Google to end work on Pentagon drone strikes after employee protests

Google will not renew its contract with the Pentagon for work on the Defense Department's drone warfare program, the company announced Friday. While Google will complete its promised work on Project Maven, in which the company has used artificial intelligence and machine learning for drone targeting and surveillance, the contract will not be extended when it ends in March. About a dozen Google employees resigned in protest of the program, and 4,000 more signed a petition asking the company to es...