Tech&Science · Important news for 15 August 2026
US could exhaust domestic phosphorus reserves within 40 years
FDA Approves Bristol Oral Treatment for Advanced Multiple Myeloma
Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness
Active exploitation of macOS screen-sharing vulnerability allows remote unauthorized access
Waymo permitted to offer rides in Sacramento and San Diego
Researchers clone wheat gene providing Hessian fly resistance
Google applies homomorphic encryption to make private AI practical
Meta releases open-weight Glimmer AI model
Large study links regular stair climbing to lower risk of heart disease and death
French Tax Authority Admits Data Breach Affecting Millions
US courts to begin publishing data on government spyware use
Police-tech giant Flock tightens rules on officer access to license plate readers
Scientists solve mystery of brain switch triggering weight loss in opposite ways
Home battery boom in Australia helps cut wholesale power prices in half
Self-driving trucks begin official highway testing in California
ChainDrop worm infects 444 npm packages in supply chain attack
Trump administration enacts flurry of national security policies
Firefox becomes last major browser supporting uBlock Origin
X Releases Algorithm Source Code Detailing Viral Formula
OpenAI and Anthropic launch cheaper models amid competition from Chinese AI rivals
Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 27B open-weights model
Tiny DNA Rotor Enables Microscopes to Track Gene Transcription at Base-Pair Resolution
Utility-Scale Solar and Batteries Dominate US Power Plant Additions
RingCentral Data Dumped Following ShinyHunters Extortion Attack
Going dark and the era of law enforcement hacking
Wildfires destroy over 4 million hectares of protected tropical forest since 2001
Stable viral RNA elements discovered to boost mRNA therapeutics
OpenAI talent exodus raises concerns ahead of planned IPO
Apple proposes 15 percent commission on external app store purchases
Google Permits Removal of Visible Watermarks from AI Content
Google will allow users to remove visible watermarks from AI-generated content, though the invisible SynthID watermark will remain intact.
- Google allows removal of visible watermarks from AI content
- The invisible SynthID watermark will remain
Anthropic Releases Redacted Risk Report for August 2026
State judge orders prediction market Kalshi to halt sports betting in Washington
Flock Safety announces changes following backlash over license plate readers
Stanford Researchers Find Immune Cells Flood the Aging Brain
THC May Reduce Nightmares in PTSD Patients
NASA COFFIES Uses AI to Predict Solar Storms
Sediments reveal sudden changes in Atlantic heat transport
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft highlights low operational costs
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