Overview

• Microsoft said it terminated software engineers Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli for serious violations tied to the break-in at executive offices during Tuesday’s protest.
• Seven people were arrested after occupying the president’s office, including two current employees, following a Twitch-livestreamed sit-in that prompted a Building 34 lockdown.
• Brad Smith said protesters blocked entry and hid phones as crude listening devices before Redmond police removed them, calling the actions a distraction from internal dialogue.
• Microsoft has engaged Covington & Burling to examine reports by the Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call alleging Unit 8200 used Azure to store Palestinians’ phone-call data; the company says such surveillance would violate its terms.
• No Azure for Apartheid continues to demand the company cut ties with Israel and pay reparations, with prior campus actions leading to about 18–20 arrests and Microsoft acknowledging a security staffer contacted the local FBI in April about potential protests.