Published on: 2025-06-27 12:14:01
is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Artist and musician Brian Eno — who also composed the iconic Windows 95 operating system startup chime — called on Microsoft today to “suspend all services that support any operations that contribute to violations of international law,” saying the company plays a role in “surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine.” It’s the latest high-p
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In a webinar last week, prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Shaun Maguire took part in a discussion about the facilitation of Starlink to Israel after Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, which included anecdotes of how he helped the country get access to the satellite telecommunication provider. There was even a mention of how Maguire assisted in connecting the Israel Defense Forces with Starlink after the attack—an association that has not previously been publicly acknowledged. The topic
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 04:23:32
Shortly after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stage at the company’s annual Microsoft Build developer’s conference, an employee interrupted the speech by shouting “Free Palestine” and demanding accountability from the CEO for the company’s work with the Israeli government. “How about you show ’em how Microsoft is killing Palestinians? How about you show ’em how Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?” the employee yelled from the audience before being confronted and dragged away by securi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 16:55:31
Fellow Microsoft workers and Microsoft leadership, By now you may have seen or heard of my disruption at the Microsoft Build keynote this morning. I have been working as a firmware engineer under Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure (AHSI) for the past 4 years. As a Microsoft worker - while I’ve had positive experiences here, working and learning with many incredible people - I can no longer stand by in silence as Microsoft continues to facilitate Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinia
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Once again, Big Tech is under scrutiny for its role in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Recently, Microsoft’s sale of artificial intelligence models and cloud computing services to the Israeli military prompted a series of worker-led protests. But now, Microsoft says there’s no evidence that its products have been used to harm people in Gaza. At least not as far as Microsoft can examine. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it conducted internal and external reviews into the Israel Mini
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Yoni Assia, Co-Founder and CEO of eToro, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2023. In eToro 's IPO filing, ahead of the company's market debut on Wednesday, the stock trading platform spent over 1,500 words spelling out the potential risks of operating in Israel, home to corporate headquarters. While the current military conflict between Israel and Hamas hasn't "materially impacted" business, "the continuation of the war and any escalati
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-11 00:40:18
The Anti-Defamation League is lobbying Alphabet, the parent company of Google, to vote down a shareholder proposal that would require the company to investigate whether its cloud services (specifically Project Nimbus, which is a contract with the Israeli government) are aiding human rights abuses in conflict zones (you know, like Gaza). Alphabet is expected to vote on the proposal at its next shareholder meeting on June 6th. This week, the ADL sent a letter to Alphabet in which it described the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-18 12:30:00
TBD VC, a new early-stage venture capital firm, has announced a $35 million fund to back deep tech Israeli founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, both in Israel and around the globe. The fund launch comes amid a new wave of breakout Israeli tech stories, including Wiz’s recent $32 billion acquisition by Google and Next Insurance’s $2.6 billion exit — reinforcing the country’s strength in building successful tech companies. Yet, according to TBD founders David Citron and Alan Buch, the earli
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Pro-Palestine protesters in front of Meta headquarters on November 3, 2023. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images. A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israel is the biggest ori
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-05 04:50:00
In context: Microsoft has fired the two employees involved in a protest during the company's recent 50th-anniversary celebration. The termination was attributed to misconduct, as stated in an internal email. Both individuals had previously sent mass emails to thousands of employees, urging the company to end its contracts with the Israeli government. One employee was let go by Microsoft Canada, while the second had already submitted his resignation prior to the demonstration. One of the employe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-11 00:55:25
Microsoft celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary on Friday with a splashy event that featured all three of its current and former CEOs, but it did not come without surprises. The Verge reported earlier that an employee by the name Ibtihal Aboussad disrupted a presentation by the company’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, alleging the company has been complicit in genocide by selling its technology to Israel. “Shame on you,” said Aboussad, speaking directly to Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer.
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Hi all, As you might have just seen on the livestream or witnessed in person, I disrupted the speech of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during the highly-anticipated 50th anniversary celebration. Here’s why. My name is Ibtihal, and for the past 3.5 years, I’ve been a software engineer on Microsoft’s AI Platform org. I spoke up today because after learning that my org was powering the genocide of my people in Palestine, I saw no other moral choice. This is especially true when I’ve witnessed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-11 12:17:15
In Brief A protester interrupted Microsoft’s Copilot-focused keynote Friday afternoon, calling attention to the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military. “Shame on you,” the protester said. “You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military […] All of Microsoft has blood on its hands.” Microsoft Head of Consumer AI Mustafa Sulyman, whose portion of the keynote was interrupted by the protester, several times responded, “I hear
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-23 00:15:19
Archaeologists are uncovering a mysterious pyramid-shaped structure and way station in the Judaean Desert. The excavation site, just north of the valley of Zohar (Nahal Zohar) along the coast of the Dead Sea, contains a host of exceptionally well-preserved artifacts that are more than 2,000 years old. "The discoveries are exciting and even emotional, and their significance for archaeological and historical research is enormous," Eli Escusido , director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said
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In Brief Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is accused of being a key developer for the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, has been extradited from Israel to the United States, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Panev was arrested in Israel in December 2024, becoming the third person arrested for their role in LockBit. Since then, Panev had been awaiting extradition in Israel. Prosecutors allege Panev was a developer working for the LockBit rans
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-11-15 18:45:39
Microsoft kicked five employees out of a town hall event yesterday because they were protesting the company’s contracts with the Israeli military. Microsoft is providing artificial intelligence models to the Israeli military to help them fight its wars in Gaza and Lebanon, a business move that’s seen as a moral stain on the company by some of its employees. On February 25, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was on hand at the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington to talk about new products. On the b
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