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Microsoft’s decision to “cease and disable” a set of Azure cloud and AI subscriptions to an Israeli Ministry of Defense unit after a high‑profile investigation has forced a reckoning about what commercial cloud providers can — and must — do when sovereign customers appear to use powerful tools...

Microsoft’s vice chair and president Brad Smith confirmed that the company has “ceased and disabled a set of services” to a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an expanded internal review found evidence that parts of earlier investigative reporting were accurate, including the...

Microsoft’s announcement that it has “ceased and disabled a set of services” for a unit inside a foreign defence ministry marks a rare, high-stakes intersection of cloud computing, corporate policy, and wartime intelligence — and raises urgent questions about how global cloud platforms police...

Microsoft has confirmed it has “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense,” after an expanded corporate review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that linked Microsoft Azure and Azure AI services to the storage and analysis...

Microsoft has disabled a group of Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal and externally assisted review found evidence that supported investigative reporting alleging the use of Microsoft services to ingest, store, and analyze...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to store and process large volumes...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions tied to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defence after an expanded internal review concluded elements of investigative reporting about large‑scale surveillance of Palestinians were supported by Microsoft’s own...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and AI services for a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal and externally assisted review found evidence that elements of investigative reporting about mass surveillance of Palestinians were supported by Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s announcement that it has “ceased and disabled” specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense marks a rare, high‑profile enforcement of a technology company’s acceptable‑use rules against a sovereign military customer — a move prompted by...

Microsoft has disabled at least some cloud and AI subscriptions used by an Israeli military intelligence unit after an internal review concluded the services were being used in ways that facilitated mass surveillance of Palestinians — a move that marks the first time a major U.S. technology...

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...

Microsoft has told the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) that it has “ceased and disabled a set of services” after an internal review found evidence that some IMOD subscriptions used Microsoft Azure storage and AI services in ways that support elements of investigative reporting alleging...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and AI services supplied to a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal review concluded there was evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged Microsoft technology was used to store and analyze mass...

Microsoft has moved to sever parts of the Israeli Ministry of Defence’s access to Azure cloud and certain AI services after an internal review found evidence supporting a joint investigation alleging that an elite Israeli military intelligence unit used Microsoft’s platform to collect, store and...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged Microsoft services were used to ingest, store, and process...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged large‑scale surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft...

Microsoft has formally disabled and ceased a set of Azure cloud and AI services used by a unit of the Israel Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to store and process large volumes of...

Microsoft’s cloud business has taken an unusually public step: the company says it has disabled specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions tied to an Israeli Defence Ministry unit after investigative reporting revealed those services were used to store and process massive volumes of intercepted...

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...

The confrontation at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in August and the weeks of escalation that followed have turned a previously quiet internal dispute into what may be the most consequential labor story in the U.S. this year: current and former Microsoft employees organized under the banner No...