Microsoft Leftovers
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Irish Times ☛ Microsoft-owned Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn fined €310m by Irish Data Protection Commission
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has reprimanded and fined LinkedIn Ireland €310 million and ordered it to bring its data processes into line with European law after finding fault with the legal basis the Microsoft-owned social media company relied upon to process its members’ data for advertising and to track behaviours.
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India ☛ Microsoft Fires Employees Who Organized Vigil for Palestinians Killed in Gaza
Both workers were members of a coalition of employees called “No Azure for Apartheid" and opposed Microsoft's sale of its cloud-computing technology to Israel.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Microsoft CEO earns $30.6 million more despite laying off over 2,000 employees in 2024 — salary package represents a 63% raise from the previous year [Ed: So mass layoffs are officially considered a success story?]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella received $79.1 million in compensation for the performance of its Hey Hi (AI) investments.
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Windows TCO
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NYPost ☛ Delta sues CrowdStrike over ‘catastrophic’ global outage that cost it over $500M
The July 19 incident led to worldwide flight cancellations and hit industries around the globe including banks, health care, media companies and hotel chains.
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