In weather, "nimbus" is a type of cloud associated with heavy precipitation. In health, it's the nickname for a new strain of COVID-19 that recently became the disease's dominant variant in the U.S.

In weather, "nimbus" is a type of cloud associated with heavy precipitation. In health, it's the nickname for a new strain of COVID-19 that recently became the disease's dominant variant in the U.S.

"The response to the Nimbus question at the all-hands is the exact same line Google Cloud spokespeople have been using since the No Tech for Apartheid day of action on September 8," this person said.