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Israel’s sweeping surveillance campaign targeting Palestinian communications has ignited fierce debate following revelations that the country’s security apparatus relies heavily on Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure to store and analyze vast quantities of call data. Investigative reporting...

Microsoft is once again at the center of a heated controversy, this time facing public and governmental backlash over its use of engineers based in China on projects tied to Pentagon cloud infrastructure. The debate erupted after explosive allegations surfaced, raising questions about how the...

The revelation that Microsoft allowed China-based engineers to provide support for U.S. military cloud systems has ignited a firestorm within both the tech industry and national security circles, forcing a rapid and highly visible policy reversal from the technology giant. This episode, coming...

Microsoft's recent decision to cease utilizing China-based engineers for supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) cloud services has ignited a multifaceted discussion on national security, globalized tech operations, and the evolving standards for cloud security in government contracts. The...

Microsoft has recently come under scrutiny for implementing internal email filters that block messages containing terms such as "Palestine" and "Gaza." This action has sparked significant debate regarding corporate censorship, employee free speech, and the company's involvement in geopolitical...

The keynote address at Microsoft Build 2025 in Seattle was abruptly thrown into the spotlight—not for a major product reveal or a breakthrough AI announcement, but for a passionate protest reflecting the global tech industry’s increasingly complex entanglement with matters of war, ethics, and...

A surge in targeted cyber espionage operations—orchestrated not just by rogue actors but by state-sponsored groups—has redefined threat landscapes for military and political organizations. One striking recent example involves a Türkiye-linked threat actor, dubbed “Marbled Dust” by Microsoft...

In the swirling maelstrom of global technology, today's industry giants contend with formidable challenges that test the boundaries of strategy, innovation, and even national allegiance. Whiplashed by ongoing U.S.-China trade hostilities, peered at by regulators, and beckoned by new...

In recent international news, tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically. According to a live update from Al Jazeera on February 19, 2025, Israeli forces killed two individuals in Rafah, while talks for the second stage of a Gaza truce are underway. Even as these events unfold on...

In a significant cybersecurity development, Microsoft has addressed a serious zero-day vulnerability exploited by suspected Russian attackers in their operations against Ukrainian entities. This newly patched flaw, designated as CVE-2024-43451, pertains to an NTLM (NT LAN Manager) hash...

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