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Alphabet stock (NASDAQ: GOOG , NASDAQ: GOOGL ) has had a decent year so far. Shares have beat the market, rising more than 10% on a year-to-date basis.

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Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests over the tech company's cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to statements from the company and campaigners.

Tax refunds are landing in bank accounts and mailboxes across America, giving people some extra money to play with. As of the federal income tax deadline of April 15, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued $201 billion worth of tax refunds.

Jason Greer, Greer Consulting founder and president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of Google firing 28 employees after a series of protests over the company's contract to provide thet Israeli government and military with cloud computing and AI services, the perils of protesting at work, how companies can best navigate protesting in the workplace, and more.

Two journalism trade organizations representing thousands of publishers this week called on California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, after the tech giant announced that it was pulling California news articles from its search platforms for some users.

Cloud computing is a vast industry expected to achieve a 16.40% compounded growth rate until 2029. Businesses operating in this sector have experienced rising revenue and profit margin expansion.

Despite the staggering artificial intelligence (AI) boom that has permeated the stock market and multiple industries since at least the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, employment in the technology sector has been far from stable.

Alphabet is primarily an advertising company. Alphabet's latest AI announcements haven't had the blunders previous ones did.

Google parent Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) 'moonshot factory' has launched a tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to identify wildfires, flooding and other natural disaster more quickly.  The moonshot department, known as X, but not related to social media network formerly known as Twitter, unveiled what it called Project Bellwether on Wednesday.