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  1. Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics

    Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...
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  2. Microsoft Under Fire: Protests Over Azure Use in Gaza Conflict

    A small but highly visible standoff at Microsoft’s Redmond campus this week crystallized a wider crisis for the company: employees confronting management over allegations that Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies have been used by the Israeli military to store and process mass surveillance data...
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  3. ChatGPT Expands with Google Workspace Connectors: Gmail, Calendar, Contacts

    OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now reach into your Gmail inbox, read your Google Calendar, and look up people in Google Contacts — all from inside a single chat — marking a clear escalation in the product’s push from a conversational assistant toward a full-fledged, context-aware workspace tool. The...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  4. California Lawsuit Seeks Free Windows 10 Updates After End-of-Support

    A California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free security updates, calling the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision a de facto coercion to buy new hardware and a move to entrench its AI strategy — a case that crystallizes...
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