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Microsoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's military (apnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the ongoing ~~war~~ genocide in Gaza.

Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with Israel.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

The monopolistic profit model means that maintenance and other "non-value-added activities" are often reduced to a minimum.

I mean honestly, with how many bugs are coming up in all the windows products, maybe this is happening.

It might be functionally impossible to tell the difference from the outside.