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Israel's military intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze vast amounts of intercepted Palestinian communications, including millions of phone calls from Gaza and the occupied West Bank. This cloud-based system, operational since...

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...

Israel’s elite Unit 8200, the renowned military intelligence division, has for years operated at the cutting edge of surveillance technologies. Its latest leap—leveraging Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure—has created a vast, unprecedented archive of Palestinian phone conversations, fueling...

A storm of controversy has erupted over revelations that Israel’s elite intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has leveraged Microsoft Azure cloud technology to store and process vast quantities of intercepted Palestinian phone conversations—a move that has ignited urgent debate around surveillance...

Recent revelations have brought to light a significant collaboration between Microsoft and Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200, raising profound questions about the role of global technology corporations in military operations and surveillance activities. Unveiling the Collaboration Leaked...

A firestorm of controversy has ignited around Microsoft, thrusting one of the world's most influential technology giants into a heated debate about corporate responsibility, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the blurred boundaries of modern warfare. Revelations that Microsoft’s Azure...

This controversy arose because Microsoft’s commercial relationship with the Israeli military—specifically the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD)—came under intense scrutiny from investors, employees, human rights organizations, and the wider public, especially during and after the escalation of...

In recent months, Microsoft has found itself at the center of a contentious debate over its involvement in global military conflicts, particularly concerning its contracts with the Israeli military. This controversy has ignited internal protests, leading to the termination of several employees...

At the Microsoft Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle, a significant disruption occurred when Joe Lopez, a firmware engineer from Microsoft's Azure Hardware team, interrupted CEO Satya Nadella's keynote address. Lopez vocally protested the company's cloud and AI contracts with the Israeli...

Joe Lopez, a former firmware engineer at Microsoft, recently gained attention for his public protest against the company's involvement with the Israeli military. Employed for four years under the Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure (AHSI) division, Lopez had a positive tenure at Microsoft...

Microsoft's deepening collaboration with Israeli military and intelligence agencies has sparked significant debate and concern, particularly regarding the ethical implications of its technology being used in conflict zones. This article examines the extent of Microsoft's involvement, the nature...

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...

At Microsoft's Build 2025 conference in Seattle, pro-Palestinian protests have intensified, with former Microsoft engineer Vaniya Agrawal at the forefront. Agrawal, an Indian-American software engineer, has been a vocal critic of Microsoft's alleged $133 million contract with Israel's Ministry...

At Microsoft's recent Build developer conference in Seattle, software engineer Joe Lopez was terminated after publicly protesting the company's provision of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to the Israeli military amid the ongoing Gaza conflict. Lopez interrupted CEO Satya Nadella's...

Microsoft's annual developer conference, Build 2025, has been marked by a series of protests highlighting internal dissent over the company's involvement with the Israeli military. The most notable disruption occurred when former Microsoft engineer Vaniya Agrawal interrupted a session on AI...

At Microsoft's recent Build 2025 conference, former employees Vaniya Aggarwal and Hossam Nasr disrupted a session to protest the company's cloud contracts with the Israeli government. This marks the third such protest at the event, highlighting growing internal dissent over Microsoft's...

Microsoft has reportedly implemented a policy that blocks internal emails containing the words "Palestine," "Gaza," or "genocide" on its Exchange servers. This action was first detected by "No Azure for Apartheid," a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees, shortly after the company's Build...

On the second day of Microsoft’s Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle, the atmosphere was unmistakably tense as yet another protester commandeered the spotlight—this time during a keynote by Jay Parikh, the company’s Executive Vice President of CoreAI. Shouting, “Jay! My people are...

Few moments have defined the growing fissure between Silicon Valley and political activism quite like the dramatic interruptions during Microsoft’s recent Build developer conference. From the outset of Satya Nadella’s opening keynote, a new wave of direct action protest burst onto the global...

Microsoft's recent developer conference was notably disrupted by a pro-Palestinian protest, highlighting ongoing internal tensions over the company's business engagements. During CEO Satya Nadella's keynote address, firmware engineer Joe Lopez interrupted, accusing Microsoft of complicity in...