{"id":100538,"date":"2019-09-19T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=434466"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:48:35","slug":"first-reviews-for-new-book-tools-and-weapons-by-microsoft-pres-brad-smith-and-carol-ann-browne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/first-reviews-for-new-book-tools-and-weapons-by-microsoft-pres-brad-smith-and-carol-ann-browne\/","title":{"rendered":"First reviews for new book \u2018Tools and Weapons\u2019 by Microsoft Pres. Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWhen your technology changes the world,\u201d he writes, \u201cyou bear a responsibility to help address the world that you have helped create.\u201d And governments, he writes, \u201cneed to move faster and start to catch up with the pace of technology.\u201d<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

In a lengthy interview, Mr. Smith talked about the lessons he had learned from Microsoft\u2019s past battles and what he saw as the future of tech policymaking \u2013 arguing for closer cooperation between the tech sector and the government. It\u2019s a theme echoed in the book, \u201cTools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,\u201d which he wrote with Carol Ann Browne, a member of Microsoft\u2019s communications staff.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013The New York Times, Sept. 8, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2019, a book about tech\u2019s present and future impact on humankind that was relentlessly upbeat would feel out of whack with reality. But Smith\u2019s Microsoft experience allowed him to take a measured look at major issues and possible solutions, a task he says he relished.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some people that are steeped in technology, but they may not be steeped in the world of politics or policy,\u201d Smith told me in a recent conversation. \u201cThere are some people who are steeped in the world of politics and policy, but they may not be steeped in technology. And most people are not actually steeped in either. But these issues impact them. And increasingly they matter to them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013Fast Company, Sept. 8, 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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In \u2018Tools & Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,\u2019 the longtime Microsoft executive and his co-author Carol Ann Browne tell the inside story of some of the biggest developments in tech and the world over the past decade \u2013 including Microsoft\u2019s reaction to the Snowden revelations, its battle with Russian hackers in the lead up to the 2016 elections and its role in the ongoing debate over privacy and facial recognition technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

The book goes behind-the-scenes at the Obama and Trump White Houses; explores the implications of the coming wave of artificial intelligence; and calls on tech giants and governments to step up and prepare for the ethical, legal and societal challenges of powerful new forms of technology yet to come.<\/em><\/p>\n

-GeekWire, September 7, 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tensions between the U.S. and China feature prominently in Smith\u2019s new book, \u2018Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age.\u2019 While Huawei is its own case, Smith worries that broader and tighter strictures could soon follow. The Commerce Department is considering new restrictions on the export of emerging technologies on which Microsoft has placed big bets, including artificial intelligence and quantum computing. \u201cYou can\u2019t be a global technology leader if you can\u2019t bring your technology to the globe,\u201d he says.<\/em><\/p>\n

-Bloomberg Businessweek, Sept. 7, 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Tell us what you think about the book @MSFTIssues<\/a>. You can buy the book here<\/a> or at bookstores<\/a> around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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