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Google fires 28 employees for protesting Israel cloud deal. ... killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. ... Vice and the Los Angeles Times.
Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., posted a $74 billion profit last year and now employs about 182,000 workers worldwide — about 83,000 more people than in 2018 when it abandoned Project Maven.
Updated April 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM. Google has fired more than two dozen employees for protesting the company's $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and ...
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. The protests are being organized primarily by a group called No Tech For Apartheid.
2007 Croatian coast fires, burning 1,590 km 2 (610 sq mi). France. The 1949 Landes Forest Fire burned 50,000 ha (120,000 acres) of forest land and killed 82 people. 2021 France wildfires; Germany. In the fire on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony in August 1975, 74.18 km 2 (28.64 sq mi) of heathland burned, killing 5 firefighters.
The rockets have killed 28 people and injured hundreds more. The range of the rockets has increased over time. The original Qassam rocket has a range of about 10 km (6.2 mi) but more advanced rockets, including versions of the old Soviet Grad or Katyusha have hit Israeli targets 40 km (25 mi) from Gaza.
The Great Fire of Rome ( Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 18th of July 64 AD. [1] The fire began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus. After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days.
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 ...