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Palantir Held a Hack Week to Add New Controls to Software Used by ICE

Palantir Held a Hack Week to Add New Controls to Software Used by ICE

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Palantir hosted a hack week this spring to try to turn internal consternation over the company’s work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into clearer oversight tools for products used in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to material reviewed by WIRED. The new tools provide organizations, including DHS and ICE, more information on how their workers use Palantir software. Organizations can set up alerts for “concerning behavior,” like exfiltrating datasets, and search the session logs of individual users. They also allow organizations to see which users have viewed specific sets of information. Palantir declined to comment. Palantir regularly holds hack weeks, challenging engineers from across the company to experiment with and solve problems in its products. This hack week focused on Palantir’s work with DHS and ICE, which has come under fire from both external critics and workers who fear the company’s tools are empowering the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “This effort embodies the culture of the Palantir that I choose to work at,” Ted Mabrey, head …

The new Heated Rivalry? Spicy ice hockey drama Off Campus has viewers swooning

The new Heated Rivalry? Spicy ice hockey drama Off Campus has viewers swooning

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Off Campus is the new ice hockey romance causing a stir on social media, setting a new Rotten Tomatoes record for the highest-rated romance series of the past year. Released to Prime Video last week, the show is adapted from the book series by Elle Kennedy and follows Hannah Wells (Ella Bright) – a college student at the fictional Briar University in Boston – who enlists the help of hockey captain Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli) to get the attention of another student she has a crush on. Somewhat predictably, their fake romance swiftly develops into something real. But it’s the spicy storylines and talented young cast, among other things, that has fans buzzing. In a similar way to fellow ice hockey drama Heated Rivalry, the show’s impact is already causing ripples across the entertainment world. Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli as …

USA vs. Germany 2026 livestream: How to watch Ice Hockey World Championships for free

USA vs. Germany 2026 livestream: How to watch Ice Hockey World Championships for free

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TL;DR: Watch USA vs. Germany in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships for free on IIHF.TV. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships continue with more exciting contests between top international sides. USA vs. Germany is next on the schedule. Germany have really struggled so far, so USA will be expected to win this one without too much hassle. If you’re interested in watching the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships from anywhere in the world, we’ve got all the information you need. When is USA vs. Germany? USA vs. Germany in the 2026 IIHF World Championships starts at 2:20 p.m. ET on May 20. This fixture takes place at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich. How to watch USA vs. Germany for free USA vs. Germany in the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championships is available to live stream for free on IIHF.TV. Mashable Top Stories IIHF.TV is not available in some locations due to regional broadcasting restrictions (blocked locations listed here), but anyone can …

Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls

Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls

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A week later, during the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting, now acting attorney general Todd Blanche endorsed the idea of ICE at the polls and repeated the conspiracy theory about noncitizens voting as an excuse to deploy ICE. “Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?” he asked. “Illegals can’t vote. It doesn’t make any sense.” When asked for comment regarding ICE being deployed to the polls, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said, “President Trump has been clear: Securing our elections and ensuring only American citizens vote in American elections is a top priority.” Similarly, a DHS spokesperson referred WIRED to Mullin’s comments, adding, “Elections exist for the American people, not illegal aliens, to choose their leaders.” Elections have, as specified by the US Constitution, always been run by the states, and despite Trump and his allies calling for elections to be “nationalized,” that will remain the case for the 2026 midterms. Deploying ICE, the National Guard, or any other armed federal agents to polling locations is illegal under US law. Political …

Ancient supernova remnants found in Antarctic ice

Ancient supernova remnants found in Antarctic ice

Published by Jenni Sidey

Earth is quietly collecting fallout from a blast that happened long before humans existed, and a new look at ancient Antarctic ice suggests that material has been riding inside the cloud of gas our Solar System is passing through. An international team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, or HZDR, reports that Antarctic ice dating from 40,000 to 80,000 years ago contains traces of iron-60, a rare radioactive isotope forged inside massive stars and flung into space when they explode. The amounts are tiny, but they matter. They point to the Local Interstellar Cloud, the patch of interstellar matter now surrounding the Solar System, as a likely long-term reservoir of debris from an ancient stellar explosion. That idea had been proposed before, but it was hard to prove. “Our idea was that the Local Interstellar Cloud contains iron-60 and can store it over long time periods. As the Solar System moves through the cloud, Earth could collect this material. However, we couldn’t prove this at the time,” said Dr. Dominik Koll of HZDR’s Institute of Ion …

ICE agent charged in Minnesota for shooting of immigrant

ICE agent charged in Minnesota for shooting of immigrant

Published by Sam Flores

Residents confront federal agents following a shooting on Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott Olson | Getty Images An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was charged with four counts of assault in the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis, prosecutors said Monday. The ICE agent, Christian Castro, was also charged with falsely reporting a crime in connection with the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said. That shooting occurred a week after another ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis. Castro, who is not in custody, is the second federal agent to be criminally charged in connection with their conduct during Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s controversial immigration-enforcement mission in Minneapolis and elsewhere in Minnesota. In April, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with assault for pointing his gun at the heads of two people in another car on Feb. 5 as he tried to pass them while illegally driving in his unmarked SUV on the …

Amid prospect of ICE at World Cup games, vendors weigh livelihoods against safety

Amid prospect of ICE at World Cup games, vendors weigh livelihoods against safety

Published by Sam Flores

NBC News reported last week that federal officers and agents who arrest immigrants as part of their work with ICE may be at World Cup matches. The Department of Homeland Security is offering its personnel to local police departments and federal agencies to provide extra security around the perimeters of games, similar to its role at the Super Bowl and the Kentucky Derby, two DHS officials said, adding that ICE officers and agents providing security won’t be checking spectators or employees for immigration status. So far, it’s unclear whether any departments or agencies are taking ICE up on the offer. On Monday, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts said ICE has offered resources from a “public safety perspective,” but his city and its police department haven’t “engaged in any such discussions” with the agency. And, he said, “I have no information suggesting that ICE is going to be present in an immigration enforcement capacity.” Asked whether street vendors outside matches should be concerned if they don’t have legal status, a DHS spokesperson said they should. “Yes, …

Antarctic meltwater is driving faster ice loss than climate models predict

Antarctic meltwater is driving faster ice loss than climate models predict

Published by Jenni Sidey

The usual picture of Antarctic ice loss is simple enough: a warmer atmosphere melts more ice, and the oceans rise. This new research argues that the real story is less straightforward, and potentially more dangerous. What melts off the ice does not just disappear into the sea as extra water. It changes the sea itself. In the new analysis, freshwater from Antarctica alters the density and circulation of the surrounding ocean in ways that can either speed up melting or briefly slow it, depending on where it happens. That means the ocean is not just responding to climate change. In some places, it is helping drive the next round of ice loss. Madeleine Youngs of the University of Maryland and her colleagues found that this meltwater feedback accounts for a surprisingly large share of future Antarctic ice-shelf melt in their simulations. In the experiments, direct climate forcing produced about one-third of the total melt increase, while the feedback tied to meltwater and ocean circulation accounted for the other two-thirds. “Most current climate models that inform …

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

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The Araon, a South Korean ice-breaker vessel, navigates a bed of sea ice near the Thwaites glacier in January 2026 Chang W. Lee/New York Times/ Redux/eyevine Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to avoid being caught on the hop, we have already prepared an ‘obituary’ press release,” says Rob Larter at the British Antarctic Survey. Dubbed the “doomsday glacier”, Thwaites is about the size of Britain, but it is shrinking rapidly and is already responsible for 4 per cent of all global sea-level rise. Worse still, its collapse is expected to set off a domino effect in the entire West Antarctic ice sheet, ultimately resulting in a calamitous sea-level rise of 3.3 metres and changing the coastline of the entire planet. Many Antarctic glaciers form ice shelves that float out onto the ocean and buttress against the flow of ice from the continent. Thwaites glacier has one on its eastern …

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

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The owner of a company that trained paramilitary Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents testified that he was involved in at least four lethal shootings, according to a 2021 deposition related to a lawsuit reviewed by WIRED. David S. Norman, the founder and proprietor of law enforcement training firm TruKinetics LLC, served as a Phoenix Police officer from the late 1990s until his retirement in 2020. Prior to founding TruKinetics the same year, according to records reviewed by WIRED, Norman was involved in six shootings while on duty that left four people dead and two more wounded. In every instance, the Phoenix Police Department said Norman fired on an armed suspect and exchanged volleys of gunfire in at least two of the shootings. Based in Gilbert, Arizona, TruKinetics offers training on small-team tactics, hostage rescues, close-quarters combat, building searches, night-vision firearms proficiency, pistol and rifle courses, “vehicle interdiction,” breaching with explosives, and sniper tactics, according to the company’s website. TruKinetics received $27,748 for a year-long contract to run a mandatory 40-hour training course that certain members …