@verge: A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s Build developer conference this morning, protesting against the company’s cloud and AI contracts with the Israeli government. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had only been on stage for a matter of minutes before protesters started interrupting his speech, with one shouting “free Palestine!” Nadella continued his keynote, ignoring the protesters as they were escorted out of a hall inside the Seattle conference center. Shortly after Microsoft employee Joe Lopez’s interruption, he sent an email to thousands of Microsoft employees, telling them he was “shocked by the silence of our leadership,” just days after Microsoft responded to employee protests by claiming it hadn’t found any evidence that its Azure and AI tech has harmed people in Gaza. You can read the full story from The Verge’s Tom Warren at theverge.com #microsoft #microsoftbuild #protest #ai #tech #techtok #news