Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City's offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office was
"Tiana's Bayou Adventure" is set to open at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World this summer, and on Wednesday, April 17, The Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase's family was surprised with a vacation to Disney World.
The English oil giant bp, with annual revenues almost as much as Romania’s GDP, is preparing to enter our country, where it will invest in solar energy. The largest solar energy developer in Europe, the British company Lightsource BP, is preparing its entry into Romania, after the control of the business will be fully taken […]
THE world’s first artificial intelligence-generated beauty pageant is not receiving the alluring praise from techies that the event’s creators hoped for. AI creators will have an opport
This year, TIME launched its inaugural list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies of 2024, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this quantitative study: 250 companies changing the field of educational technology. Here’s how the winners were selected. Methodology The research project “World’s…
Dozens of Google employees held sit-ins Tuesday at the tech giant's New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company's work with Israel. Google and Amazon have a cloud computing and artificial intelligence contract with the Israeli government and military, a deal known as Project Nimbus that is worth $1.2 billion. The employees participating in the sit-ins wore shirts that said "Drop Project Nimbus" and a banner was hung that read, "No tech for genocide." Protesters sat in the...
A group of employees occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office -- sharing letters from fellow workers during a live stream speaking out against the harassment, mistreatment and censorship of Palestinian, Arab and Muslim Googlers.
Marriott International, with more than 30 brands under its belt, is the undisputed leader in the world’s hotel orbit. However, Hilton leaders Wednesday morning outlined a growth strategy signaling why their cross-town rival in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area shouldn’t get too complacent in its lofty perch. The hotel giant behind brands like Waldorf Astoria, …
Troubled edtech major Byju’s has only paid a part of March salaries to its employees as of April 20 in yet another delay of these payouts as it battles a severe cash crunch.On April 8, the company had said that it had started paying salaries for March and expected to complete the exercise by April 18. However, ET has learnt that it has paid only 50% of March salaries for a significant number of its mid-senior employees.Founder and chief executive Byju Raveendran has been raising personal debt...
Google employees, who staged a sit-in at the California office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian for over eight hours to demand the company’s cessation of business ties with Israel, were arrested late on Tuesday. The employees live-streamed their protest on Twitch under the tag “notech4apartheid.” The footage depicted them being given the option to […]
WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) -- In December, the Pittsburgh-based steel company U.S. Steel agreed to sell the company to Japan’s largest steel manufacturer, Nippon Steel. Now, two U.S. Senators are calling on President Biden to look deeper into this sale and the effects it could have on the country. Just months after U.S. Steel agreed to []
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 LinkedIn says are eight pillars that lead to career growth progression: ability to advance skills growth company stability external opportunity company affinity gender diversity educational background employee presence in the country For this year’s list, LinkedIn has highlighted how a number of...