Microsoft recently terminated software engineer Joe Lopez after he disrupted CEO Satya Nadella's keynote at the Build 2025 developer conference in Seattle. Lopez shouted protests against Microsoft's involvement in supplying AI and cloud technologies to the Israeli military during the ongoing Gaza conflict. Following the incident, he sent a mass email to colleagues disputing the company's claims about its Azure platform's use in Gaza. n response to these protests, Microsoft has acknowledged providing AI services to the Israeli military but stated that it found no evidence that its technologies were used to harm civilians in Gaza . However, the company's actions have sparked debates over corporate responsibility and employee rights, with critics arguing that Microsoft is suppressing dissent and failing to engage with legitimate concerns.