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>> briefly, if google did make a decision to not operate in russia because of this, if they pulled out of russia in the way they pulled out of china, particularly if russia is going to say you have to have employees here in order to operate here, and, by the way, we'll threaten to arrest them whenever you don't do what we want, if they chose to pull out of russia, would it cost them a lot of money? is russia a big revenue generator for them? >> so they don't disclose their revenue in russia. there are estimates that the country, from what i've seen, google's primarily a digital advertising com...

Google could decide just not to make any advertising and they could go out and say we're providing a service to russians we think important. thus far the company thinks that the financial benefits of remaining there are clearly outweighing the costs. >> unsustainable. i won't put that on you. i won't ask you to respond to it, but to me it's absolutely unsustainable. mark bergen, reporter for bloomberg technology. thank you for helping us understand this. it's a pleasure to have you. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. some wireless carriers box your whole...

Image: Getty. Illustration: Chloe Krammel This morning, Google is announcing the next steps in its plan to disrupt the world of education, including the launch of new certificate programs that are designed to help people bridge any skills gap and get qualifications in high-paying, high-growth job fields--with one noteworthy feature:  No college degree necessary. The new tools could be a game changer for a growing number of people who consider the current educational system broken, or for the millions of Americans who are currently unemployed, much due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemi...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Google employees are demanding the company rehire and promote a Black research scientist who spoke out for more women and people of color. As NPR's Bobby Allyn reports, her ouster has led many inside and outside the company to question whether Google can tolerate views that challenge its culture. And we should note Google is a financial sponsor of NPR. BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: When Google ousted researcher Timnit Gebru, she felt targeted. TIMNIT GEBRU: My theory is that they had wanted me out for a while because I spoke up a lot about, you know, issues related to Black pe...

And board member. he joins me. >> the crux of the argument is that the crown jewel of google's r & d effort are the artificial intelligence technology, and this ai means a lot of different things. it could be used in a lot of different ways but it clearly has a lot of military applications for processing satellite images, helping create process data, automating drone warfare, cyber warfare all these ways at ai is a dual use thing, like nuclear technology has both military and civilian uses. there was a project contract that google was a part of, where it was supplying this ai february noology ...