Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chained themselves together at the entrance of Google’s annual developer conference yesterday, in a protest against the tech giant’s involvement in Israeli military projects. Groups such as the No Tech for Genocide coalition, along with other Bay Area organisations, displayed placards referring to Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract awarded to Amazon and Google that provides artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli government. Addressing the crowd, one protester emphasised that while many had gathered in Mountain View for Google’s highly anticipated annual conference, the demonstrators were there to share “the real story” and raise awareness about Google’s involvement in controversial projects. “What you will not be hearing from today’s speakers is that right now, as … Continue reading Google conference lobbied by protest over Israel military contracts