Despite its ethical objections to helping the Pentagon, Google indirectly and inadvertently assists the Chinese military, which has tentacles into the tech giant's ventures in China, former deputy secretary of defense Robert Work said.
"I just had a general who came to my office," said Chris Lynch, head of DoD's internal hoodie-wearing geek squad, the Defense Digital Service. "The problem was the entire mission was being run out of Excel."
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