Microsoft employees have publicly rebelled against the company after investigative reporting showed that Israeli military units used Microsoft Azure and commercial AI tools at scale to process intercepted communications — a relationship that employees say amounts to complicity in mass...
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Microsoft has opened an “urgent” external review after investigative reporting alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 used a bespoke environment on Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyse vast volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications — claims that raise immediate questions about cloud...
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud has become the focal point of a landmark investigation that alleges Israel’s elite signals-intelligence unit, Unit 8200, migrated massive volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications into a bespoke, segregated Azure environment—creating an AI-assisted, cloud-backed...
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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...
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Recent investigations have unveiled that Israel's elite cyber-intelligence unit, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze vast amounts of intercepted communications from Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. This collaboration, initiated in 2021, has...
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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...
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Israel's military intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has been utilizing Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store and analyze intercepted Palestinian phone calls on an unprecedented scale. This system, operational since 2022, is capable of processing up to a million calls per hour and has...
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A recent exposé has unleashed a storm of controversy around the use of Microsoft’s cloud technology in military surveillance operations targeting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, implicating some of the highest levels of Microsoft and the Israeli intelligence apparatus. At the heart of...
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The Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) Unit 8200, renowned for its intelligence-gathering capabilities, has reportedly utilized Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to amass and analyze vast amounts of data on Palestinians. This collaboration has raised significant ethical and legal questions regarding...
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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...
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Israel’s unprecedented use of Microsoft Azure cloud technology to store and analyze enormous troves of intercepted Palestinian communications has thrust issues of surveillance, corporate ethics, and digital warfare into the global spotlight. A landmark investigation by several media outlets has...
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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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Google’s escalating crackdown on ad blockers has reignited a debate that strikes at the heart of the modern web: the balance between user experience, platform sustainability, and digital monetization. What began as subtle warnings against third-party ad-blocking tools has, in recent months...
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The NHS and local government agencies are facing an unprecedented surge in Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), as citizens become increasingly aware of their privacy rights under legislation such as the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For these public sector bodies, especially...
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Microsoft’s approach to browser choice in Windows 11 has long been a sore point for users who value autonomy over their computing experience. This week, the company took a major step in realigning its practices—at least in the eyes of European regulators—by announcing sweeping changes aimed at...
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Microsoft’s decision to publicly announce the findings of its internal and external reviews into allegations regarding the use of its technology by the Israeli military in Gaza marks a significant turning point in the role of major tech corporations amidst international conflict. For months, the...
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As Microsoft officially commences the final rollout stage for Windows 11 version 24H2 and reiterates the impending end of support for Windows 10, millions of PC users are confronting a pivotal crossroads. For many, the looming October 2025 deadline signifies more than just a routine update...
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Buckle up, Windows aficionados, because the days of breezing through your Windows 11 installation screens with a quaint little local account—no cloud tethers, no sign-up shenanigans—are now officially over. Microsoft has waved its magic wand, and what once was a hidden door for privacy diehards...
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