Big Tech’s New Battlefield: How Silicon Valley Is Reshaping National Security
Big Tech’s New Battlefield: How Silicon Valley Is Reshaping National Security
Big Tech’s New Battlefield: How Silicon Valley Is Reshaping National Security
Featuring Sharon Weinberger, Author of “Valley of Death: How Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War” and former National Security Editor at “The Wall Street Journal,” and Krys Boyd, Host and Managing Editor of “Think” at KERA
Reception: 6:00 PM
Speaker Conversation: 6:30 PM
Seats are limited – reserve your spot today!
Silicon Valley and the Pentagon have a long, complicated history – one that is entering a new and uncertain phase. As private tech companies take on a larger role in national security, the balance of power between Washington and Silicon Valley is shifting in ways that raise new questions about accountability, influence, and the future of American defense policy.
Sharon Weinberger, national security journalist and author of the new book Valley of Death: How Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War, will discuss this evolving relationship and what it means for U.S. national security going forward.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sharon Weinberger has been writing on national security issues for more than twenty-five years. She was the National Security Editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2022 to 2026 and has also contributed to The New York Times, New York Magazine, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. Also the author of The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency that Changed the World, A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry, and Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Krys Boyd is host and managing editor of Think from KERA in Dallas – a position she’s held since 2006. To date, the national program can be heard on more than 200 stations across the country. A graduate of Texas Christian University’s Bob Schieffer College of Communication, Krys began her career as a journalist along the U.S./Mexico border and returned to North Texas in 1999 to serve as News Director for Broadcast.com, and later Senior Producer of Broadcast News at Yahoo. Krys joined KERA in 2001, hosting the nightly radio talk show Conversations. Later, she wrote and produced documentary and educational television programs, including the critically-acclaimed, nationally broadcast JFK: Breaking the News in 2003, and served as producer and co-host of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs program On The Record. She also hosted a weekly television version of Think from 2007-2011. Think has been honored with numerous local, state, and national awards. Krys and her husband Matt live in Dallas and have four children.
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About the event
Seats are limited – reserve your spot today!
Silicon Valley and the Pentagon have a long, complicated history – one that is entering a new and uncertain phase. As private tech companies take on a larger role in national security, the balance of power between Washington and Silicon Valley is shifting in ways that raise new questions about accountability, influence, and the future of American defense policy.
Sharon Weinberger, national security journalist and author of the new book Valley of Death: How Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War, will discuss this evolving relationship and what it means for U.S. national security going forward.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sharon Weinberger has been writing on national security issues for more than twenty-five years. She was the National Security Editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2022 to 2026 and has also contributed to The New York Times, New York Magazine, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. Also the author of The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency that Changed the World, A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry, and Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Krys Boyd is host and managing editor of Think from KERA in Dallas – a position she’s held since 2006. To date, the national program can be heard on more than 200 stations across the country. A graduate of Texas Christian University’s Bob Schieffer College of Communication, Krys began her career as a journalist along the U.S./Mexico border and returned to North Texas in 1999 to serve as News Director for Broadcast.com, and later Senior Producer of Broadcast News at Yahoo. Krys joined KERA in 2001, hosting the nightly radio talk show Conversations. Later, she wrote and produced documentary and educational television programs, including the critically-acclaimed, nationally broadcast JFK: Breaking the News in 2003, and served as producer and co-host of the Emmy Award-winning public affairs program On The Record. She also hosted a weekly television version of Think from 2007-2011. Think has been honored with numerous local, state, and national awards. Krys and her husband Matt live in Dallas and have four children.