#dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran - 'The billionaires have enough money to buy both sides' — Interview with Gil Duran | DW News

21 October 2026

US Author Gil Durán warns that Silicon Valley “billionaires have enough money to buy both sides" in any US election. In his book „The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy,“

Durán pieces together public statements from powerful tech investors like Peter Thiel that amount to a chilling attack on democracy as we know it.

Durán criticizes both Republicans and Democrats for refusing to take on the big money in tech. #dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran

Several Trump administration officials, advisers and close allies describe a toxic mix of jockeying for power and preemptive finger-pointing ahead of the midterms. "It's more brutal than any other situation in modern times in the White House," said one Trump ally. "You can't trust anybody here." https://t.co/3uIMfaeAnM

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#AI #TechFunding #ValleyofDeath - “Valley of Death”: Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA’s Secret Deal with Steve Jobs: Democracy Now

28 September 2026

Longtime national security reporter Sharon Weinberger’s new book, Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War, follows the rise of the military-industrial complex in Silicon Valley, where defense technology companies, like Palantir, Anduril and SpaceX, and their billionaire founders, are increasingly shaping U.S. foreign policy.

Weinberger explains that because “the government doesn’t own the underlying technology” peddled by “this new class of entrepreneurs,” these companies have upended the traditional procurement relationship between the U.S. government and older defense firms, and now unilaterally control access to the new weapons and systems — including drones and artificial intelligence — used in modern warfare.

About — Sharon Weinberger

Sharon Weinberger is the editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the author of Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War. Her previous books include The

#USA - “The Tech Coup:" Expert Warns of Silicon Valley’s Influence on Washington | Amanpour and Company

10 February 2025

Has Silicon Valley become too powerful? Marietje Schaake believes it has. In an effort to advocate for more regulation of tech companies, she pivoted from serving in the European parliament to a fellowship at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center. Schaake joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the tech titans' grip on Washington and what it might mean for American democracy. Originally aired on February 10, 2025

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