What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal? | Explainer News

Google employees based in the United States staged protests at the tech giant’s offices in New York City, California and Seattle last week to oppose a $1.2bn contract with the Israeli government. Known as Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI)

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The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers

The ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign intelligence was not only extended but enhanced over the weekend in ways likely to remain enigmatic to the public for years to come. On Saturday, US president Joe Biden signed a controversial bill extending the

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Billionaires Are Selling It and Buying These 2 High-Octane Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks Instead

Over the past three decades, Wall Street has never been at a loss for next-big-thing investment trends or innovations that could change the growth trajectory for the U.S. and global economy. Seemingly nothing has rivaled the advent of the internet, in terms of game-changing growth potential, until the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution came along. In

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Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe – UK politics latest | Politics

‘New legislation sets perilous precedent globally,’ says UN high commissioner for human rights as Rwanda bill passes Good morning. Rishi Sunak has finally managed to get parliament to pass his safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill (it will become an Act gets royal assent, within hours or days), but international concern about the new

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Munich Re to strengthen local P&C Underwriting with revised set-up in Asia Pacific & Africa

Local Underwriting teams will be strengthened New set-up with two regional divisions Personnel changes at senior executive level – April 18, 2024 — Munich Re has grown strongly and profitably in Asia Pacific & Africa in recent years. One building block of this success has been the transfer of know-how and decision-making authorities to the

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Voyager spacecraft gave us a scare. But NASA’s bringing it back to life.

Our farthest-away spacecraft isn’t finished yet. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, at over 15 billion miles away and hurtling ever-deeper into the cosmos, beamed back crucial data about its health for the first time in five months. NASA released a photo of mission engineers celebrating the success of their software patch with raised arms and wide

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Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke, Cassandra Jenkins, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

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Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose

Steve Bannon, former President Trump’s 2016 campaign executive, railed against House Republicans on Monday, claiming that they “want MAGA to go away” and wish to see the former president lose his 2024 White House bid. “Why does [Rep. Jim] Jordan [R-Ohio] not have a criminal conspiracy investigation— from Fani Willis in Georgia to ‘Big Tish James’

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PPH: Buy The Pullback In This Big Pharma ETF For Long-Term Total Returns (NASDAQ:PPH)

ClaudioVentrella/iStock via Getty Images VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (NASDAQ:PPH) is a popular way for investors to own some of the leading pharmaceutical companies and get diversification and liquidity at the same time. This ETF has about $488 million in assets, and it has an expense ratio of 0.36%. There are a number of positives I see

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UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change Healthcare earlier this year resulted in a huge theft of Americans’ private healthcare data. UnitedHealth said in a statement on Monday that a ransomware gang took files containing personal data and protected health information that it says may

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How to Deduct Stock Losses From Your Tax Bill

You must strategically deduct losses in the most tax-efficient way possible to get the maximum tax benefit in years that are characterized by significant stock losses from almost everyone’s portfolios. There’s at least a small comfort in knowing that these losses can help you reduce your overall income tax bill. But tax regulations make some

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Olivia Rodrigo Ushered in Beach Season With Two Red Bikinis — See Photos

Olivia Rodrigo’s signature color is definitely purple, but the musician also has a soft spot in her heart for all things red. She frequently wears red lipstick onstage, on the red carpet, and in her personal wardrobe, and it seems this applies to her summer swimwear, too. Over the weekend, Olivia Rodrigo shared a handful of photos from “home,” a.k.a. California, and included a few beach pics to inspire

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Forget SoundHound AI: 3 Tech Stocks to Buy Instead

There are better AI alternatives out there than the audio technology upstart. New technologies are exciting, but investors chasing the next big trend can get burned. Artificial intelligence (AI) might be the hottest thing on Wall Street in some time. Hype over its potential has played a significant role in driving the stock prices of

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Chappell Roan Coachella 2024 Butterfly Makeup

Besides her catalog of absolute pop bangers, Chappell Roan is probably best known for her distinct onstage fashion and beauty aesthetic. Her red Botticelli-esque curls and drag-inspired pancake-pale base are ever present, while her costume and makeup looks involve an ever-changing array of neon colors, glitter, and rhinestones. But for her weekend-two performance at Coachella

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