Meta has begun its process of firing 8,000 employees, reports said. Reacting to the news, an X user said, "Meta is making billions in profit but still cutting 8,000 jobs for AI. Peak tech culture: fire humans to build machines that eventually replace them." The tech company reportedly sent the layoff emails at 4:00 am local time (1:30 am IST).

Google has introduced new Gemini updates, including models like Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini Omni, which can generate high-quality video from text, image, and video prompts. It also launched AI agents such as Daily Brief and Gemini Spark for personalised help and task automation. Google also unveiled a Neural Expressive design language for Gemini.

HDFC Bank has allowed a two-day work-from-home (WFH) to employees in its non-customer-facing business and corporate enabling functions (IT, HR, legal, etc.), multiple reports said. The move comes after PM Narendra Modi urged companies to adopt fuel-saving measures. Only a few private banks, including Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank, have previously adopted similar hybrid work models for select employees.

Civil Aviation Ministry said the fuel control switch was "mechanically functioning and serviceable" after an Air India pilot reported a "slip" issue on a London-Bengaluru flight in February. DGCA officials were present during the switch's inspection, and will monitor their second inspection at Boeing's US office, it added. The AI 171 crash's preliminary report had also flagged fuel switches.

Google is transitioning users from Gemini CLI to its new Google Antigravity 2.0 and Antigravity CLI platforms built for multi-agent AI workflows. The company said developers increasingly need multiple AI agents working together on complex tasks. Google will stop supporting Gemini CLI for free and Pro users from June 18, 2026, while enterprise support will continue.

Google has launched its eighth-generation TPU AI chips, TPU 8t and TPU 8i, for AI training and inference workloads. TPU 8t is designed for large-scale model training and delivers nearly three times the compute performance of the previous generation. TPU 8i focuses on low-latency inference and features 288 GB of high-bandwidth memory with three times more on-chip SRAM.

Gold prices rose across major Indian cities on May 20, while silver rates slipped amid global uncertainty and weak demand. Bullion markets stayed volatile due to geopolitical tensions, crude oil fluctuations, and currency movements, impacting rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru.

Meta has begun its process of firing 8,000 employees, or about one in every 10 employees, as part of its AI-focused restructuring, multiple reports said. The first employees to be hit were in Singapore, who received layoff emails at 4:00 am local time (1:30 am IST). Meta will reportedly lay off all affected employees in a single day in shifts.

Google has added new features to Stitch, its AI-powered UI design platform for mobile and web apps. Users can now generate app designs in real time using text or voice prompts and refine them through conversational editing. The update allows creators to describe ideas through text or voice, while Stitch builds and adjusts interfaces instantly.

Google has upgraded its AI video editing platform Google Flow with the new Gemini Omni Flash model, which can generate content from different types of inputs, starting with video. The update allows creators to combine real-world visuals with AI-generated elements and refine outputs through conversational prompts. Google also introduced dedicated mobile apps for Google Flow and Flow Music.