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Google executives told employees last week in a companywide meeting that it is interested in a Pentagon contract for cloud computing and that working for the military would not necessarily conflict with principles created by the company for how its artificial intelligence technology would be used. Google is pursuing the contract three years after an employee revolt forced the company to abandon work on a Pentagon program that used artificial intelligence and to establish new guidelines… Source link

xxxxxxx (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) AFP via Getty Images by Joe Golder When Google earmarked $1 billion through its News Showcase to help struggling news outfits, it was expecting thunderous applause. When that didn’t come, they thought the payments would make publishers smile. Instead, many have grumbled and complained that others received more. Now the London-based Press Gazette, a… Source link

GameStop (GME) reported fiscal first-quarter results that reflected improved sales and narrowing losses, even as many investors continue to fixate on the company’s “meme stock” clout over business performance. The company also announced two Amazon veterans would be joining the company as chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Shares traded 5% lower during the after hours session before paring some losses. Here were the main results from GameStop’s report compared to consensus… Source link

(Bloomberg) — AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. executives and directors sold $8 million in shares of the theater chain Thursday, cashing in on the soaring price of the most-popular meme stock. Two board members and four executives sold at near record prices, following an eye-popping surge in the stock this week, regulatory filings on Friday showed. Among them were Gary Locke, a former Chinese ambassador who is up for re-election to the board at the company’s July 29 annual general meeting,… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Senior executives with Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Apple (AAPL.O) will testify on Wednesday about antitrust concerns related to their app stores along with executives of three companies which rely on those online stores, the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel said on Monday. The hearing will include Google Government Affairs Senior… Source link

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., brings up the issue of conservative censorship on Google search results and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says there are more conservative voices than ever before on his platforms and his company believes in freedom of expression. Alphabet Inc’s Google will evaluate the performance of its vice presidents and above on team diversity and inclusion starting this year, the company said on Friday in one of several responses to concerns about its treatment of a Black… Source link

Charles Bendotti, Senior Vice President, People & Culture at Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM), has today been recognized for his unwavering support for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace, included on INvolve and Yahoo Finance’s OUTstanding 50 Ally Executives List 2020. The designation places Bendotti among a select group of business leaders and allies of LGBTQ+ inclusion recognized for driving cultural change within the workplace to create more inclusive environments across… Source link

Walmart U.S. e-commerce chief Marc Lore is waving goodbye to a behemoth of a digital business he helped supercharge in under five years. The company said on Friday that Lore will retire on Jan. 31 and will remain as a strategic adviser through September. Lore’s new mission — though offering just a few details in an interview with Yahoo Finance —will be to take cities around the world to the next level. Presumably given Lore’s tech-heavy resume, that means a focus on accelerating the… Source link

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, 226 workers signed cards to form the Alphabet Workers Union, the group said on Monday. They are supported by the Communications Workers of America, which… Source link