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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold banners and signs as they protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Microsoft on Thursday said that it had terminated two employees who broke into President Brad Smith’s office earlier this week. The news comes after seven current and …

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 …

Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Standard and Core  TrueAchievements Microsoft expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers  The Verge Xbox Game Pass users on cheaper tiers may be getting this big feature soon  Windows Central Xbox Insiders On Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Can Now Stream More Cloud Games And Access PC Versions of (Some of) the …

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard subscribers, dropping the requirement for the highest tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for access to cloud games. As part of an Xbox Insider test, Microsoft is also providing access to some PC games for Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers. Microsoft currently restricts access to …

Protesters stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters on Monday and made it into president Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, forcing a temporary lockdown. The “No Azure for Apartheid” group livestreamed their sit-in on Twitch, hoisting banners, chanting ‘Brad Smith, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!’ and posting a mock legal summons charging Smith with “crimes against humanity.” Microsoft did not respond …

Microsoft President Brad Smith reclaims his office to address infiltration, protests, Israel contracts  GeekWire Microsoft had police remove protesters who stormed office over work with Israeli military  CNBC Microsoft Investigating Employees After Gaza Protest Locks Down Building  The Wall Street Journal Five current and ex-Microsoft workers arrested at sit-in over Israeli military ties  The Guardian Microsoft Asked FBI for Help Tracking Palestinian Protests  Bloomberg.com Source …

Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has fielded a lot of questions and concerns about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in human lives. Not all of the answers out of Microsoft have been especially comforting to regular humans. New word from Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s CEO of AI, presents a new threat that may actually be worse than the earlier ones. Investors …

Screenshots from a livestream show protesters locking themselves inside Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office on Tuesday, as security attempted to remove them, and police later gathered in the hallway. Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon, occupying the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith and resisting security …

Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office. Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had been occupied by protesters earlier that day, Smith addressed a group of reporters and viewers …

Microsoft Asked FBI for Help Tracking Palestinian Protests  Bloomberg.com Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military  The Guardian Microsoft employee protests over Israel military ties lead to 18 arrests  CNN Why does Xbox keep being cagey about discussing layoffs and Israel ties?  Game Developer Arkane dev calls out Microsoft for silence over open letter protesting IDF ties  Game Developer Source …