peter thiel Peter Thiel's dystopian cyberpunk business Palantir bombed its Initial Public Offering Thom Dunn

Business Peter Thiel's Palantir gets $500 million from Japan, just before expected IPO Xeni Jardin

Business Peter Thiel's Palantir to IPO within weeks, start trading before election Xeni Jardin

AI Peter Thiel claims AI is "Leninist" and "literally communist" in a sprawling speech for a think tank Thom Dunn

scholarship #NoTechForICE: Calling on ACM to cancel Palantir's sponsorship of the first ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law Cory Doctorow

politics Peter Thiel 'most scared' of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, accuses Google of treason. Trump agrees. Xeni Jardin

security Leaked Palantir 'Gotham' user manual shows how fast police and government can grab your info Xeni Jardin

corruption Mysterious New Orleans "anti-crime" camera emblazoned with NOPD logos outside surveillance contractor's house is disavowed by NOPD Cory Doctorow

Business Beatings—er, bonuses will continue at Palantir until morale improves Xeni Jardin

Business Palantir may IPO at valuation of up to $41 billion Xeni Jardin

christ what an asshole Palantir has figured out how to make money by using algorithms to ascribe guilt to people, now they're looking for new customers Cory Doctorow

surveillance The idea behind Cambridge Analytica's Facebook data-harvesting app came from a Palantir employee, with support from Eric Schmidt's daughter Cory Doctorow

surveillance ICE uses Facebook's backend to hunt their prey, with help from Palantir Cory Doctorow

police New Orleans Police used predictive policing without telling the city's elected officials Séamus Bellamy

politics Before standing for the Democratic nomination in a NY congressional race, Patrick Ryan was in business spying on union organizers and left-wing activists Cory Doctorow

peter thiel Peter Thiel, who is certainly not a vampire, reportedly attended a Halloween party at Dracula's Castle Thom Dunn

copyright Rise of the copyleft predator Rob Beschizza

free speech New university dedicated to "truth", not awarding degrees Thom Dunn

muppets The most convincing argument for a Muppet version of The Lord of the Rings Thom Dunn

military The wealthiest countries spend twice as much on border security as climate change Thom Dunn