Politics

The gospel according to Palantir

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 14:43

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology

Alex Karp photo collage — Kevin Dietsch/Getty; ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Getty; Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Tyler Le/BI

Tech, Discourse, Discourse, discourse-freelance, discourse-explainer, alex-karp, Palantir

Battles with Rupert Murdoch and gaining David Fincher's respect: How 'Fight Club' went from box-office bust to '90s cult classic

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 14:23

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style

Stills from David Fincher's — "Fight Club" wasn't a hit upon its 1999 release. Now, it's considered a cult classic.
20th Century Fox; Alyssa Powell/BI

When Bill Mechanic was the chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, he had one simple operating principle: Get in trouble.

Entertainment, Movies, fight-club, bill-mechanic, david-fincher, rupert-murdoch, brad-pitt

FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic over story about 'excessive drinking'

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 13:49

Tech Insider : Politics, Business

Law, Media, politics, Defamation, kash-patel, the-atlantic, FBI

Meta CTO says he feels stressed out 4-5 times a year — and he knows the 'trigger'

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 11:15

Tech Insider : Business, Politics

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth is pictured. — Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said his stress was triggered by busyness — and not doing the "important work."
Bloomberg/Getty Images

Strategy, Careers, Tech, meta, CTO, andrew-boz-bosworth, Stress

Palantir's summary of CEO Alexander Karp's manifesto is generating buzz. Read the 22 bullet points.

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 10:37

Tech Insider : Politics, Business

Alex Karp speaks during The New York Times' Dealbook Summit — Palantir posted a summary of a book its CEO, Alex Karp, co-wrote called "The Technological Republic" over the weekend.
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York Times

Tech, AI, politics, Military & Defense, Palantir, alex-karp, Defense

California Treasurer Fiona Ma tied to Chinese school cited in scathing audit

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 08:55

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business

California Treasurer Fiona Ma is running for lieutenant governor.
Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Enterprise, Education, politics, Education, China, California, politics

Oil prices jump again as US-Iran peace talks stall

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 07:29

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Business

oil pumpjacks — Global oil and jet fuel prices have spiked since February amid the ongoing war.
Mario Tama/Getty Images

economy, politics, us-iran-war, donald-trump, strait-of-hormuz, Oil, Gas

Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain

Sun, 04/19/2026 - 14:19

Engadget : Business, Politics

In case you haven't gotten around to reading Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W.

Politics & Government , site|engadget , provider_name|Engadget , region|US , language|en-US , author_name|Cheyenne MacDonald

Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. States and Congress keep saying no.

Sun, 04/19/2026 - 11:40

TNW News : Politics

In short: The Trump administration is waging a multi-front campaign to prevent states from regulating AI, using a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department evaluations of “burdensome” state laws, and a legislative framework urging Congress to preempt state-level regulation with a “minimally burdensome national standard.” But states have accelerated in the opposite direction – 1,208 […]