The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power

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Jacob Helberg draws on his experience as Google's former news policy lead to reveal the invisible conflict threatening modern democracy. He argues that the world is currently locked in a high stakes tech war divided into two distinct battlefields. The front end involves a struggle over the software and information we consume on our screens, while the back end focuses on the physical hardware and …

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