Bork!Bork!Bork! The curse of Bork is no respecter of status or class. It does not differentiate between a high-flying executive and a lowly worker. And so it was that Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian came unstuck due to some all-too-familiar video-conferencing struggles. We've all been there. Frantically clicking or shouting into a seemingly deaf computer, only to be helpfully told that you're on mute while the meeting minutes inexorably tick on. This happened to Kurian this week, with an audience on Google Meet that included several of the world's technical press - including The Reg - keen to find out what AI wizardry was on the cards for Google Cloud Next. As planned, the meeting kicked off on schedule. But Kurian was absent without leave.…