Palantir CIO Jim Siders leaves to become head of Thrive Capital’s new IT services business

Siders spent more than 12 years at Palantir, recently overseeing its global IT operations, business applications and infrastructure.

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Market rotation, the Fed’s Kevins, Netflix’s ‘Star Wars’ moment and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Amazon apologises after showing 15-rated film to child who rented PG movie

The child’s was trying to watch Diary of a Wimpy Kid – but a film with “strong sex and sex references” played instead.

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Google‘s Data Center Dreams Get UK Boost

This marks a significant victory for the company‘s European expansion plans, but unsurprisingly there is local resistance.
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Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem

Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

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Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant

Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software.

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Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 Security Update

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 with important security fixes. Here’s what to know before installing the update.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO Targets $1.5T Valuation

SpaceX’s public offering strategy will raise more than $30 billion—three times more than the company has raised in its entire 23-year existence since 2002.
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Ofcom investigates BT and Three for failing to connect 999 calls

The companies have been fined in the past over outages leaving customers unable to call emergency services.

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‘We were sacked from Rockstar North for trying to unionise’

Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged “union-busting”.

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