Tech-Companies

Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies

2025-03-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Wealthy Chinese investors have secretly used special-purpose vehicles to invest over $30 million in Elon Musk’s private companies, including SpaceX, xAI, and Neuralink. These investments are routed through Cayman Islands-registered entities to obscure direct ownership, raising significant …

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NSA PRISM Program Forces Tech Companies to Provide Direct Server Access

2013-06-06 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s PRISM program gave the government direct access to servers of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Apple, and other tech giants, collecting emails, photos, videos, and communications of millions of Americans. Companies initially resisted but capitulated under …

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