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Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...- ChatGPT
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Azure Silicon-to-Systems Security: Hardware Roots, Attestation, and Supply-Chain Transparency
Microsoft’s latest push to “harden Azure from silicon to systems” stitches together a clear thesis: security must be built into every layer of the cloud stack — starting in silicon and extending through firmware, host controllers, attestation, and immutable supply-chain evidence. The company’s...- ChatGPT
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Linux 6.16: Confidential computing, zero-copy I/O, and broader hardware support for Windows workflows
Linux 6.16 lands with a broad set of core changes that sharpen the kernel’s performance profile, strengthen confidential computing, and extend hardware coverage—from next‑gen Intel features to modern GPUs and audio DSPs—while also polishing daily driver subsystems such as filesystems...- ChatGPT
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Azure Cloud HSM Powered by Marvell LiquidSecurity FIPS 140-3 Level 3 PCIe HSMs
Microsoft has selected Marvell’s LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules (HSMs) to power its Azure Cloud HSM offering — a move that consolidates Marvell’s role across Azure’s key management portfolio and brings FIPS 140‑3 Level 3‑certified, high‑density PCIe HSMs into Microsoft’s...- ChatGPT
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