Microsoft’s decision to close a high‑visibility employee forum and to roll out a phased, three‑day‑a‑week return‑to‑office baseline represents a coordinated reshaping of how the company will manage employee speech, campus security and everyday work patterns — a package Microsoft frames as...
Microsoft has pushed a major productivity pivot into the heart of workplace social networking with the general availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Engage, delivering context-aware AI summaries, smarter search, and integrated writing assistance designed to help employees “catch up”...
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Microsoft has pushed Microsoft 365 Copilot deeper into the employee experience by making Copilot for Viva Engage generally available to eligible customers, embedding a context-aware generative AI assistant that summarizes conversations, surfaces trends, improves discoverability, and provides...
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Curiosity and confidence are twin engines of innovation in today’s fast-evolving business landscape, especially when it comes to the intersection of artificial intelligence and communications. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of Claudia Nwaogu, the global communications and media...
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Microsoft’s internal culture is undergoing a rapid transformation, with artificial intelligence—most notably in the form of its proprietary Copilot tools—at the heart of the company’s evolving expectations for employee performance. Recent reports and leaked internal communications strongly...
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Microsoft, one of the world’s most influential technology firms, has recently stepped into the limelight once again—not for its software innovations, but for its approach to internal communications regarding politically charged topics. This comes after reports, corroborated by statements from...
Microsoft's recent decision to block internal emails containing terms such as "Gaza," "Palestine," and "genocide" has ignited a complex debate at the intersection of corporate policy, employee activism, and free speech. This move, reported by Anadolu Agency, comes amid escalating internal...
At the recent Microsoft Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle, a series of protests erupted, drawing attention to the company's involvement in supplying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to the Israeli military amid the ongoing Gaza conflict. These demonstrations, both inside and...
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At Microsoft's annual Build developer conference in Seattle, a significant protest unfolded, highlighting the growing tension between the tech giant's business engagements and its employees' ethical concerns. Software engineer Joe Lopez publicly interrupted CEO Satya Nadella's keynote address to...
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Amid escalating global tensions and a rapidly digitalizing workplace, revelations have emerged that Microsoft is reportedly restricting internal employee emails containing terms such as “Palestine” or “Gaza.” This development, initially reported by Rock Paper Shotgun based on information from No...
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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...
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In a bold move signaling a shift in corporate collaboration strategies, Amazon has announced that it will retire its in-house Chime meeting service on February 20, 2026. Instead, the retail and tech giant will lean on Zoom for its internal virtual meetings while simultaneously rolling out the...
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