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

corruption Elizabeth Warren calls Zuck and Thiel's secret Trump White House dinner "corrupt" Cory Doctorow

Business Donald Trump had undisclosed dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel at White House, Facebook confirms Xeni Jardin

peter thiel FBI investigating VC fund started by Peter Thiel for financial misconduct: Report Xeni Jardin

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

AI Palmer Luckey wins secretive Pentagon contract to develop AI for drones 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

law New Zealand bans most offshore residential real-estate ownership Cory Doctorow

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

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

law The mystery man behind the destruction of Gawker Andrea James

class war Peter Thiel, "libertarian," wants to buy Gawker's archive, which would give him the power to censor stories he didn't like Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Peter Thiel: the "libertarian" who loves mass government surveillance, monopolies, and censorship Cory Doctorow

crowdfunding Gawker alumni are crowdfunding to outbid Peter Thiel for control of Gawker's assets Cory Doctorow

Business The Trump-funding, democracy-denying, Gawker-destroying Peter Thiel is finally no longer involved with Y Combinator Cory Doctorow

law A startup wants to buy your grievance against Equifax for 30% of your court award Cory Doctorow

law Judge tosses out Hulk Hogan lawyer's suit against Techdirt over that guy who claimed he invented email Cory Doctorow