The keynote address at Microsoft Build 2025 in Seattle was abruptly thrown into the spotlight—not for a major product reveal or a breakthrough AI announcement, but for a passionate protest reflecting the global tech industry’s increasingly complex entanglement with matters of war, ethics, and...
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The atmosphere at Microsoft’s flagship Build developer conference was fractured this week as a dramatic protest unfolded before CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote address. The incident, which saw a Microsoft employee interrupting the event to denounce the company’s business ties with the Israeli...
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