Logitech’s chief executive, Hanneke Faber, surprised few and interested many when she said she would consider adding an AI agent to her board of directors — a provocative comment that crystallizes a fast‑moving corporate conversation about where AI belongs in governance, the limits of current...
Rishi Sunak has taken on part‑time senior advisory roles with both Microsoft and Anthropic — a dual appointment cleared by the UK’s Advisory Committee on Business Appointments but boxed in by strict post‑ministerial restrictions and intense public scrutiny.
Background
Rishi Sunak served as the...
Chyron’s Toolbox 4 represents a pragmatic, production‑focused refresh aimed at closing the gap between everyday PC/web content and live broadcast workflows by adding SDI/NDI capture, Windows 11 compatibility, full HD output, and a more flexible content‑grabber toolset that producers can...
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President Trump’s public demand that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, the company’s newly minted president of global affairs, thrusts modern corporate-government relations into the crosshairs of partisan politics and raises immediate questions about how a major technology vendor safeguards sensitive...
President Donald Trump’s public demand that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco — the company’s newly installed president of global affairs and a former senior Justice Department official — escalated a fraught intersection of politics, corporate governance, and national security this week, touching on...
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A new Principled Technologies (PT) study — circulated as a press release and picked up by partner outlets — argues that adopting a single‑cloud approach for AI on Microsoft Azure can produce concrete benefits in performance, manageability, and cost predictability, while also leaving room for...
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Microsoft has disabled specific Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an expanded internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to ingest, store and analyze large...
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The confrontation at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in August and the weeks of escalation that followed have turned a previously quiet internal dispute into what may be the most consequential labor story in the U.S. this year: current and former Microsoft employees organized under the banner No...
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Microsoft’s latest internal shake-up has collapsed two debates that have run through corporate tech since the pandemic: how much power employers should have over employee speech, and how far the hybrid workplace experiment goes before organizations insist on physical presence as a business...
Docler Holding’s recent mass redundancies — publicly tied by the company to an “AI-driven reorganisation” — are the latest, most visible symptom of a deeper labour-market shift: artificial intelligence is already reshaping which tasks employers buy and which people they keep.
Background: why the...
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Microsoft’s decision to terminate multiple employees after an on‑campus sit‑in over alleged uses of Azure in Israeli military intelligence operations has turned a workplace protest into a major corporate governance and technology‑ethics crisis for the company — one that raises urgent questions...
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Microsoft confirmed it fired two employees after a group of protesters — including current and former staffers — broke into the Redmond office of company president Brad Smith and staged a brief sit‑in as part of an intensifying campaign over Microsoft’s ties to the Israel Defense Forces and...
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...
Microsoft’s president doubled down on a promise to investigate the company’s ties to Israel because a cascade of investigative reporting, a forceful United Nations inquiry, escalating employee activism, investor pressure and fresh allegations about large-scale use of Microsoft Azure by Israeli...
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Microsoft employees have erected a protest encampment on the company’s Redmond campus, turning a high-profile workplace dispute over Israel ties into a public test of Microsoft’s ethics, governance, and operational transparency. protest is the latest escalation in a year-long campaign by...
Microsoft Azure’s evolution from a commercial cloud storage service to a platform implicated in large-scale intelligence operations has exposed one of the most consequential fault lines of our digital era: when enterprise-grade infrastructure meets state surveillance, the consequences can be...
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Malaysia’s tech sector has been thrust into the spotlight following the dramatic arrests of four individuals linked to a sprawling RM180 million data centre bribery scandal, raising serious concerns about corruption risks, corporate governance, and the future of digital infrastructure...
OpenAI and Microsoft have long been allies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, their partnership shaping not only their own competitive destinies but also the direction of the global AI sector. However, simmering tensions and contrasting corporate ambitions have recently...
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In a significant move to redefine corporate governance, Nasdaq and Microsoft have joined forces to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into the boardroom, aiming to enhance efficiency and decision-making processes. This collaboration was marked by a series of events, including the ringing of...
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In a significant move underscoring Microsoft’s evolving leadership strategy in Europe, Microsoft Switzerland announced the appointment of Martin Stefik as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective June 1, 2025. This transition marks a new chapter not only for Stefik but also for Microsoft’s...
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