Google said Tuesday that it will no longer be able to complete its phaseout of third-party cookies by the end of 2024. “We recognize that there are ongoing challenges related to reconciling divergent feedback from the industry, regulators and developers, and will continue to engage closely with the entire ecosystem,” the company said in a … Read more
At a recent company-wide all-hands meeting, Google’s search leader, Prabhakar Raghavan, addressed the changing realities facing the tech giant. According to a report in CNBC, wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Raghavan had an important message for employees at the all-hands meeting last month.Raghavan, known for … Read more
Google has fired more than 20 additional workers following last week’s protests over the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, the group that organized the protests said Monday night. The latest firings bring the total number of terminated staff to over 50, according to No Tech for Apartheid. “This evening, in … Read more
Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, speaks during the US Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Julia Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Prabhakar Raghavan had an important message for employees … Read more
Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google offices — New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif. — in protest of the $1.2 billion contract that the company shares with Amazon to provide cloud computing services to Israel. Nine people … Read more
Google fired twenty-eight employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. Workers at both companies have claimed the deal makes advanced technology available to Israel’s security apparatus that could contribute to the killing or harm of Palestinians in Gaza and the … Read more
Google is laying off an unspecified number of employees, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. California: Alphabet-owned Google is laying off an unspecified number of employees, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, marking the latest cuts at the technology giant as it cracks down on costs. The Google spokesperson said the layoffs are not company-wide … Read more
Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat. Adam Galica | CNBC Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said in a memo Wednesday that Google is restructuring its finance organization, a move that will include layoffs and relocations, as the company pushes resources to favor investments in artificial intelligence. “The tech sector is in the midst of … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing future crimes from occurring, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The initiative, called Know 2Protect, is what DHS described as a “first-of-its-kind” campaign that brings together public and private sector … Read more
Nine Google workers were removed by police from company offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, late Tuesday after staging an hours-long sit-in protest against a cloud contract with Israel’s government. The Sunnyvale protest occupied the office of Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google’s cloud division, at a building close to Google’s main HQ in Silicon … Read more
