As tech chiefs woo Trump, Silicon Valley seethes over Minneapolis shootingsHours after immigration agents in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, a growing chorus of tech exe...
27 Jan, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
China scores big - Liu Jun, statistical genius, leaves Harvard for Tsinghua in surprise move - what happened?Chinese statistician returning from US: Renowned statistician Liu Jun, formerly at Harvard, is now back in China. He joins Tsinghua Univers...
08 Sep, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
Fortune 500 snubbed Palantir, now it’s one of the 25 most valuable companies on earth - here's how it did itPalantir market cap 2025: Palantir, cofounded by Peter Thiel, is now among the world's top 25 most valuable companies. Its stock price incr...
08 Aug, 2025, 01.22 AM IST
Iran bans Elon Musk’s Starlink, users now face prison, fines, even floggingIran's parliament has voted to ban Elon Musk's Starlink. This follows rising tensions with the West. The ban is expected to be approved soo...
30 Jun, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
Trump channels Xi’s China surveillance playbook as ICE deploys facial recognition app to identify peopleThe Trump administration is expanding its surveillance capabilities by equipping ICE officers with 'Mobile Fortify,' a smartphone app for r...
27 Jun, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Palantir Under Siege: Protesters rage over surveillance, ICE links in NYC office blockadePalantir Technologies faced protests due to its contracts with ICE and alleged involvement with the Israeli military in developing surveill...
27 Jun, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
What is Palantir? Meet the AI tech titan powering Trump-era surveillance and data operationsDonald Trump initiated a data exchange program among federal agencies. Palantir Technologies, co-founded by Peter Thiel, supports this. Pal...
09 Jun, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
US stock market today: Dow jumps 230 as Nasdaq slides and S&P stumbles; UPS cuts, Trump tariffs rattle Wall Street in worst 100-day start for markets in 50 yearsUS stock market today: Dow Jones today surged 230 points even as the S&P 500 slipped and the Nasdaq fell, wrapping up a wild day on Wall St...
29 Apr, 2025, 08.59 PM IST
Donald Trump’s gamble: As his tariff war with Canada, Mexico, EU & China rages on, early economic winners and losers emerge; here are the detailsTrump tariffs impact global trade, shaking industries and stock markets. Domestic steel and aluminum producers benefit, while automakers an...
15 Mar, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Meta permits its AI models to be used for US military purposesMeta said that it would make its AI models, called Llama, available to federal agencies and that it was working with defense contractors su...
07 Nov, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
Meta permits its AI models to be used for US military purposesMeta said that it would make its AI models, called Llama, available to federal agencies and that it was working with defense contractors su...
05 Nov, 2024, 09.31 AM IST
Palantir files for direct listing with tech IPOs surgingThe rush to the public markets comes as the economic downturn caused by the pandemic has led some companies to rethink their capital needs.
26 Aug, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Peter Thiel missed out on China. Now he’s betting on patriotismA persistent view Thiel has held is that China doesn’t make it easy for foreigners to buy a stake in the country’s prosperity.
02 Aug, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
If any one of these 3 things happen, the tech boom could end immediatelyAt last count there were 114 privately-held companies with valuations of $1 bn or more. Some, such as Uber and Airbnb, are worth tens of bi...
29 Jun, 2015, 03.10 PM IST