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Workers said they worry that tech from Google and Amazon could be used to surveil Palestinians. Richard Nieva Hundreds of Google and Amazon workers on Thursday staged protests around the country to speak out against the two tech giants’ cloud contracts with the Israeli government, fearing the military could use the technology to surveil Palestinians. The demonstration stretched across four U.S. cities — San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Durham, North Carolina — as workers… Source link

Hundreds of Google and Amazon employees protested Thursday outside of company offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Durham, N.C., demanding that the tech giants end their $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract to supply Israel and its military with artificial intelligence and cloud computing technology. Some Google and Amazon workers believe that the contract will aid Israel’s surveillance efforts of Palestinians, Josh Marxen, a Google Cloud engineer based in Sunnyvale, told The… Source link

Stashed Boston Celtics floor general Yam Madar had one of his best games yet in EuroBasket play for the Israeli National Team, but it was not enough to beat the Polish National Team, which won 85-76 on Monday. The Beit Dagan native put up 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a block in the loss. He shot 5-of-8 from the field overall, a sizzling 2-of-3 from beyond the arc and 5-of-5 from the charity stripe in slightly less than 21 minutes of floor time. Madar committed one turnover… Source link

A Google employee who became the most visible opponent of a company contract with the Israeli military said on Tuesday that she would resign after claiming Google had tried to retaliate against her for her activism. The employee, Ariel Koren, a marketing manager for Google’s educational products arm who has worked for the company for seven years, wrote a memo to colleagues announcing her plan to leave Google at the end of the week. She spent more than a year organizing against Project… Source link

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The internet giant has named Neetai Eshel as the new Managing Director of its R&D Centers in Israel, which include a center in Tel Aviv focused on development with engineers and programmers in the AdTech, video, and Data products, as well as a research site in Haifa Source link

Training materials reviewed by The Intercept confirm that Google is offering advanced artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities to the Israeli government through its controversial “Project Nimbus” contract. The Israeli Finance Ministry announced the contract in April 2021 for a $1.2 billion cloud computing system jointly built by Google and Amazon. “The project is intended to provide the government, the defense establishment and others with an all-encompassing cloud… Source link

News Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Hebrew and TheMarker Partnerships Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source link

(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Max Holloway, Jared Cannonier after UFC 276 losses?) Teammates Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski picked up dominant title defenses on Saturday at UFC 276, and they are looking largely unstoppable in their respective divisions. Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) cruised to a lopsided unanimous decision over Jared Cannonier (15-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) in the main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, while Volkanovski (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) made it Source link

LAS VEGAS — Jared Cannonier mostly kept his hands to himself on Saturday in the main event of UFC 276 in his middleweight title fight against Israel Adesanya at T-Mobile Arena. And that earned him a one-sided loss and the enmity of the sell-out crowd of 19,649. Adesanya is a counter striker and Cannonier didn’t throw much, leading to loud boos throughout the fight and the fans turning on the flashlights of their phones and holding them aloft in the latter stages. Adesanya clearly won the… Source link