References

During all 3 keynotes, protesters claiming to be former Microsoft workers shouted at speakers. I watched the unedited Day 1 keynote with Winward as well as the unedited Day 2 keynote by myself. For the purposes of the video, I combined the keynote video with audio provided by the protesters for clarity.

The Microsoft Developer YouTube account later unlisted the YouTube versions around 11am EST on Tuesday, May 20th. After, Microsoft uploaded edited keynotes to the YouTube channel and the Microsoft Build sessions page.

According to The Verge’s Tom Warren, the Day 3 keynote was also interrupted by a protester, which inadvertently led to a presenter leaking private sales conversations about Walmart. This deal was not private as it was disclosed publicly during the Day 1 keynote. These protesters have the most credibility, claiming something would happen within 2 days from Wednesday, as Israel launched air strikes against Gaza on Friday, confirming their claims.

• Unedited Day 1 Keynote. The protesters start speaking at 3:52.
• Edited Day 1 Keynote. The audio track with the room noise and the protestors was removed.
• No Azure For Apartheid’s protests by Joe Lopez, the first protestor on Day 1. (TikTok, X (formerly Twitter))
• No Azure For Apartheid’s protests by a woman only identified as a “former Google worker,” the second protestor on Day 1. (Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter))
• Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Panel with Satya Nadella, Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer.
• According to Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell at 2:58, 2 more protestors attempted to rush both the left and right aisles when Lopez and the former Google worker were speaking. They were swiftly stopped by security and their shouting can be heard faintly in the original broadcast.
• Unedited Day 2 Keynote. The protests start at 1:00:43. Shortly into the protestor’s speech, Jay Parikh stopped talking because the protestor was close to the front of the stage and the mics were muted.
• Edited Day 2 Keynote. The section where the video is changed is around 1:00:56, which occured seconds later after the protestor was escorted out of the venue.
• No Azure For Apartheid’s protests by a “Palestinian tech worker” and others on Day 2 (TikTok, X (formerly Twitter)).
• The Verge’s Tom Warren’s article “Microsoft employee disrupts Satya Nadella’s keynote with ‘Free Palestine’ protest” The photo used by The Verge is by Agence France-Presse’s Jason Redmond via Getty Images
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• “Elon Musk is Lying About Being Good at Video Games” by @Quin69TV
• “Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture” - Ryan Mac, NY Times
• “Tesla Cybertruck event in 5 minutes” by The Verge. The original event was removed.
• Elon carries sink into Twitter HQ
• Meta Connect 2024
• Jeff Bezos Interview with AFA President Gen. Larry Spencer, Ret.
• Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill (full Senate hearing) - The Washington Post
• Amnesty International’s report: “Myanmar: The social atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya”. The cover photo is by Tamara-Jade Kaz and the photo is by Ahmer Khan.
• Facebook CEO responds to flap over Kauai land suits, Hawaii News Now
• Mark Zuckerberg’s 2017 Puerto Rico VR Safari (Reupload)
• National Enquirer photo is by Patricia Wall of The New York Times.