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Google fires 28 employees who participated in anti-Israel protest

Some of the workers who barricaded themselves in Google offices in New York, Seattle and California this week were fired for 'blatant violation of company policy and preventing other employees from working'

Calcalist | 04.18.24

Google workers protest company's Israel contracts by occupying CEO's office

Employees barricaded themselves in the Google Cloud offices in California and New York, and demanded that the company cease 'business with the apartheid government and the Israeli military'

Calcalist | 04.17.24

Nike or Nai-ki? These are the popular companies and brands that people mispronounce

Research in the UK found that the American footwear and clothing giant leads the monthly Google search for the correct pronunciation of its name, with 25,500 searches; Hyundai is in second place and Volkswagen is third

Ynet, News Agencies | 04.10.24

AI generates cultural diversity, sparks outrage by rewriting history

Google tried to compensate for cultural biases and instructed its AI bot, Gemini, to maintain cultural and gender diversity; however, the result was that many images were historically inaccurate

Yuval Mann | 02.22.24

Iran's cyber blitz on Israel, US packs limited punch, Google study reveals

Google's cybersecurity firm Mandiant says Iran, Hamas cyber activities reviewed over 6 months confirm Tehran's minimal interest in supporting Hamas in Gaza war

Ynetnews | 02.15.24

Google introduces Lumiere - new text-to-video AI model mostly developed in Israel

The new Lumiere model was developed by Israeli and US teams which claim it's an improvement on the existing AI tools such as Runway and Pika; it remains unclear whether Google intends to release it to the public

Yuval Mann | 01.26.24

TikTok accused of pro-Palestinian bias following refusal to run hostage release ads

When families of Israeli hostages trapped by Hamas approached TikTok to run ads calling for their release, the company refused, citing 'overly graphic and political content', yet had no issues running ads displaying Palestinian children suffering in Gaza

ynet correspondents | 12.24.23

ChatGPT, Daniel Hagari and Oppenheimer: This is what Israelis Googled in 2023

The war in Gaza inevitably affected what Israelis Googled this past year, and IDF's trusty spokesman Daniel Hagari ranks high on that list; But 2023 was also the year of AI, where ChatGPT easily clinched number one in the app category, and Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' conquered the top of Israel's movie-related searches

Israel Wullman | 12.12.23

Google's Bard breaks silence on Israel-Hamas war, ignores Oct. 7 massacre and hostages

Tech giant lifts some restrictions imposed on chatbot following onset of war with Hamas, and now it's providing misleading information on the subject; Google says ‘Bard still experimental tool’

Yuval Mann | 11.06.23

Telegram partially blocks Hamas channels

Hamas channels restricted on Android version available through Google Play Store, most likely due to Google demand; channels remain accessible on iOS, desktop versions, while platform offers workaround for Android users

Yuval Mann | 10.24.23

דגלי ישראל וארה"ב בטיימס סקוור, ניו יורק, ארה"ב

US banks, tech firms offer support for Israel victims, announce aid

Executives, employees donate funds, companies say would match sum, to assist in war effort, rehabilitation of traumatized civilians

Reuters | 10.14.23

Google celebrates 25 years with a behind-the-scenes peek

Technology giant shares exclusive information behind key aspects of the company and reveals the search engine's most frequent queries were

Israel Wullman | 10.02.23

'Every young person should grasp the concept of artificial intelligence'

Google VP of Engineering and Research Prof. Yossi Matias has been instrumental in developing many of the company’s tools that have become part of our daily lives; In an interview with Ynet, he shares Google's vision for the future and reveals AI innovations that originated in Israel

Israel Wullman | 09.23.23

Protesters in San Francisco demonstrate against Google's deal to supply cloud services to Israel

Google staff protest company's cloud services contract with Israel

Protesters, including former employees and local community activists, carry banner proclaiming, 'Google Project Nimbus fuels Israeli apartheid'

Raphael Kahan | 08.31.23

Google Israel will refund app store users in a $12 million payout

Users who purchased automatically renewed Google Play subscription between 2010 and 2022 will be entitled to 55% refund after company settles class action lawsuit which charges subscription renewed without informing them; Google: 'We made changes to the way users cancel Google Play subscriptions in Israel'

Viki Auslender | 08.17.23