🚀 Google Cloud becomes a Solana validator

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Hey Waivly Crew! 🌊 Google Cloud is now running a validator on Solana and plans to bring its Blockchain Node Engine to the chain in 2023. Twitter is facing a class-action lawsuit from former employees.

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Google Cloud becomes a Solana validator

Google’s cloud computing division, Google Cloud, announced a ground-breaking partnership with Solana over the weekend.

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In a Twitter thread, Google Cloud revealed that it is running a Solana validator “to participate in and validate the network.”

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Aside from becoming a validator, Google Cloud has been working with Solana to bring Blockchain Node Engine to the chain in 2023. The Blockchain Node Engine is a “fully-managed node hosting service” run by the provider, which initially supports the Ethereum blockchain.

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“We want to make it one-click to run a Solana node in a cost-effective way,” said Google Web3 product manager Nalin Mittal at Solana’s Breakpoint conference in Lisbon.

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Google Cloud also announced it’s indexing Solana data and adding it to its BigQuery data warehouse, making it easier “for the Solana developer ecosystem to access historical data.” The feature will launch in the first quarter of 2023, Mittal said.

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Mittal added that Google Cloud is bringing its credits program to “select startups in the Solana ecosystem,” with up to $100,000 in Cloud Credits available for small teams that apply.

Twitter is being sued after a major employee firing

Elon Musk, the new CEO of Twitter, made a lot of noise on Friday after he fired half of Twitter’s employees, which comes to around 3,700 total people. This resulted in a class-action lawsuit being filed in San Francisco federal court against Twitter.

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The lawsuit, of which is stated as Cornet vs Twitter Inc., had signatures from ex-workers of Twitter who stated that they didn’t receive enough notice and that this firing is a direct violation of federal and California law.

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However, Elon Musk recently tweeted: “Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required.”

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According to Bloomberg, Twitter has since reached out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asked them to return.

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Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Musk envisions, the report said, citing people familiar with the moves.

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There appears to be two very strongly different sides to the story, so it will be interesting to see how the lawsuit plays out and how much in damages, if any, Twitter may have to pay for this major employee firing.

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