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Is working in big tech halal? Muslim workers are reckoning with the possibility that their jobs go against their religious obligationsBefore Ibtihal Aboussad was fired by Microsoft for protesting the company's work with the Israeli military during a celebration of the firm's 50th anniversary, she sent two emails.The first went to all of her colleagues. She appealed to their universal humanity and urged them to stand against Microsoft's contracts to provide cloud computing software and artificial intelligence products to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Continue reading......

Activists in Paris dyed a fountain red to symbolise what they called “the bloodbath” taking place in Gaza....

Microsoft has seen a growing number of protests at recent events over the Israeli military's use of the company's AI products....

Microsoft acknowledged Thursday that it sold advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the war in Gaza and aided in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli......

Microsoft workers were fired over protests, and spoke out against the firm's alleged involvement in the war on Gaza....

Turmoil spreads at company over Israel's extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza warFor the second time in the last month, Microsoft employees disrupted high-level executives speaking at an event celebrating the company's 50th anniversary on 4 April, in protest against the company's role in Israel's ongoing siege on Gaza.AI executive Mustafa Suleyman was interrupted by employees Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal. The two were fired within days. The Microsoft president Brad Smith and the former CEO Steve Ballmer were shouted down at Seattle's Great Hall on 20 March by a current and former employee. Continue reading......

US stock futures point downwards amid disappointing earnings results from Alphabet and AMD. Gold hits a record high as investors sought safe havens while digesting the reality of a US-China trade war. The US postal service stops handling inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong and Apple's app store comes under closer scrutiny in Beijing. The escalating game of chess between the US and China might provide upside down the road for Europe says Monica Defend, Head of the Amundi Investment Institute. Marvin Loh of State Street thinks markets are holding onto an off-ramp and are likely under-appreciating that the tariff genie is out of the bottle. “Bloomberg Brief” delivers the market news, data and analysis you need to set your agenda. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Donald Trump said the US should take control of the devastated Gaza Strip. “The US will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said Tuesday during a White House news conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.” In Israel, most politicians welcomed Trump's remarks, saying they were an original way of trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the rest of the Middle East, the reaction was negative. The Palestine Liberation Organization, which represents political groups in Gaza and the West Bank, said it was “steadfast” in opposing any displacement of Gazans from their “homeland.” In other news, China's antitrust watchdog is examining Apple's policies, including taking a cut of up to 30% on in-app spending and barring external payment services and stores. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Was Trump und ein Specht gemeinsam haben. Was der Hamas nach 15 Monaten Krieg noch zuzutrauen ist. Und was Ihr Smartphone über Sie weiß. Das ist die Lage am Donnerstagabend....

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. On today's show, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal in Gaza. It pauses 15 months of fighting that has killed thousands of people and caused widespread destruction. The three-phased agreement will take effect on Sunday. TSMC projected quarterly sales and capital expenditure ahead of analysts' estimates, fueling hopes that spending on AI hardware should remain resilient in 2025. Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher after cooling core inflation reinvigorated bets the Fed will cut rates soon. Today's guest: Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James (Source: Bloomberg)...

My existence has become identified by the superposition of the states of being simultaneously alive and dead....

Game distributor said Operation al-Aqsa Flood removed from Stream at request of UK police, emails show....

Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr organized event outside headquarters to reject company doing business in IsraelTwo Microsoft employees who were fired last week after organizing a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza say the company retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian activism.The two, Abdo Mohamed, a researcher and data scientist, and Hossam Nasr, a software engineer, organized the event outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on 24 October. They were fired later that evening. Continue reading......

Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company's headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel's yearlong war with Hamas...

Israels Armee setzt auf Big Tech. Amazon und Google liefern nicht nur Speicherplatz, sondern auch KI-Tools. Was steckt hinter dieser Allianz?...

Israels Armee setzt auf Big Tech. Amazon und Google liefern nicht nur Speicherplatz, sondern auch KI-Tools. Was steckt hinter dieser Allianz?...

US-Built Gaza Pier To Be Dismantled Early Amid Ongoing Failures Following the latest weather and choppy seas setback, the US-built aid pier off Gaza has resumed operations as of the end of this week (Thursday), the Pentagon said, after it broke apart last month. It's been an on-again off-again situation and the controversial and costly pier project has by and large proven ineffective. But despite aid reportedly now rolling off the pier once again, Israeli media on Saturday has documented more embarrassing issues, including apparently broken off parts from the pier still washing up to shore far away from its location... A small segment of the US-built humanitarian pier in #Gaza has washed ashore in central Tel-Aviv. https://t.co/aFSO2mhLbB — The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) June 22, 2024 Following significant repairs it underwent at an Israeli port, the pier was transferred back in place amid a series of problems largely due to turbulent seas in the eastern Mediterranean.. The Associated Press ha...

Fewer Than Half Of The Hostages In Gaza Still Alive, US Intel Believes By Israel's official tally there should be 116 Israeli hostages still in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, but new statements issued by US intelligence officials say the number of captives still alive might be as low as 50. Initially, about 250 were taken captive during the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror attack of Oct.7. The Wall Street Journal writes, citing a new intel review of the situation, "That assessment, based in part on Israeli intelligence, would mean 66 of those still held hostage could be dead, 25 more than Israel has publicly acknowledged." The hostages have been held for 258 days at this point. In early June the military conducted a daring raid in central Gaza which freed four hostages, but killed scores of Palestinians, via AP. Of the eight captives with American citizenship (dual nationals), three were previously reported by Israel to be deceased. The fact that there are Americans among ...