2026-07-18 16:32:03
"Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/18/former-labour-deputy-leader-tom-watson-joins-palantir
Nothing to see there...
«Einstellungsgespräch — Palantir fragt Tötungsbereitschaft der Entwickler ab:
Palantir testet beim Einstellungsgespräch, wie Entwickler damit umgehen, dass ihre Software Menschen tötet. Wer das Unternehmen verlässt, muss schweigen.»
Das ist Faschismuss und nichts anders! Hört auf auf irgendwelchen "Sicherheit" zu befürworten die egoistisch vorgegaukelt wird.
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Every week, Metacurity offers our readers a selection of the top infosec-related long reads we couldn't do justice to amid the torrent of daily news.
This week's choices cover,
--How an audacious server heist exposed the fragility of digital infrastructure,
--WhatsApp has quietly become an essential service,
--The NHS fought to keep sensitive health data out of Palantir's hands,
--Thomson Reuters' ICE surveillance problem,
--Why AI slop thre…
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/international-crisis/no-palantir-in-our-nhs/people-vs-palan…
"Foundry is a proprietary product. Some #NHS data analysts told us that all their work on the FDP would be lost if they no longer had access to #Palantir’s platform. This raises concerns over what many experts call “vendor lock in”. Once you start using a Silicon Valley tech company’s product, it can …
Sowas kann man sich nicht ausdenken: Axel Springer Award an Peter Thiel:
"Beobachter vermuten, dass Thiels politische Ansichten sogar noch radikaler sind als die der aktuellen US-Regierung."
"Bereits 2009 schrieb er, dass er nicht mehr daran glaube, dass Freiheit und Demokratie miteinander vereinbar seien."
"Aus Sicht des Springer-Konzerns ist Palantir jedoch »eines der wertvollsten und für die Resilienz von Demokratien wichtigsten Unternehmen unser…
Kann ich bitte diesen Handschuh mit den Infinity-Steinen noch mal sehen?
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/springer-konzern-ehrt-peter-thiel-mit-axel-springer-award-2026-a-4074675d-9a14-42fa-841d-1…
London-based Valarian, which allows companies to use US cloud providers for AI workloads but retain control of their data, raised a $50M Series A led by NEA (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/13/ai-sove
Palantir Technologies,
one of the world’s most influential — and controversial — surveillance tech companies,
🔸enjoyed an effective tax rate of just 1.4% globally last year
🔸while paying no US federal income tax
despite recording substantial profits, an analysis released on Wednesday revealed.
The study, Who Pays for the Surveillance State?, was written by the Center for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR)
in partnership with th…
Einig sind sich die Grünen bereits, dass sie mit der Palantir-Software "Gotham" möglichst wenig zu tun haben wollen. Bei der Urabstimmung geht es aber um die Frage: Wie wenig ist möglichst wenig?
#Palantir #BadenWürttemberg
USA Today partners with Palantir to better monetize its customer data and reports Q2 revenue down 8% YoY to $536.3M and net income of $9.1M; TDAY drops 7.62% (Angela Fu/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/usa-today-parnership-deal-palantir/
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/
ICE shared Medicaid data it shouldn’t have with Palantir : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/nx-s1-5898504/ice-medicaid-palantir-data
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir (Jude Joffe-Block/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/nx-s1-5898504/ice-medicaid-palantir-data
http://www.memeorandum.com/260717/p120#a260717p120
Palantir mit mehr als 90 Prozent Umsatzplus
Palantir Jahresumsatz übertrifft die Erwartungen. Der stärkste Anstieg lag beim Geschäft mit Unternehmen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Palantir-mit-meh
Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton restrict their use of Fable due to a lack of ZDR assurances; source: Palantir hasn't made Fable available via its own software (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthro…
Major military contractor and surveillance giant Palantir
has posted a chilling manifesto on social media that calls for tech companies like itself to play a larger role in a dystopian future
where imperialist and white supremacist powers are unleashed and Americans are increasingly subject to the whims of the surveillance state.
The post contains 22 points it says were summarized from a 2025 book,
"The Technological Republic", written by Palantir co-founder…
Study: Palantir's European units made €440.5M in 2024 revenue but reported sharply lower margins than its US operations, helping cut its European tax bill (Antoaneta Roussi/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/palantir-funnels-earnings-us-avoids-e…
«Justiz und Medienrecht - Palantir akzeptiert Urteil im Streit mit der "Republik":
Der US-Datenkonzern Palantir akzeptiert das Urteil des Zürcher Handelsgerichts im Streit mit dem Onlinemedium @… und verzichtet auf eine Anfechtung.»
Wie sich Palantir sich gerne als fortschrittlich darstellt, gelang ihr diesmal nicht. Das ers…
Falls sich wer fragt wie digitale #Souveränität für #CSU und #FreieWähler
aussieht 🤡
Von der problematischen Verknüpfung der Daten aus einzelnen Dateien mal ganz…
Join union nurses’ Palantir Out Day of Action in Chicago:
#UnionStrong
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, vs. $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY 2026 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 9% after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/palantir-pltr-earnings-q2-2026.html
More than 800 unionized USA Today staffers call on the company to dissolve its recently announced partnership with Palantir, citing "significant ethical issues" (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab…
Definiere Politik: Man ist strikt gegen etwas, setzt es aber dann doch irgendwie um. 🤷♀️🤔
Das ist gar nichts Besonderes, das ist einfach der Preis für Koalition und Machterhalt.
#Palantir #Grüne #Urabstimmung
@… being (half) black didn't stop Alex Karp (CEO of Palantir) from being ultra-fascist, though.
Die Republik beschäftigt sich erneut mit Palantir bzw. mit einem der Gründer. Der lebt nun in der Schweiz und finanziert nebenbei Projekte in die hiesige Weltraumforschung. Nach welchen Kriterien dies erfolgt, scheint aber nicht ganz klar zu sein.
https://www.republik…
Don't forget who co-invested in Musk's takeover of Twitter:
Andreessen Horowitz, venture capitalists closely connected to Peter Thiel's anti-democracy drive, Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal, and 8VC, a venture capital firm cofounded by Thiel's Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale.
[The Nerd Reich]
RE: https://flipboard.com/@derspiegel/wirtschaft-5231s131z/-/a-K4Z31WlZSv6CjGVreiZ4Ng:a:2114916517-/0
„In Europa stößt Palantir dagegen zunehmend auf Skepsis, da Regierungen eine zu große Abhängig…
Brokers representing Donald Trump purchased between $9.7 million and $24.3 million in stocks from a dozen arms manufacturers and other Pentagon contractors in 2025,
-- including Palantir, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics, according to an analysis of a new financial disclosure released by the president last week.
The disclosure comes as the Trump administration launches new strikes on Iran,
oversees a historic weapons stockpiling effort at home,
and calls for a $…
The US Army awards $192M in contracts to Palantir and Anduril to produce eight TITAN AI-powered mobile ground stations, to be delivered over the next 18 months (Barratt Dewey/Tectonic Defense)
https://www.tectonicdefense.com/the-army-a
Honest Government Ad | Palantir [The Juice Media]
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9QCVDSjY
The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
👉 Take action:
🔹 Townhall meeting on July 6:
"Palantir has an estimated $13.7bn in US government contracts; last year, its stock price rose more than 90% in six months. Andreessen is backing dozens of defence companies scooping up government contracts and recently joined the Pentagon’s advisory board. Last week, Musk’s SpaceX received a $1.6bn contract to supply rockets to the US Space Force – on the same day he pledged at least $100m to help Republicans in November’s midterm elections."
Finde die Kommentierungen der Palantir-Urabstimmung in Baden-Württemberg aus anderen Landesteilen etc. insofern interessant, als da oft nicht bedacht wird, dass die 92% Nein auch zustande kamen, weil Landesvorstand, Fraktion und auch der MP für ein Nein geworben hatten. Und zugleich deutlich gemacht haben, dass die Urabstimmung zwar ein Signal setzt, an den Handlungsräumen aber erstmal nichts ändert.
Alex Karp calls US reliance on AI labs for military tech "effing insane", pans AI fees for businesses, and touts Palantir's Nvidia Nemotron deal for US agencies (Ty Roush/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/20
“The EU is rule of law,” Thiel said. “It is like bad AI.”
Thank you, Thiel. Please go cosplay Caesar on your continent only.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/us/peter-thiel-aspen-pope-china-ai-cec
Bloody hell, this was going to be held almost down the road from us. Can you imagine the stench?
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/03/wicklow-hotel-cancels-secretive-peter-thiel-conference/
Good on them for cance…
Was ein Glück, dass vor den Landtagswahlen wieder Attentate passieren … dann geht Palantir Überwachung leichter durch.
"Unwissen schützt vor Verantwortung nicht" - "Die Debatte um den Einsatz von Palantirs Software wird wohl auch in den kommenden Jahren nicht abreißen. Zu erfolgreich ist der Mythos um das Produkt, zu groß die Versuchung für Politik und Sicherheitsbehörden, sich die mutmaßlich revolutionären Erkenntnismöglichkeiten und das Narrativ der Innovation zu eigen zu machen" Aber die Politik versteht das Produkt nicht und kann im Parlamente daher auch keine Rechenschaft geben.
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Adieu Palantir: Berlin und Paris planen eigenes digitales Rückgrat
Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree (Donald Shaw/Sludge)
https://readsludge.com/2026/06/22/palantir-goes-on-a-democratic-lobbyist-hiring-spree/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p141#a260622p141
Another banger from The Juice Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9QCVDSjY
and I've gone and signed htt…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Adieu Palantir: Berlin und Paris planen eigenes digitales Rückgrat
Senator Lynn Ruane invited to Palantir secret society meeting, but declined.
https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/0618/1579209-senator-among-six-irish-on-invite-list-of-secretive-dialog-group/
There'…
#TIL https://www.pizzint.watch/polyglobe/app exists. Is this supposed to be civil palantir for the masses?
Palantir ist längst kein Analyse-Tool mehr, sondern das "Operating System for Global Decision-Making" – so beschreibt es Manuel Atug bei @…. Gotham, Foundry, AIP: eine Ontologie, die alle Daten zusammenführt. Rasterfahndung by Design, verfassungsrechtlich hochproblematisch. Bayern, Hessen, NRW machen längst mit.
O Governo privou seu artigo sobre uma parceria com a Palantir, empresa fascista de Peter Thiel
Disponível no web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260219153836/https://www.gov.br/fnde/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/fnde-inova-na-transferencia-de-recursos-casos-de-sucesso-em-inteligencia-artificial-sao-apresentados-no-showcase-aip-bootcamp
Fonte (mandaram num grupo, infelizmente link do bluesky): https://bsky.app/profile/tecnologiaeclasse.com.br/post/3mq55qidxm22u
Der zweite Plenartag des Doppelplenums Landtag BW startet heute um 9.30 Uhr. Die AfD beschwert sich in ihrer Aktuellen Debatte darüber, dass MP Özdemir sagt, was Sache ist. Von der SPD ist eine Debatte zum Landesmedienzentrum angemeldet, zudem wird am Nachmittag ein Antrag der SPD zu Palantir behandelt. #ltbw
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The OpenAI Deployment Company agrees to acquire Northslope, an applied AI company founded by ex-Palantir employees, its second acquisition after buying Tomoro (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/08/openai-deployment-company-northslope-acquisi…
Palantir Has a Hand in NIH's Most Ambitious Health Initiative (Julia Métraux/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/palantir-national-institutes-health-data-tech-defense-unc-research/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260707/p120#a260707p120
9 Milliarden oder 202 Milliarden? Bei der Größe des Agentic-AI-Marktes einigen sich Analysten offenbar erstmal aufs Uneinigsein. Björn Meschkat nimmt bei Golem Plus fünf Aktien auseinander – Nvidia lacht sich ins Fäustchen, während Salesforce & Servicenow trotz Rekordzahlen an der Börse schmoren dürfen. Willkommen in der SaaSpocalypse. #KI
Finde es mal wieder interessant, was der SWR in seinem verzweifelten Versuch, boulevardesker zu werden, nicht bringt: die Landtagssitzung heute hatte eine starke Rede des MP zum Umgang mit der AfD; eine tonal in Richtung Untersuchungsausschuss gehende Debatte zu Korruption im LMZ; einen Antrag der SPD zu Palantir, in dessen Behandlung deutlich wurde, wo das Innenministerium gerade steht. Auf swr.de finde ich nichts davon.
International media conglomerate Axel Springer, which owns multiple major news outlets,
announced on Friday that it is awarding its 2026 Axel Springer Award to far right billionaire Peter Thiel,
recognizing the Palantir co-founder for his “societal impact” and entrepreneurial feats
as his company seeks to build out a mass surveillance network across the U.S.
The Axel Springer Award, the company says,
“pays tribute to a person who has created new markets, reshape…
What Would Jesus Do? Invest in Palantir, Apparently
https://gizmodo.com/what-would-jesus-do-invest-in-palantir-apparently-2000775509
Honest Government Ad | #Palantir
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9QCVDSjY&si=hQVAFLXcBh70v4Ck
Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments cyber defenders should know, including
--OpenAI loosens GPT-5.6 cyber guardrails for vetted defenders,
--Anthropic to watermark Claude output worldwide,
--Gunra ransomware targets critical infrastructure through Fortinet flaws,
--WormGPT creator faces trial in Portugal
--Ransomware disrupts systems at Winnipeg’s largest hospital,
--China-linked hackers exploit N-central flaw to deploy ransomware,
--AI-found Zoom flaws enabled silent device takeovers,
--DEF CON flight hit by hacker WiFi scare,
--LexisNexis takes services offline after suspicious activity,
--NATO, AI startup join ENISA’s CVE program,
--BdThemes supply-chain attack creates rogue WordPress admins,
--Jeju Air breach exposes passenger passport data,
--Adversarial patterns make people and cars invisible to surveillance AI,
--Ceva Logistics hack ripples across retailers and customers,
--New cyber program aims to help small water utilities,
--DeepMind AI team warns applicants its own AI may reject them,
--Hong Kong police bust $800,000 sugar daddy scam,
--Cyber AI startup Corma raises $60m in seed round,
--UK courts ban Meta’s pervert glasses,
--FBI warns hackers are stealing intimate images for sale,
--ICE pays millions for LexisNexis data to feed Palantir
--China’s AI companion crackdown breaks millions of hearts
https://www.metacurity.com/openai-loosens-gpt-5-6-cyber-guardrails-for-vetted-defenders/
The UK unveils a £100M Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme for domestic AI startups focused on public services, amid growing opposition to Palantir contracts (Jim Pickard/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5a10fc78-9a3e-4f12-81e3-dc843b529948
Axel Springer nennt Palantir „wichtig für die Resilienz von Demokratien" – und krönt Mitgründer Peter Thiel 2026 zum Award-Träger. Überwachungssoftware als Demokratieschutz: eine Pointe, die sich die PR-Abteilung nicht schöner hätte ausdenken können. Laudatio: Bari Weiss.
#AxelSpringer #PeterThiel
A profile of French software maker ChapsVision, which won a contract to replace Palantir at France's domestic intel agency in June and targets an IPO by 2030 (Adrienne Klasa/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f4a1aa36-761b-4b5a-86a4-4be9abc5cd46
Europas Preisschild für mehr digitale Unabhängigkeit: 3 Billionen Dollar bis 2035, nur für KI und Cloud. Kai Imhoff rechnet bei @telepolis vor, was Souveränität kostet – Frankreichs Palantir-Rauswurf zeigt, wie teuer Prinzipien sind. Aber was ist die Alternative? #DigitaleSouveränität #KI
At least half a dozen senior NHS leaders linked to Palantir
https://archive.ph/KlRfh
Palantir: too tied to Trump? (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/21038b20-646e-4773-a473-110c2d62ab15
http://www.memeorandum.com/260708/p45#a260708p45
Em quem vcs vão votar pra senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual (SP)? Tem alguma candidata LGBT , contra as leis de spyware da Palantir/Meta? A Erika Hilton vai se candidatar Š alguma coisa?
Não sei se jš saíram as candidaturas oficiais, mas da última vez que chequei as opções para presidente e governador tavam uma merda...
In April, Gil Duršn was permanently banned from Elon Musk’s X for posting just two words. Duršn was responding to a post from the tech company Palantir outlining its 22‑point “technological manifesto”, which praised American “hard power”, western culture and AI weapons, denounced inclusivity and called for compulsory national service. Duršn responded: “TLDR: Fascism” (TLDR is short for “too long, didn’t read”).
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/05/journalist-taking-on-tech-fascists-silicon-valley
Google Cloud is deploying context-creating AI agents within its tools to automate tasks handled by forward-deployed engineers; Google is hiring hundreds of FDEs (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-says-a…
Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir (The Economist)
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
http://www.memeorandum.com/260820/p110#a260820p110
Thank goodness, only for analyzing data...
FAA is turning to AI to reduce the number of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/faa-palantir-ai-close-calls-airports-b2999690.html
How the Tech Right Learned to Love Mordor (Joshua Tait/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-tech-right-learned-to-love-mordor-jrr-tolkien-palantir-thiel
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p28#a260723p28