October 01, 2025
Microsoft Announcement Highlights Complicated Relationship Between Big Tech and War
Microsoft restricted the Israeli military's access to some of its technology after it found that Israel's Defense Ministry was using its services to carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians. Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President at CNAS, joined NPR to help make sense of what this means and what it tells us about the broader state of warfare these days.
Listen to the full interview on NPR.
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