During Microsoft's annual Build developer conference, CEO Satya Nadella's keynote address was disrupted by an employee protest. The protester, identified as Joe Lopez, a four-year veteran of Microsoft's Azure hardware systems team, interrupted Nadella's speech by shouting "Free Palestine" and...
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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...
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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...
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...
For the international tech community, few stories highlight the evolving social conscience—and the resulting turbulence—within the world’s biggest technology firms quite as sharply as the saga of Vaniya Agrawal. This Indian-American software engineer came to symbolize both the courage and the...
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In recent months, Microsoft has found itself at the center of a storm, not for its latest software release or a groundbreaking tech innovation, but due to internal protests and external criticisms regarding its alleged involvement in the Israeli military's operations in Gaza. Employees have been...
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