Group of employees calls for end to Microsoft’s $480M HoloLens military contract

Group of employees calls for end to Microsoft’s $480M HoloLens military contract

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/23/group-of-employees-call-for-end-to-microsofts-480m-hololens-military-contract/

More than 100 Microsoft employees have signed a letter sent to CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith criticizing the company’s plans to build HoloLens AR tech for the military, the organizing group said Friday. The development is part of a $480 million military contract that Microsoft won this past November.

The group’s letter demands that the company cancel their work on the contract and cease development of weapons technologies. “We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used,” the letter further states.