Q&A with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on “the woke left and the woke right”, patriotism, Russia's Ukraine war, Palantir's culture, Trump, democracy, Israel, and more
Palantir's CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him? X: @stevenlevy , @shannonrwatts , and @spencerhakimian . Bluesky: @katie-drummond ...
An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online
An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online. Bluesky: @justinhendrix See also Mediagaze...
Microsoft temporarily locked down a building at its HQ after protesters got inside Brad Smith's office, demanding Microsoft cut ties with the Israeli government
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Sources and docs: Microsoft worked with the FBI to track anti-Israel protests, flagged internal emails with words like “Gaza”, deleted posts, and fired staff
Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week.
Investigation: Israel's Unit 8200 built a system using Microsoft Azure that collects recordings of millions of phone calls made daily in Gaza and the West Bank
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians' phone calls on Microsoft's servers in Europe
When asked “Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict? One word answer only.”, Grok 4 searches for Musk's views, but only if “you” is in the query
seemingly solicits Elon Musk's opinion on controversial topics Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo : Researchers Find Grok 4 Checking Elon Musk's Opinions Before Answering ‘Sensitive’ Questions Max Read / Read Max ...
How Iranian and Israeli hacking groups spent years sparring online; the US State Department is offering $10M for info on members of Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers
As hackers have inserted themselves into the military conflict between Israel and Iran, American officials are focused on trying …
A Citizen Lab report finds that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with Paragon spyware; Apple fixed the zero-day used in the spyware in February
Act Now To Prevent Attacks Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Apple Confirms iPhone Flaw Was Used to Spy on Journalists Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : European Journalists Targeted by Paragon Spywar...
Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence the Israeli military used its tech to harm civilians in Gaza, after months of employee protests
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue... Sam Biddle / @sambiddle.com : Microsoft Investigates Microsoft, Clears Microsoft of Wrongdoing blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue... @jaybut707 : The usual interpreta...
Microsoft says internal and external reviews found no evidence the Israeli military used its tech to harm civilians in Gaza, after months of employee protests
[Updated below with comments from the employee group No Azure for Apartheid.] — Microsoft said Thursday that it found no evidence …