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Palantir wins £9M contract to run UK firearms licensing: CIA-backed biz to hold gun, bomb, and poison records

Palantir has won a £9 million contract to manage the UK's firearms licensing system, giving the CIA-backed company access to records on guns, bombs, and poisons. The decade-long deal, which beat out competitors Accenture and NEC, will serve police forces across England, Wales, and beyond.

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Pips Accenture and NEC to bag decade-long deal for cops across England, Wales, and beyond

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GOV.UK goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe

Means residents can skip the credit card and use 'pay by bank' for local authorities and services

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Another monster tech contract in the works for one of the usual suspects

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'Attackers can now cheaply operationalize known vulnerabilities at scale,' boffins tell The Reg

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