As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable themIn April, Gil Durán was permanently banned...
Read MorePaid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselvesAndy Burnham faces a lot of big decisions. But one of the incoming prime...
Read MoreThe spytech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs during impassioned Westminster debateMPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spytech...
Read MoreOpposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to probe deals blockedLabour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid...
Read MoreState residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle is brewing in California over a plan to tax billionaires – with tech titans divided over whether they...
Read MoreLong after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his earHe got by with a little help from his friends. From British royalty to White House alumni, from a Silicon...
Read MoreThe political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than ArmageddonPeter Thiel, the...
Read MoreExclusive: Company that works with intelligence services wins £480m contract in joint bid with AccentureThe NHS is to hand a key role in handling patient data and share of a £480m contract to the US spy technology...
Read MoreDavid Davis among cross-party MPs with privacy concerns over prospective Palantir dealA former cabinet minister has warned that there could be a “battle royale” over a £480m NHS data software contract sought by...
Read MoreExclusive: tech firm Palantir has come under fire for links to Trump’s drive to eject migrants The government has awarded oversight of the UK’s post-Brexit border and customs data to Palantir, an American tech firm...
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