Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests

bostonherald.com 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…

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

apnews.com Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid , further escalating tensions…

Markets Still Love Google’s Business

247wallst.com Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the revenue engine of which is Google, has had a stock price increase of 47% in the past year. That compares to a 20% gain for the S&P 500.…

The overlooked threats to the global financial system

financialpost.com Since the great financial crisis of 2007-08, regulators have engaged in the biggest push since the 1930s to de-risk the global financial system. Yet instability and flawed…

Several Google Employees Arrested In Protest Over $1.2B Israel Contract: Report

benzinga.com Late Tuesday, several Alphabet Inc. GOOG Google employees were reportedly arrested and placed on administrative leave following staging 10-hour sit-ins at offices in New…

AI News: Snapchat To Begin Crackdown On AI-Generated Content

coingape.com With the growing popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI), social media platform Snapchat has decided to put measures in place to detect AI-generated content. Snapchat AI…

The top 15 companies for career growth if you work in the US, according to LinkedIn

businessinsider.com JPMorgan Chase & Co. Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images LinkedIn published a ranking of the best large companies for career growth in the US. Amazon ranked No.…

Many of LinkedIn’s top 50 companies for 2024 are already using AI to empower employees

fastcompany.com LinkedIn has published its annual ranking of top companies based on career growth. The 2024 list features 50 honorees—all companies that are offering their employees what…

Mistral CEO Shades OpenAI's Sam Altman, Says Obsession With Reaching AGI Is About 'Creating God'

benzinga.com Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch threw shade at rival OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, saying that the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI), is just an attempt at “creating…

Even a $2 Trillion Company Can Grow the Size of Its Pie

investorplace.com "I see this as a basis for growing the size of the pie,” emphasized Google vice president Amin Vahdat. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) has certainly been cooking. On Tuesday, the…

Ad transparency tools are 'major disappointment' ahead of election, new study shows

cnbc.com Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford's 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, US, on Wednesday, April 3,…

Magnificent Seven Influence Over S&P 500 Has Never Been Greater

finance.yahoo.com The Magnificent Seven haven’t all lived up to their billing, but that hasn’t stopped the tech stocks from becoming even bigger relative to the rest of the S&P 500 Index. •…

The real battle for data privacy begins when you die

siliconvalley.com Shawn Wen | (TNS) Bloomberg News In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private…

Elon Musk Challenges Alphabet With Tesla's Robo Taxis As Apple Exits The Self-Driving Car Race After Wasting Billions

benzinga.com In a significant week for the autonomous vehicle industry, tech giants Apple Inc. APPL, Alphabet Inc. GOOGL and Tesla Inc. TSLA have made headlines. Apple has exited the…

Google Parent Alphabet To Gain From Hardware Advances, Gemini Progress, Analyst Sees Rising Cloud Margins

benzinga.com BofA Securities analyst Justin Post reiterated a Buy rating on Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGL, with a price forecast of $173. Google kicked off its annual Cloud Next event with a…

Google Cloud joins EigenLayer mainnet as node operator

cryptobriefing.com Google Cloud has launched its EigenLayer mainnet node operator, marking a milestone for the restaking protocol and its ecosystem. Sam Padilla, Web3 product manager and node…

Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps

finance.yahoo.com Google unveiled a host of updates to its artificial intelligence offerings for cloud computing customers, emphasizing that the technology is safe and ready for use in the…

Five themes to watch as earnings season begins: 'A little inflation in the system isn’t a bad thing for corporate profits'

fortune.com Wall Street is expecting a subdued earnings season from Corporate America despite the first-quarter’s stock market fireworks. Yes, the S&P 500 Index rose 10% from January to…

Week in Review

marketbeat.com Equities lost ground this week as investors came to grips with interest rates that will stay higher for longer. That sentiment was confirmed by Federal Reserve chair Jerome…

CEO Sundar Pichai Sells 22,500 Shares

finance.yahoo.com Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent company of Google, is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company's business…

Cutting through the Noise: Don’t count on the Magnificent Seven staying magnificent forever

theglobeandmail.com There’s plenty of talk about how concentrated the U.S. stock market has become. The top 10 stocks account for 31 per cent of the S&P 500 Index. This has happened because a…