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Microsoft's ties with ICE come under fire amidst allegations that the company's cloud and AI technology are being used to support mass surveillance of US citizens

By Andy Chalk Published

news No Azure for Apartheid statement comes the day after reports claiming that ICE has tripled the amount of data stored on Microsoft's Azure servers over the past six months.

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UKRAINE - 2024/12/29: In this photo illustration, Claude AI app by Anthropic is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Big AI companies and the people that supply big AI companies are once again investing billions of dollars in one another: this time, Nvidia, Microsoft and Anthropic

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Money fight, anyone? Chuck a few bucks my way while you're at it.

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If Microsoft can't source enough electricity to power all the AI GPUs it has, you have to wonder how Amazon is going to cope in its new $38 billion deal with OpenAI

By Nick Evanson Published

News I worry about powering the sole GPU that's in my gaming rig, so that means I'm bonding with Microsoft, right?

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The Microsoft Azure is being displayed on a smartphone with a Windows blue screen visible in the background in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Microsoft's Azure gets knocked out a week after the big AWS outage, and once again it looks like a bug is to blame

By Andy Chalk Published

news you're having trouble downloading Outer Worlds 2, playing Minecraft, or booking a flight out of Heathrow, this is why.

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The Microsoft office building is in the RheinauArtOffice in Cologne, Germany, on September 11, 2025. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Microsoft blocks Israeli military from some services after investigation finds 'evidence that supports' allegations of mass surveillance in Gaza

By Andy Chalk Published

news A report by The Guardian in August alleged close ties between Microsoft and Israeli military intelligence.

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Microsoft Azure services experiencing latency to traffic through the Middle East due to undersea fibre cable damage in the Red Sea

By Hope Corrigan Published

news There's no word yet as to whether the cuts were accidental or sabotage.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Microsoft's Build conference interrupted by renewed protests over its ties with the Israeli military

By Andy Chalk Published

news Protesters claim Microsoft's Azure and AI technologies are being used to support the ongoing assaults against Gaza.

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REDMOND, WASHINGTON - APRIL 4: A protestor confronts Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during an event highlighting Microsoft Copilot agents, the company's AI tool, on April 4, 2025 in Redmond, Washington. The company also celebrated its 50th Anniversary. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Microsoft employee escorted out of 50th anniversary event after protesting sales to Israel: 'You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Ibtihal Aboussad interrupted AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's address to criticize the company's work with the Israeli military in Gaza.

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Microsoft accused of 'negligent cybersecurity practices' that 'enabled Chinese espionage against the US government'

By Katie Wickens Published

news Tenable CEO says bank details are still exposed due to a Microsoft Azure platform security issue, with no fix expected until September.

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Phil Spencer says Microsoft is competing with Google and Amazon, not Sony

By Andy Chalk Published

news The world is changing, and Microsoft is looking to go to different places than its traditional competitors.

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