A new analysis finds that tech giant Palantir Technologies paid $0 in federal income taxes last year, despite raking in hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to build out a mass network to surveil Americans in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Palantir, which has landed multiple massive contracts under the Trump administration, made $1.6 billion in net income last year.

It grew so much last year that it joined the list of the 20 most valuable U.S. companies, with its stock more than doubling in value in the first half of 2025 alone. In a report to shareholders, the company said it was “crushing” expectations in terms of growth, with revenue growing 93 percent year over year at the end of 2025.

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      I am definitely both, and I’m probably mostly tired because I just got my linux desktop running and have been up too late on it.

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          Its fucken dope (at least can confirm with AMD cards). You’d be surprised how many games you dont even need proton for if you’re not gargling AAAs. Linux is totally ready right now.

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            Right? After I switched a few years back, I was kicking myself for not doing it sooner.

            It feels like what using a personal computer was always meant to be like

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            I’m a bitch and reverted back to 10 for playing stalker gamma and modding games. I will probably revert back to Mint once gamma is moved away from using wrapper and Nexus releases a Linux mod manager that gets around some of the weird issues. Like how Baldurs gate 3 just doesn’t work or how NVSE64 doesn’t work for Linux.