Triomics, a startup that builds AI tools for oncology teams, announced a $22 million Series B funding round in May 2026, led by Battery Ventures. Returning investors Nexus Venture Partners,…
Database provider ClickHouse has reached $250 million in annualized revenue run rate, tripling its business from the prior year, co-founder and president of product and technology Yury Izrailevsky…
Meta announced in May 2026 that it is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also beginning tests of new subscription tiers aimed at AI users,…
Amsterdam-based payroll startup Remote surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and reached cash-flow positive status in 2026, crediting a 50% increase in revenue per employee driven…
AI coding startup Cognition announced on May 27, 2026, that it has raised more than $1 billion in a new funding round at a $25 billion pre-money valuation — more than doubling its valuation in eight…
Motorola says some phones unintentionally routed users through an affiliate-tracking site before the Amazon Shopping app opened, briefly launching the browser and setting a cookie that attached an affiliate code to a Kira Abboud-linked URL. Reported by 9to5Google after a Reddit find, Motorola blamed a Moto App Launcher search/suggestion feature co-developed with Device Native; related docs were taken offline.
CrowdStrike, Google, and nonprofit Shadowserver took down the Glassworm botnet in May 2026, dismantling an operation that cybercriminals had used for two years to inject malware into open source…
Trajectory, launched in May 2026 by ex-DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI and Meta researchers, raised a $15M seed at a $115M post-money valuation led by Conviction with Bessemer VC, Radical VC and BoxGroup. Founded by Ronak Malde, it has 11 people and targets continual learning from real user interactions.
Spotify launched a podcast clipping feature on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, allowing users to cut and share specific audio segments from episodes directly within the app.
A new scissors icon in the…
ElevenLabs launched Music v2 in May 2026, enabling mid-track genre switching (opera ↔ heavy metal) without losing coherence. The model supports section-based, text-prompt regeneration, intro/verse/chorus stitching, and more reliable results across languages, lyrics, vocals, and arrangements, built on licensed data cleared for commercial use.
Google is rolling out fixes to the Google Health app after users complained post-Fitbit replacement in 2026, with updates starting the week of May 27, 2026. Changes include customizable Today/Health dashboards, a 24-hour sleep overview, and an AI coach that will be more concise with charts/maps/stats and fewer minor-activity digressions; it also adds run labeling and split times.
DuckDuckGo saw a sharp rise in U.S. app installs in late May 2026, following Google’s announcement at its annual I/O developer conference that it would overhaul its search engine by replacing…
