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...
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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...
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Here’s a summary of the main points from the AOL.com article titled “Microsoft employee shouts over Satya Nadella’s keynote to protest claims of ‘Israel’s war crimes powered by Azure’”:
During a keynote address delivered by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a Microsoft employee interrupted the event...
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