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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Microsoft has opened a formal inquiry after fresh reports allege that Israel’s elite intelligence unit used Microsoft Azure to store and analyse vast volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications, raising urgent questions about cloud governance, corporate responsibility, and the role of big...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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As sirens wailed in Jerusalem and the Shfela region this afternoon, the familiar yet always unsettling sound marked another chapter in a steadily unfolding regional escalation. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that a missile launched from Yemen had been intercepted before striking its...
The recent firing of a Microsoft software engineer who interrupted CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote at Build 2025 over the company’s alleged involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza has ignited a heated debate within both the tech industry and the global community. This incident is not...
Microsoft's recent decision to block internal emails containing terms such as "Gaza," "Palestine," and "genocide" has ignited a firestorm of controversy, raising profound questions about corporate censorship, employee rights, and the ethical responsibilities of technology companies in...
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Amidst intensifying global focus on Big Tech’s social responsibilities, recent accusations against Microsoft are sparking heated debate about free expression, corporate ethics, and complicity in conflict. According to reports in ABP Live and Moneycontrol, a group of pro-Palestinian Microsoft...
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The atmosphere at Microsoft’s flagship Build developer conference was fractured this week as a dramatic protest unfolded before CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote address. The incident, which saw a Microsoft employee interrupting the event to denounce the company’s business ties with the Israeli...
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At Microsoft’s flagship Build conference this week, a keynote address by CEO Satya Nadella was upended by an impassioned protest from an employee, drawing rare attention to the mounting wave of tech worker activism at the intersection of ethics, war, and artificial intelligence. As onlookers in...
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Microsoft's involvement in providing artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing services to the Israeli military has ignited significant controversy, both within the company and in the broader tech industry. Employees have raised ethical concerns, leading to protests and subsequent...
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A cavernous hush settled over the Great Hall in Seattle as Microsoft’s luminaries gathered to honor five decades of invention, determination, and—most recently—controversy. If ever an occasion was destined for triumphant nostalgia, this was it. Yet the mood was anything but celebratory. The...
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