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What Is HoloLens? Microsoft Workers Ask Bosses To Drop Military Contract: 'Did Not Sign Up To Develop Weapons'

What Is HoloLens? Microsoft Workers Ask Bosses To Drop Military Contract: 'Did Not Sign Up To Develop Weapons'

5 years ago
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http://www.newsweek.com/what-hololens-microsoft-workers-call-bosses-drop-us-military-contract-we-did-1341560

Microsoft workers are calling on the company to pull out of a nearly $480 million U.S. military contract to provide the U.S. military with augmented reality (AR) headset because they "do not want to become war profiteers."

In a letter published on Twitter by Microsoft Workers 4 Good, a group that claims to be led by Microsoft workers, is says Microsoft workers "did not sign up to develop weapons and we demand a say in how our work is used."