Opposing ICE in the US while backing genocide in Gaza is senseless. These struggles are intertwined.| Articles – Truthout
No Azure for Apartheid said Microsoft’s decision is “an unprecedented win for our campaign,” but more must be done.| Articles – Truthout
Im Stadion in Stuttgart gab es schon Proteste gegen Palantir, am 4. Oktober geht es nun auf die Straße. – Alle Rechte vorbehalten IMAGO / ActionPicturesDie Rasterfahndungssoftware von Palantir beschäftigt die Menschen in Baden-Württemberg. In Stuttgart drängt der Protest gegen die Software und den Trump-Getreuen Peter Thiel Anfang Oktober auf die Straße. Ein Bündnis will verhindern, dass die umstrittene Software bei der Polizei eingesetzt wird.| netzpolitik.org
In August 2025, the software company Palantir got a $10 billion contract with the US Department of Defense (2). Palantir has been having a rather bad rap in the anti-globalist community, as it tends to be regarded as some Deep State Company, gathering data for intelligence agencies across the globe (3). Laura Aboli – the […]| Gondolath – Deep State Study Group
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.| The New Republic
Nei racconti della Silicon Valley scritti da sé medesima, tutti disponibili in rete o in libreria, si legge di un capitalismo eccezionale, guidato da uomini fuori dal comune. E di un ambiente di lavoro magnifico, dove l’alienazione è pregata di accomodarsi fuori della porta. Ma i volti sempre sorridenti, gli spazi condivisi e gli edifici a emissione zero nascondono due zone d’ombra. La prima è l’estrattivismo nei confronti di persone e territori. Nel 2023 in Kenya, per fare solo uno ...|
Leaked emails expose Jeffrey Epstein's post-conviction surveillance ventures with Ehud Barak and Peter Thiel, revealing spy tech ties.| National File
Today: Why generative AI technology presents an opportunity for app developers to move beyond a decades-old standard for app design, the Trump administration is thinking about throwing out years of work on enterprise software contracts, and the latest enterprise moves.| Runtime
Jacob Helberg, a Trump State Department nominee with stakes in SpaceX and OpenAI, plans to retain hundreds of investments despite admitting a heightened risk of conflicts of interest.| Sludge
Die angehende Regierung befürwortet Polizeiarbeit mit automatisierten Black-Box-Systemen, um die riesigen Datenbestände der Polizeien zu rastern. Die Idee der Merzschen Union, die auch von den Sozialdemokraten unterstützt wird, mit Konzernen wie Palantir zusammenzuarbeiten, ist ethisch und rechtlich hochproblematisch.| netzpolitik.org
Senate Democrats have joined their House counterparts in fundraising from the top lobbying firm for the Trump and Musk-tied companies.| Sludge
The China hawk will be cashing in on public service to work for a major defense contractor| Responsible Statecraft
The Army is seeking industry input as it plans for the production phase of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) program.| DefenseScoop
The tech giants’ products will support mission planning in federal intelligence and defense agencies’ classified networks.| FedScoop
I wasn’t intending to post another Good Grift Watch update until early February but, thanks mainly to Jolyon Maugham’s Big Christmas Meltdown, December turned out to be such a bumper mo…| Labour Pains