Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

Over the weekend, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced a small revolt when he delivered his commencement speech at Stanford University, where he earned his graduate degree in materials science and engineering. About 200 students from the graduating class reportedly walked out, while others loudly booed the tech executive. The focus of the protest was Google’s…

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[Op-Ed] Ann Cuisia: COMELEC Should Not Reject Blockchain. It Should Reject Bad Blockchain Proposals

By Ann Cuisia, June 15, 2026 (Republished from the author. Originally posted on the author’s blog.) Technologist Ann Cuisia urged COMELEC to disclose whether its scrapped ₱6-billion blockchain election proposal involved a serious audit layer or costly technology theater A recent BitPinas report said the Commission on Elections removed blockchain technology components and voter verification…

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Threat Actor Demands $2M Ransom

Nintendo is facing a potential incident after a threat actor claimed to have stolen nearly a decade’s worth of internal corporate data and demanded a $2 million ransom to prevent the information from being released publicly. While the gaming giant has not confirmed the alleged breach, Cybernews researchers reviewing samples of the leaked data say…

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