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The Israeli military's usage of the company's cloud storage facilities in the first six months after 7 October 2023 was 60 percent more than the four months preceding it. Leaked documents show that the Israeli military's usage of Microsoft's AI products also ticked up in the same period.

The 25-year-old Aboussad, who worked in the AI division in which she was involved in converting speech to text, says she hadn't realised she "signed up to work on code that directly powers war crimes". This realisation spurred her into action.

She joined and began organising with the No Azure for Apartheid campaign, which was created in late 2023 by a group of Microsoft employees who wanted the company to end its contracts with Israel and uphold its own stated values.

Together with other employees, including a colleague, Vaniya Aggraval, Aboussad said that over the past several months, they tried to address their concerns through the proper channels.

They wrote to management, tried meeting with the CEO, and even sent questions to "Ask me anything" forums, only to be rebuffed and ignored.

When Israel cut aid and supplies and began bombarding Gaza again in mid-March, killing up to 100 children a day, both Aboussad and Agrawal decided they had had enough.

Immediately after their disruptions, Agarwal and Abbousad both sent a mass email to Microsoft colleagues explaining their actions. The emails, the duo said, were meant for those who were still purportedly in the dark about Microsoft's links to the Israeli military industrial complex.

Facebook’s parent company Meta has been hosting paid Israeli adverts promoting activities including illegal settlement real estate, demolitions of Palestinian buildings and fundraising for Israeli forces in Gaza. Here’s what an Al Jazeera investigation discovered.

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60740052

Necessity is the mother of all inventions, the saying goes, and Huawei has had to adapt fast or risk becoming a footnote, having to literally fight for its survival.

Huawei revenues are almost back to their 2020 peak

Rumour has it that AMD could be working on a Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme variant of its next generation gaming handheld APU. If true, then that would make it the first full-fledged gaming handheld APU in the red chipmaker’s arsenal.

The rumour of the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme comes by way of Hoang Anh Phu, who posted a list opf the currently existing Ryzen Z2 portfolio, with the addition of the AI variant at the bottom of the list. Interestingly, there’s also mention of a Z2 A, although we haven’t a clue what that alludes to.

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