Microsoft fires 2 employees who protested during company’s 50th anniversary

Microsoft Corp. dismissed two employees who disrupted an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary.

Ibtihal Aboussad, who has urged the company to ax the Israeli government as a customer, interrupted a speech by Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence chief Mustafa Suleyman on Friday. Later, Vaniya Agrawal disrupted a question-and-answer session featuring Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and his two predecessors, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.