Microsoft engineer's resignation letter to thousands of employees goes viral, says he "can't work in a company..."A Microsoft engineer has resigned in protest against the company's cloud service contracts with the Israeli military. This action follows m...
13 Oct, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
Microsoft drops the hammer: 4 workers fired after bold headquarters sit-in protestMicrosoft fired four employees after a protest at its Redmond headquarters. The workers had broken into executive offices to demand the com...
29 Aug, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
Two Microsoft workers fired after occupying president's office to protest ties to IsraelMicrosoft terminated two employees for participating in a sit-in at the company president's office, protesting the firm's connections to Is...
28 Aug, 2025, 09.45 AM IST
Pro-Palestinian protesters storm Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office over ties with Israeli governmentPro-Palestinian activists from NOAA stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, demanding it cut Azure ties with Israel. They entered preside...
27 Aug, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Microsoft filters emails containing ‘Palestine,’ ‘Gaza,’ and ‘genocide’ amid employee protestsMicrosoft is filtering internal emails containing terms like “Palestine” and “Gaza,” sparking internal unrest and protest. The move, linked...
22 May, 2025, 03.08 PM IST
Protester shouts 'show how Microsoft is killing Palestinians' during CEO Satya Nadella's key speech; Watch video hereMicrosoft's Build 2025 was disrupted by protests against its contracts with the Israeli government, led by an employee accusing the company...
21 May, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in GazaMicrosoft has dismissed two employees who organized a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza. They aimed to honor victims and highlight Micr...
26 Oct, 2024, 09.07 AM IST
Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft saysThe findings in Microsoft's newest threat intelligence report show how Iran, which has been active in recent U.S. campaign cycles, is evolv...
09 Aug, 2024, 10.27 AM IST
SJM protests against Covid vaccine patentsManch’s convenor Ashwani Mahajan said the protest was organised against Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ recent statement that he ‘doesn’t sup...
08 May, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
After a 2-year battle with activists, Amazon pauses police use of facial recognition techThe death of George Floyd has fanned worries that facial recognition would be used unfairly against protesters.
11 Jun, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Satya Nadella joins tech bosses in slamming Floyd death; says no place for hate & racism, urges MS staff to show empathyThe Microsoft boss also shared a note with his employees.
02 Jun, 2020, 12.49 PM IST
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella to visit India later this month: SourcesIndia is a major market for Microsoft and other technology companies. India's southern city of Hyderabad, where Nadella grew up, is home to...
13 Feb, 2020, 12.06 PM IST
Indian techies take up pen to write against CAAThe letter – ‘TechAgainstFascism’ on online publishing platform Medium – comes at a time when hundreds of thousands of Indians across the c...
27 Dec, 2019, 08.05 AM IST
Amazon appeals $10-billion Pentagon contract won by MicrosoftMeanwhile, US defence secretary Mark Esper said on Friday the Pentagon awarded the contract to Microsoft after a fair competition. “I am co...
15 Nov, 2019, 11.01 PM IST
How Microsoft Excel has become 'victim’ of row over Surf Excel’s Holi adThe Microsoft Excel app, goes without saying, has nothing to do with Surf Excel or HUL or the content of the recent Holi advertisement itse...
12 Mar, 2019, 10.15 PM IST
Act against Microsoft, US agencies for showing wrong Kashmir map: Tarun VijayBJP MP Tarun Vijay asked the government to take up with the US a wrong map of Kashmir allegedly published by Microsoft and other American a...
18 Dec, 2015, 07.26 PM IST
Nokia Chennai unit may be made contract manufacturing facilityNokia had yesterday said it expects the deal to conclude on April 25 and hoped it would continue to operate the Chennai plant under a "serv...
22 Apr, 2014, 04.39 PM IST