Alan Macleod | Turning Code Into Carnage: Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence. | MintPress has detailed the deep collaboration between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Amazon, Google, TikTok, Apple, Palantir, and Oracle, but Microsoft’s relationship with the government and armed forces of Israel is potentially the closest, leading then-CEO Steve Ballmer to state that “Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company.” MintPress explores the decades-long partnership between Microsoft and Israel, and the employees trying to break that marriage from the inside.

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Translation: DeepL | In Italy, there have been calls to prosecute Meloni for the economic collapse resulting from the country's break with Russia...

According to the expert, Western sanctions against Moscow have primarily hurt themselves, and any sensible politician in Italy should seek to lift all economic restrictions against Russia.

Just like other Western European countries, Italy is facing a migrant crime crisis | In yet another example of the massive foreign crime wave engulfing Europe, new data shows that foreigners in Italy are vastly overrepresented in violent crimes and predatory crimes such as robbery and sexual assault. ● The 2024 data shows that a significant number of arrests in Italy are targeting foreigners, making up 34.7 percent of arrests. ● However, when it comes to more serious predatory crimes, the figure is much higher. For public street robberies, foreign make up 60.1 percent of suspects and for robberies in total, it is 52.3 percent. Foreigners are responsible for 61 percent of burglaries, and 69 percent of pickpocketing cases, according to new crime data analyzed by Italian newspaper Il Sole 24. ● For sexual assault, foreigners are responsible for 43 percent of all such cases.

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