Satya Nadella’s offhand line on Microsoft’s latest earnings call — that “the next big accelerator in the cloud will be Quantum” — landed like a thunderclap across two markets: cloud infrastructure and the nascent quantum-computing industry. The comment was paired with a concrete milestone from...
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A California plaintiff has taken Microsoft to court over the company’s planned end of support for Windows 10, alleging the move is effectively a forced-obsolescence strategy that funnels users toward Windows 11 and AI‑optimized hardware — and demanding that Microsoft keep issuing free security...
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Cloud professionals starting 2025 with a goal to pick the best cloud platform to learn face a market reshaped by generative AI, massive infrastructure spend, and accelerating multi‑cloud adoption — and the practical answer is nuanced: AWS remains the safest, most versatile entry, Azure is the...
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A torrent of controversy has swept the global tech and human rights landscape following revelations that Israel’s elite military intelligence—Unit 8200—has for years harnessed Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure for one of the most sweeping mass surveillance operations ever exposed. Leaked...
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The revelation that Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure underpins Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians marks a watershed moment for the global technology industry, igniting debate over corporate complicity, digital warfare, and the ethics of artificial intelligence in zones of conflict...
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A wave of seismic change surged through Microsoft in 2025, reshaping not only its workforce but also the very fabric of how its employees work. The company’s decision to lay off more than 15,000 employees in a sweeping reorganization sent shockwaves across the tech world, underscoring...
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Recent investigations have unveiled that Israel's elite cyber-intelligence unit, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze vast amounts of intercepted communications from Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. This collaboration, initiated in 2021, has...
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Microsoft capped off its fiscal year with financial results that surpassed even the loftiest analyst expectations, signaling not only the company’s enduring dominance across multiple tech sectors, but also highlighting the transformative power—and deep cost—of its investments in artificial...
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For the first time, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models are now available on a cloud computing platform outside of Microsoft Azure, marking a significant milestone in the competitive landscape of enterprise AI. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will offer OpenAI’s new...
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Israel's military intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze intercepted Palestinian phone calls on an unprecedented scale. This system, operational since 2022, is capable of processing up to a million calls per hour and has...
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A transformative wave is sweeping through enterprise technology as NTT DATA unveils its new AI-led Global Business Unit focused on Microsoft Cloud, redefining the strategic landscape for organizations navigating the fast-evolving era of artificial intelligence. Positioned at the intersection of...
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A cascade of investigative reports, United Nations findings, and whistleblower testimony has ignited global debate over the role of Microsoft and other big tech companies as the digital infrastructure underlying Israel’s surveillance and military operations in Gaza. At the heart of this...
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Microsoft’s stratospheric rise across nearly every segment of its business has become the talk of Wall Street, reaffirming the company’s role as the dominant force shaping the modern tech landscape. Fresh praise from market analysts and influential voices—most notably Jim Cramer—underscores how...
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The Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) Unit 8200, renowned for its intelligence-gathering capabilities, has reportedly utilized Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to amass and analyze vast amounts of data on Palestinians. This collaboration has raised significant ethical and legal questions regarding...
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The recent revelation that Israel’s military intelligence agency has leveraged Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to store and analyze intercepted Palestinian phone calls on a massive scale marks a watershed moment for the intersection of cloud computing, surveillance, and global human rights...
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Microsoft’s quiet but deeply involved partnership with Israeli military intelligence has propelled the tech giant into the center of a profound ethical and geopolitical controversy, as newly surfaced investigative reporting details the company’s far-reaching role in the Israeli regime’s...
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