The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday launched a broad investigation of major digital technology companies into whether they engage in anti-competitive practices. July 22: The Amazon Washington Post front page story yesterday was total Fake News. June 16: A poll should be done on which is the more dishonest and deceitful newspaper, the Failing New York Times...
July 22- Microsoft Corp said on Monday it was investing $1 billion in San Francisco- based OpenAI and that the two had formed a multi-year partnership to develop artificial intelligence supercomputing technologies on Microsoft's Azure cloud computing service. OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit with $1 billion in funding from Silicon Valley...
July 18- Berlin- based N26 said on Thursday it raised an additional $170 million in its latest funding round, driving up its valuation to $3.5 billion, as the online bank looks to speed up expansion to markets outside Europe including the U.S. N26, which counts Chinese billionaire Li Ka- shing and Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel among its backers, is competing...
July 18- Berlin- based N26 said on Thursday it raised an additional $170 million in its latest funding round, driving up its valuation to $3.5 billion, as the online bank looks to speed up expansion to markets outside Europe including the U.S. N26, which counts Chinese billionaire Li Ka- shing and Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel among its backers, is competing...
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration would investigate whether Alphabet Inc's Google supports the Chinese government, following accusations that a company official refuted hours later at a Senate hearing. Thiel has called on the FBI and CIA to probe Google on its relations with China, and alleged that the company worked with the...
The president repeated accusations made previously by Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and venture capitalist, that Google worked for the Chinese government. The Trump Administration will take a look! " Thiel had called on the FBI and CIA to probe Google on its relations with China, and had alleged that the company worked with the Chinese military.
GOOGLE, IN RESPONSE TO PETER THIEL'S ACCUSATION OF CO'S TIES WITH CHINESE GOVT SAYS "WE DO NOT WORK WITH THE CHINESE MILITARY".
Palantir had a huge year, breaking through a government contract barrier that had held it back from lucrative Pentagon deals until now.
Fake burgers are for real. The Beyond Meat IPO and national restaurant-chain deals for Impossible Foods show that the meat industry has a long-term problem. And the science of plant-based burgers keeps getting better in a way that cows are not.
March 29- TransferWise Ltd, the money transfer startup whose investors include entrepreneur Richard Branson and PayPal Holdings Inc founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, is seeking to sell a stake in itself in a new fundraising round, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. TransferWise, one of Europe's best-funded financial technology firms, is...
HONG KONG, March 20- Start-ups specialising in alternative protein, from eggless eggs to pea-stuffed burgers and cell-grown fish products, are piling into the Chinese territory of Hong Kong to tap the mainland's booming multi-billion dollar food market. Backed by some of the world's top billionaires including Hong Kong businessman Li Ka- shing,...
Top White House officials, including Jared Kushner, have given Thiel the cold shoulder, sources tell CNBC.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is putting some heavy hitters on blockchain to make sure his company doesn't miss out on the action.
It was a Palantir employee in London, working closely with the data scientists building Cambridge’s psychological profiling technology, who suggested the scientists create their own app, NYT reports.
Palantir worked on the Facebook data that was acquired by Cambridge Analytica, whistleblower Christopher Wylie tells members of U.K. Parliament.
Thiel has been pulling away from Silicon Valley and shifting his investment focus.
Thiel has been pulling away from Silicon Valley and shifting his investment focus.
Reports that he wants to leave the board are incorrect, Peter Thiel said, noting that among other things that he brings “ideological diversity.”
"I don't know and frankly if I had my druthers I would wish they wouldn't," the Home Depot co-founder told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp tells CNBC the software company is expanding its roster of clients and is now working with Fiat Chrysler.
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