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An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century...

Das Softwareunternehmen Palantir vertreibt eine der weltweit leistungsstärksten Technologien zum Sammeln von großen Datenmengen. Damit handelt Palantir mit Informationen, die westliche Demokratien schützen sollen, aber auch ihren Zusammenbruch herbeiführen könnten. An der Spitze des Unternehmens steht der unkonventionelle CEO und Mitbegründer Alex Karp, der in Sozialtheorie promovierte und überraschende politische und philosophische Ansichten vertritt.

Sherlock Holmes is one of those iconic characters who have become so embedded in our culture that he transcends space and time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the currently popular series, Sherlock, have tried to kill off the famous character. So what is it about this colorful, egocentric, brilliant, conceited man that engages the imagination? Sherlock Holmes: Bird Dragging a Broken Wing explores one possible reason why Holmes can be "killed" over and over and still survive - along with his arch nemesis, Moriarty - to become the subject of yet another story.

France is in a rut, and so is French cuisine. Twenty-five years ago it was hard to have a bad meal in France; now, in some cities and towns, it is a challenge to find a good one. For the first time in the annals of modern cooking, the most influential chefs and the most talked-about restaurants in the world are not French. Within France, large segments of the wine industry are in crisis, cherished artisanal cheeses are threatened with extinction, and bistros and brasseries are disappearing at an alarming rate.