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 and
Employees at Google's offices in New York and Sunnyvale staged a sit-in in protest of Project Nimbus on Tuesday. Nimbus is a government contract between Google and Amazon and the Israeli government for their cloud computing services. Protestors demanded that the $1.2 billion contract be terminated, ending Google's complicity and aid in human rights violations in Palestine. — Read the rest
Pro-Palestinian protesters removed the American flag from UNC's quad on Tuesday afternoon and replaced it with the Palestinian one in what was the latest disruptive incident on campus.
Google has fired more than 50 employees in the past week for participating in protests against the company's cloud computing deal with the Israeli government, according to activist group No Tech for Apartheid.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four Express stores in the Chicago area will soon close, after the Ohio-based clothing retailer field for bankruptcy, and announced plans to close nearly 100 of its 500 locations.In a statement, the company said closing sales will begin Tuesday at 95 of its stores, including all of its UpWest locations. According to the company's bankruptcy court filings, the closings include the Express stores at 17 N. State St., in downtown Chicago, at 655 W. Diversey Pkwy. in Lincoln Park, at...
Google fired over two dozen employees for holding sit-in protests over the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Protesters occupied multiple offices in Seattle, New York, and Read More
Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices this week to protest the tech giant's work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. The protests, organized by the No Tech for Apartheid campaign, raised concerns about Google and Amazon's $1.2-billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military. The campaign is demanding that Google and Amazon drop the effort, known as Project Nimbus. The advocacy group staged...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Chicago is prepared to host the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August, despite concerns about massive protests against the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war. The convention will descend upon the Windy City from Aug. 19 to 22 to officially name President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee.
The protest was organized by the “No Tech for Apartheid” campaign, which claims that Google and Amazon are leading “the world’s first AI powered genocide” by allowing Israel to access its technology, organizers said.
Employees previously protested Tuesday against a company contract with Israel.
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A fire that has substantially damaged – the point of possible destruction – a shopping plaza made up of a pizzeria, convenience store and a vacant dry cleaning store was put out by firefighters just about 7 p.m., however the state of the building is devastating, witnesses told Shorebeat. The fire was centered at the