Robotics startup Enigma emerged from stealth in July 2026 after raising a $70 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Sarah Guo’s Conviction Partners. The…
Snapchat’s “Now Playing” rolls out July 27, 2026, streaming users’ live Spotify listening to Snap Map only during an active past-24-hour window: sharing auto-pauses if Snapchat hasn’t been opened in 24 hours and can be paused for 3 hours, 24 hours, or indefinitely. Users must link Spotify to show what’s playing to friends in real time, and Spotlight discoveries can be saved to Spotify or opened via the track page; Canada is listed as coming soon.
Monday.com said it will lay off ~600 employees (~20%) in July 2026, citing an AI-driven growth strategy and projecting $45M–$55M in restructuring charges. It still forecasts up to 20% YoY revenue growth, as >20 U.S. tech firms cut nearly 140,000 jobs this year.
Cognition bought Poke in a “low nine-figure” deal announced July 24, 2026, aiming to bring Poke’s interaction style and personality to its coding agent Devin. Poke, launched in March 2026, chats via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and WhatsApp, and users exchanged over 100 million messages in the past three months.
Meta is rolling out a significant update to its AI chatbot in July 2026, adding productivity features designed to help it compete with rivals including Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude.
The updated Meta…
Anthropic launched Opus 5 on July 25, 2026, two months after Opus 4.8 (May 28), positioning it as a cheaper, less restrictive pick than Fable 5. It can self-verify iteratively, skips Fable’s 30‑day retention, and uses safety classifiers 85% less often; binary vuln scanning remains blocked.
Federal prosecutors charged Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick, alleging his GrapheneOS duress passcode wiped his phone after CBP demanded a passcode during a Jan. 24, 2025 inspection at Hartsfield‑Jackson—the first known U.S. criminal case over duress passwords. Tunick pleaded not guilty and moved to suppress evidence.
Midjourney acquired Co-Star, a social astrology app with about 4.3M monthly active users, in a July 2026 deal; financial terms weren’t disclosed. Co-Star’s ~two dozen employees join Midjourney, bringing an app that generates birth charts, horoscopes and compatibility advice using AI and human-written copy.
Bluesky has expanded its AI assistant Attie with a new feature called Quests, allowing users to ask open-ended questions about news, trends, and conversations across the Bluesky network and any app…
A coalition of major AI companies signed an open letter in July 2026 urging U.S. policymakers to avoid imposing sweeping restrictions on open-weight AI models, as Washington debates how to respond to…
Facebook announced a set of updates in July 2026 aimed at increasing engagement and organizing the platform for its users. The changes include a standalone app for frequent Marketplace sellers, a…
OpenAI updated its ChatGPT desktop app on July 24, 2026, to include ChatGPT Voice, allowing users to control AI agents and perform multi-step tasks on their computers using spoken commands.
The…
