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‘I wanted to go after big tech’: ex-Google exec’s novel rips Silicon Valley — The Guardian

By TechTaffy Desk

It was once Jessica Powell’s job to defend Google. Now she’s taking her industry to task in a ‘totally fictional but essentially true’ book, writes Lauren Smiley.

Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/26/jessica-powell-author-interview-google-big-disruption

You can find the book here: https://disruption.medium.com

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