Amazon's cloud division hit a $150 billion annualized run rate at 28% growth, while AI services crossed $15 billion and custom chips topped $20 billion.
Eric Migicovsky's rePebble introduces the Index 01, a battery-free smart ring that captures voice notes with a button press, skipping health tracking and subscriptions entirely.
The fintech platform for startups closed a TCV-led Series D valuing it at $5.2 billion, weeks after securing conditional OCC approval to become a national bank.
A machine-learning analysis of sleep EEG data from 7,105 adults found that each 10-year gap between brain age and chronological age raises dementia risk by 39%.
The UN's first global cybercrime treaty has just one ratification seven months after its signing ceremony, as a January 2026 Vienna meeting collapsed over whether civil society gets any seat at the table.
Mesa 26.1.0, released May 6, 2026, delivers over 40 new Vulkan extensions across major GPU drivers, adds VirtIO-GPU native-context support for Intel, and marks the end of VirGL maintenance.
April 2026 set a new monthly record for atmospheric CO2 at 431.12 ppm—the highest in over two million years—while the Trump administration's FY2027 budget proposes eliminating NOAA's climate research funding entirely, threatening the 68-year Mauna Loa record.
Using atomic-resolution spectroscopy on Ni3In, researchers from Rice and Weizmann experimentally confirmed compact molecular orbitals as the drivers of flat-band quantum criticality.
ESA and China's joint Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer launched on 19 May from French Guiana after a six-week delay, beginning a three-year mission to image the magnetosphere in soft X-rays and ultraviolet for the first time.
Dutch quantum chip firm QuantWare closes a record $178M Series B to scale its VIO processor platform and open KiloFab, the world's largest dedicated quantum foundry.
Amazon Aurora Serverless platform version 4 scales 45% faster and delivers up to 30% better throughput at no extra cost, targeting agentic AI workloads.
Swedish startup SaltX Technology and cement giant Holcim have produced Portland-quality clinker using electricity alone, replacing the rotary kiln with a new Electric Clinker Reactor.