Microsoft has fired two employees that were involved in a sit-in protest in vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office. Software engineers Riki Fameli and Anna Hattle were both dismissed today, after being part of a group of seven protesters that managed to get inside Smith’s office in Building 34 yesterday. Microsoft was forced to temporarily lock down its executive …
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Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and …
Read More »Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the ongoing war in Gaza. Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with Israel. But …
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A National Park Service employee was terminated and may be criminally charged for unfurling a trans-pride flag over El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, park officials said. The firing has sparked an outcry from LGBTQ+ activists, who are accusing the federal government of firing the worker to silence them. On May 20, a group of LGTBQ+ activists and climbers ascended …
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The Denver City Council will postpone a mountain retreat planned for next week after drawing scrutiny for its nearly $27,000 cost in the wake of large-scale layoffs of city workers. Council President Amanda Sandoval announced the decision in a statement Wednesday afternoon but didn’t specify whether dollars already spent would be transferred to a future date or if the costs …
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– credit, Chad Volk supplied to CBS A Ford Motor Company employee was reunited with a wallet he lost 10 years ago after a mechanic found it while servicing a car he built. This charming story comes via Minnesota, where mechanic Chad Volk was replacing the cooling fan on a 2015 Ford Edge, when something that needed to snap in …
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A former Ubisoft employee has revealed on LinkedIn that he was previously part of a team developing a trial project for Rayman. The game had several titles such as Rayman Forever and The Story of Rayman. Sadly, Ubisoft decided to abandon the project in 2021. It should be noted that Ubisoft is currently working on a new Rayman project. “In …
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The Justice Department has fired one of its own and charged him with felony assault after he threw a sub sandwich at a federal officer. A video of Sean Charles Dunn throwing a sandwich at the chest of an officer amid President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., went viral earlier this week. Dunn, at point …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group of federal agents late Sunday went viral online. Dunn was …
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WASHINGTON – Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was charged in a criminal complaint yesterday in U.S. District Court in connection with an alleged assault on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer that included shouted verbal insults and a thrown wrapped sandwich, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Dunn, who had …
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