Tech&Science · Important news for 11 August 2026
July Recorded as the Hottest Month in Contiguous U.S. History
England on Track to Eliminate Hepatitis C Ahead of Global Target
Social Media Giants Face Continued Litigation After Failed Appeals in Addiction Lawsuits
Amazon Backs Fossil-Fuel Power Plant for Off-Grid AI Data Center
Scientists Warn 'Super' El Niño Could Push Amazon Rainforest Past Tipping Point
UK Approves Second Weight-Loss Pill Ahead of EU
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6-Cyber to Defenders Amid Autonomous Attack Concerns
OpenAI Launches New Cyber-Trained AI Model and Expands Daybreak Program
OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cybersecurity defense initiative, originally launched in May, and released a new AI model specifically trained to defend against AI-led cyberattacks, allowing ecosystem partners to leverage advanced AI models to adapt to evolving security threats.
New Ebola Vaccine Trial Launches in DR Congo Amid Outbreak
FDA Proposes First-Time Mandatory Notice for Food Additives
WHO Recommends Ervebo Vaccine Trial for Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo
Researchers Uncover SIM Card Vulnerabilities Allowing Remote Hijacking
Nature Study Warns AI-Driven Oil Production Outweighs Renewable Benefits
AI Tool Discovers Now-Patched Zoom Screen-Sharing Hijacking Bug
Spotify to Label and Exclude 'AI Personas' From Recommendations
Mark Zuckerberg Outlines Meta's Open AI Strategy and Funding Plans
Experimental GLP-1 Pill Aleniglipron Shows 12% Weight Loss in Trial
Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, a 30-Billion Parameter Open-Weights LLM
Anthropic Pledges to Implement Watermarking to Comply with EU AI Rules
YouTube Doubles Watch Hour Requirement for Creator Monetization
Anthropic to Implement Invisible Watermarks on Claude-Generated Text and Images
Mosquito Populations Drop Across US as West Nile Virus Hits 22-Year High
Public Opposition and Bans on Datacenter Expansions Grow in US and UK
Chinese Long March Rocket Explodes Shortly After Liftoff
LexisNexis Pulls Services Offline Following Suspicious Server Activity
FDA Rejects Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Expected to Rival Novartis
Nurses Push Back Against Clinical AI as CMS and FDA Propose RAPID Pathway
Meta Faces Legal Setbacks Over Child Safety as Google AI Executives Depart
Mark Zuckerberg Announces $1 Billion Fund for Data Center Communities
Japan Launches H3 Rocket to Near-Complete Sovereign Satnav Constellation
Mozilla Revokes Firefox Signing Key After GitHub Leak
Spotify Introduces AI Persona Labels to Identify Non-Real Artists
Doctors Warn of CKM Syndrome Affecting Majority of Americans
Chinese Workhorse Rocket Explodes During Flight
Mark Zuckerberg Publishes Massive AI Manifesto Outlining Meta's Vision
FDA Panel to Review Grail's Galleri Cancer Detection Test
NASA+ Streaming Service Expands to discovery+ and HBO Max
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