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You may balk at giving your health data to Palantir but it could save your life

The NHS’s deal with the US tech company raises privacy concerns but a unified database could be a medical gamechanger

The Guardian - UK

‘We will coup whoever we want!’: the unbearable hubris of Musk and the billionaire tech bros

Challenging each other to cage fights, building apocalypse bunkers – the behaviour of today’s mega-moguls is becoming increasingly outlandish and imperial

The Guardian - UK

Peter Thiel-cofounded Palantir will overhaul the U.K.’s public health service in a deal worth up to $413m—and people are worried

Palantir previously worked with the NHS during COVID-19, helping with vaccine rollout for a grand sum of £1. But people remain skeptical about the deal.

Fortune

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Palantir’s Peter Thiel: NHS is a natural target for outspoken tech billionaire

Silicon Valley outsider whose firm has won data contract has previously said health service should be ripped up to ‘start over’

The Guardian - UK

Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract

Awarding of contract to create new data platform prompts immediate concerns about security of medical records

The Guardian - UK

Sam Altman: what drives the tech guru who's back at the top of OpenAI

If Sam Altman wasn’t already the biggest name in Artificial Intelligence last week, he definitely is now. As boss of OpenAI, creators of Chat GPT, Altman leads a firm that has revolutionised how many people work and study – and grapples with the moral questions around their tech. Last week,…

Evening Standard

Billionaires are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s anti-democratic agenda

The more disturbing Trump’s public proclamations become, the more US plutocrats seem to want him to win

The Guardian - US

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NHS England gives key role in handling patient data to US spy tech firm Palantir

Exclusive: Company that works with intelligence services wins £480m contract in joint bid with Accenture

The Guardian - UK

Peter Thiel won’t fund any 2024 races after backing Trump in 2016: ‘It was crazier than I thought’

Thiel says in an interview that Trump had called him earlier this year to solicit $10m and that he turned down the request

The Guardian - US

Thatcherite conservatism is on its last legs. I’ve had a disturbing glimpse of what might replace it

The global political right is flailing. If it is to reinvent itself, it will need a fresher vision than that espoused by Peter Thiel, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Republican debate broadcast partner fueled by misogyny and extremism

Holocaust-denying, pro-Nazi and white nationalism content posted on Rumble, exclusive livestreamer for November debate

The Guardian - US

Everything you need to know about NHS England’s biggest ever IT contract

What is the contract for? And why are there privacy concerns about the deal?

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims

Tesla owner was ‘only hours from death’

The Independent UK

Elon Musk planned to hire Rudy Giuliani as political fixer – then he met him

‘This guy occupies a different planet,’ Tesla CEO said after meeting former New York City mayor in early 2000s

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Fortune

Layer N’s $5 million round includes support from Peter Thiel-backed Founders Fund

The layer-2 blockchain built on Ethereum is coming out of stealth mode.

Fortune

Elon Musk lives life like he’s playing a video game—from ‘demon mode” to gleaning life lessons from ‘Polytopia’

"Elon Musk," a biography that recounts the childhood, career, and personal life of the billionaire, hit shelves on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Jeffrey Epstein held meetings with Trump associates before 2016 election - years after sex offender conviction

The convicted sex offender invited Trump’s campaign backers Thomas Barrack and Peter Thiel to lunch with Russian diplomat Vitaly Churkin

Fortune

Why Peter Thiel won’t fund any of the 2024 presidential candidates

In 2022, Peter Thiel was one of the 10 largest donors to federal politicians.

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Peter Thiel explains his decision not to fund any presidential candidates in 2024

“They will convince people or they will not convince people. And an extra $1 million or $10 million does not make any difference,” the billionaire investor tells Fortune.

Salon

Staking out the Silicon Valley vampires

In the quest for longevity, research funded by the wealthy belongs in the hands of the poorest

Fortune

Inside Peter Thiel’s powerful Silicon Valley network which started with a student paper

The Stanford Review has helped Thiel created a vast and powerful interconnected web.

The Guardian - US

‘He’s an insider’: Ramaswamy’s deep ties to rightwing kingpins revealed

Republican candidate brands himself as an ‘outsider’ but has close links to prominent figures Leonard Leo and Peter Thiel

Fortune

Peter Thiel launched a student newspaper 36 years ago. It has quietly become one of the surest paths to success in Silicon Valley

The conservative Stanford Review didn’t change many minds on campus. But its alums have transformed the tech ecosystem.

Fortune

Are Hawaii’s tech landowners stepping up for Maui?

As the fires in Maui ravage the island, billionaire residents like Salesforce’s Marc Benioff and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg are in the spotlight, raising questions about how they’re using their funds to protect the island.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rohan Silva: There’s an environmental catastrophe unfolding on our streets, but nobody cares

Billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel has a great question he puts to people he’s interviewing. “Tell me,” he asks, “something that’s true that almost nobody agrees with you about.”

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