The Daily Populous

Tuesday April 21st, 2026 evening edition

image for Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail.

Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications.

Palantir has built up more than £500m in contracts in Britain, including a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.

“Either way it shows that the company’s ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects involving citizens’ most sensitive private data.”.

It is unclear what inspired Palantir to publish the manifesto, which appears to reprise Karp’s book, The Technological Republic, published last year.

View image in fullscreen Palantir has a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.

“Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain,” said Victoria Collins, a Liberal Democrat MP. »

Donald Trump is losing his mind

Authored by washingtonexaminer.com
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Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump.

Both parties would be rushing to bundle him out of office before he did irreversible harm to the republic.

Yet, as we all also know, different rules apply to Trump. »

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida was fired for not listening to Jim Ryan

Authored by eurogamer.net

Shuhei Yoshida, the former long-tenured leader of Sony's first-party PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has said he was fired from the role by Jim Ryan - the boss of PlayStation - because he didn't listen to him.

"Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn't listen to him.

As Yoshida later remarked, he and Ryan were part of the same PlayStation generation so they knew each other well. »

FBI arrests Glasgow University student for taking photos of US military planes

Authored by thetab.com
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A Chinese student studying at the University of Glasgow has been arrested in the United States after taking unauthorised photographs at a military installation.

He faces charges under Title 18, Section 795 of the US Code, which prohibits photographing “vital” military installations without permission.

A University of Glasgow spokesperson said: “We do not comment on ongoing police matters or individual students”. »

Amazon Sold ‘Whippets’ Meant To Get Users High, Caused Neurological Damage, Lawsuit Claims

Authored by pugetpress.com

The lawsuit was brought by New York resident Felix Krouse, who says he suffered lasting health issues after using the products.

According to the complaint, inhaling nitrous oxide “produces a short but powerful euphoric high,” but can cause serious harm when used outside a medical setting.

The lawsuit also points to customer reviews on Amazon as evidence that the products were widely used to get high. »