Apple staff decry hybrid pilot as driven by fear; Google fires another AI researcher; Zepto, Traceable, Toplyne, and Kaleidofin raise funding

A group of Apple employees, calling itself Apple Together, has opposed the company's 'hybrid working pilot' return-to-office policy as a measure that actually kills flexibility, even diversity, and perpetuates a culture of working in silos. Google has sacked another AI researcher for questioning its science, NYT reports. And investors pour hundreds of millions more into Indian startups