A group of Google employees staged sit-ins at the company’s offices to protest the tech giant’s work with Israel’s government ... Show more www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/16/google-sit-in-employee-protest-nimbus-israel/
Quick Glance: Google Employees Rally Against Cloud Agreement with Israel's Government
- Google staff members are protesting a cloud deal with the Israeli government amid the Hamas conflict.
- Activists are staging sit-ins at Google offices in New York and California as a form of protest.
- These actions represent an intensification in the resistance against tech companies' association with the Israeli government.
- Employees are urging the immediate termination of the project and condemning the IDF's utilization of Google services.
How OpenAI and Microsoft reawakened a sleeping software giant: Just a decade ago, the world's biggest tech beast was a relative minnow. Microsoft had become ...
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Google fires workers protesting against $1.2bn Israeli contract: Alphabet’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project ...
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-18-google-fires-workers-protesting-against-1-2bn-israeli-contract/
Amazon could soon be forced to recognise UK's GMB trade union: U.S. technology and retail giant Amazon AMZN.O could soon be required to formally recognise the ...
reuters.com/world/uk/amazon-could-soon-be-forced-recognise-uks-gmb-union-2024-04-19/
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract: The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/18/technology/google-firing-israeli-cloud-contract.html
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
- Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.
- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
9 Google Employees Arrested After Protesting $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel: These employees' arrests, and demonstrations outside Google offices in New ...
inc.com/will-swarts/9-google-employees-arrested-protesting-1.2-billion-contract-israel.html
EU calls on online platforms to offer alternatives to personalized advertising: People who use online platforms such as social media and the like to surf the ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/eu-fordert-online-plattformen-dazu-auf-alternativen-zur-personalisierter-werbung-zu-bieten/
Elon Musk's wealth crashes $160 billion from peak amid Tesla troubles: Tesla stock has tanked by more than 60% since late 2021, slashing Elon Musk's fortune from ...
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-net-worth-tesla-stock-ev-billionaires-wealth-layoffs-2024-4
Quick Glance: Tesla: Layoffs and Elon Musk's Reality Check
- Tesla is planning a major layoff to prepare for the future.
- Elon Musk's grasp on reality is questioned as Tesla performs mediocre in the automotive industry.
- Tesla experiences a decline in revenue margin compared to other automakers.
- The success of Tesla's future depends on the implementation of autonomous driving technology.
Andy Jassy says Amazon has a ‘great relationship’ with sellers. Longtime sellers say it’s ‘the worst it’s ever been’
fortune.com/2024/04/11/andy-jassy-shareholder-letter-amazon-seller-relationship/
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What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season? : Shareholder letters are proving to be bleakly prophetic
economist.com/business/2024/04/18/what-is-weighing-on-ceos-minds-this-earnings-season
Mistral in talks to raise €500mn at €5bn valuation: One-year-old French start-up approached by multiple investors who view it as Europe’s answer to OpenAI
ft.com/content/358fc1d8-8276-4e81-9ee6-e0391575d569
Amazon Electric Vans Powered By 17,000 EV Chargers: To install 17,000 delivery van chargers at 120 warehouses, the company had to be flexible ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-15/amazon-electric-vans-powered-by-17-000-ev-chargers
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The Prompt: Machine Learning Paradise: Plus: Scathing reviews of Humane’s AI Pin, and a $400 AI toothbrush
forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2024/04/16/the-prompt-machine-learning-paradise/
Video game series "Fallout" on Amazon: Unfortunately more morality: Violence and predictable characters: The "Fallout" series is about a dark world after nuclear ...
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Amazon salary data: How much it pays for Prime Video jobs: Amazon has retrenched in Prime Video but is still hiring as it seeks its place in the streaming wars ...
businessinsider.com/amazon-salary-data-how-much-it-pays-prime-video-jobs-2024-4
Horror fanatics here at ESSENCE share the importance of representation and inclusion in Black horror; they too are ready for a change on the big screen ... Show more #PrimeVideo www.essence.com/film/amazon-studios-them-the-scare-changes-black-horror/ #THEMTheScare #CultureRatedPV
Tesla 'Layoffs' Spell Bad News for Elon Musk: Elon Musk has seen his personal fortune slashed by tens of billions of dollars so far this year.
newsweek.com/tesla-layoffs-elon-musk-bad-news-fortune-loss-1890250
Quick Glance: Tesla Layoffs Impact Elon Musk's Fortune
- Elon Musk has seen his personal fortune plummet by billions of dollars this year.
- Tesla announced global workforce reductions of 'more than 10%' in an internal email sent by CEO Elon Musk to staff.
- The reported layoffs come at a challenging time for Musk and Tesla, with quarterly results showing an 8.5% decline in product deliveries compared to the previous year.
- Tesla shares have dropped over 30% this year, causing Musk to fall to third place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Why Amazon's Just Walk Out Technology Failed: Amazon recently admitted that it does use humans in this technology.
thestranger.com/tech/2024/04/19/79474488/why-amazons-just-walk-out-technology-failed
'Fallout' ending explained: Finale hints at who started apocalypse: Amazon's "Fallout" seems to answer who starts the apocalypse and, if approved ...
businessinsider.com/fallout-ending-explained-apocalypse-fan-favorite-game-2024-4
US President Joe Biden greets Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House as he arrives for a state dinner in his honor ... Show more www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/dimon-cook-bezos-attend-biden-state-dinner-for-japan-s-kishida
COMING SOON: For ICIJ’s latest investigation, 38 journalists from 11 countries investigated illicit financial flows in Southern Africa and beyond ... Show more #SwaziSecrets www.icij.org/category/newsletter/
OpenAI is making a major push to sell ChatGPT to big businesses. Its CEO Sam Altman hosted hundreds of Fortune 500 company executives to pitch a version of the ... Show more www.reuters.com/technology/openais-altman-pitches-chatgpt-enterprise-large-firms-including-some-microsoft-2024-04-12/
The AI hype bubble is deflating. Now comes the hard part.: The tech industry got the world’s attention with AI. Now it’s busy convincing people to pay for it.
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/18/ai-bubble-hype-dying-money/
Tesla slashes price of its premium driver assistance option by half in U.S.: Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on X on Friday that the company is cutting the price of ...
cnbc.com/2024/04/12/tesla-cuts-price-fsd-premium-driver-assistance-option-by-half-in-us.html
One of Elon Musk's newer companies is eyeing an $18 billion valuation: A new report found that investor are in talks to raise $3 billion for Elon Musk's AI ...
thestreet.com/technology/xai-artificial-intelligence-elon-musk-companies-valuation-investors-report
You can now short Donald Trump, but should you?: Short-selling meme stocks can be a “yuuuge” mistake.
theage.com.au/business/markets/you-can-now-short-donald-trump-but-should-you-20240412-p5fjgz.html
A 3D Printer Used By Microsoft, Ford, and NASA Is Now Commercially Available — Here's What It Can Do
entrepreneur.com/business-news/3d-printer-used-by-nasa-microsoft-now-available-to-public/472812
SpaceX could finally face competition. It may be too late.: Elon Musk’s space venture may finally be facing a space industry that is poised to challenge SpaceX ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/15/spacex-competition-nasa-pentagon/
OpenAI speeds up growth with plans to open NYC office, more hiring : OpenAI is expected to open an office in New York next year and the company's employee head ...
businessinsider.com/openai-growth-plans-to-open-nyc-office-more-hiring-2024-4
Amazon denies duping consumers with ‘buy box’ product feature: Amazon.com has asked a U.S. judge to reject a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of duping ...
reuters.com/legal/transactional/amazon-denies-duping-consumers-with-buy-box-product-feature-2024-04-11/
Report: ByteDance still has access to US users’ TikTok data despite Project Texas
theverge.com/2024/4/16/24132315/tiktok-bytedance-project-texas-china-silo
Takeaways: Bidens host state dinner for Japanese PM Kishida and wife: State dinners are often viewed as a glamorous tool in the arsenal of diplomacy ...
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/11/bidens-state-dinner-japan/73245553007/
She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/18/splenda-diabetes-lawsuit
Outside roles by NBC's Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards
apnews.com/article/news-conflict-interest-journalists-ethics-41991adc7d545ba4581104bdec833ec2
Will Elon Musk Revive Vine? New X Poll Could Answer: Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s third-richest person, hinted he could revive short-form video app Vine.
forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/04/17/will-elon-musk-revive-vine-new-x-poll-could-answer/
Corporate greed causes more homelessness than fentanyl does | Opinion: OpEd: Please stop blaming homelessness on Fentanyl and vote for politicians who support ...
kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article287591900.html
Last year, OpenAI chief Sam Altman predicted that the artificial intelligence revolution will someday birth a company with a $1 billion valuation and a single ... Show more www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2024/04/11/ais-most-promising-startups-are-getting-younger-and-leaner/ #ForbesAI50
Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Meet Gopichand Thotakura, the second Indian set to fly to space - News | Khaleej Times
khaleejtimes.com/world/meet-gopichand-thotakura-the-second-indian-set-to-fly-to-space
A drone factory in Utah is at the epicenter of anti-China fervor: U.S. drone makers are hoping to break China’s hold on the U.S. market.
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/11/drones-china-us-manufacturing/
Amazon CEO Says Generative AI Could Be Largest Technological Transformation Since the Internet
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9 Ways to Save Money on Your Business Energy Bills: Commercial properties use more energy than a home. But there are still ways you can save on your business ...
cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/9-ways-to-save-money-on-your-business-energy-bills/
Mark Zuckerberg is now richer than Elon Musk as Meta launches new AI: Zuckerberg’s total net worth of $178 billion surpassed Musk’s $170 billion as of Friday ...
marketwatch.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-is-now-richer-than-elon-musk-as-meta-launches-new-ai-5708653e
Join Rachel Lindsay, Patti Stanger, Molly Sims, Shannon Mattingly and Gigi Guerra at #VarietyEntertainmentMarketing Summit on April 24 for a conversation discussing how fans inform the ... Show more
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Asparagus season starts. However, the popular royal vegetable is expensive as usual - even in northern Hesse. We have listed the current prices for you: www.hna.de/hessen/spargelsaison-so-teuer-sind-die-begehrten-stangen-in-nordhessen-92985424.html
Adidas' Yeezy boost, Amazon's smart carts, and Starbucks' new cups: Retail roundup
qz.com/adidas-amazon-nike-gamestop-starbucks-best-buy-retail-1851420866
Online spaces once plastered with ads — not just publications but social networks, too — are now full of salespeople working on commission ... Show more nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-product-recommendations-broke-google.html
Google Terminates 28 Employees Amid Protests Over Israeli Government Deal: The protests dispute Google's participation in Project Nimbus, a $1 ...
techtimes.com/articles/303775/20240419/google-terminates-28-employees-amid-protests-over-israeli-government-deal.htm
"Fallout": Many more players thanks to Prime Video series: The "Fallout" series on Prime Video is also boosting player numbers for Bethesda's role-playing games ...
heise.de/news/Fallout-Viel-mehr-Spieler-dank-Prime-Video-Serien-9684892.html
Quick Glance: Fallout Prime Video Review
- The irreverent tone of the series stands out, although occasionally overstated.
- The evolution of the violence concept throughout the series allows for a deeper moral examination.
- Lucy MacLean and Maximus provide fascinating insights into different moral perspectives.
- The use of music and the preservation of Vault 33 as a central element are positively received.
Google employees protest over company's ties with Israel: Google employees staged sit-ins at two of the tech giant's offices in California and New York City ...
dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/google-employees-protest-over-companys-ties-with-israel
S&P 500 stock index posts its fifth loss in a row; Netflix subscriptions jumped last quarter
postandcourier.com/s-p-500-stock-index-posts-its-fifth-loss-in-a-row-netflix-subscriptions-jumped/article_870c5a4a-fd1b-11ee-be03-ef275c53df40.html
The Dow drops 45 points as even AI and tech stocks fall: Tesla, Amazon, Nvidia and Meta all slipped, while Trump Media and United Airlines rose sharply
qz.com/dow-jones-meta-amazon-nvidia-tesla-trump-media-1851417245
Google fires 28 staffers who held protests against Israel cloud contract: No Tech for Apartheid group calls company's action a 'flagrant act of retaliation'
thenationalnews.com/news/us/2024/04/18/google-fires-28-staffers-who-held-protests-against-israel-cloud-contract/
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo: ChatGPT creator OpenAI opened a new office in Tokyo on April 15, the first Asian outpost for the groundbreaking ...
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/16/openai-comes-to-asia-with-new-office-in-tokyo
Rangers, Mavs broadcaster Diamond Sports readies for vote on bankruptcy plan: Diamond Sports Group will hold a creditor vote on a bankruptcy-exit plan backed by ...
dallasnews.com/business/2024/04/17/rangers-mavs-broadcaster-diamond-sports-readies-for-vote-on-bankruptcy-plan/
Recently, MS Dhoni invested an undisclosed amount of money in EMotorad, a company that makes electric cycles, and he's now the company's ambassador ... Show more www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/not-just-cricket-field-ms-dhoni-bats-for-emotorad-electric-cycle-brand-by-becoming-an-investor-632412.html
Gopuff now sells meat, seafood, and more sourced from Misfits Market: The two Philly-founded companies have added more than 300 grocery products to the Gopuff ...
inquirer.com/business/misfits-market-gopuff-delivery-fresh-produce-20240417.html
Unifor withdraws Amazon union applications, citing ‘suspiciously high’ employee data
theglobeandmail.com/business/article-unifor-withdraws-amazon-union-applications-citing-suspiciously-high/
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This is what happens when you call the phone number of Vault-Tec from the Fallout series!#gamestar #falloutserie #gamingnews #gamer #videogames #gaming #pcgaming #videospiele #fallout #falloutonprime #bethesda ... Show more #amazon #amazonprime
NASDAQ shares Amazon shares and NVIDIA shares: This stock is the better choice according to an analyst
finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/aws-eigene-chips-im-fokus-analyst-erwartet-zyklischen-abschwung-bei-nvidia-amazon-aktie-die-bessere-wahl-13415476
Vancouver-based BowFlex sold for $37.5 million: A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of Vancouver-based BowFlex to Johnson Health Tech Retail for $37 ...
columbian.com/news/2024/apr/15/vancouver-based-bowflex-sold-for-37-5-million/
Amazon ‘interested’ in operating contentious €1.2bn Clare data centre: New development is being built by Art Data Centres, an Irish firm - and has been subject ...
businesspost.ie/news/amazon-interested-in-operating-contentious-e1-2bn-clare-data-centre/
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Sisense's data breach is serious enough that CISA is investigating. Here's what you need to do
zdnet.com/article/sisenses-data-breach-is-serious-enough-that-cisa-is-investigating-heres-what-you-need-to-do/
After Amazon lobby ban, MEPs visit workers in four countries: "We have heard horrible cases of exploitation from workers’ testimonies when they talked to us ...
brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/1005397/after-amazon-lobby-ban-meps-visit-workers-in-four-countries
EU approves Illumina's plan to divest cancer test maker Grail: U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina's plan to divest cancer diagnostic test maker Grail received ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-approves-illuminas-plan-divest-cancer-test-maker-grail-2024-04-12/
Amazon ‘interested’ in operating contentious €1.2bn Clare data centre: New development is being built by Art Data Centres, an Irish firm - and has been subject ...
businesspost.ie/news/amazon-interested-in-operating-contentious-e1-2bn-clare-data-centre/
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Trump Media keeps falling, Amazon nears a record, the next big IPOs: Markets news roundup
qz.com/trump-media-stock-amazon-record-ibotta-rubrik-tech-ipo-1851406678
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In the dock: Amazon Tablet thief stole from Southampton John Lewis: A thief who stole an Amazon Fire Tablet from John Lewis in Southampton is among those ...
dailyecho.co.uk/news/24246007.dock-amazon-tablet-thief-stole-southampton-john-lewis/
Amazon, Walmart workers worry about surveillance tech in warehouses: Nearly half of Amazon and Walmart workers who participated in a recent survey said they felt ...
seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-walmart-workers-worry-about-surveillance-tech-in-warehouses/
IT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!
theregister.com/2024/04/12/it_biz_trials_drone/
Calling time on Amazon's monopolism and exploitation: As Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos just reclaimed the title of the richest person on Earth ...
euobserver.com/opinion/158341
Connected newsletter: Irish tech talent recognised as Paddy Cosgrave returns: Connected at the Business Post is your source for the news that matters in ...
businesspost.ie/article/connected-newsletter-irish-tech-talent-recognised-as-paddy-cosgrave-returns/
Sacha expands its reach with ethical makeup - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: Sacha Cosmetics, a home-grown makeup and cosmetics brand known for its inclusivity ...
newsday.co.tt/2024/04/11/sacha-expands-its-reach-with-ethical-makeup/
DAX & Co: ECB meeting, Gerresheimer, Telekom, Renk, Rheinmetall, K+S, BMW, VW and Amazon in focus
deraktionaer.de/artikel/indizes/dax-co-ezb-sitzung-gerresheimer-telekom-renk-rheinmetall-ks-bmw-vw-und-amazon-im-fokus-20354880.html
So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology
Last year, OpenAI chief Sam Altman predicted that the artificial intelligence revolution will someday birth a company with a $1 billion valuation and a single ... Show more www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2024/04/11/ais-most-promising-startups-are-getting-younger-and-leaner/ #ForbesAI50
Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Irish power crunch could be prompting AWS to ration compute resources: Users report being pointed to other EU regions if they need more grunt
theregister.com/2024/04/09/aws_resource_restrictions/
Amazon, Walmart workers worry about surveillance tech in warehouses: Nearly half of Amazon and Walmart workers who participated in a recent survey said they felt ...
seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-walmart-workers-worry-about-surveillance-tech-in-warehouses/
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