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☆ Google terminates 28 employees after multi-city protests: Read the full memo
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Google workers have the right to peacefully protest about terms and conditions of our labor. Last month, Google Cloud engineer Eddie Hatfield interrupted a keynote speech from the managing director of Google's Israel business stating, "I refuse to build technology that powers genocide." That same week, an internal Google employee message board was shut down after staffers posted comments about the company's Israeli military contracts. The Israeli Ministry of Defense reportedly sought consulting services from Google to expand its access to Google Cloud services. "A small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a few of our locations," a Google spokesperson told CNBC Wednesday evening.

Persons: Thomas Kurian's, Chris Rackow, Googlers, Cheyne Anderson, Anderson, Eddie Hatfield, Hatfield, Israel, Ariel Koren, It's, Hasan Ibraheem, Ibraheem Organizations: Google, CNBC, Google Cloud, Apartheid, Protesters, Hamas, enclave's Health Ministry, Israeli Ministry of Defense, The New York Times, Security, New Locations: New York, Sunnyvale , California, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Washington, Israel, Gaza, South Africa, York, New York City

☆ Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office. Anderson had flown to Sunnyvale for the protest in Kurian's office and was one of the workers arrested Tuesday. Last month, Google Cloud engineer Eddie Hatfield interrupted a keynote speech from the managing director of Google's Israel business stating, "I refuse to build technology that powers genocide." The Israeli Ministry of Defense reportedly sought consulting services from Google to expand its access to Google Cloud services. "A small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a couple of our locations," a Google spokesperson told CNBC.

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☆ Google confirmed it 'terminated' an employee who staged a protest against Israel at a tech event
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA Google engineer who publicly protested a talk by the head of Google Israel is now out of a job. Google did not immediately return Business a request for comment from Business Insider on Saturday. Google workers have previously voiced their concerns over fears that Israel could use the contract to support its military. Google workers also flooded the company's employee message board with comments about Project Nimbus on Thursday, CNBC reported.

Persons: —, Barak Regev, Regev, Ariel Koren, Sundar Pichai, Axel Springer Organizations: Service, Google, Business, CNBC, Tech, Nimbus, YouTube, Austin City Council Locations: New York City, Israel, Google's, York

☆ Nvidia is 'expensive and clearly crowded,' Musketeer Capital Partners founder says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNvidia is 'expensive and clearly crowded,' Musketeer Capital Partners founder saysJosh Koren, founder of Musketeer Capital Partners, discusses expectations around Nvidia's results, and explains why its valuation is so high.

Persons: Josh Koren Organizations: Nvidia, Musketeer Capital Partners

☆ Apple's sales plunged in China — these are the iPhone giant's 5 biggest problems right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesApple is facing renewed challenges in China, one of its most critical markets. The iPhone giant's sales in the greater China region in the December quarter fell nearly 13% to $20.8 billion. "This increased competition exerts pressure on both Apple's older models and the base models of its new series." For a long time, Apple has been seen as a luxury brand in China with high appeal among younger audiences. GeopoliticsAnd like many foreign technology firms operating in China, the specter of geopolitics constantly hangs over.

Persons: Tim Cook, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Will Wong, Shah, Josh Koren, CNBC's, Gen, Koren, Apple Organizations: Economic Cooperation, APEC, Apple, AFP, Getty, Huawei, IDC, CNBC, Musketeer Capital Partners, Samsung, Bloomberg Locations: Asia, San Francisco, China, Cupertino , California, 4Q23, Xiaomi

☆ The History of the Cuban Sandwich
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Koren Shadmi | Text | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Culinary ArtsThe History of the Cuban SandwichAn illustrated look at how the pressed sandwich became storied in Tampa, Fla., Miami and beyond. Share full articleCredit... Koren Shadmi

Persons: Koren Shadmi Locations: Cuban, Tampa , Fla, Miami

☆ Was Peace Ever Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Moderated Emily Bazelon | A Discussion Moderated Emily Bazelon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

This was known as the Oslo peace process, named for the city where the secret talks took place. Micha Bar-Am/Magnum Photos Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel during the the Middle East peace conference in Madrid, 1991. Margalit: All the Israeli leaders who negotiated for peace, starting with Rabin, were in a weak political position. Dajani: With the First Intifada, and then subsequently Madrid and Oslo, Palestinians suddenly see the possibility of agency. But what’s important to understand is that the notion of peace for Rabin, and for most Israelis, is that peace is a lack of violence from the other side.

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☆ Arm IPO could benefit from low free float and 'scarcity value,' analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailArm IPO could benefit from low free float and 'scarcity value,' analyst saysJosh Koren, chief investment officer at Musketeer Capital Partners, said Arm's stock price after IPO could benefit from the lack of pure play chip and AI stocks on the market, alongside a low free float for public investors.

Persons: Josh Koren Organizations: Musketeer Capital Partners

☆ A dreamy new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows the birth of 50 sun-like stars
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a dreamy high-res image of 50 sun-like stars being born. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyNASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a dreamy image depicting the birth of 50 sun-like stars. Marina Koren, a space writer for The Atlantic, said it "kind of looks like space is throwing up some more space." Webb's image shows how stars are born from a dusty cocoonThe high-resolution image shows about 50 stars, in various stages of formation, in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex —the nearest star-forming region to Earth — about 390 light-years away, according to NASA. A new James Webb Space Telescope image of stars being formed in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.

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☆ Chicago Suburb Pays Reparations to Black Residents in a ‘Test Run for the Whole Country’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Joe Barrett | Photographs Oriana Koren For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ In Chicago, Volunteers Help Migrants Sleeping in Police Stations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Joe Barrett | Photographs Oriana Koren For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Edward Koren, 87, Whose Cartoon Creatures Poked Fun at People, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Edward Koren, the New Yorker cartoonist who created a fantasy world of toothy, long-nosed, hairy creatures of indeterminate species that articulated the neuroses and banalities of middle-class America for six decades, died on Friday at his home in Brookfield, Vt. His wife, Curtis Koren, said the cause was lung cancer. In the gentle, affable kingdom of Koren, the beasts form a polite queue in the woods at a 24-hour banking A.T.M. With Charles Addams, James Thurber and Saul Steinberg, Mr. Koren was one of the most popular cartoonists in The New Yorker’s long love affair with humor. In a bed for three, a grimacing psychiatrist squeezed between battling spouses takes “couples therapy” notes.

☆ A woman who planned to donate part of her liver to get her son a job has been fined $2,300, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Korean woman who planned to donate part of her liver in exchange for a job for her son was fined. She had been tipped off in February that the chairman of a construction company was seriously ill and required a liver transplant. Ms K reportedly agreed to donate part of her liver in exchange for 100 million won ($77,000) and a job for her son, per The Hankyoreh. The Hankyoreh reported that Ms K asked the judge for clemency on the basis that she didn't know she was breaking the law. I also got greedy because they promised to give me money," Ms K reportedly said during the trial, per The Hankyoreh.

☆ Here's the exclusive 14-slide pitch deck that Veriti used to raise a $12 million Series A for its AI-cybersecurity platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Veriti uses AI to strengthen companies' cybersecurity defense. But even with multiple security tools, the coverage can be incomplete, and that's where Veriti comes in, Veriti CEO Adi Ikan said. Investors are also interested in Veriti's mission of finding holes in companies' cybersecurity coverage. Veriti says that its technology works with other popular cybersecurity tools in the market from Microsoft, Crowdstrike, and others. See the pitch deck that Veriti used to raise its $12 million Series A round.

☆ A mind-boggling photo from NASA's Lucy probe shows how far the moon is from Earth. Can you spot it?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new photo from NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures Earth and the moon together — a rare sight. NASA's Lucy probe, a mission to a group of asteroids near Jupiter, snapped this photo as it zoomed past Earth on October 13. NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured this image (which has been cropped) of the Earth, on October 15, 2022. NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and the moon from a distance of 890,000 miles, on October 13, 2022. The Lucy probe was swinging past Earth to get an extra boost toward Jupiter, flinging itself toward the outer solar system with the force of our planet's gravity.

☆ At a Google all-hands meeting, employees questioned executives about Project Nimbus, a controversial $1.2 billion contract with Israel's government. Management's answers left staff skeptical.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Tom Dotan | Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Google spokesperson said the contract is for Israeli government ministries like healthcare. Google executives recently tried to assure employees that its controversial $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with Israel's government will not provide support to the country's sensitive military work. "The Nimbus contract is for workloads running on our commercial platform by Israeli government ministries," Fox-Martin said at the meeting on Tuesday. Some employees who attended Tuesday's meeting said the assurances from Google executives about Project Nimbus contradict what the company has said elsewhere. They pointed to earlier statements that a Google spokesperson made to WIRED acknowledging the contract will provide Israel's military access to Google technology.

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