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Microsoft employees slam $480M HoloLens military contract, refuse to create tech for 'warfare and oppression' | Technology News


Microsoft employees slam $480M HoloLens military contract, refuse to create tech for 'warfare and oppression'



More than 150 Microsoft employees signed a letter demanding the tech giant cancel a $480 million contract to build a HoloLens for the Pentagon, saying they "refuse to create technology for warfare and oppression."

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