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A Bunch of Internal Documents Just Leaked About Peter Thiel’s Secret Society and There’s Some Bizarre Stuff in There
Events include "Navigating WWIII" and "Build-a-Cult." The post A Bunch of Internal Documents Just Leaked About Peter Thiel’s Secret Society and There’s Some Bizarre Stuff in There appeared first on Futurism.
A $5M tech-worker PAC is taking on Big Tech’s $100M war chest over AI rules
Silicon Valley is spending more than $100mn to elect politicians who will leave AI alone. A new group of tech workers wants to fight back with a fraction of that. The Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC that supports AI regulation, launched on Thursday with mone…
The New Safe Haven Isn't Gold, It's Electricity
FN Media Group Presents Oilprice.com Market Commentary NEW YORK, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. dollar is cracking—and the market knows it. After years of monetary excess, swelling deficits, and policy uncertainty, the world's reserve currency is losi…
Government asked to clarify involvement in Peter Thiel-linked conference planned for Wicklow
Labour TD Duncan Smith said that the public ‘has a right to know’ whether government ministers have been invited to the conference.
Immigrant-focused VC Geek Ventures returns with larger checks
Immigrant founders have long played a significant role in U.S. technology, but access to early-stage capital often still depends on local networks, customer introductions and proximity to established investors. That gap has created room for a small number of …
Podcast: Will Peter Thiel-backed event happen in Ireland?
An event, organised by a network co-founded by controversial billionaire investor Peter Thiel has set its sights on Ireland.
Ted Cruz, Powerful Dem Congressman Linked To Secret Society That Talks Sex, Cults And WW3: Report
Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Himes were among numerous powerful names linked to a secret society co-founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, Wired reported.
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he's doing that for robots. | TechCrunch
French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.
French Domestic Intelligence Agency to Replace Palantir Software With French-Made Alternative
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced Tuesday, June 16, that the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) will replace software from U.S. defense tech giant Palantir with a system from French firm ChapsVision. “We cannot rely on tools deve…
Patient Privacy Fears as US Spy Tech Firm Palantir Wins £330m NHS Contract
NHS awards £330m contract to US spy tech firm Palantir for new data platform, sparking privacy and human rights concerns.
The developer behind VLC’s 6 billion downloads now wants to connect hundreds of millions of robots
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer of VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for his startup Kyber, an infrastructure layer for controlling remote devices in real time. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which also led Mistral AI’s record…
Hackers Claim to Leak Stolen Madison Square Garden Data
Plus: Gay bars in San Francisco using face scanners, France quits Palantir, Apple plans to change its private email and more.
These 2 Beaten-Down Market Favorites Could Be Primed for a Rebound
With strong growth trends intact, these two beaten-down favorites could be setting the stage for a significant comeback.
These 2 Beaten-Down Market Favorites Could Be Primed for a Rebound
Once among Wall Street's hottest growth stocks, Palantir (PLTR) and SoFi (SOFI) have fallen sharply out of favor in 2026. Palantir shares are down about 24% year-to-date (YTD), while SoFi has lost more than 29% of its value. Despite the selloff, the underlyin…
ChapsVision says ethics panel can veto deals deemed risky
PARIS, June 18 : French software group ChapsVision said on Thursday its independent ethics committee can block contracts where its software could be misused, underscoring how oversight has become central as Europe seeks local alternatives to U.S. data analyti…
Top analyst calls Palantir too big to ignore, resets rating
For years, Wolfe Research maintained a long-standing avoidance strategy on Palantir (PLTR), keeping a bearish “Underperform” rating on the stock due to concerns over its steep valuation multiples. On Tuesday, June 16, that changed, though not by much. Wolfe a…
Death by 1,000 Compromises: How to Tap Into Founder Mode
The following is a guest post from Mark Pincus (@markpinc), an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist (including signatory of The Giving Pledge), and the founder of Zynga, the pioneering social- and mobile-gaming company behind Zynga Poker, Farm…
An ex-Palantir leader raised $16M to point AI at the NHS’s paperwork, not its doctors
Almost every AI tool aimed at the NHS is built for clinicians. Frontier Health raised $16M to build for the people behind them. The London startup announced a $16M seed round led by Atomico, with firstminute capital and XYZ Venture Capital also taking part. I…