Dozens of Google employees fired after protesting Google's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators, alleging unfair treatment. The workers held sit-ins at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, expressing concerns over the use of artificial intelligence technology in the Gaza war. Google disputes the claims. The National Labor Relations Board is yet to set a timetable for reviewing the case.
Google has fired a total of 50 workers who were involved in protests over the company's cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government. The group organizing the demonstrations, No Tech for Apartheid, claims that some of the fired workers were non-participating bystanders. The fired employees were found to have been directly involved in disruptive activity inside Google's buildings. CEO Sundar Pichai urged employees to keep politics out of the workplace. The protests come amid ongoing civilian casualties in Gaza and divisions in the American public over US support for Israel.
Google has terminated 28 employees who participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon to provide AI and cloud services to the Israeli government. The protests, organized by the No Tech for Apartheid group, occurred in Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, with some protesters arrested for trespassing. The employees were initially put on leave and later dismissed for impeding work and violating company policies. Google stated it values open debate but found the protesters' actions unacceptable.
Google terminated 28 employees involved in disruptive anti-Israel protests at its offices in New York, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, California. CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the issue, emphasizing that such behavior would not be tolerated.
Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. It looks like Google finally got around to googling Winston Churchills famous quote: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. When radical leftist employees occupied Googles New York and Sunnyvale offices in an anti-Israel, pro-terrorist sit-in, the tech giant felt the hot crocodile breath, called the police and had them arrested . Good for Google.
Google has introduced a course on artificial intelligence (AI) tools aiming to teach one million Americans, alongside a $75 million grant program for AI skills training in underserved areas. The course, available for $49 on Coursera, covers generative AI tools, responsible use of AI, and strategies for staying up-to-date in the AI landscape. The grant program will support workforce development and education organizations such as Goodwill Industries International. Despite record profits, Google faced criticism for laying off employees and rolling back rules on supplier pay and benefits.
Google filed a motion on Friday in a Virginia federal court asking for the Department of Justices antitrust lawsuit against it to be thrown away. The DOJ sued Google in January 2023, accusing the company of monopolizing digital advertising technologies through anticompetitive and exclusionary conduct. Per Bloomberg , Google is now seeking summary judgment to avoid the case going to trial in September as planned. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said at the time the lawsuit was first announced that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies.
Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana to support its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business, creating up to 200 new jobs. The center in Fort Wayne will enhance Google's AI innovations and Cloud services globally, joining its network of data centers worldwide. This investment follows Amazon Web Services' $11 billion plan for a data center in northern Indiana near South Bend, expected to create 1,000 jobs.
AI expert Ethan Mollick criticizes Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, branding Copilot as dangerous for automating middle management poorly and Gemini for making surveillance of white-collar workers easier. Despite Microsoft and Google's claims of revolutionizing work, Mollick believes the tools only benefit employers and managers. Both companies did not comment on the criticism. Microsoft and Alphabet (Google's parent company) reported significant profits from their AI investments, with executives praising AI for boosting performance. Mollick, while critical of these productivity tools, remains positive about AI in general.
Eight daily newspapers, including the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the AI model ChatGPT copied their copyrighted articles without permission or payment. The suit claims that ChatGPT used millions of articles to train its AI chatbot, posing as a direct competitor to the struggling news industry. Moreover, the newspapers argue that ChatGPT falsely attributes reporting to them, damaging their reputation by spreading misinformation.
Google LLC ( , GOO-ghəl) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" and as one of the world's most valuable brands due to its market dominance, data collection, and technological advantages in the field of AI. Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. is one of the five Big Tech companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary and is a holding company for Alphabet's internet properties and interests. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google on October 24, 2015, replacing Larry Page, who became the CEO of Alphabet. On December 3, 2019, Pichai also became the CEO of Alphabet.The company has since rapidly grown to offer a multitude of products and services beyond Google Search, many of which hold dominant market positions. These products address a wide range of use cases, including email (Gmail), navigation (Waze & Maps), cloud computing (Cloud), web browsing (Chrome), video sharing (YouTube), productivity (Workspace), operating systems (Android), cloud storage (Drive), language translation (Translate), photo storage (Photos), video calling (Meet), smart home (Nest), smartphones (Pixel), wearable technology (Pixel Watch & Fitbit), music streaming (YouTube Music), video on demand (YouTube TV), AI (Google Assistant & Gemini), machine learning APIs (TensorFlow), AI chips (TPU), and more. Discontinued Google products include gaming (Stadia), Glass, Google+, Reader, Play Music, Nexus, Hangouts, and Inbox by Gmail.Google's other ventures outside of Internet services and consumer electronics include quantum computing (Sycamore), self-driving cars (Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project), smart cities (Sidewalk Labs), and transformer models (Google Deepmind).Google and YouTube are the two most visited websites worldwide followed by Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter). Google is also the largest search engine, mapping and navigation application, email provider, office suite, video sharing platform, photo and cloud storage provider, mobile operating system, web browser, ML framework, and AI virtual assistant provider in the world as measured by market share. On the list of most valuable brands, Google is ranked second by Forbes and fourth by Interbrand. It has received significant criticism involving issues such as privacy concerns, tax avoidance, censorship, search neutrality, antitrust and abuse of its monopoly position.
Alphabet, Google's parent company, achieved a $2 trillion market cap milestone, becoming the world's fourth most valuable public company. The success was driven by Google's search engine and Google Cloud's generative AI services. Alphabet announced a $70 billion expansion of its stock repurchase program and plans to develop its own central processing unit. Despite challenges with AI offerings, Alphabet remains focused on AI for business growth. Axel Springer, Business Insider's parent company, filed a $2.3 billion suit against Google. Snap's value surged 30% after strong first-quarter results, and the FTSE 100 reached record highs.
Workers at Disney's Southern California theme parks, including performers who portray characters and participate in parades, have gathered enough signatures to unionize under the name 'Magic United.' The group's main demands include higher pay, workplace safety, and scheduling transparency. Most workers at Disneyland Resort already have unions, and the unionization efforts are supported by the Actors' Equity Association. The National Labor Relations Board has seen a rise in union representation filings, with Disney officials expressing respect for workers' right to vote confidentially. Disney's presence in Anaheim includes two theme parks and a popular entertainment area called Downtown Disney.
Google and Microsoft reported double-digit profit increases in their quarterly results, with Alphabet's profit rising by 57 percent to $23.7 billion and Microsoft's profit up by 20 percent to $21.93 billion. Google's AI text-to-image model Gemini played a significant role in driving their solid earnings. The strong performance of these tech giants contrasts with Meta's loss of $200 billion market value after warning of higher expenses due to AI investment. Regulators in the US and Europe are scrutinising major AI players for competition concerns and management of AI risks.
Former President Trump commented on the anti-Israel protests at colleges in the U.S., urging for an end to the protests. The demonstrations stem from Israels efforts to eradicate Hamas, resulting in a significant death toll in Gaza. Students are calling on universities to divest from companies supporting Israel's military. Similar protests occurred at the Sorbonne university in Paris, inspired by solidarity demonstrations in the U.S. Police removed protesters from the Sorbonne courtyard, reflecting tensions around the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
Google Search (also known simply as Google or Google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Internet by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the search query. It is the most popular search engine worldwide.As of 2020, Google Search has a 92% share of the global search engine market. By 2012, it handled more than 3.5 billion searches per day.Google Search is the most-visited website in the world. Approximately 26.75% of Google's monthly global traffic comes from the United States, 4.44% from India, 4.4% from Brazil, 3.92% from the United Kingdom and 3.84% from Japan according to data provided by Similarweb.The order of search results returned by Google is based, in part, on a priority rank system called "PageRank". Google Search also provides many different options for customized searches, using symbols to include, exclude, specify or require certain search behavior, and offers specialized interactive experiences, such as flight status and package tracking, weather forecasts, currency, unit, and time conversions, word definitions, and more.The main purpose of Google Search is to search for text in publicly accessible documents offered by web servers, as opposed to other data, such as images or data contained in databases. It was originally developed in 1996 by Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Scott Hassan. In 2011, Google introduced "Google Voice Search" to search for spoken, rather than typed, words. In 2012, Google introduced a semantic search feature named Knowledge Graph.Analysis of the frequency of search terms may indicate economic, social and health trends. Data about the frequency of use of search terms on Google can be openly inquired via Google Trends and have been shown to correlate with flu outbreaks and unemployment levels, and provide the information faster than traditional reporting methods and surveys. As of mid-2016, Google's search engine has begun to rely on deep neural networks.
Google+ (sometimes: written as Google Plus, stylized as G+ or g+/⁺) was a social network that was owned and operated by Google until it ceased operations in 2019. The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an attempt to challenge other social networks, linking other Google products like Google Drive, Blogger and YouTube. The service, Google's fourth foray into social networking, experienced strong growth in its initial years, although usage statistics varied, depending on how the service was defined. Three Google executives oversaw the service, which underwent substantial changes that led to a redesign in November 2015.Due to low user engagement and disclosed software design flaws that potentially allowed outside developers access to personal information of its users, the Google+ developer API was discontinued on March 7, 2019, and Google+ was shut down for business and personal use on April 2, 2019.
The US government has created a 22-member AI Safety and Security Board including CEOs from leading tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, as well as defense contractors and airline companies, to provide advice on safeguarding critical infrastructure from AI-related disruptions. The board, established due to a 2023 executive order by President Joe Biden, aims to develop recommendations for using AI responsibly in sectors like telecommunications, electric utilities, and more, while addressing the risks posed by AI technology. Potential threats include autonomous drones, bioweapons, and hacking attacks on vital systems.
Students at the University of Chicago are protesting the war in the Middle East by setting up a camp on campus, demanding divestment from weapons manufacturers supplying Israel. At Columbia University, there are confrontations between pro-Palestinian protesters and counterprotesters, leading to discrimination complaints. The protests reflect personal stakes for students amid tensions over Israels military operations in Gaza since a Hamas attack.
Alphabet, Google's parent company, has announced a 20-cent per share dividend payable on June 17th, marking its first-ever dividend issuance. The company has also authorized a stock repurchase of up to $70 billion. This move follows Meta's similar dividend initiation in February. With $108 billion in cash and securities, Alphabet's shares surged 15% after the announcement, coinciding with better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are set to receive significant dividend payouts. Tech firms, including Alphabet and Meta, are showing maturity through dividends and buybacks, contrasting Amazon's historical stance of not issuing dividends or large buybacks.
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