Google is working with the enemy: Top US general says the tech giant is 'indirectly' helping the Chinese military at the expense of America's armed forces because its partner firms in the communist nation share - but Google WONT work with the Pentagon

Marine General Joseph Dunford hit out at Google during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday

Last year Google said it was no longer vying for a $10billion cloud computing contract with the Defense Department because of new ethical guidelines

It also decided not to renew a contract with the US military to help analyze aerial drone imagery

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan also hit out at Google on Thursday, saying it had a 'lack of willingness to support DoD program'

The United States' top general has claimed that Google's work in China is 'indirectly benefiting the Chinese military'.

Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hit out at the search engine giant as he spoke during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday.

'We watch with great concern when industry partners work in China knowing that there is that indirect benefit,' he said.

'Frankly, "indirect" may be not a full characterization of the way it really is, it is more of a direct benefit to the Chinese military.'

Dunford has long been critical of US tech firms that work with geopolitical competitors, including China, but don't help the Department of Defense.

Last year Google said it was no longer vying for a $10billion cloud computing contract with the Defense Department, in part because the company's new ethical guidelines do not align with the project.

And in June Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyze aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse an internal uproar over the deal.

Meanwhile, Google came under fire last year after it was revealed the company was studying the possibility of launching a censored search engine in China with the Chinese government.

The search giant dropped the plans following backlash, but CEO Sundar Pichai said the company has invested in China for years and plans to continue to do so.

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State police say they suspect the husband of a high-flying Massachusetts attorney killed her and their three children then set their Berkshires home alight before taking his own life

Cops say incident Wednesday in Sheffield, Massachusetts was murder-suicide

Justine Wilber, Luke Karpinski, both 41, and their three children were found dead

The children were a pair of seven-year-old twins as well as a three-year-old

Berkshire District Attorney says it appears that Karpinski killed his family

He was a patent analyst and his wife worked as a patent attorney in New York

The five people who were found dead inside a home that caught fire have been identified, and the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide by police.

Justine Wilber and her husband Luke Karpinski, both 41, died on Wednesday in the Sheffield, Massachusetts home along with their seven-year-old twins and a three-year-old child, officials said.

Investigators believe that Karpinski murdered his family before killing himself, and that there is no ongoing threat to the public, Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington said at a press conference on Thursday evening.

Wilber was a patent attorney working for a law firm in Albany, New York, while her husband was believed to be a patent analyst for the federal government.

It is with grief and immeasurable sorrow that we learned of the death of our friend and colleague Justine M. Wilbur, who died with her family yesterday,' the law firm of Hoffman Warnick said in a statement to DailyMail.com.

'Justine was a talented attorney who joined our team in 2017 after having built a reputation both domestically and internationally as a patent expert. Her work was both meaningful and challenging having encompassed topics ranging from cancer treatment and nanotechnology to advanced materials.

'Justine was smart, knowledgeable, dedicated and hardworking. She was a devoted mother to her wonderful children, and a true friend to everyone in our firm.

'We are each devastated by loss and extraordinary sadness, but are comforted and grateful for having shared Justine's infectious spirit and energy.

'We pray for her family and those who loved her.'

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