Google fired 28 employees late Wednesday after staffers led a series of protests against the company’s cloud computing and AI services contract with the Israeli government amid its war in Gaza.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed workers over the weekend that thousands of them will soon lose their jobs, according to a leaked memo to staff. Although Musk didn’t disclose an exact number, at least 14,000 workers are expected to have their roles slashed.

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Some of the biggest names in the music industry — Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, and a whole bunch of others (more than 200 in total) — signed a strongly-worded open letter calling on tech companies, AI developers, and music platforms to pledge they won’t use AI to train their models or…

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