A ProPublica report published Thursday detailed the cozy relationship between the Department of Defense and tech executives, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, the former chairman of Google’s parent company. It’s worth reading in full. The story highlights Bezos’s personal involvement in pitching Amazon Web Services to the Pentagon for a $10 billion cloud contract, including...
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