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Author Brett Scott argues that Palantir Technologies should be renamed Orthanc Inc., drawing a direct parallel between the data-mining firm and the dark tower of the wizard Saruman in J.R.R. Tolkien's…

A new analysis argues that Peter Thiel's military-AI companies Palantir and Anduril, named after artifacts from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, fundamentally contradict the author's ethical framework. …

Palantir has released an audio edition of its essay "The Scouring of Middle Earth," featuring a *Lord of the Rings*-inspired soundtrack, exclusively for paying subscribers. The piece compares the ethi…