Palantir CEO Alex Karp says Trump's rise is tied to the 'excesses of Silicon Valley'

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"I don't believe you would have a Trump phenomenon without the excesses of Silicon Valley," Palantir CEO Alex Karp told The New York Times.

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Ukrainian soldiers suspected they would invade Russia when they got new rifles, but still thought it was a joke when the orders came through

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"We joked that it wasn't April 1st. The commander just smiled, knowing we had no idea what was awaiting us," a Ukrainian soldier identified only by his first name, Serhiy, said of the orders to invade Russia, per The Economist.

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X closes office in Brazil amid Elon Musk's censorship feud with Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes

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An escalation in Elon Musk's public feud with Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has led to the closure of X's office in the country.

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Jon Stewart says he thought the Trump-Musk X livestream was just 'like two old dudes in a basement talking about how hot each other is'

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Jon Stewart said he felt bored watching former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's livestream on Monday.

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Mark Cuban says he would get rid of both the Republican and Democratic parties if he could do it by waving a 'magic wand'

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"You know, parties vote unilaterally right? They all vote the same despite representing districts or states that are all across the country. That's just insane," Mark Cuban told Bloomberg.

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Elon Musk is super mad at Mark Cuban again

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Elon Musk called Mark Cuban a giant turd in human form after Cuban said that Musk had adjusted X's algorithm according to his own preferences.

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Mystery of midnight honking by Waymo robotaxis solved

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Residents near an empty San Francisco parking lot faced a mysterious nightly symphony of honking Waymo robotaxis — but a solution has been found.

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Mark Cuban says Silicon Valley tech bros have lost their grip on reality and now want to be the board of directors to Trump's CEO

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Elon Musk speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; Mark Cuban at a basketball court in Dallas, Texas; former President Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania.
"It's not so much a support thing.

Elon Musk had weekly meetings with super PAC consultants to try to get voters to turn out for Trump in battleground states: report

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Elon Musk speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; former President Donald Trump speaking at a rally in Montana.
Elon Musk has been doing weekly meetings with his super PAC consultants on boosting voter turnout for Donald Trump since spring, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

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Business leaders and politicians react to Elon Musk and Donald Trump's conversation on X

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Elon Musk on Monday spoke with former President Donald Trump during a livestreamed event on Musk's social media platform, X.

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