Hacker News with Generative AI: Tech Companies

Palantir and Anduril are building a tech consortium to bid on defense contracts (techcrunch.com)
Two big defense tech players, Palantir and Anduril, are talking to tech companies including SpaceX, OpenAI, Saronic, and Scale AI about forming a consortium to bid on Pentagon contracts, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Defense, Tech Companies, AI, Consortiums

20 points by impish9208 26 days ago | 7 comments

UK's Online Safety Act comes into force (ofcom.org.uk)
People in the UK will be better protected from illegal harms online, as tech firms are now legally required to start taking action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms, and make them safer by design.

UK Law, Online Safety, Regulation, Tech Companies, Social Media

212 points by AndrewDucker 33 days ago | 363 comments

Tech companies Palantir and Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures (theregister.com)
Two tech businesses that were independently named after objects from The Lord of the Rings have formed a partnership – or should that be a fellowship?

Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships, Tech Companies

37 points by YeGoblynQueenne 40 days ago | 34 comments

Tech Companies Are Awash in 'Ghost Engineers,' Researcher Says (businessinsider.com)
A Stanford researcher says his algorithm pinpoints employees who are doing the bare minimum.

Tech Companies, Artificial Intelligence, Employment, Labor

8 points by rbanffy 47 days ago | 6 comments

Lessons from Palantir Alums About Building a Tech Company (partly.work)
When I joined Palantir in 2015, I didn’t think the company was that weird. It was my first real job, so I assumed Palantir was probably similar to other tech companies. It was only after I left that I realized how wrong I was. Palantir was fundamentally different from almost any tech company out there. That difference may be why it succeeded.

Tech Companies, Startups, Palantir, Business

11 points by svsaraf 64 days ago | 6 comments

Two accused of DDoSing some of the biggest tech companies (arstechnica.com)
Federal authorities have charged two Sudanese nationals with running an operation that performed tens of thousands of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against some of the world’s biggest technology companies, as well as critical infrastructure and government agencies.

Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Tech Companies

5 points by romperstomper 93 days ago | 1 comments

Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)