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STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus (www.wired.com)

submitted 4 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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More than 1,100 self-identified STEM students and young workers from over 120 universities have signed a pledge to not take jobs or internships at Google or Amazon until the companies end their involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services and infrastructure to the Israeli government.

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[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He controls the police!

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please no let’s not start this

[–] verstra@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Wait what? What does that even mean? Is he their boss? Is he paying them? Does he mind control them?