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Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians Dozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of…
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians – podcast
Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians Yossi Sariel was in charge of one of the branches of Israel’s intelligence agency. When he took over Unit 8200 he arrived with ambitious plans – to use tech to change the way intelligence was gathered and analysed. The Guardian’s Harry…
Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage
Concerns that tech company’s Israel-based staff may have concealed key details of work follow Guardian investigation Microsoft is investigating how Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, is using its Azure cloud storage platform, amid concerns the company’s staff in Israel may have concealed key details about its work on sensitive military projects. Senior executives are…
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence…
Wall Street delighted with Microsoft as it spends $100bn on AI
Company’s second-quarter financial results showed a booming cloud business and enormous capital expenditures Microsoft, the world’s second-most valuable company, is dumping enormous sums of money into its artificial intelligence efforts. At the same time, the company is earning money hand over fist. Investors are thrilled. The enterprise software giant reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that exceeded…