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Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025

A Google Cloud engineer interrupted Google Israel managing director Barak Regev and told him that he will not build technology that powers genocide

A Google Cloud engineer just interrupted Google Israel managing director Barak Regev at the Israeli tech industry conference MindTheTech this morning in NY.

"I refuse to build technology that powers genocide!" he yelled, referring to Google's Project Nimbus contract.

As he refuse to build that technology, he will not.

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