Neowin News Feed for: Palestine

Microsoft Israel head fired following investigation of Palestine surveillance

Taras Buria — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:10:01 +0000

The head of Microsoft Israel is out after allegations of unethical use of Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Read more...

Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli Defence Ministry unit following surveillance review

Fiza Ali — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:14:01 +0000

An internal review prompts a significant Microsoft update, signalling changes in how the company manages sensitive global partnerships. Read more...

If you ask Grok 4 about Israel vs Palestine, it will consult Elon Musk before responding

David Uzondu — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:40:01 +0000

Grok 4's been out less than a day, and it's already controversial. Its takes on Israel vs Palestine seem filtered through Musk. Read more...

Microsoft: There is no evidence that our tech has harmed civilians in Gaza

David Uzondu — Fri, 16 May 2025 17:16:01 +0000

After firing two employees last month for protesting its Israeli ties, Microsoft now claims no evidence its tech harmed Gaza civilians. Read more...

Nearly 1,000 Apple employees call for company to support Palestinians

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:54:02 +0000

The demand was made in an internal letter, authored by the Apple Muslim Association. The letter has amassed roughly 1,000 signees and was sent on Monday directly to the firm's CEO. Read more...

Microsoft hires former U.S. Attorney General to investigate Israeli firm it funded

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 14:44:01 +0000

Microsoft is launching an investigation into a firm it funded in the summer of its alleged use in the West Bank. Microsoft said such use of the technology would go against its ethical principles. Read more...

Facebook apologizes for translation that resulted in arrest

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:18:01 +0000

Facebook has apologized, after a translation provided by its AI led Israeli police to arrest and question a Palestinian man, who they thought was about to launch an attack with his bulldozer. Read more...

State of Palestine mulling crypto-currency of its own

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 May 2017 17:58:01 +0000

The Palestinian Monetary Authority is mulling over a decision to develop and roll out a digital currency called the Palestinian pound because it has no control over the foreign currencies used now. Read more...

Google: There was never a 'Palestine' on Maps to be removed in the first place

Usama Jawad — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:32:01 +0000

Google claims that - contrary to recent claims - there was never a 'Palestine' on its Maps to be removed in the first place. However, another glitch did remove the 'West Bank' and 'Gaza Strip' labels. Read more...

Israeli government: Facebook is a 'monster' that's aiding terrorists

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 06:46:01 +0000

Israel's government is ramping up pressure on the social networking giant. It's throwing around harsh words in an effort to get Facebook to remove posts that it deems to be dangerous and extremist. Read more...

Apple tells developer to reclassify iOS game highlighting war-torn Gaza as 'news app'

Usama Jawad — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:04:01 +0000

Apple has issued a notice to a Palestinian indie game developer, asking him to re-categorize his game; which highlights the situation in Gaza, in the "News" or "Reference" section. Read more...

Google's Palestine webpage hacked for anti-Israeli purpose [Update]

Paul Ferson — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:36:17 +0000

The webpage for Google in Palestine has been attacked by an unknown group, calling for revolution in the disputed lands around Palestine and Israel. How they pulled off the hack is still uncertain. Read more...

Gaza propaganda war takes place online

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:49:32 +0000

Branded by some as "hacktivism", the conflict between Israel and Palestine has spilled onto the web, with activists from both sides defacing websites, taking over computers and shutting down Facebook groups, according to a report... Read more...