1 place 55 fresh

87 Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads.

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot · today 11:41 EDT

Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads.

Palantir launched a fellowship that recruited high school graduates directly into full-time work, bypassing college entirely. The company received more than 500 applications and selected 22 for the inaugural class. The four-month program began with seminars on Western civilization, U.S. history, and leaders including Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill. Fellows then embedded in client teams working on live projects for hospitals, insurance companies, defense contractors, and government agencies.

CEO Ale

To see detailed statistics for the news please log in »

Read the original

Add your comment
You must be logged in with Facebook to read and write comments.

A newsletter a day!

You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.

or register

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

News from the same source
Slashdot Slashdot
Business Insider
Bryan Metzger @ Business Insider 1 place · today 15:08 EDT

Elon Musk backs Cuomo against Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

Musk encouraged NYC voters to back former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani the day before the city's mayoral election. Read more

5,273 fresh

🔮
03.11.2025 ♈︎ Dear Aries, today your day is filled with a balance of different areas of life.... Read more ›
Vox
Cameron Peters @ Vox 1 place · today 18:15 EDT

A temporary SNAP lifeline

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: After days of uncertainty, the Trump administration will keep food assistance flowing — but only for part of the month.  What’s happening? Funding for the […] Read more

1,438 fresh

Gizmodo
Matt Novak @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 15:15 EDT

60 Minutes Edited Out Trump’s Response to Questions About Crypto Corruption

"I'd rather not have you ask the question," Trump said in a deleted portion of the interview. Read more

1,073 fresh

Gizmodo
Germain Lussier @ Gizmodo 2 place · today 18:40 EDT

You’ll Never Guess What Sony’s Biggest Streaming Film of 2024 Was

But she would have. It's everyone's favorite Spider-Man spin-off, 'Madame Web.' Read more

826 fresh

Vox
Joshua Keating @ Vox 2 place · today 17:45 EDT

Trump just threatened to invade a new country

The big Donald Trump foreign policy question heading into this week looked like it was going to be when and if the US was going to launch military strikes against Venezuela. That’s still a live question, but in the meantime, the president has threatened to attack an entirely different country on the other side of […] Read more

736 fresh

Business Insider
Nora Redmond @ Business Insider 2 place · today 06:47 EDT

There's 'overwhelming evidence' tariffs have raised consumer prices, says Bank of America

The analysts wrote in a note on Friday that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of tariffs to date. Read more

708

Business Insider
Emily Pogue @ Business Insider 3 place · today 15:23 EDT

I visited 13 major European cities in 6 months. Here are 2 I can't wait to visit again and 2 I probably won't return to.

After spending six months traveling around Europe, there are a few cities I can't wait to return to, and others I'd probably skip next time. Read more

426 fresh

CNET
Gael Cooper @ CNET 1 place · today 16:00 EDT

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 4 #611

Here are hints -- and the answers -- for the NYT Strands puzzle for Nov. 4, No. 611. Read more

367 fresh

Gizmodo
Ellyn Lapointe @ Gizmodo 3 place · today 12:25 EDT

Elon Musk Wants to Block Out the Sun

The CEO of the largest satellite company in the world just proposed a bold—and totally misguided—solution to the climate crisis. Read more

344 fresh

Gizmodo
Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo · today 14:00 EDT

The True Star of ‘Alien: Earth’ Gets a Suitably Horrifying Funko

The unnerving 'Sheep With the Eye' Pop would very much like to glare at you from your toy shelf while plotting to steal your body. Read more

329 fresh

Business Insider
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italiano @ Business Insider · today 14:10 EDT

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever says there were talks of an Anthropic merger, and he was 'unhappy' about it

Ilya Sutskever, an OpenAI cofounder and the company's former chief scientist, detailed the merger talks in a recent deposition. Read more

324 fresh

Business Insider
Alex Bitter @ Business Insider · today 15:19 EDT

Hooters is getting a 're-Hooterization' as its founders retake control of the restaurant chain

Hooters Inc. is making menu changes as well as revamping its waitstaff's uniform as it acquires Hooters of America locations. Read more

290 fresh

Business Insider
Ayelet Sheffey @ Business Insider · today 12:34 EDT

'We will not let this stand': Trump's new rule that blocks student-loan forgiveness for some public servants is hit with a fresh lawsuit

A coalition of labor unions and cities filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its new rule to limit Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Read more

276 fresh

Vox
Christian Paz @ Vox 3 place · today 07:00 EDT

Will the attacks on Zohran Mamdani awaken a “sleeping giant”?

As the New York City mayoral election enters the final stretch, with the Muslim American Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani maintaining a sizable lead in all of the polls, a familiar beast has reared its head: blatant Islamophobia. Most of those dabbling in outright bigotry are unsurprising: right-wing shock-jocks and the pro-Trump New York Post. […] Read more

269

CNET
Aaron Pruner @ CNET 2 place · today 16:20 EDT

Apple CEO Stepping Down? Tim Cook Is Now 65, Sparking Succession Talk

Here are a few potential candidates reportedly being considered to fill the chief executive role once Tim Cook decides to retire. Read more

258 fresh

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware 1 place · today 11:50 EDT

Trump says no Blackwell chips to be sold to China — Nvidia re-entry into Beijing nixed despite temporary trade truce

Despite a trade truce, Trump has just made it clear that Nvidia's flagship AI GPUs from its Blackwell lineup will not be allowed to be sold to China. Read more

235 fresh

The Information
Ann Gehan @ The Information 1 place · today 17:23 EDT

French Regulators Threaten to Ban Shein

France threatened to ban Shein from selling products in the country after a consumer protection regulator said in a statement it had discovered the fast-fashion giant was selling sex dolls “with a childlike appearance.” France’s economic minister Roland Lescure said Monday that the government ... Read more

194 fresh

Gizmodo
Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo · today 16:00 EDT

We Wish This ‘100 Nights of Hero’ Trailer Was Even More Fantastical

Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine, and Charlie XCX star in the December 5 release. Read more

194 fresh

The most popular news from the same source for the last week
Slashdot Slashdot
Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/28/2025 18:50 EDT

Python Foundation Rejects Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions

The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because it required them to renounce all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. "The non-profit would've used the funding to help prevent supply chain attacks; create a new automated, proactive review process for new PyPI packages; and make the project's work easily transferable to other open-source package managers," reports The Register. From the report: The programming non-profit's deputy executive director... Read more

238

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot · 10/31/2025 12:02 EDT

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

An anonymous reader shares a report: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not let people decline to be scanned by its new facial recognition app, which the agency uses to verify a person's identity and their immigration status, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document also says any face photos taken by the app, called Mobile Fortify, will be stored for... Read more

96

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/28/2025 20:10 EDT

Senators Announce Bill That Would Ban AI Chatbot Companions For Minors

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Two senators said they are announcing bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to crack down on tech companies that make artificial intelligence chatbot companions available to minors, after complaints from parents who blamed the products for pushing their children into sexual conversations and even suicide. The legislation from Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., follows a congressional hearing last month at... Read more

84

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/31/2025 09:00 EDT

Scientists Reveal Roof Coating That Can Reduce Surface Temperatures Up To 6C On Hot Days

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Australian scientists have developed roof coatings that can passively cool surfaces up to 6C below ambient temperature, as well as extract water from the atmosphere, which they say could reduce indoor temperatures during extreme heat events. One coating made from a porous film, which can be painted on to existing roofs, works by reflecting 96% of incoming solar radiation, rather than... Read more

86

Slashdot
EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 11/02/2025 11:34 EDT

New Design Trend: People Downgrading 'Smart' Homes to Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with Landlines and Offline Appliances

"People are creating 'dumb homes,'" the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios. Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs. Others are designing digital detox corners — all part of a bigger "analog wellness" movement... The return to analog hobbies and spacesis about more than nostalgia for pre-internet times, researchers say. A home where "technology is always in the background,... Read more

81

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot · 10/29/2025 16:42 EDT

Windows is the Problem With Windows Handhelds

Microsoft shipped its first Xbox handheld nearly two weeks ago. The $600 white Xbox Ally cannot reliably sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep. Neither Microsoft nor Asus would admit there's a problem or offer a timeline to fix it after repeated requests by The Verge. Asus said it needs more time to test. Installing Bazzite, a Linux-based operating system, solves the problems, the publication reports. The same hardware... Read more

80

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/28/2025 22:10 EDT

Society Will Accept a Death Caused By a Robotaxi, Waymo Co-CEO Says

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said society will ultimately accept a fatal robotaxi crash as part of the broader tradeoff for safer roads overall. TechCrunch reports: The topic of a fatal robotaxi crash came up during Mawakana's interview with Kristen Korosec, TechCrunch's transportation editor, during the first day of the outlet's annual Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Korosec asked Mawakana about Waymo's ambitions and got answer after... Read more

76

Slashdot
BeauHD @ Slashdot · 10/31/2025 03:00 EDT

SpaceX: Starship Will Be Going To the Moon, With Or Without NASA

schwit1 shares a report from Behind the Black: SpaceX is going to land this spaceship manned on the Moon, whether or not NASA's SLS and Orion are ready. And even if those expensive, cumbersome, and poorly designed boondoggles are ready for those first two Artemis landings, SpaceX is likely to quickly outmatch them with numerous other private missions to the Moon, outside of NASA. It has the funds to do... Read more

75

Slashdot
msmash @ Slashdot · 10/31/2025 14:01 EDT

The World's Secret Electricity Superusers Revealed

An anonymous reader shares a report: The rush to secure electricity has intensified as tech companies look to spend trillions of dollars building data centers. There's an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases. Everyday items like toothpaste and life-saving treatments like MRIs are among the countless parts of modern life that hinge on access... Read more

75

Slashdot
EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 11/02/2025 10:34 EDT

Do AI Browsers Exist For You - or To Give AI Companies Data?

"It's been hard for me to understand why Atlas exists," writes MIT Technology Review. " Who is this browser for, exactly? Who is its customer? And the answer I have come to there is that Atlas is for OpenAI. The real customer, the true end user of Atlas, is not the person browsing websites, it is the company collecting data about what and how that person is browsing." New York... Read more

73

Most popular sources

  • You see 707 news out of 707.
  • Sources 61 out of 61.
Business Insider 33% 1
Gizmodo 9% 5
Tom's Hardware 7% 12
Vox 7% 1
Slashdot 4% 0
View sources »

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

03.11.2025 19:31
Last update: 19:25 EDT.
News rating updated: 02:20.

What is Times42?

Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.


Times42 © 2025