US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Silicon Valley not to bolster China’s “Orwellian” state, two days before the world’s two largest economies sign a partial trade deal. Speaking to a tech-heavy crowd in San Francisco, Pompeo trumpeted the “phase one” deal to tame a two-year trade war but told businesses that they […]

DefenceTalkDefense Secretary Ash Carter today unveiled the Defense Department’s second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD’s cyber forces and to strengthen its cyber defenses and its posture on cyber deterrence. Carter discussed the new strategy — an update to the original strategy released in 2011 — before an audience at Stanford University on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/carter-unveils-new-dod-cyber-strategy-in-silicon-valley-63989/

DefenceTalkFrench Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met Friday with Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter to discuss ways to thwart terrorists from using the platforms as stages for propaganda. “We had frank, rich, deep discussion,” Cazeneuve said during a press conference at the French consulate in San Francisco. He said his mission was to foster closer relationships […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-seeks-silicon-valley-allies-in-war-on-terror-63273/