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TNB Tech Minute: Iran Strikes Stranded Over 1,000 Google Employees in Dubai
06 Mar 2026
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Over 500,000 new listings every month based on average new for sale and rental listings. July 2024 to June 2025. Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Friday, March 6th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. We exclusively report that more than 1,000 Google employees were stranded in Dubai when the Iran conflict broke out last weekend.
People familiar with the matter say a corporate sales event for the tech giant's cloud division had just wrapped when Iran began firing missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates. The people said many were stuck in hotels, waiting for instructions from local authorities, creating a challenge for Google as it worked to get employees home and out of harm's way.
A Google spokesperson said its focus is on the safety and well-being of our employees in the region. Another result of the Iran conflict could be trouble for the global semiconductor industry. Iran's strike on the world's largest liquefied natural gas export facility in Qatar has shuttered a key source of helium.
The gas is critical to producing semiconductor chips because it doesn't react with any other elements and has high thermal conductivity. Qatar produces about a third of the world's helium, making it the second largest producer after the U.S. All three helium production facilities in Qatar are shut down at the moment.
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