Microsoft CEO Hosts Live 'Surprise Office Sleepover' After Protest
On a wild Tuesday in Redmond HQ, Microsoft president Brad Smith sat awkwardly on his own desk like a reluctant sitcom dad, addressing a live stream about the surreal event of seven protestors staging a 'friendly' office sleepover in his personal workspace. The No Azure for Apartheid crew, including Microsoft ex-employees like Vaniya Agrawal and current folks such as Riki Fameli, demanded the company cut ties with the Israeli military over controversial Azure surveillance reports from The Guardian in early August. Smith disapproved of 'telephones hiding under couches' and slammed the unauthorized 'tiny tech espionage' but promised to R&D his way to clarity, while the Redmond police politely asked everyone to leave this very intimate Microsoft meeting. Talk about taking workplace activism literally!
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Microsoftās Brad Smith just improvised a press conference from his own protest-occupied office like it was a live reality show challenge called 'Escape the Sit-In.' Phones under couches? For God's sake, thatās the cheapest espionage since hide-and-seek went corporate.
Only at Microsoft can 'locking down your own building' be a headline and a heated HR issue all at once. Next up: Telephones behind booksets get promotion to middle management.
When your office turns into a protest camp and you host the update like itās casual office gossip ā welcome to 2025, diversathons include phone-espionage and brave bosses on desk edges.
Source: Theverge | Published: 8/27/2025 | Author: Jacob Kastrenakes
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