Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work
all 3 @UofCalifornia professors. Home to groundbreaking physicists, including 2 immigrants leading the world in innovation and possibility, California is proud to dream big and deliver even bigger. @e...
Sources: ~300 London-based DeepMind staff have sought to unionize with the CWU in recent weeks, to challenge AI sales to defense groups and Google's Israel ties
Move by employees at Google's AI arm follows discontent after weapons and surveillance pledge is dropped
Letter and sources: nearly 200 Google DeepMind workers, or 5% of its overall headcount, signed a letter dated May 16 calling to drop its military contracts
Nearly 200 workers inside Google DeepMind, the company's AI division, signed a letter calling on the tech giant to drop its contracts … X: @billyperrigo and @verambergen X: Billy Perrigo / @billyperri...
Alphabet's Verily closes its R&D centers in Israel after launching them in August 2021, as part of Alphabet's decision to concentrate all R&D activity in the US
Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave confirms returning as Web Summit CEO; Cosgrave resigned in October 2023 over controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas war
Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder of the Web Summit tech conference, is returning to his role as CEO after resigning in October …
Q&A with Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami on Wix's embrace of AI, how the business models of the web can survive AI, Israel-Hamas war content moderation, and more
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Israeli tech founders and investors say that 10% to 15% of their staff are among the country's 360K reservists, a potentially unprecedented industry disruption
This means more than you can imagine and we are proud to have you as partners. Laurel Touby : Supernode Ventures is a proud signer of this public statement in support of Israel. VCs, you may Sign als...
An interview with early Waze investors Yahal Zilka and Ehud Levy on why they invested, the impact of Google's acquisition on Israel's tech industry, and more
The disregard for map companies, the dilemma between BlackBerry and iPhone, the indifference on the part of Tim Cook …
Source: Celsius laid off 150 employees, around a quarter of its staff, after pausing withdrawals; Celsius is exploring “a restructuring of our liabilities”
Good morning! An IT head, data scientist, and AI product manager walk into a bar. Tweets: Wu Blockchain / @wublockchain : Lending platform Celsius has laid off about 150 employees, including those in...
Intel's decision to consider outsourcing manufacturing heralds the end of an era in which the company, and the US, dominated the semiconductor industry
- World's largest chipmaker considers outsourcing manufacturing — Crucial technology expertise is shifting overseas, to TSMC Tweets: @amirmizroch , @ralpheezy , @bilalfarooqui , @esaagar , @iancutr...