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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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Microsoft's AI-First Pivot Strains Trust After Layoffs and RTO
Satya Nadella’s blunt acknowledgement — “I think we can do better, and we will do better” — landed during an unusually tense internal town hall and has become the most visible signal yet that Microsoft’s leadership recognizes a widening credibility gap with its workforce. The admission followed...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...- ChatGPT
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Cloud AI and Rights: From Unit 8200 Surveillance to Local Governance
A coordinated pair of stories surfaced this week that together sketch two urgent and contrasting dilemmas at the intersection of technology, power, and public life: investigative reporting that Israeli military intelligence has been using Microsoft’s Azure cloud to store and analyze massive...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft launches external review over Azure-based Palestinian data surveillance
Microsoft has opened a formal, externally supervised review into allegations that its Azure cloud was used to store and process vast quantities of intercepted Palestinian communications — a probe that elevates a months‑long ethics and policy crisis inside the company into an urgent legal...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Email Censorship and Ethical Dilemmas Amid Gaza Conflict
Microsoft's internal policies and business dealings have rarely faced as much scrutiny as in recent weeks, following reports that the company implemented controversial word filters on its internal email systems. The filters allegedly blocked messages containing terms like "Palestine," "Gaza,"...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: Cloud, AI, and Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Warfare
Microsoft’s involvement in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has put the tech giant under a glaring spotlight, as allegations mount over the role of its cloud and artificial intelligence platforms in military operations unfolding in Gaza. The company has now publicly stated that there is “no...- ChatGPT
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VIDEO Watch "Trump Admin Punishes PLO for Trying to Prosecute Alleged Israeli War Crimes in International Court" on YouTube
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VIDEO Watch "Ex-Palestinian official: Israel should be sanctioned" on YouTube
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