В то время как Пентагон ведет гонку высокотехнологичных вооружений, чтобы сохранить свое глобальное военное превосходство, экс-генеральный директор Google Эрик Шмидт находится в центре внимания. Behind The Headlines Дэн Коэн исследует, как стремление американской империи контролировать мир с помощью технологий Кремниевой долины создает возможность разрушительной войны.
Журналист-расследователь Яша Левин присоединяется к MintCast для обсуждения своей книги «Долина наблюдения: тайная военная история Интернета, интернет-наблюдение, проект Tor и ксенофобия, лежащая в основе Russiagate».
MintCast hosts Whitney Webb and Alan MacLeod recently interviewed investigative journalist Yasha Levine about his most recent book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet and his most recent articles on the xenophobia that lies
У компаний Силиконовой долины есть что-то, чего хочет Пентагон: замечательные возможности искусственного интеллекта. Поскольку у DoD нет средств для разработки этой технологии, она должна ее купить где-то. Это естественное партнерство для возраста Оруэлла.
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA -- The entire tech industry is currently going through its very own Hunger Games as a host of companies compete for a chance to win two multibillion dollar contracts from the Pentagon. What are the jobs? Develop globally accessible cloud-computing platforms for the Pentagon and military personnel, spanning all levels from
In this Monday, March 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — They come from different worlds — the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let’s-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — They come from different worlds — the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let's-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley. But where those worlds overlap, that's where you find President Barack Obama and a wealthy segment of his Democratic donor base. Obama was to attend two
The widening income gap between the wealthy and those left behind is sparking debate, anger and sporadic protests.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arwin Buditom guards some of the most successful high-tech firms in America. Joseph Farfan keeps their heat, air and electric systems humming. But these workers and tens of thousands like them who help fuel the Silicon Valley's tech boom can't even make ends meet anymore. Buditom rooms with his sister an hour's drive from
Silicon Valley leaders criticized FWD.us for its connection to ads promoting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which was also rebuked by Obama donors.
The Keystone XL pipeline route doesn’t reach the borders of California, yet the debate over the merits of the plan are just as fierce in the state’s Silicon Valley as they are in the heartland of America.
Days ago, PayPal co-founder and Tesla founder Elon Musk pulled the plug on his involvement with Facebook founder
