low-energy solar neutrinos scattering off electrons
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 02:40 AM PHT -
24MeerKAT directly detects faint hydrogen signal from the distant universe
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 02:20 AM PHT -
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27New AI approaches to help understand complex biological data
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
28IEEE President’s Note: Technology for Social Good
Mary Ellen Randall — September 02, 2026, 02:00 AM PHT -
29Environmental, social and governance investor pressure sometimes causes firms to shift pollution to suppliers
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
30New AI model maps the ion binding sites that control how proteins work
Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories — September 02, 2026, 01:40 AM PHT -
31Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
Sarah Perez — September 02, 2026, 01:35 AM PHT -
32On this day in space! Sept. 1, 1979: NASA's Pioneer 11 probe becomes 1st spacecraft to visit Saturn
Hanneke Weitering — September 02, 2026, 01:15 AM PHT -
33ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data
Ivan Mehta — September 02, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
34Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Sean O'Kane — September 02, 2026, 12:49 AM PHT -
35Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hits its lowest price since launch
The Verge — September 02, 2026, 12:48 AM PHT -
36Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
Marina Temkin — September 02, 2026, 12:31 AM PHT -
37GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company
Sean O'Kane — September 01, 2026, 11:57 PM PHT -
38AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
Ram Iyer — September 01, 2026, 11:45 PM PHT -
39Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families
Sarah Perez — September 01, 2026, 11:10 PM PHT -
40Your files stay put: Perplexity’s hybrid AI keeps confidential data off the cloud
michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) — September 01, 2026, 11:00 PM PHT -
41This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient
Sean O'Kane — September 01, 2026, 10:52 PM PHT -
42It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well
Eric Berger — September 01, 2026, 10:46 PM PHT -
43Sonos Ace Ultra, Beam Ultra, Sonos Fabric, and a New App: Everything Sonos Just Announced
Boone Ashworth — September 01, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
44Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization
MIT Technology Review Insights — September 01, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
45AI is redefining the workforce — and most planning models aren’t ready
VentureBeat — September 01, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
46Repairing the ISS 250 miles above Earth | Space photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2026
brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) — September 01, 2026, 10:00 PM PHT -
47Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 08:58 PM PHT -
48The Download: engineered microbes for crops, and OpenAI’s culture problem
Thomas Macaulay — September 01, 2026, 08:10 PM PHT -
49Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 08:09 PM PHT -
50Sennheiser Momentum 5 Wireless Headphones Review (2026)
Chris Haslam — September 01, 2026, 07:00 PM PHT -
51A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 06:41 PM PHT -
52Dyson’s Next Act Is an Electric Toothbrush With a Camera
Julian Chokkattu — September 01, 2026, 05:30 PM PHT -
53One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 05:06 PM PHT -
54NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 01:43 PM PHT -
55NASA delays Crew-13 launch after leak found on SpaceX Dragon
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 01:33 PM PHT -
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57Goodbye CPAP? New sleep apnea pill cuts breathing events by 44%
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 12:49 PM PHT -
58Scientists find a human-only gene that may help explain our brainpower
Latest Science News — ScienceDaily — September 01, 2026, 11:54 AM PHT -
59OpenClaw 2.0 is here, ushering in the era of 'multiplayer' AI coding: What it means for enterprises
carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) — September 01, 2026, 11:26 AM PHT
