Забавная деталь: когда Питер Тиль основал Palantir в 2003 году, он назвал фирму в честь "магических камней-наблюдателей" из «Властелина колец» Толкиена. Лаки Палмер пошел по стопам Тиля. Anduril — эльфийское название перекованного меча Арагорна, короля людей и героя сил добра в эпосе Толкиена. В переводе с вымышленного языка квенья это означает «Пламя Запада». Копия меча из фильмов «Властелин колец» висит на стене в офисе Андурил.
Забавная деталь: когда Питер Тиль основал Palantir в 2003 году, он назвал фирму в честь "магических камней-наблюдателей" из «Властелина колец» Толкиена. Лаки Палмер пошел по стопам Тиля. Anduril — эльфийское название перекованного меча Арагорна, короля людей и героя сил добра в эпосе Толкиена. В переводе с вымышленного языка квенья это означает «Пламя Запада». Копия меча из фильмов «Властелин колец» висит на стене в офисе Андурил.
Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. That hurt tech stocks. For the past few weeks, the 10-year yield has traded between 1.72% and 2%, as traders moved into the bond for safety when Russia headlines were ugly—and out of it when headlines improved. Now, the yield is touching its pandemic-era high. If the yield breaks above that level, that could signal that it’s on a sustainable path higher. Higher long-dated bond yields make future profits less valuable—and many tech companies are valued on the basis of profits forecast for many years in the future.
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