Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
11 months ago

Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government

Associated Press  

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal. The dissent roiling Google centers on “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 that calls upon Google and Amazon to provide the Israeli government with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. “This flagrant act of retaliation is a clear indication that Google values its $1.2 billion contract with the genocidal Israeli government and military more than its own workers,” No Tech For Apartheid asserted. One of the previous employee uprisings resulted in Google deciding in 2018 to end a contract with the U.S. defense department called “Project Maven” that involved helping the armed forces analyze military videos.

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Google to fire more employees as company is spending heavily on AI
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Google to fire more employees as company is spending heavily on AI

India Today  

Google has announced another round of job cuts within its People Operations and Cloud departments, according to a report by CNBC. The tech giant reportedly revealed plans to offer a voluntary exit program for US-based employees in its People Operations division, which oversees human resources functions. This decision follows a larger effort by Google’s finance chief, Anat Ashkenazi, to reduce …

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “We’ve updated our 10-K language to reflect this, and as a federal contractor, our teams are also evaluating changes required following recent court decisions and executive orders on this …

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons, surveillance
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons, surveillance

Al Jazeera  

Tech giant says in updated ethics policy that it will use AI in line with ‘international law and human rights’. Google’s revised policy announced on Tuesday states that the company pursues AI “responsibly” and in line with “widely accepted principles of international law and human rights”, but does not include the previous language about weapons or surveillance. “We believe democracies …

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military
8 months ago

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military

Wired  

On April 16, police entered Google offices in New York and California to detain several employees protesting a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government called Project Nimbus. Current and former Google and Amazon workers protesting Project Nimbus say it makes the companies complicit in Israel’s armed conflicts and its government’s illegal and inhumane treatment of civilian Palestinians. In February, …

STEM students protest project Nimbus, pledge to not work at Google, Amazon: Report
9 months ago

STEM students protest project Nimbus, pledge to not work at Google, Amazon: Report

The Hindu  

More than a thousand students self-identifying as STEM students and young workers from over 120 universities signed a pledge to not work for Google or Amazon until the companies end their association with Project Nimbus. Students and workers who signed the pledge include undergraduates and graduate students from Stanford, UC Berkley, the University of San Francisco, and San Francisco State …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fire Nearly 100 Employees From Cloud Division, Says Report

ABP News  

Google Layoffs: Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly laying off multiple employees across several teams within Google’s cloud division, which is one of its fastest-growing sectors. Individuals familiar with the matter told the publication that some of those affected by the layoffs had been involved in planning and executing Google's annual event, Google Cloud Next, which took place in mid-April. …

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war
10 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Google developer conference amid Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

A group of protesters blocked the entrance to Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference in Mountain View, Calif. Dozens of protesters blocked the entrance of Google’s developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., for roughly 90 minutes on Tuesday, demanding that the tech giant drop its work with the Israeli government amid the country’s war with Hamas in the Gaza …

Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims

ABP News  

After Google fired 50 employees for protesting the company's governmental collaboration with Israel, the employees took legal action by lodging a complaint with the US labour board, reported The Times Of India. In their complaint, the former Google employees claimed that the company's decision to terminate them constituted an infringement upon their rights protected under US labour law, particularly their …

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Tech Giant Fires 200 Employees From Core Team, Plans To Relocate Roles To India And Mexico

ABP News  

Layoffs at Google do not seem to stop anytime soon; now, the tech giant has fired its workforce by nearly 200 employees from its "core team" and shifted specific roles overseas as part of cost-cutting measures. The core team at Google is responsible for crafting the "technical underpinnings powering the company's leading products," in addition to ensuring online user safety …

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Google employee's shocking ordeal: Fired for watching protests for just 'four minutes'

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: In April, Google fired 28 employees following protests against the company's cloud computing contract Project Nimbus. Reportedly, some employees also Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office and were arrested. But a report claimed that Google did not just fire protesting employees as some others who were merely watching the protests also lost their jobs. A former Google employee …

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Google Employees Claim Illegal Firings Over Protest Against Israel Contract

ABP News  

A group of ex-Google employees has lodged a formal complaint with a labour board in the United States, alleging that the technology giant unlawfully terminated their employment due to their participation in protests against Google's cloud contract with the Israeli government regarding the project Nimbus, according to a news agency Reuters report. The group noted that the complaint asserts Google's …

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google has fired over 50 employees after internal protest over company's Israeli defense contract: Story in 5 points

India Today  

Google recently terminated 20 more employees who participated in protests against the company's involvement in an Israeli defence contract. Here is the story in five points: The protests intensified as a group of employees occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office for over eight hours. Subsequently, Google terminated an additional 20 employees categorised as "non-participating bystanders" by the protest organisers. …

Google fires 20 more workers after pro-Palestine sit-ins
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires 20 more workers after pro-Palestine sit-ins

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The protests took place inside Google’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California on 16 April with …

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

Associated Press  

Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. Then, on Tuesday night, Google fired “over 20” more staffers, “including non-participating bystanders during last week’s protests,” said …

Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week’s Gaza protest, group says

LA Times  

A rally outside Google’s Seattle office on April 16 protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with Israel. Google fired additional workers this week, after it initially terminated 28 people who it said participated in recent protests against the company’s work in Israel. Business Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel Dozens of Google employees stage sit-ins …

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal?

Al Jazeera  

Tech workers are protesting against the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies by Israel in its war on Gaza. Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence and other technology services to the Israeli government and its military, which has faced condemnation for its war …

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
11 months ago

Google Fires Dozens Of Employees Who Protested $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Google has fired more than two dozen employees who publicly protested against the tech giant’s controversial $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with Israel, as institutions face increased pressure to divest from a government whose U.S.-funded military is in its sixth month of attacking Gaza. Organized by No Tech for Apartheid, the employees participated in a 10-hour sit-in …

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning
11 months ago

Google lays off 28 workers protesting $1.2 billion Nimbus project with Israel, issues stern warning

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and …

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract
11 months ago

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

The Independent  

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Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest
11 months ago

Google Sacks 28 Employees Over Anti-Israel Protest

ABP News  

Google has sacked 28 employees who participated in sit-in protests at its offices. This Google Layoff occurred after the suspension and subsequent arrest of 9 Google employees in the US earlier this week, according to a report by The Verge. These 28 employees were protesting against a $1.2 billion Google Cloud contract with the Israeli government. We will continue to …

Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel
55 years, 2 months ago

Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel

Wired  

Google fired 28 employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. Google spokesperson Anna Kowalczyk said in a statement that the employees were terminated after “internal investigation” concluded they were guilty of “physically impeding other employees' work and preventing them from accessing our facilities.” She added …

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract
11 months ago

Google fires 28 employees involved in protest against $1.2 Billion Israel contract

Op India  

Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. According to a New York Post report, the pro-Palestinian employees donning traditional Arab headscarves had stormed and occupied the office of a top executive in California on Tuesday, …

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest
11 months ago

Google fires 28 employees after they were arrested over anti-Israel protest

Hindustan Times  

Google has laid off 28 employees who participated in a sit-down protest over the company’s “$1.2 billion agreement with Israel.” The dismissals follow a series of events in which employees, some of whom wore traditional Arab headscarves, marched to the office of Google’s top cloud executive in California, while others held sit-ins at Google’s New York City headquarters. Google employees …

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’
11 months ago

Google layoffs: Company announces second major round of job cuts in 2024 saying ‘change is difficult’

Hindustan Times  

Google layoffs: Tech giant Google announced major restructuring plans that could result in some employees getting fired, as per a report. Ruth Porat, chief financial officer at Google, sent a memo to employees informing them about company’s new plans, CNBC reported. Google didn't confirm the exact number of employees being let go in the latest round of layoffs but the …

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government
11 months ago

Google fires 28 employees protesting against contract with Israel government

India TV News  

Google has fired 28 of its employees who were protesting against Google's contract with the Israeli government. These employees were opposing “Project Nimbus”, which is a USD 1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. “The company takes this extremely seriously, and we will continue to apply our longstanding policies to take …

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract
11 months ago

Google fires 28 employees who protested Israel cloud contract

LA Times  

Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices this week to protest the tech giant’s work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.” In a statement on Thursday night, Google said all of the 28 people whose employment was terminated …

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’
11 months ago

Anti-Israel Google employees arrested after occupying CEO's office with demands against ‘apartheid state’

Hindustan Times  

Google employees with anti-Israel demands of ceasing “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military” were arrested on Tuesday after they took over Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. Google employees arrested from Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's California office. They've also pushed the organisation to focus on the “health and safety crisis” that caused concern among all those …

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel
11 months ago

Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company’s contract with Israel

LA Times  

Employees take part in a sit-in at the Google’s New York office to protest the tech giant’s work with Israel. Dozens of Google employees held sit-ins Tuesday at the tech giant’s New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company’s work with Israel. The employees participating in the sit-ins wore shirts that said “Drop Project Nimbus” and a …

Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference
55 years, 2 months ago

Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference

Wired  

More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. It aims to highlight the resilience of the Israeli tech industry, especially in the face of Israel’s economic downturn …

Google invests $8 million to support Israeli AI firms, Palestinian startups
1 year, 1 month ago

Google invests $8 million to support Israeli AI firms, Palestinian startups

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet-owned Google on Wednesday said that it is investing over $8 million to help the business of Israeli tech firms and Palestinian businesses. Google cited the importance of these small companies to grow in the tech space, saying that $4 million will be invested in Israeli AI firms, while the rest $4 million will be used as funding for early-stage …

Google layoffs: Software engineer says company is randomly firing people
1 year, 2 months ago

Google layoffs: Software engineer says company is randomly firing people

India Today  

Google has been terminating the employment of many people, adding fuel to the growing discontent among employees. A software engineer at Google, who is seeing many people leaving, has vented out her frustration on LinkedIn, saying the company is randomly firing people. In a candid and lengthy post, she criticized the management for what she described as "randomly firing people" …

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Google has no scruples.’ Employees protest Google Cloud conference over Israel military contract

LA Times  

Google workers and local activists protested Tuesday at the annual Google Cloud Next conference, convened at the Mascone Center in downtown San Francisco. The protesters, among them former Google employees and local community activists, unfurled a large banner reading, “Google Project Nimbus fuels Israeli apartheid.” More than a dozen current Google workers positioned themselves nearby, passing out fliers explaining their …

Sundar Pichai took home $226 million in 2022 amid layoffs at Google
1 year, 10 months ago

Sundar Pichai took home $226 million in 2022 amid layoffs at Google

India TV News  

Business news : Amid job cuts at Google's parent company Alphabet, its CEO Sundar Pichai took home a whopping compensation of nearly $226 million in 2022. According to the tech giant's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Pichaia's compensation included stock awards of about $218 million. Amid layoffs, tech giant Google is also creating several cost-cutting measures such …

'Any big tech hiring?' asks Techie laid-off by Google, Snap, Amazon in 4 months
2 years, 1 month ago

'Any big tech hiring?' asks Techie laid-off by Google, Snap, Amazon in 4 months

Hindustan Times  

Riding on the tide of layoff, many companies have downsized their workforce in recent times. All top companies including Amazon, Google and Facebook has undertaken mass layoff as they struggle to maintain the demand which got inflated during Covid. In one such instance, a software engineer has revealed that he was fired from Google, Snap and Amazon, the three tech …

Google to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry
2 years, 2 months ago

Google to axe 12,000 workers; CEO Pichai says sorry

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW YORK: Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe, its CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday, becoming the latest tech giant after Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today,” Pichai said in …

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’
2 years, 6 months ago

Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’

Al Jazeera  

Ariel Koren had spoken out about a $1.2bn collaboration between Google, Amazon and the Israeli military called Project Nimbus. And this is far from an isolated instance.https://t.co/V4y05kOYQv pic.twitter.com/eRMrzTPYfb — Ariel Koren August 30, 2022 The controversy began when Koren protested Google’s $1.2bn collaboration with Amazon and the Israeli military on a programme called Project Nimbus. “Google is aggressively pursuing military …

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil
3 years ago

A worker objected to Google’s Israel military contract. Google told her to move to Brazil

LA Times  

More than 500 Google workers are backing a colleague who has accused the tech giant of retaliation over her objections to a corporate contract with the Israeli military. The workers have signed a petition accusing Google leadership of “unjustly retaliating” against Ariel Koren, a product marketing manager at Google for Education, for voicing criticism of Project Nimbus, a $1.2-billion contract …

Google buys Israeli security startup Siemplify for $500 million
3 years, 2 months ago

Google buys Israeli security startup Siemplify for $500 million

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc-owned Google said on Tuesday its cloud division had acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify, as the U.S. tech giant expands its security offerings amid rising cyber attacks. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed by the companies, but a source familiar with the matter said Google paid $500 million in cash for Siemplify. The deal came after Google …

3 Years After the Maven Uproar, Google Cozies to the Pentagon
3 years, 4 months ago

3 Years After the Maven Uproar, Google Cozies to the Pentagon

Wired  

In 2018, thousands of Google employees protested a Pentagon contract dubbed Project Maven that used the company’s artificial intelligence technology to analyze drone surveillance footage. Google said it wouldn’t renew the contract and announced guiding principles for future AI projects that forbid work on weapons and surveillance projects “violating internationally accepted norms.” At the same time, Google made clear it …

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Google employees urge firm to support Palestinians: Report

Al Jazeera  

A Jewish employee group calls on the company’s CEO to condemn harm done by the Israeli military to Palestinians. A group of Jewish Google employees has called on the company to condemn the actions of the Israeli military amid the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip and to support Palestinians, according to a report. In an internal letter, the employees …

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021
4 years ago

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

News 18  

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021 Last Updated: July 28, 2020, 00:47 IST Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic's potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world's most trusted internet search engine. …

Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases
4 years, 1 month ago

Google to spend $3.8 million to settle accusations of hiring, pay biases

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in backpay, to settle allegations that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had found “preliminary indicators” that Google from 2014 to 2017 at times underpaid 2,783 women in …

Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives
4 years, 2 months ago

Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives

NPR  

Google Workers Launch Union To Press Grievances With Executives Enlarge this image Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP More than 200 engineers and other workers have formed a union at Google, a breakthrough in labor organizing in Silicon Valley where workers have clashed with executives over workplace culture, diversity and ethics. Across half a dozen Google offices in the U.S. and Canada, …

Alphabet employees petition Google to end tech sales to police
4 years, 8 months ago

Alphabet employees petition Google to end tech sales to police

Al Jazeera  

More than 1,600 workers at United States technology giant Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments, according to media reports. The workers, in a petition seen by the Reuters news agency, expressed disappointment with Google for not joining the “millions who want to defang and defund” police departments. A Google …

Google workers demand the company stop selling its tech to police
4 years, 9 months ago

Google workers demand the company stop selling its tech to police

LA Times  

More than 1,600 Google workers are demanding the company “take real steps to help dismantle racism” and end its police contracts. We should not be in the business of criminalizing Black existence while we chant that Black Lives Matter.” The letter comes a few days after company Chief Executive Sundar Pichai announced Google was committing more than $175 million to …

Google is putting its image at risk
5 years, 3 months ago

Google is putting its image at risk

The Independent  

Google’s a 21-year-old, which puts the search giant on the borderline between millennial and generation Z. For the record, Rubin, the creator of Google’s Android system, has described the reports about the allegation and severance package as a “smear campaign”. Standard practice for a maturing company, but rather at odds with the stated desire of founders Larry Page and Sergey …

Google accused by U.S. labour group of illegally firing workers to stifle unionism
5 years, 3 months ago

Google accused by U.S. labour group of illegally firing workers to stifle unionism

The Hindu  

The Communications Workers of America union filed a federal labour charge against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday, accusing the company of unlawfully firing four employees to deter workers from engaging in union activities. Google fired the four named employees “to discourage and chill employees from engaging in protected concerted and union activities,” the filing states. “Its actions are the antithesis …

Tough times ahead for Sundar Pichai as he takes over as Alphabet's CEO, here's why!
5 years, 3 months ago

Tough times ahead for Sundar Pichai as he takes over as Alphabet's CEO, here's why!

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In an impetus to the Indian-origin talent in Silicon Valley dominated by the likes of Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Mastercard's CEO Ajay Banga, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who has now taken over as parent company Alphabet's CEO is excited about Alphabet's long-term focus on tackling big challenges through technology. However, the mild-mannered Pichai faces extreme …

Tough times ahead for Sundar Pichai as he takes over as Alphabet's CEO, here's why!
5 years, 3 months ago

Tough times ahead for Sundar Pichai as he takes over as Alphabet's CEO, here's why!

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In an impetus to the Indian-origin talent in Silicon Valley dominated by the likes of Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Mastercard's CEO Ajay Banga, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who has now taken over as parent company Alphabet's CEO is excited about Alphabet's long-term focus on tackling big challenges through technology. However, the mild-mannered Pichai faces extreme …

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