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Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel (www.pcgamer.com)

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Microsoft continues to provide the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal efforts targeting Palestinians.

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https://www.972mag.com/cloud-israeli-army-gaza-amazon-google-microsoft/

‘Order from Amazon’: How tech giants are storing mass data for Israel’s war

The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, while procuring further AI tools from Google and Microsoft for military purposes, an investigation reveals.

https://scribe.rip/@notechforapartheid/a-marriage-made-in-hell-an-introduction-to-microsofts-complicity-in-apartheid-and-genocide-d7dfad65a196

Is every single Israeli resident complicit in what their government is doing? None of them should be allowed to use Windows?

This is not about Israeli citizens using Windows. This is about Microsoft's contracts with the Israeli military and government.

this post was submitted on 23 May 2025

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