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Microsoft says it has stopped providing some of its cloud and AI services to Israel’s Ministry of Defense following a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, which alleged Israel used the services to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Guardian report, published in August in conjunction with Israeli outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call, …

Amid a consumer boycott of their Xbox business, Microsoft are apparently ending the Israeli military’s access to certain Azure cloud and generative AI technologies used to surveil Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. As reported by the Guardian, one of the publications who originally exposed the surveillance project, the company told Israeli officials last week that spy agency Unit …

Members of the European Broadcasting Union will hold a vote in November to determine if Israel will participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. “A vote on participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at an extraordinary meeting of the EBU’s General Assembly to be held online in early November,” an EBU spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, …

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry  The New York Times Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians  The Guardian Microsoft cuts off cloud services to Israeli military unit after report of storing Palestinians’ phone calls  CNBC Microsoft disables services to Israel defense unit after review  Reuters Microsoft cuts off some services to the Israeli military  Financial Times Source …

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service …

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Israel’s military action in the region could be detrimental to the U.S. and may result in its allies turning away from America.  Al-Sharaa, who has past ties to al Qaeda and the Islamic State, spoke with Margaret Brennan, on assignment in Syria for “60 Minutes,” ahead of his historic address to the United Nations in …

HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to “One Day in October,” a scripted event series based on first-hand accounts of the Hamas attack on Israel that led to the country’s invasion of Gaza and ignited a war in the Middle East. The series will debut on Oct. 7, the two-year anniversary of the Nova music festival massacre. Filmed on location …

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 …

Around the world, new coronavirus variants are being nicknamed “Nimbus” (NB.1.8.1) and “Stratos” (XFG). But according to Prof. Tal Brosh, head of the Infectious Disease Unit at Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital and chair of Israel’s national epidemic response team, the branding is more flash than substance. “They’re more contagious,” he explained, “but there’s no evidence they’re more dangerous than earlier …

Huckabee cites Dresden bombing to defend Israel’s Gaza offensive  Politico US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing  The Guardian Ambassador Huckabee’s Interview with CBS News  U.S. Embassy in Israel (.gov) Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away  The New York Times Huckabee: ‘Possibly starvation’ in Gaza  The Hill Source link