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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 …

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan returned a ten-count indictment against two defendants for their alleged roles in a forced labor and money laundering conspiracy that victimized individuals in Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Missouri. The two defendants, David Taylor, 53, and Michelle Brannon, 56, were arrested today in North Carolina and Florida in a nationwide takedown …

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 …

President Donald Trump has heard concerns that he behaves like a dictator. On Tuesday, he questioned whether that’s such a bad thing. During a Cabinet meeting in the White House, Trump described criticisms of his decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C. “So the line is that I’m a dictator, but I stop crime,” he said. “So, a …

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 …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The US attorney’s office in Washington, DC, that’s run by Donald Trump-appointee Jeanine Pirro has struggled to secure a grand jury’s approval of at least one indictment in federal court this month, in an indication of possible issues arising with the office’s crackdown on crime. In one case this month — related to an FBI agent …

Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise — the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world — in addition to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) charge. “This foreign terrorist committed …

And that’s “How It’s Done.” Netflix capitalized on its chart-topping “KPop Demon Hunters” over the weekend with a two-day theatrical release of its new sing-along version. Box office analysts spent much of Sunday trying to determine exactly how well the animated feature performed, relying on anonymous executives from rival studios and scraped data from ticket sales sites. Estimates range from …