Remember those Microsoft employees protesting about Azure being used by Israel to help genocide? That got fired? And tutted at and laughed at by other MSFT employees?

Turns out they were right.

Several MSFT managers in Israel have been fired and management of MS Israel moved abroad after major problems have been uncovered with their relationship with the Israeli government.

Staff were serving the government, rather than Microsoft, to facilitate a genocide. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-microsoft-israel-chief-leaves-amid-ethical-controversy-1001542602

I live near a fancy mafia family-owned private club here in #NYC and they often throw events that I find tacky and distasteful.Today is exceptional, though:

#Adobe is sponsoring a party for its AI products and they’ve paid for multiple cars with their “Adobe Firefly” (gen AI product) branding to literally drive around narrow busy streets in a circle during rush hour on a Monday.

Oh and all the cars are driven by young women with a ton of makeup.

Ugh.

The nice thing about AI is you can blame all your breaches on it and everyone's like oh okay that tracks.

"On May 5, 2026, Community Bank discovered an internal incident involving the handling of non-public customer information through an unauthorized AI-based software application."

https://www.board-cybersecurity.com/incidents/tracker/cb-financial-services-cybersecurity-incident-2b5a3883

Instructure says it paid a ransom. SMH

"STATUS UPDATE 5/11/26

We know that concerns about the potential publication of data related to this incident remain top of mind for many customers. We understand how unsettling situations like this can be, and protecting our community remains our top priority."

"With that responsibility in mind, Instructure reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident. As part of that agreement:"

"The data was returned to us.
We received digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs).
We have been informed that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident, publicly or otherwise."

'This agreement covers all impacted Instructure customers, and there is no need for individual customers to attempt to engage with the unauthorized actor.
While there is never complete certainty when dealing with cyber criminals, we believe it was important to take every step within our control to give customers additional peace of mind, to the extent possible. We continue to work with expert vendors to support our forensic analysis, further harden our environment, and conduct a comprehensive review of the data involved. We will continue to provide updates as that work progresses."

https://www.instructure.com/incident_update

Although trained in physics, I worked in the computing industry with pride and purpose for over 40 years. And now I can do nothing but sit back and watch it destroy itself for no valid reason beyond hubris (if I'm being charitable).

Ineffable sadness watching something I once loved deliberately lose its soul.

Who called them fake plants and not fauxliage