Microsoft has announced plans to lay off 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its workforce, across the Xbox and sales teams amid AI-driven cost cuts, as per multiple reports. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees in an email that 1,600 jobs will be cut on Monday, while the remaining 1,600 jobs will be cut through the fiscal year 2027, CNBC reported.

Amid Ram Mandir donation scam, the trust shared that since its establishment in 2020, a total of ₹3,264 crore was received through Nidhi Samarpan campaign and corpus donations, of which ₹2,370 crore was spent on temple construction and capital expenditure. The trust received ₹582 crore in offerings until March 31, 2026, of which ₹391 crore was spent on operational expenses.

India have announced their squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. Shreyas Iyer will lead the side, while Tilak Varma has been named vice-captain. Sanju Samson, who was replaced by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in playing XI in second T20I against England, has been dropped from the squad. Sooryavashi, Prabhsimran Singh, Rinku Singh and Mayank Yadav feature in the squad.

England reached FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-finals after beating co-hosts Mexico 3-2 at Azteca Stadium, handing them their first-ever World Cup defeat at the venue. Jude Bellingham scored twice and Harry Kane converted a penalty for England. England's Jarell Quansah was sent off in the second half. England will face Norway in their quarter-final.

Chinese researchers have created a 40-nanometre memory chip that can mimic complex brain structures in real time, SCMP reported. The chip, which could transform diagnostics and treatment for conditions like Alzheimer's, can reconstruct brain surfaces in under half a second and is 50-478x faster than Nvidia's state-of-the-art A100 GPUs. The new chip can also render the brain's folds.