Manifesto

间谍技术公司在面临禁止与政府机构签订新合同的压力中表示，它仅是“一家软件公司” 关注我们的 Australia 新闻实时博客以获取最新动态 订阅我们的突发新闻邮件、免费 app 或每日新闻 podcast 就在一份被一名 UK MP 形容为“超级反派的胡言乱语”的宣言中暗示某些文化不如其他文化几周后，美国间谍技术公司 Palantir 在 Australia 政府机构面临禁止与这家备受争议的公司签订新合同的呼声中，坚称自己只是“一家软件公司”。 在 Australia，各州和联邦与 Palantir 签订的合同金额已达到近 8000 万美元，据报道联邦对该公司的投资已超过 1.6 亿美元。 继续阅读...

• Lee Zeldin 在 Senate 面前声称 Trump administration 的计划将使 Environmental Protection Agency “更高效” • Senate Democrats 在周三举行的一次国会听证会上指责 Trump administration 正在放弃 Environmental Protection Agency 保护人类健康和环境的使命，并猛烈抨击该机构领导层提出的将其预算缩减一半的提案 • Lee Zeldin 在 Senate environment committee 的亮相是这位 EPA administrator 本周三场预算听证会中的最后一场，他在会上主张大幅削减该机构的资金，而在其领导下，该机构的人员编制已缩减至数十年来的最低水平

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weaponsThe US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”.“Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in a 22-point post on X over the weekend, which also called for an end to the “postwar neutering” of Germany and Japan. Continue reading...

Party says plan for ‘radical change’ will be funded in part through higher taxes on aviation, gambling and landlordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Scottish Greens have called for free bus travel, thousands of extra teachers and doctors and a universal basic income among hundreds of uncosted manifesto pledges.The party is enjoying a bounce in Scottish opinion polls, with some putting it ahead of Labour, driven partly by the surging support for the Green party of England and Wales under the leadership of Zack Polanski. Continue reading...