{"id":414,"date":"2026-08-05T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:10:28","slug":"lawfare-daily-the-rise-of-the-military-technology-complex-with-bernice-yeung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"Lawfare Daily: The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex with Bernice Yeung"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode, <em>Lawfare <\/em>Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Bernice Yeung, the managing editor at the U.C. Berkeley School of Journalism investigative reporting program and author of a recent feature, \u201cThe rise of the military-technology complex,\u201d published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. They discuss the bumpy history of Big Tech\u2019s relationship with U.S. defense contracting, how Silicon Valley has reshaped the Pentagon, and how, in turn, the Pentagon has reshaped Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=411\">The Case Against the Proposed Chip Security Act in Taiwan<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"110px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c\/6a71f8892031aa1a284bb378\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To receive ad-free podcasts, become a <em>Lawfare <\/em>Material Supporter at www.patreon.com\/lawfare. You can also support <em>Lawfare <\/em>by making a one-time donation at .<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=409\">Lawfare Daily: Ukraine, Iran, Taiwan, and the Short War Illusion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How have Silicon Valley and the Pentagon influence each other?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-executive-branch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawfare Daily: The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex with Bernice Yeung - National Consumer Reports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalconsumerreportss.com\/?p=414\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawfare Daily: The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex with Bernice Yeung - 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