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Meta begins laying off 8,000 employees, or 10% of its staff, in a push to become an AI-first company; another 7,000 workers will be reassigned to AI initiatives (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-20 AI

Exa, which offers a search engine that is designed for AI agents, raised $250M led by a16z at a $2.2B valuation, up from $700M in September 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-20 AI

Internal memo: Intuit is laying off about 17% of its workforce, or about 3,000 employees worldwide, to streamline operations and focus on its key bets (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-20

Nigeria arrests ‘fleeing' ex-minister sentenced for fraud (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Nigeria

Ukrainian police bosses detained in porn probe (PHOTOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Ukraine

Owl & Co. report: the podcast industry generated $9.2B in sales globally in 2025, up 23% YoY; 73% of the growth in the US came from video-related revenue (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-20

Drupal critical update to fix bug with high exploitation risk (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20

Circle cofounder Sean Neville's Catena Labs, which lets users set financial guardrails for AI agents, raised a $30M Series A and applies for a US bank charter (fortune.com)
2026-5-20 AI

EU to rely on cow manure amid Iran war fertilizer crisis – Politico (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Europe Iran

Trump vs Massie in Kentucky: Is Israel breaking MAGA? (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Trump Israel

Washington helped wanted Polish ex-minister flee to US – Reuters (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Poland

Prelude, which helps companies with digital onboarding, raised a $20M Series A led by podcaster Harry Stebbings' 20VC, bringing its total funding to $27M (tech.eu)
2026-5-20

Pentagon accused of ‘endless stalling' over Iran school bombing (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Iran Pentagon

Cloud provider Railway says Google Cloud temporarily suspended its account without cause; in 2024, GCP deleted the account of an Australian pension fund (www.theregister.com)
2026-5-20 Australia Google

Google overhauls its search box, letting users input longer queries, including with photos and videos, and automate searches with Gemini 3.5 Flash-based agents (www.nytimes.com)
2026-5-20 Google

S. “Soma” Somasegar, who led Microsoft's Developer Division for 12 years as part of his 27-year tenure at the company before leaving in 2015, has died at age 59 (www.geekwire.com)
2026-5-20 Microsoft

Russian military showcases nuclear deterrent (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 Russia

Moscow and Beijing deepening ‘people-to-people' ties (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20 China

Google Accused of Pushing 'Free For Life' G Suite Users Onto Paid Plans (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-20 Google

NATO's nuclear moves will not go unanswered – Moscow (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20

Greenlanders not ‘guinea pigs' for US – health minister (www.rt.com)
2026-5-20

London-based Primer, which helps e-commerce merchants connect and manage multiple payment providers, raised a $100M Series C led by Sofina (sifted.eu)
2026-5-20 London

Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-20 Trump U.S.

Protesting Attacks on Students, Colleges in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-20 Iran Lebanon

US-China Summit Yields No Progress on Iran (www.juancole.com)
2026-5-20 China Iran

Ditch monthly fees and get this PDF editor for life for $35 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-20

Neutralizing smelly dog breath with plant extracts (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-20

Protein engineering and testing condensed to a single day (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-20

Warming accelerates ecological state shift and loss of kelp forest along Maine coast (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-20

Prior authorization rules vary widely among major commercial insurers (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-5-20

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