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Microsoft workers push back against using HoloLens for U.S. military training

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Some Microsoft employees feel the company's business entanglements with the U.S. military aren't OK, and they want the bosses to know about it.

An open letter to CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith from Microsoft Workers 4 Good makes the position of protesting employees clear: "We are a global coalition of Microsoft workers, and we refuse to create technology for warfare and oppression," the letter begins.

Specifically at issue is a $479 million "Integrated Visual Augmentation System" contract that Microsoft entered into back in Nov. 2018. As the letter notes, the intent is for the company to "rapidly develop, test, and manufacture a single platform that soldiers can use to Fight, Rehearse, and Train that provides increased lethality, mobility, and situational awareness" against America's foes. Read more...

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