2016 election
All 12 Jurors Seated In Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial
All 12 jurors have been selected to serve on the jury for former President Donald Trump’s trial.
administrative leave
Google Terminates 28 Staffers Involved In Protest Over $1.2B Israel Contract
Tech giant Google has fired 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in protest at the companies offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, over the ties Google has with the Israeli government.
$1.2 billion contract
Google terminates 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract
Google said it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government.
Google
Google Employees Marched In NYC, California, Seattle Offices To Protest $1.2B Israel Contract
Google employees dressed in traditional Arab head scarves stormed into the California office of the tech company’s top cloud executive, while other staffers staged a sit-in at the company’s headquarters in New York City in a move to protest Google’s ties to the Israeli government.
Advanced Micro Devices
Google unveils Arm-based data center processor, new AI chip
Google revealed the details of a new version of its data center artificial intelligence chips and announced an Arm-based , based central processor.
alleging
Google Will Destroy ‘Incognito Mode’ Browsing Data To Settle Lawsuit Regarding Consumer Privacy
In order to resolve a lawsuit alleging that it surreptitiously monitored the internet activity of users who believed they were surfing in private, Google agreed to delete billions of data records.
Academy Awards
‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama “Oppenheimer”, will receive a knighthood from Britain.
AI
New AI benchmark tests speed of responses to user queries
MLCommons released a fresh set of tests and results that rate the speed at which top-of-the-line hardware can run AI applications and respond to users.
Alphabet
Google says will defend its DMA compliance in coming months
Google will continue to defend the way it complies with the Digital Markets Act in the coming months.
AirTags
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice and 15 states sued Apple, alleging it drove up prices for its services and hurt smaller rivals.