Pandektes, a Copenhagen legal research startup, raised a €13.5M Series A after reaching more than 500 customers in three and a half years. Whether it is actually replacing incumbents depends on how many buyers cancel their old subscriptions, and the company puts that only at "many".
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- Evidence40
- Adoption45
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives70
- Confidence40
Four ICE observers allege in a partly unsealed filing that a DHS agent logged at least six observers in ICM, the case system Palantir built for ICE. Drawn largely from government documents, it traces how a plate lookup and a disputed photo match became a federal case record in one afternoon.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 48%
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- Investor 27%
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- Evidence58
- Adoption65
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives55
- Confidence60
Northeastern and Consumer Reports found all 21 cars they tested sent data to third-party domains, with more than half reaching ad or analytics firms. For fleet buyers and carmakers' product teams, the brand's phone app is the first place to check.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence50
QED led the round and MUFG joined as one of four new investors. Under Trust Fabric, a human reviewer has to approve a finding before later investigations can reuse it.
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- Evidence48
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+27
- Incentives72
- Confidence55
The order also requires GM to make location tracking easy to switch off and to let drivers see and delete what its Smart Driver feature collected. It binds GM alone, and only for five years.
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- Evidence62
- Adoption65
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives55
- Confidence60
The FBI is investigating how the hire happened, and SecurityWeek reports it was probably a contract job. The same roundup carried Rapid7 cutting 314 jobs under a new CEO.
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- Evidence38
- Adoption42
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives55
- Confidence36