Microsoft Fires Employees After 50th Anniversary Protest

Microsoft has terminated two software engineers, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, following their protests during the company's 50th anniversary event in Redmond, Washington. Aboussad disrupted a speech by Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, accusing the company of war profiteering and demanding an end to its dealings with the Israeli military, while Agrawal interrupted a panel featuring CEO Satya Nadella and co-founders Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer with similar accusations. Microsoft described their actions as misconduct, noting that Aboussad's behavior was deemed aggressive and inappropriate, and indicated that both employees had shown no remorse for their actions. The protests were linked to the group