Microsoft trims service to Israel over Gaza surveillance
- 26-Sep-2025
San Francisco: Microsoft on Thursday said it cut an Israeli defense unit’s access to some cloud services being used as part of a mass surveillance operation in Gaza. The move came after Microsoft spent more than two months investigating a report in The Guardian that the Israeli Defense Force was using cloud service Azure “for […]
Microsoft cloud platform hit by cable cuts in Red Sea
- 07-Sep-2025
Global tech giant Microsoft on Sunday said network traffic for its Azure cloud computing platform was experiencing increased delays in parts of the Middle East due to “undersea fiber cuts” in the Red Sea. Microsoft did not provide an explanation for what caused the cuts to the submarine lines but noted its network had been […]
Microsoft fires four workers for on-site protests over company’s ties to Israel
- 29-Aug-2025
WASHINGTON: Microsoft has fired four employees who participated in protests on company premises against the firm’s ties to Israel as it wages war in Gaza, including two who took part in a sit-in this week at the office of the company’s president. Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, […]
Microsoft earnings in spotlight for signs of business recovery, Xbox growth
- 26-Jan-2021
Investors will closely track growth of Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing business that competes with Amazon.com’s Amazon Web services and Alphabet’s Google Cloud
Microsoft gets into 5G race with Azure cloud
- 28-Sep-2020
Microsoft unveiled a new cloud platform on Monday aimed at enabling telecom operators to build 5G networks faster
Feeling blue: Qatar road turned azure to cool city
- 09-Sep-2019
Temperatures in the desert emirate sometimes reach 50 degrees celsius (122 Fahrenheit) and heat was a major concern when the country was named as host of the 2022 World Cup.
Microsoft to help automakers develop connected cars
- 18-Jan-2017
Many automakers that ushered in an era of incredible disruption nearly a century ago now face disruption themselves from four modern forces — connected, autonomous, shared and electric cars. The infrastructure and scale required to build a connected car is incredibly complicated, expensive and resource intensive. It is a software challenge and the main obstacle […]