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Google fired 28 employees after in-office protests in California, NYC: Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1 ...
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Quick Glance: Google restructuring operations and relocating roles to 'hubs' to fund AI investments
- Google is implementing staff layoffs and transferring certain roles to 'hubs' to secure funds for artificial intelligence investments.
- The finance and real estate teams are being affected by the downsizing, with some roles being moved overseas.
- Through the consolidation of finance teams in Bangalore, Mexico City, Dublin, Chicago, and Atlanta, Google aims to enhance efficiency and operate around the clock.
- The restructuring is driven by the substantial shift towards artificial intelligence in the tech industry, prompting Google to allocate more resources to this domain.
Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
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Quick Glance: Google dismisses workers following protests on technology deal with Israeli government
- Following protests regarding the technology supplied to the Israeli government, Google has terminated employees, heightening tensions around a sensitive contract.
- The confirmed dismissals by Google on Wednesday occurred after nine individuals were detained during sit-in demonstrations in New York and Sunnyvale, California, a day subsequent to police intervention.
- Demonstrations are predominantly coordinated by a faction known as No Tech For Apartheid. Google states that Nimbus is not utilized for weaponry or intelligence purposes.
- Stated in a blog post, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai implied a close supervision of employees as the company enhances efforts in advancing its AI technology, marking a crucial phase in the industry and potentially humanity.
Google fires 28 employees involved in 'Googlers against Genocide' sit-in at New York, Sunnyvale offices
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Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
- Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.
- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
List: Where to find cheap gas in the South Bay right now: Many drivers are willing to go the extra mile to find a cheaper tank of gas (think Costco).
mercurynews.com/2024/04/19/list-where-to-find-cheap-gas-in-the-south-bay-right-now/
90-unit affordable housing development opens in Sunnyvale: A quarter of the units are set aside for households with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
mercurynews.com/2024/04/24/90-unit-affordable-housing-development-opens-in-sunnyvale/
“No Business as Usual While Gaza Is Destroyed”: Activists Blockade Lockheed Martin Facility in NorCal
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Tech titan widens real estate shopping spree to grab Bay Area properties: A tech titan has widened its shopping spree for Bay Area real estate by purchasing a ...
mercurynews.com/2024/04/15/sunnyvale-bay-area-tech-real-estate-applied-materials-buy-sell-build/
Sunnyvale wants to roll out affordable rideshare app for residents: The City Council recently applied for state and federal funding that would help create a ...
mercurynews.com/2024/04/09/sunnyvale-wants-to-roll-out-affordable-rideshare-app-for-residents/
Google Employees Demand Company Cut Ties With Israel in Live-Streamed Sit-In: NYC and California protestors are calling on the tech giant to drop its ...
thewrap.com/google-employee-sit-in-protest-ties-to-israel/
A 19-year-old man in an apparent mental health crisis called 911 on himself and approached an officer while carrying a kitchen knife, according to police.
Car prices in the Bay Area are finally on the way down — but is it the right time to buy?
mercurynews.com/2024/03/31/car-prices-in-the-bay-area-finally-on-the-way-down-but-is-it-the-right-time-to-buy/
Police officer fatally shoots knife-wielding man in Sunnyvale: Upon arrival on the crime scene, Sunnyvale police officers found an adult male armed with a knife ...
mercurynews.com/2024/03/24/police-officer-shoots-knife-wielding-suspect-in-sunnyvale/
Tech titan widens Bay Area real estate shopping spree with new deal: Applied Materials has grabbed a chunk of property in Sunnyvale as the tech titan widens its ...
mercurynews.com/2024/03/22/south-bay-sunnyvale-tech-real-estate-buy-sell-build-economy-develop/
Motorcyclist dies in Sunnyvale collision: A motorcyclist died Sunday morning after colliding with a car at the intersection of Lawrence Expressway and Arques ...
mercurynews.com/2024/03/17/motorcyclist-dies-in-sunnyvale-collision/
Sunnyvale woman celebrates 104th birthday on Leap Day: Born on Leap Day in 1920, Sunnyvale resident Mary Hidalgo celebrates her 26th birthday with community ...
mercurynews.com/2024/02/29/sunnyvale-woman-celebrates-104th-birthday-on-leap-day/
Quick Glance: Sunnyvale Woman Marks 104th Birthday on Leap Day
- With a probability of 1 in 1,461, Leap Day births are a rare phenomenon. Reaching an age of over a century is even more exceptional. Mary Hidalgo embodies both rarities.
- On Thursday, the woman from Sunnyvale celebrated her 26th, or 104th, birthday in her home on Murphy Avenue, where she has resided since 1947.
- The celebration included serenading Hidalgo with joyful renditions of the "Happy Birthday" song and presenting her with bouquets of flowers and Certificates of Recognition from the California State Assembly and City of Sunnyvale.
- Hidalgo’s immediate family and friends are unsurprised by the warm reception from the community or her remarkable longevity. She is recognized in Sunnyvale for her active lifestyle and compassionate nature.
Make, bake, decorate: Sunnyvale woman sells homemade Easter-themed cookies: Megan Wong, the owner of One Cute Cookie Bakery, makes and sells intricately ...
mercurynews.com/2024/03/30/make-bake-decorate-sunnyvale-woman-sells-homemade-easter-themed-cookies/
The US cities where your money goes the furthest, based on rent, costs, income: A recent analysis focused on renters shows where their money can go the furthest ...
businessinsider.com/cities-money-income-rent-housing-expenses-cost-of-living-2024-3
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Autonomous driving: California expands radius for robotaxis: The license has been extended: Waymo's robotaxis are now also allowed to drive to San Francisco ...
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Silicon Valley humanoid robot-maker partners with OpenAI and gets backing from Jeff Bezos and tech giants
mercurynews.com/2024/03/01/humanoid-robot-maker-figure-partners-with-openai-and-gets-backing-from-jeff-bezos-and-tech-giants/
Waymo may expand robotaxi service in California: Waymo can announce another success: The Google sister company has been allowed to expand its service in ...
fr.de/wirtschaft/waymo-darf-robotaxi-dienst-in-kalifornien-ausweiten-zr-92866085.html
Quick Glance: Waymo Introduces Autonomous Taxis in Los Angeles
- Waymo received approval from California regulators for paid robotaxi rides in Los Angeles and more of the Bay Area.
- Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators allowing Waymo to operate in the city.
- The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission will likely be controversial, with local governments and agencies arguing for more input and oversight over the expanded autonomous taxi service.
- Waymo faces a significant challenge with service in the second-largest American city, closely monitored by skeptical government officials.
Editorial: Ballot plan shows California school construction inequities: Lucky Sunnyvale School District voters should OK Measure C but recognize this teachable ...
mercurynews.com/2024/02/29/editorial-lucky-sunnyvale-school-district-voters-should-ok-measure-c/
City of Sunnyvale receives $1 million in federal funding for fire station renovation
mercurynews.com/2024/03/20/city-of-sunnyvale-receives-1-million-in-federal-funding-for-fire-station-renovation/
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Renters Get the Most Bang for Their Buck in These U.S. Cities, a New Study Says : A new analysis from RentCafe looked at which U.S. cities a renter's income ...
robbreport.com/shelter/homes-for-sale/renters-get-the-most-bang-for-buck-in-these-cities-1235535596/
10 Best Cities For Renters: Where To Get the Most Bang for Your Buck: Sunnyvale, CA, takes the #1 spot on the list of 10 best cities for renters; overall ...
kiplinger.com/real-estate/places-to-live/best-cities-for-renters
The 10 U.S. cities where renters' incomes go the furthest—No. 1 is in California: U.S. rent prices are finally starting to cool. These are the 10 U.S ...
cnbc.com/2024/02/17/us-cities-where-renters-incomes-go-the-furthest.html
Defying obsolescence, AMD's 22-year-old Radeon GPUs get new Linux drivers: The ATI R300 graphics processor series was first introduced in 2002 with the ...
techspot.com/news/101430-defying-obsolescence-amd-22-year-old-radeon-gpus.html
AMD's new Ryzen APUs show impressive single-core gains — Ryzen 5 8500G outperforms Ryzen 5 5600G by 32% in single-core benchmark
tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-new-ryzen-apus-show-impressive-single-core-gains
Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps sentenced to one year of probation for Jan. 6: Epps will have to complete 100 hours of community service.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-oath-keeper-ray-epps-sentenced-year-probation/story
AMD's 22-year-old GPUs are still getting driver updates — ATI's R300 - R500 from the early 2000s live on in Linux driver patches thanks to the open-source ...
tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-22-year-old-gpus-are-still-getting-driver-updates-atis-r300-r500-from-the-early-2000s-live-on-in-linux-driver-patches-thanks-to-the-open-source-community
Police to increase presence at South Bay schools in response to online threat: Authorities on Wednesday will step up their presence at five South Bay high ...
mercurynews.com/2024/01/23/police-to-increase-presence-at-south-bay-schools-in-response-to-online-threat/
Raw sewage in creeks? Sunnyvale and Mountain View argue in court the Clean Water Act should not apply to them
mercurynews.com/2024/01/22/raw-sewage-in-creeks-sunnyvale-and-mountain-view-argue-in-court-the-clean-water-act-should-not-apply-to-them/
Google layoffs: Here's how many Bay Area tech workers lost jobs: This is how many Bay Area tech workers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale lost jobs in Google's ...
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/google-layoffs-bay-area-tech-workers-18603055.php
London's Big Ben will mark the 100th anniversary of its "bongs" to ring in the New Year being broadcast live across the world.
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The first American spacecraft to attempt to land on the Moon in more than half a century blasted off Monday -- but this time ... Show more u.afp.com/5Thp
In Moscow, soldiers' wives stage protest outside KremlinPartners of Russian men mobilised to fight in Ukraine demand that their husbands return from the ... Show more u.afp.com/5Tep
Spicy chicken burgers and New Orleans-style wings : What's a chicken burger? And why are they popping up all over the San Gabriel Valley?
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Denmark's popular Australian-born Crown Princess Mary will become queen on January 14 when her husband Crown Prince Frederik accedes to the throne after his ... Show more u.afp.com/5TkG
Quick Glance: Surprise: Australia Celebrates New Queen
- Crown Princess Mary to become first Australian-born queen consort
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates in favor of her son, Crown Prince Frederik
- Decision to make way for 'the next generation' causes global ripples
- After nearly 50 years on the throne, it will now be up to the crown prince and princess to shape the next chapter
Mayo Clinic pairs with Cerebras Systems to help develop AI for health care: The Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit medical center based in Rochester, Minnesota ...
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Editorial: Elect Patrick Ahrens for Evan Low’s Assembly District 26 seat: Low staffer and college board member stands out among race's youthful trio of top ...
mercurynews.com/2024/01/27/editorial-elect-patrick-ahrens-for-evan-lows-assembly-district-26-seat/
AMD's upcoming integrated graphics matches seven years old GTX 1060 in Geekbench 6 — Ryzen 5 8600G iGPU benchmarks leak
tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amds-upcoming-integrated-graphics-matches-seven-years-old-gtx-1060-in-geekbench-6-ryzen-5-8600g-igpu-benchmarks-leak
Nasdaq ends higher as yields fall, Boeing curbs gains on Dow: The Nasdaq scored its first gain of at least 1% in 2024 on Monday, as a fall in Treasury yields ...
reuters.com/markets/us/futures-under-pressure-boeing-groundings-drag-airline-stocks-2024-01-08/
Leaked FSR2 to FSR3 mod unlocks Frame Generation in many officially unsupported games - VideoCardz.com
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BP suspends shipments through Red Sea after attacks: Oil and natural gas company BP on Monday became the latest company to suspend shipments through the Red Sea ...
thehill.com/business/4365383-bp-suspends-shipments-red-sea/
Nike stock plummets 12% in steep one-day drop: The sportswear giant on Thursday announced weakening sales and a plan to cut $2 billion in costs.
oregonlive.com/business/2023/12/nike-stock-plummets-12-in-steep-one-day-drop.html
Quick Glance: Nike Stocks Plummet After Cutting Sales Forecast and Announcing $2 Billion in Savings
- Nike stocks take a nosedive after cutting sales forecast and announcing $2 billion in cost savings.
- The company plans to reduce costs by around $2 billion over the next three years and has lowered its sales expectations.
- Foot Locker, a retailer heavily reliant on Nike products, experiences an approximate 8% drop in after-hours trading.
- Nike now anticipates reported annual revenue to be around 1%, compared to a previous forecast of mid-single digit growth.
Apple to Hold February 1 Earnings Call Just Ahead of Vision Pro Launch: Apple has announced that its first earnings call of 2024 will be held on February 1 ...
macrumors.com/2024/01/08/apple-announces-february-1-earnings-call/
Nearly two years after Russia's initial invasion, thousands of Ukrainians living near the front lines are bracing themselves for another winter of war ... Show more u.afp.com/5SMR
Rafael Nadal won his first match back from a year-long injury layoff when he beat former US Open champion Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International ... Show more tinyurl.com/59r7zn4d
As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or worn-out solar ... Show more tinyurl.com/4fcy878v
Prince Harry, Colleen Hoover top checkout lists for San Jose library: Women authors take up nine of the 10 spots on the San Jose Public Library's most ...
mercurynews.com/2024/01/06/prince-harry-colleen-hoover-top-checkout-lists-for-san-jose-library/
Development titan that had teamed up with Google trims Bay Area jobs: A former Google development ally has decided to trim dozens of jobs in the Bay Area ...
mercurynews.com/2024/01/05/real-estate-google-lendlease-build-build-tech-home-office-economy/
We're about to find out just how useful AI will be at work and beyond: The high cost of AI and uncertainty about how to integrate it means the revolution won't ...
financialpost.com/financial-times/ai-how-useful-work-beyond
Quick Glance: Global Challenge: AI Regulation
- Established organizations like the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) required decades of discussions to set air-traffic rules.
- The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) began in 1952 in unused offices at the University of Copenhagen.
- ICAO focuses on standards, CERN on research, and IAEA on nuclear oversight.
- World governments will soon decide what type of global organization they want for regulating artificial intelligence (AI).
A volcano has erupted on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, following an earthquake swarm.
For weeks, the Nordic country has been on high alert for a potential ... Show more u.afp.com/55V8
‘Badass detective’: How a California officer solved eight cold cases: Detective Matt Hutchison of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has doggedly cracked ...
sfchronicle.com/sports/ostler/article/sunnyvale-cold-case-hutchison-18340663.php
Quick Glance: Master Detective: Resolving 8 Unsolved Cases in California
- Detective Matt Hutchison of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has persistently solved multiple unsolved cases, including one that experts believed would remain unsolved.
- In the seven years since he was assigned to the robbery-homicide division, the 38-year-old detective has resolved eight unsolved cases - six homicides and two sexual assaults.
- The robbery-homicide division is small and often understaffed, with a constantly changing team.
- In addition to rummaging through trash, Detective Hutch, as he is known, has posed as a waiter in a bar to collect DNA samples from a suspect's chicken wings and has traveled to multiple states to search for evidence and speak with relatives of long-deceased victims who believed their loved ones' cases had been forgotten.
World of Chinese chess is in uproar over rumours of cheating and a bad behaviour scandal that saw the national champion stripped of his title Monday after a ... Show more u.afp.com/5SmV
Sports Illustrated, G/O Media and the Future of News Media and AI: That Sports Illustrated debacle is only the start of a massive artificial intelligence ...
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/news-media-ai-danger-risk-1234935089/
Quick Glance: International AI Regulation: Starting at the National Level
- Political leaders are responding to AI advances and recognizing the urgent need for regulation.
- From city halls to international organizations, AI oversight is top of mind, with a surge in new initiatives in late 2023.
- Despite broad acknowledgment of the need to shepherd an AI-powered future, political leaders often turn to tools from the past for international cooperation.
- AI’s rapid development, opacity, and changing nature make it substantively different than previous technologies, requiring novel forms of international oversight.
AMD Responds To NVIDIA’s H100 TensorRT-LLM Results, Once Again Shows MI300X GPU Leading With 30% B…
wccftech.com/amd-responds-to-nvidia-h100-tensorrt-llm-results-shows-mi300x-gpu-leading-optimized-ai-software/
Cheney’s book tops NYT print and e-book bestseller lists: Former Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) new memoir clinched the No. 1 spots on the weekly New York Times ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/4360543-cheney-book-tops-nyt-bestseller-lists/
Nvidia and AMD power chipmakers to best year since 2009: Shares of semiconductor companies closed out their best year in more than a decade ...
english.alarabiya.net/business/technology/2023/12/30/Nvidia-and-AMD-power-chipmakers-to-best-year-since-2009
Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator Reportedly Built On TSMC 5nm Node, Faster Than NVIDIA H100
wccftech.com/intel-gaudi-3-ai-accelerator-tsmc-5nm-node-faster-than-nvidia-h100/
Here are 3 stocks — other than Nvidia — getting an AI premium from Wall Street: While Nvidia was the big winner for investors this year in the generative AI boom ...
cnbc.com/2023/12/26/here-are-3-stocks-other-than-nvidia-getting-ai-premium-from-investors.html
Intel may have finally caught up to AMD in iGPU performance — Meteor Lake's Arc iGPU edges out AMD Phoenix's RDNA 3 iGPU in gaming and synthetic benchmarks
tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-may-have-finally-caught-up-to-amd-in-igpu-performance-meteor-lakes-arc-igpu-edges-out-amd-phoenixs-rdna-3-igpu-in-gaming-and-synthetic-benchmarks
NCAA investigating 'unnamed' football program for allegedly stealing video footage
larrybrownsports.com/college-football/ncaa-investigation-catapult-sign-stealing-alabama-michigan/626294
More than 100 yachts set off on the annual Sydney-Hobart race Tuesday, with storms and hail threatening to lash sailors in one of the world's most gruelling ... Show more u.afp.com/5Sso
Cheney: Trump’s comments must be taken ‘literally and seriously’: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is arguing that Americans cannot just brush off former ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4351037-cheney-trump-comments-taken-seriously/
Medical tech titan goes on real estate shopping spree in South Bay: A medical device titan has launched a new stage of a years-long shopping spree for Silicon ...
mercurynews.com/2023/12/26/santa-clara-sunnyvale-tech-medical-real-estate-health-economy-build/
Democracy is at stake if Trump is reelected, Liz Cheney warns in her new book: Liz Cheney's book Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning slams Trump's efforts to ...
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For the first time in decades, the Hollywood sign -- at least a little bit of it -- was illuminated to celebrate its 100th birthday.
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JP McManus donation is ‘like all our Christmases coming at once’: Longford GAA secretary Peter O’Reilly says clubs will appreciate the money injection
irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2023/12/15/gaa-react-to-jp-mcmanus-donation-annoucement/
US stocks rose across the board on Thursday, powered by gains in shares of Alphabet and chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices on optimism around artificial ... Show more
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AMD rolls out new rival to Nvidia’s AI chip: Chip designer touts its MI300X as ‘the most advanced AI accelerator’ in a market it predicts will reach $400bn by ...
ft.com/content/fa0c97af-c20f-461e-96c9-f2357496c599
Semiconductors: Intel wants to catch up with AMD and Nvidia with a new chip: With its new processors, the former world market leader is finally trying to ...
handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/halbleiter-intel-will-mit-neuem-chip-zu-amd-und-nvidia-aufschliessen/100002184.html
AMD CEO Lisa Su refuses to play second fiddle in the AI chip race to rival Nvidia, led by the black-leather-jacket-wearing Jensen Huang ... Show more yhoo.it/3RxJyrJ
AI took the investing world by storm in 2023. Which stocks gain from the trend in the new year
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The Intel-powered MSI Claw is challenging AMD’s handheld gaming monopoly: At CES 2024, MSI is challenging the current crop of gaming handhelds with the Claw ...
engadget.com/the-intel-powered-msi-claw-is-challenging-amds-handheld-gaming-monopoly-ces-2024-171643042.html
NVIDIA reveals RTX 40 Super GPUs at CES 2024, including the $999 4080 Super: NVIDIA has unveiled the RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4070 Super GPUs ...
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