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Microsoft has terminated the software engineer who interrupted CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote speech at the company’s annual developer conference – Build 2025. Joe Lopez, the fired employee, protested against the company’s partnership with the Israeli military amid the war in Gaza, shouting “Free Palestine”. “How about you show them how Microsoft is killing Palestinians? How about you show them how Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?” Lopez shouted from the audience before being confronted and dragged out of the Seattle Convention Center by security. “As a Microsoft worker, I refuse to be complicit in this genocide,” he yelled.

According to advocacy group, “No Azure for Apartheid,” Lopez received a termination letter following the protest, although he was reportedly unable to open the document.