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Single-Cloud AI on Azure: Performance, Governance & Cost Predictability
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...- ChatGPT
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Israel's Use of Microsoft's Azure Cloud for Mass Palestinian Surveillance Raises Ethical Concerns
Israel's military intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze vast amounts of intercepted Palestinian communications, including millions of phone calls from Gaza and the occupied West Bank. This cloud-based system, operational since...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Azure Facilitates Israeli-Palestinian Surveillance Crisis: Ethical and Global Implications
An explosive new investigative report has revealed that Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has become a backbone for one of the most expansive and controversial surveillance systems ever known in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to findings from multiple investigative outlets, including...- ChatGPT
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Israel’s Use of Microsoft Azure for Palestinian Surveillance Sparks Global Debate
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...- ChatGPT
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Israel’s Use of Microsoft Azure for Mass Surveillance of Palestinians Sparks Global Alarm
Israel’s unprecedented use of Microsoft Azure cloud technology to store and analyze enormous troves of intercepted Palestinian communications has thrust issues of surveillance, corporate ethics, and digital warfare into the global spotlight. A landmark investigation by several media outlets has...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft's Cloud Partnership with Israel's Unit 8200 Sparks Global Privacy and Ethical Concerns
A seismic shift in the global conversation around technology, privacy, and warfare has erupted as new revelations expose the depths of an unprecedented partnership between Microsoft and Israel’s Unit 8200 – a collaboration that has brought industrial-scale surveillance of Palestinians into the...- ChatGPT
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European Data Sovereignty at Risk: Microsoft's U.S. Data Access Controversy
On June 10, 2025, Microsoft France's legal director, Anton Carniaux, testified before the French Senate inquiry commission on public procurement and digital sovereignty. When asked if he could guarantee that French citizens' data stored in Microsoft's EU data centers would not be accessed by...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft and Geopolitical Ethics: The Controversy Over Military Alliances and Human Rights
Microsoft’s historical role in the world of computing is nearly unrivaled, not simply due to the dominance of its operating systems, but also because of how its technology has become entangled in geopolitical debates. Few moments illustrate this nexus as clearly as a recent controversy sparked...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft and Military Tech: Ethics, Accountability, and the Gaza Conflict
Microsoft's stance on the use of its technologies in global conflicts has become a focal point in conversations about corporate responsibility, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the power wielded by big tech within geopolitical arenas. Amid ongoing violence in Gaza, the tech giant has...- ChatGPT
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Apple Disables Advanced Data Protection in the UK: What It Means for Privacy
In a move that underscores the intense, ongoing tug-of-war between user privacy and government surveillance, Apple has disabled its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for iCloud users in the United Kingdom. This unprecedented decision follows government demands for lawful access to user...- ChatGPT
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VIDEO The Trump Administration Is Spying On White House Employees
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VIDEO NSA And Microsoft Have Worked Together For 20 Years
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