Science & Tech

August 2026 Tied as Warmest Month on Record as U.S. Logs Hottest Meteorological Summer

Copernicus and NOAA report August 2026 tied as the warmest month globally while the contiguous U.S. experienced its hottest June–August on record amid a strong El Niño.

#climate, #elnino, #heatwave, #climatechange

Amazon Leo Expands Ariane 6 Launch Pact With Arianespace to 24 Missions

Amazon Leo expands Ariane 6 launch deal with Arianespace from 18 to 24 missions, adding flights 2029–2031 to speed deployment of its LEO broadband network.

$AMZN, #amazon, #ariane6, #arianespace, #satellite-internet

Study finds delayed submarine caldera collapse triggered Tonga’s most destructive 2022 tsunami

New study links Tonga’s Jan. 15, 2022 near-field tsunami to a delayed underwater caldera collapse and finds ocean sound signals reached about 2,600 km.

#tsunami, #volcano, #hungatonga, #hydroacoustics, #caldera

Durvalumab Plus FLOT Boosts Survival in Resectable Gastric and GEJ Cancer, MATTERHORN Shows

Phase 3 MATTERHORN shows AstraZeneca’s durvalumab added to perioperative FLOT improves overall and event‑free survival in resectable gastric/GEJ cancer.

$AZN, #oncology, #immunotherapy, #durvalumab, #gastric-cancer, #astrazeneca

Apple debuts iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in first major iPhone keynote under CEO John Ternus

Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max with upgraded cameras, longer battery life and AI-enhanced Siri at John Ternus’s first major iPhone keynote.

$AAPL, #apple, #iphone18, #iphone, #technology

Steam API glitch briefly exposed achievements for dozens of unreleased, unannounced games

A brief Steam API visibility glitch exposed achievement metadata for dozens of unreleased and unannounced games, raising spoiler and reveal concerns.

#steam, #gaming, #leaks, #achievements

Google to invest €13 billion in Finland to expand AI data centers and energy partnerships

Google will invest €13 billion in Finland over two years to expand AI data centers, back Loviisa nuclear power, add wind and battery capacity and fund local training.

#google, #finland, #data-centers, #ai, #energy

Detokenization Cache Attack Can Reconstruct Local LLM Outputs, Researchers Warn

Researchers show locally run LLM outputs can be reconstructed from CPU cache activity during detokenization, raising privacy concerns for on-device AI.

#security, #llm, #sidechannel, #privacy

Study of eROSITA clusters gives first constraints on Early Dark Energy; joint fit suggests H0 ≈ 71 km/s/Mpc

eROSITA cluster counts yield first cluster-based constraints on Early Dark Energy; combined with CMB and BAO the fit finds f_EDE≈0.10 and H0≈71.4±1.4 km/s/Mpc.

#astronomy, #cosmology, #erosita, #hubbletension

Preprint: Hybrid physics–ML flood model outperforms NOAA’s National Water Model in retrospective hourly U.S. simulations

An arXiv preprint reports a hybrid physics–ML model beat NOAA’s National Water Model in retrospective hourly U.S. flood simulations, notably for rare flood peaks.

#hydrology, #floods, #ai, #noaa

Rivian outlines autonomy roadmap: point-to-point R2 driving by late 2026, Uber robotaxis planned for 2028

Rivian aims for point-to-point R2 driving by late 2026 and Uber-backed Level 4 robotaxis in 2028, using in-house chips, sensors and software.

$RIVN, #rivian, #autonomy, #ev, #robotaxi

Scientists measure time-cubed quantum phase in freely falling atomic wave packets

Ultracold rubidium interferometer measures long‑predicted T^3 quantum phase in a freely falling atomic wave packet, consistent with the equivalence principle.

#quantum, #gravity, #physics, #interferometry

Samsung to Deploy ASML High‑NA EUV in DRAM by 2028, Joins 12‑Inch Photomask Initiative

Samsung says it will work with ASML to adopt High‑NA EUV for high‑volume DRAM by 2028 and join an industry effort on 12‑inch photomasks.

$ASML, #samsung, #asml, #high-na, #euv, #photomasks

Two 2025 Pediatric Deaths in China Linked to Experimental Gene-Therapy Trials Raise Transparency Questions

Two children died in separate experimental gene-therapy trials in China in 2025; disclosures in 2026 have raised questions about safety oversight and reporting.

#gene-therapy, #china, #clinical-trials, #research-ethics

NVIDIA Paper Says AI Scored Above Top Human at IOI 2026 in Unofficial Run

NVIDIA researchers report an AI scored 535.4 on IOI 2026—above the gold cutoff and the top human score—but the run was unofficial and unsupervised.

$NVDA, #ai, #nvidia, #competitiveprogramming, #ioi