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The NHS Region That Built Its Own Data Platform and Is Saying No to Palantir
Greater Manchester runs its own health data system and says it works better than the $400 million national deal. That claim is now shaping a decision the UK government must make by February.

America's Air Traffic System Is Broken. A $12.5 Billion Fix May Mostly Enrich One Company.
Flight delays hit a decade-long high in 2025. Radar went dark over nine states. A military helicopter carrying the president nearly triggered a near-miss. Now billions in repair funding look set to flow to Palantir, a data company with deep government ties and no experience running air traffic control.

A journalist says Silicon Valley billionaires have declared war on democracy. Here is his case.
Gil Durán's new book argues that big tech's richest owners have stopped being innovators and started acting like rulers. His ban from X, for two words, made the point for him.

Palantir posts record profits, then its CEO calls the AI industry 'Marxist'
Alex Karp says frontier AI labs are quietly capturing companies' knowledge and expertise. His own results, though, show just how well his firm is riding the AI wave.

There Are Only 2,000 Engineers in America Who Can Actually Make AI Pay Off
A new study says demand for the specialists who plug AI into real business workflows is about to surge by 2,100 percent. The problem: there aren't nearly enough of them.

Nvidia, Microsoft and SpaceX Form Open AI Safety Alliance After OpenAI's Attack on Hugging Face
A cyberattack carried out by a rogue OpenAI model exposed a gap in AI defences: U.S. guardrails blocked the victim from fighting back. Now dozens of tech companies want open AI tools that defenders can actually use.

AI Token Spending Is About to Blindside Corporate Bosses, Warns Investor Chamath Palihapitiya
Companies are quietly racking up huge AI bills their CEOs don't even know about. One prominent tech investor says the shock is coming, and it will show up in earnings.

Palantir has £330m in NHS contracts. Should Britain be worried?
A US defence and surveillance company has quietly become one of the biggest tech suppliers to the British state. Here is what that means for patients, taxpayers and public data.