Microsoft fires protesting employees


Ibtihal Aboussad is escorted away by security after interrupting Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, not pictured, during a presentation at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4.— AP

WASHINGTON: Microsoft Corp has dismissed two employees who disrupted an event celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Ibtihal Aboussad, who has urged the company to axe the Israeli government as a customer, interrupted a speech by Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence chief Mustafa Suleyman last Friday.

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