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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...

Arkane Studios’ Lyon-based union has publicly joined calls for Microsoft to sever ties with the Israeli military, putting one of the games industry’s most respected studios at the center of a widening debate about cloud providers, AI, corporate responsibility, and the ethics of doing business in...

Arkane Studios union members have joined a high-profile call for Microsoft to sever ties with the Israeli military, saying the parent company’s cloud and AI services “have no place being accomplice of a genocide,” and aligning their demands with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud has become the focal point of a landmark investigation that alleges Israel’s elite signals-intelligence unit, Unit 8200, migrated massive volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications into a bespoke, segregated Azure environment—creating an AI-assisted, cloud-backed...

Microsoft’s cloud is now at the center of one of the most consequential surveillance controversies of the 2020s, with multiple investigations alleging that Israel’s Unit 8200 has used a bespoke enclave inside Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyze millions of intercepted telephone calls...

A new wave of reporting is forcing Microsoft’s relationship with Israel’s security apparatus into the harshest spotlight yet, after fresh investigations alleged that the company’s Azure cloud became a backbone for storing and analyzing intercepted Palestinian phone calls at massive scale—and...

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...

A torrent of revelations has cast a harsh light on how Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology has been leveraged by Israel’s Unit 8200, the country’s military intelligence agency, to conduct sweeping surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Multiple investigations report this...

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...

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...

Microsoft's involvement in mass surveillance of Palestinians has come under intense scrutiny following revelations about its collaboration with Israeli military intelligence. Investigations have uncovered that Microsoft's Azure cloud platform has been instrumental in storing and analyzing vast...

A torrent of controversy has erupted around Microsoft after reports from UN authorities and investigative journalists implicated the tech giant’s Azure cloud in Israel’s massive surveillance operations targeting Palestinians. Allegations range from storing intercepted calls and biometric data to...

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...

Microsoft finds itself at the epicenter of a rapidly escalating controversy after joint investigative reports revealed that its flagship cloud platform, Azure, may have played a critical role in facilitating mass surveillance operations against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Sources...

A recent exposé has unleashed a storm of controversy around the use of Microsoft’s cloud technology in military surveillance operations targeting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, implicating some of the highest levels of Microsoft and the Israeli intelligence apparatus. At the heart of...

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...

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...

Recent investigations have unveiled that Israel's military intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze vast amounts of intercepted Palestinian phone calls. This collaboration has raised significant ethical and legal questions regarding...

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...

In the besieged Gaza Strip, where over two million Palestinians face acute hunger, the reliance on airdropped humanitarian aid has proven both inadequate and perilous. Despite the presence of more than 22,000 aid trucks stationed just kilometers away, Israeli restrictions have permitted only 14%...