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[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘A betrayal’: Google workers protest Israeli military contract at vigil for ex-intern killed in airstrike  The Guardian Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘A betrayal’: Google workers protest Israeli military contract at vigil for ex-intern killed in airstrike  The Guardian Source link

JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Israel’s Reichman University have set up a school to train high-tech professionals, offering courses in computer programming, sales and data analysis among other subjects, the university said on Monday. Israel has a vibrant high-tech sector but a severe shortage of skilled tech workers has led to tens of thousands of unfilled positions. The School of High Tech will subsidise students from under-represented communities “including… Source link

A group of employees at Google is calling on the company to end its artificial intelligence contract with the Israeli government. Driving the news: Employee Ariel Koren resigned this week after she said Google tried to retaliate against her for opposing Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion artificial intelligence and computing services agreement between Google, Amazon Web Services, and the Israeli government and military, the New York Times reports. At an Alphabet Workers Union-led press conference… Source link

Ariel Koren, a Google employee who became a face of worker protests against the company’s contract with the Israeli government, announced her resignation yesterday. The Jewish marketing manager says she faced retaliation from management and some colleagues for expressing pro-Palestinian views within the company. In October she joined other Google and Amazon employees in public opposition to Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract for Google and Amazon to provide cloud computing to Israel,… Source link

Google and Amazon are both set to help build “Project Nimbus,” a mammoth new cloud computing project for the Israeli government and military that is spurring intense dissent among employees and the public alike. Shareholders of both firms will soon vote on resolutions that would mandate reconsideration of a project they fear has grave human rights consequences. Little is known of the plan, reportedly worth over $1 billion, beyond the fact that it would consolidate the Israeli… Source link

Tech giant Google announced a new $25 million initiative on Sunday that would fund skills development programs over the next five years for members of underrepresented communities in Israel to help give them a leg up into the country’s celebrated high-tech sector. These communities include ultra-Orthodox and Arab professionals, women and those who live outside Israel’s central areas, also called the geographic “periphery.” Google said it will announce a separate initiative for… Source link

Yandex has acquired e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations to expand its delivery services in the country and augment its mobility platform Yango.  Founded in 2018, Yandex provides ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, including express grocery delivery, which it provides under the brand name Yango Deli.  The company currently operates a network of 14 dark stores in the city and plans to double that by the end of November. Dark stores serve as a warehouse where… Source link

Yandex has acquired e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations to expand its delivery services in the country and augment its mobility platform Yango.  Founded in 2018, Yandex provides ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, including express grocery delivery, which it provides under the brand name Yango Deli.  The company currently operates a network of 14 dark stores in the city and plans to double that by the end of November. Dark stores serve as a warehouse where… Source link

Russian tech giant Yandex is expanding its mobility footprint in Israel with the acquisition of shared e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations. The two are not sharing the terms of the deal, but Israeli financial newspaper Globes reported that it is estimated to have cost $40 million to $50 million. Wind is one of the top e-scooter sharing operators in Israel, alongside competitors like Lime, Leo and Bird. Yandex has already been operating its Yango mobility… Source link