Source: Google cuts hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January 2025
www.reuters.com/tech... Brandon Downey / @bdowney : Chaser: — Imagine getting laid off the same day they are sending different people to the Roof at Hooli^H^^H Google. Mastodon: @majorlinux@toot.maj...
The former CEO of Everyday Robots, Alphabet's AI robotics moonshot that was shut down in January 2023, reflects on its start and efforts to give AI a robot body
As the head of Alphabet's AI-powered robotics moonshot, I came to believe many things. For one, robots can't come soon enough. X: @seankinneyrcr , @wired , @wired , @ieeefuturedir , @seankirmani , an...
Q&A with Jeff Dean, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, on Bard's launch, the Gemini LLM, DeepMind-Brain merger, AI misinformation, and more
Samidha Sharma / The Economic Times : X: @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @hughlangley , and @samidhas X: @ettech : Among its most famous engineers, Dean joined @Google in 1999 and has since b...
Alphabet plans to cut ~12,000 jobs, 6%+ of its global workforce; CEO Sundar Pichai says he takes “full responsibility for the decisions that led us here”
read the memo CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff Mary Yang / NPR : Google is cutting 12,000 jobs, adding to a series of Big Tech layoffs in January BBC : Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs Abner L...
Clubhouse hires Justin Uberti, a Google engineer who created the WebRTC standard, Google Duo, and led engineering for Stadia, as head of streaming technology
Jay Peters / The Verge : Tweets: @juberti , @chrismessina , and @xoxolizza See also Mediagazer Tweets: Justin Uberti / @juberti : Some news: after almost 15 years at @Google, today is my first day at...
April Christina Curley, a Google recruiter focused on Black colleges, says she was fired in September and alleges a hostile work environment for Black people
after Google did not respond to demands from Black employees from within the company for better treatment and representation. My latest w/@CiCiAdams_ https://www.nbcnews.com/... Jeffrey Dastin / @jlda...
How Sundar Pichai is leading Google at a time when many of the company's strengths become the focus of intense public criticism and antitrust scrutiny
The low-key chief is contending with possible antitrust lawsuits, a revenue drop and pressure to take the company in new directions Tweets: @realrobcopeland , @wsjtech , @georgikantchev , @wsj , @alex...
Larry Page steps down as Alphabet CEO; Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet and Google
Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging … Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg : Alphabet's New Boss Leaves Silicon Valley Giants Low on Founders PYMNTS.com : Top News In Payments: CFPB Seeks Remittance Exempti...
Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff
But Critics Say It's Retaliation for Protesting Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Googlers say the company is trying to crush worker organization after it fired 4 people Cara Curtis / The Next Web : G...
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, covering his early life and schooling, career before and after Alphabet and Uber, and AI-focused religion, founded in 2015
soon they might have them Olivia Solon / The Guardian : Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an AI god Carl Velasco / Tech Times : Former Uber Exec Anthony Levandowski Built A Religio...