Tell me if this sounds familiar: You stumble onto something scintillating during your various digital dalliances — something you think might be a useful nugget of knowledge for work or maybe even a pertinent update for your personal life. Maybe it’s in an article you encounter somewhere online — in your browser, in a news app of some sort, in your Google Discover feed. Maybe it’s something someone mentioned to you in Slack or in Google Messages. Maybe it’s something someone emailed you or posted onto LinkedIn. With all the places we all bounce between these days, who the hell can remember? And there’s the rub: When that moment arises that your battered ol’ butter-brain comes back to the thing in question, you inevitably won’t remember where exactly you saw it — or what exactly it was called, for that matter. You’ll dance from app to app trying to retrace your steps and rediscover where and how you’d encountered whatever it was that’s on your tip of your amygdala but not quite coming through. And no matter where you look or what words you search for, somehow, the right thing never seems to resurface. We’ve all been there — some of us more than others (insert awkwardly self-aware eye-darting here). So what if there were some sort of magic-seeming system that’d quietly observe all our online wanderings, take private notes about everything we’re seeing, and make it impossibly easy to retrace those steps and find anything we encountered along the way, no matter where it was or in what context we first saw it? My friend and fellow mushy-brained mammal, have I got just the treat for you. [Hey — want even more advanced Android knowledge? Check out my free Android Shortcut Supercourse to learn tons of time-saving tricks for your phone.] Your Android recall advantage Oh ye Android-appreciating animal, allow me to introduce you to a crafty little creation called Snapseek. Snapseek is a simple Android app that’s similar on the surface to Microsoft’s eternally under-development Windows Recall feature — only as an optional external add-on, the privacy worries surrounding it seems far less pronounced (and the app provides plenty of assurances about how it protects you, too). In short, Snapseek runs quietly in the background of your favorite Android device and works to capture frequent behind-the-scenes screenshots of everything you’re doing, in whichever apps you select for it to follow. Each screenshot gets saved only locally, on your device and within the app itself, with on-the-fly optical character recognition to process all the visible words and make ’em easily searchable later. The result is a virtual breadcrumb trail of all your online meanderings in whichever areas you authorize. You can browse through that history anytime — or, in the especially useful memory advantage, you can simply search for any word imaginable and see an instant list of every screen you interacted with where that specific term appeared. Snapseek lets you search through all of your Android activity in any apps where it’s active.JR Raphael, Foundry Critically, Snapseek looks only at apps that you ask it to monitor — something you select when you first set up the app and can easily adjust later. It’s up to you to decide exactly which apps Snapseek watches and makes available for future searching.JR Raphael, Foundry Out of the box, the free version of Snapseek lets you select up to two apps for ongoing following. And it’s perfectly functional for those two apps, with no other asterisks or limitations. If you want to be able to create memory trails for more than two apps, you’ll have to make a one-time $4 upgrade to the app’s pro version. That’s it — just the one-time $4 charge, with no subscriptions or ongoing payments. An optional $4 upgrade unlocks Snapseek’s two-app limitation.JR Raphael, Foundry To emphasize a key factor here: Snapseek stores all of its data only locally on your own device. It doesn’t collect any manner of private info or share any personal data in any way. There are no ads or trackers involved in the app. You can require biometric authentication to protect your history from prying eyes, and you can tell Snapseek to automatically delete all of the screenshots it saves every seven, 14, 30, or 90 days, if you don’t want your history to stick around forever. It’s an interesting way to enhance your memory and give yourself a sleek, swift, ‘n’ simple new searching superpower — one that’s bound to be a lifesaver the next time you know you saw something significant but can’t for the life of you remember where or what it was. Erm, right. What were we talking about, again? Get six full days of advanced Android knowledge with my free Android Shortcut Supercourse. You’ll learn tons of time-saving tricks for your phone!

After Meta failed to properly redact court documents containing competitive assessments, Apple, Google, and Snap lawyers express frustration at the lack of care around the sensitive data.Meta is parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAppMeta's antitrust case with the FTC continues, and it got off to a bad start Tuesday morning. Slides used in the hearing were made public, but Meta didn't redact them properly.According to The Verge's Lauren Feiner, who attended the hearing in person, lawyers from Apple, Google, and Snap complained about the poor handling of their sensitive data. Apple's lawyer echoed Snap's claims of "egregious" disclosures, citing that Apple can't trust Meta will protect internal information going forward. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

A swift legal counter to the Trump Adminstration’s pullback of $3.5 billion worth of Department of Energy (DOE) grants for scientific research been issued by a group of research universities. NBC News reports the challenge by MIT, Brown, and other top U.S. schools to reverse the decision "in the national interest." Last month, the White House also canceled EPA grants from 2024 that include $116 million for 21 universities to create new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for clean building projects. The administration has targeted universities and environmental groups with criminal actions and other threats since the hours immediately after its inauguration. 

Nintendo has showcased extensive gameplay for Mario Kart World, which launches on day one for the Switch 2. However, it has a dedicated Direct planned for the kart racer on April 17th at 6 AM PT. The YouTube link is live, confirming the presentation will be approximately 15 minutes long. The real question is what Nintendo could reveal that we haven’t already seen. Following the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, it provided an in-depth look at Grand Prix and Free Roam alongside new features like rail riding and wall riding. Fans can also expect new features like dynamic weather and day/night cycles, and new power-ups like the Coin Shell and Feather. Mario Kart World launches on June 5th for Nintendo Switch 2, retailing for $79.99. The price received a mixed response, though Nintendo of America’s VP of product and player experience, Bill Trinen, feels it’s justified. He also called it the “richest Mario Kart experience” yet.

A Young Sailor’s Remains Return Home 84 Years After He Was Killed at Pearl Harbor Neil Frye was 20 when Japan launched its surprise attack on December 7, 1941. He has been laid to rest with full military honors in his home state of North Carolina Neil Frye was just 20 years old when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency An American sailor has been laid to rest with full military honors in his home state 84 years after he was killed at Pearl Harbor. Neil Frye was only 20 when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States’ naval base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, on December 7, 1941. Frye was serving as a mess attendant third class aboard the USS West Virginia, which was among the 19 U.S. warships damaged or destroyed on the “date which will live in infamy.” The USS West Virginia, also known as “Wee Vee,” was hit by at least seven torpedoes and two bombs during the attack, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. Sailors prevented the ship from capsizing, but the vessel ultimately sank to the bottom of the harbor. Of the roughly 1,200 servicemembers working on the USS West Virginia, 106 were killed in the attack. The ship was later salvaged and temporarily repaired at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. In 1943, the USS West Virginia sailed north to the Puget Sound Navy Yard for final repairs and modernization. The vessel returned to service in the Pacific in 1944. But for decades, Frye’s remains remained unidentified. He had been buried alongside other unidentified servicemen from the USS West Virginia in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, also known as the “Punchbowl.” In 2017, officials with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency disinterred the remains of 35 unknown sailors and transported them to the agency’s laboratory. There, researchers carefully analyzed the remains using mitochondrial DNA, dental records and other anthropological techniques. Experts positively identified Frye’s remains in September 2024. On April 3—which would have been Frye’s 104th birthday, per WCNC’s Nathaniel Puente—he was buried in his home state of North Carolina at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery.Frye was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal and the Bronze Star Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, as the Fayetteville Observer’s Rachael Riley reports. A rosette has also been placed next to his name on the “Courts of the Missing” at the Punchbowl’s Honolulu Memorial to indicate that he has now been accounted for. Just one of Frye’s nine siblings is still alive: his youngest sister, Mary Frye McCrimmon. She was only 3 years old when Frye enlisted in the Navy in 1940. Now 87, McCrimmon says her brother’s identification and burial has given the family some closure. “I was more happy than sad because I knew that they had found him,” McCrimmon tells WUNC’s Jay Price. “I knew where he was. We didn’t have to wonder.” The USS West Virginia was one of 19 American warships damaged or destroyed in the attack. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency According to McCrimmon, Frye enlisted in the Navy because racial discrimination made it difficult for him to find a job. Four other brothers and one sister also enlisted, she says. “They went where they could get paid,” she tells WUNC. “It was such a little amount that they got … but it was an honest living.” At the time, the Navy was still segregated. Frye served in the “messman branch” along with other Black sailors, who were tasked with cooking, cleaning, shining officers’ shoes and doing their laundry. “He enlisted in the Navy in a time where … Black men were considered second-class,” says Carol Frye-Davis, Frye’s niece, to WTVD’s Elaina Athans. “But he fought for this country with the same values.” She adds: “He had his life ahead of him and he was cut down at 20, but he did it for this country.” Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

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Towards the end of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in a Washington, DC courthouse, a smile flashed across his face. Meta’s lead attorney, Mark Hansen, had asked the CEO if he was “happy” about paying $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014.Zuckerberg flashed a grin, took a brief pause, and responded, “I’d do it again.”Over the last decade, the growing scale of Instagram and WhatsApp cemented Meta as one of the most powerful companies on earth. Now, the US government, via a Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit, is trying to unwind those acquisitions through a trial that began on April 14th. Zuckerberg spent roughly 13 hours across three days answering questions from the FTC and Meta lawyers. Much of that time on Wednesday was devoted to attempting to refute one core argument: that he bought both apps to take them out and not to make them better.The FTC contends that WhatsApp was acquired because Zuckerberg and his executives were worried at the time that private messaging apps would grow into fully-fledged social media businesses. From the witness stand, Zuckerberg acknowledged that it was “something I thought about,” but that he thought it would be “extremely unlikely” for WhatsApp to compete with Facebook after he met its two co-founders, Jan Koum and Brian Acton. He said it was “hard to express the disdain” that both men had for social media and advertising, and that after the acquisition, it was he who slowly pushed them to add more social features, like Stories, to WhatsApp. The court was shown an email describing an early meeting between Zuckerberg and Koum in which Zuckerberg told colleagues that he found Koum to be “unambitious” and that, shortly before Facebook acquired it, WhatsApp “was not trying to expand into different things.” In Zuckerberg’s view, the early rise of WhatsApp represented a shift in how people were communicating online, when conversations were beginning to move away from public surfaces, like the Facebook News Feed, and into private chat threads. He was willing to pay a record sum for WhatsApp because he saw it as a “valuable” asset to help Facebook navigate that shift. He also saw WhatsApp as “leverage” for his tense relationship with Apple and Google.“We’re always worried about them messing with us,” Zuckerberg said of both companies from the witness stand. He explained how “we rely on them for distribution” via their app stores, and that he thought buying WhatsApp would give him more negotiating power if he needed to push back on certain store policies. (“I’m not sure how much this actually helped,” he rightly acknowledged.)An internal deck prepared for Facebook’s board of directors around the time of the WhatsApp acquisition predicted that the app would hit 2 billion users by 2024. In court, Zuckerberg revealed that WhatsApp now has nearly 3 billion users, and that Meta makes $10 billion a year from ads that send people to interact with businesses on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Mark Zuckerberg leaving federal court this week in Washington, DC. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInstagram was in some ways a more direct competitor to Facebook, and the government has contended with the support of internal emails that Zuckerberg bought the app to “neutralize” it.During his testimony, Zuckerberg said he “wasn’t worried” about Instagram competing with Facebook until it reached 1 billion users years later, after he bought it. Fearing that Instagram would siphon away engagement from Facebook, he then directed the Instagram team to rely less on feature integrations with Facebook for traffic. Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, didn’t react “super positively” to this directive, according to Zuckerberg. Both quit the company shortly after, though Zuckerberg mentioned multiple times that Systrom led Instagram for years longer than he originally predicted. During examination from both the FTC and Meta’s legal team, Zuckerberg touted the resources he gave Instagram early on to help the app fight spam and scale its operations. The court saw internal documents showing that Instagram had barely 10 million users when it was acquired. Zuckerberg predicted that it was “extremely unlikely” that the app would have been as successful on its own. He and Systrom set the goal of reaching 100 million users when Instagram was purchased. It now has over 2 billion users. RelatedAltogether, Zuckerberg’s final day on the witness stand painted Instagram and WhatsApp as investments that surpassed even his own expectations, not the victims of the catch-and-kill strategy the FTC is accusing him of carrying out to cement a monopoly.Towards the end of the day, Meta ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg was called to testify. She was asked about an email she wrote to Zuckerberg around the time of the $1 billion Instagram acquisition in which she said they were paying “way too much.”“I think I was wrong,” she said on Wednesday. “Like, very wrong.”See More:

The Easter season of savings is in full swing, and I've found a banger line-up of game bargains across every major platform. Whether you're building out your backlog or chasing a couple of cult favourites you missed at launch, there’s never been a better time to snag some digital delights. Get scrolling to get saving!This Day in Gaming 🎂In retro news, I'm celebrating the 17th bday of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the first game I ever reviewed for IGN AU! I'm all about its co-op PvE mode, called Terrorist Hunt, that my mates and I sank about a hundred hours into. Whether you do it via two-player split or 4P over Xbox Live, the concept is simple: survive a butt-clenching, one-shot-one-kill onslaught against thirty AI scumbags. I still play this on my XSX and it remains an absolute (flash)banger.Why you should never leave random guns on a stairway. People just get hurt.Aussie bdays for notable games- Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) 2003. Get- Wild Arms 5 (PS2) 2008. eBay- Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PC) 2008. Get- Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3, WiiU, X360) 2013. Get- Yakuza 6 (PS4) 2018. GetContentsNice Savings for Nintendo SwitchPreorders openNintendo Switch 2 ConsoleRequires a free to make / cancel First Membership that provides free shipping.Nintendo leads with a nostalgic one-two punch. Super Mario RPG (A$64) is a lovingly remade classic that sees Mario teaming up with Bowser (a plot twist that blew minds back in the SNES days). And for only A$6, Portal: Companion Collection serves up both Portal games in one neat bundle. The whole package is worth it for that iconic “Still Alive” song alone.Expiring Recent DealsOr gift a Nintendo eShop Card.Switch Console PricesHow much to Switch it up?Switch OLED + Mario Wonder: $̶5̶3̶9̶ $499 | Switch Original: $̶4̶9̶9̶ $448 | Switch OLED Black: $̶5̶3̶9̶ $448 | Switch OLED White: $̶5̶3̶9̶ $445 ♥ | Switch Lite: $̶3̶2̶9̶ $294 | Switch Lite Hyrule: $̶3̶3̶9̶ $335See itBack to topExciting Bargains for XboxXbox Series X users can grab TopSpin 2K25 (A$19) at a jaw-dropping 81% off. Meanwhile, Wild Hearts (A$19) brings monster-hunting with a feudal twist, developed with EA Originals and Omega Force of Dynasty Warriors fame.Expiring Recent DealsXbox OneOr just invest in an Xbox Card.Xbox Console PricesHow many bucks for a 'Box? Series X: $̶7̶9̶9̶ $749 👑| Series S Black: $̶5̶4̶9̶ $545 | Series S White:$̶4̶9̶9̶ $498 | Series S Starter: N/ASee itBack to topPure Scores for PlayStationOn PS5, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition (A$79) preps you for FromSoftware’s upcoming lore-drop. Until Dawn (A$59), meanwhile, features an early Hayden Panettiere role and was originally conceived as a PS3 Move title.Elden Ring Erdtree Ed. (-31%) - A$79TopSpin 2K25 (-81%) - A$19Until Dawn (-46%) - A$59Borderlands 3 Ult. (-71%) - A$42Sonic x Shadow Gen. (-35%) - A$49Monster Hunter Wilds (-20%) - A$92PS4Expiring Recent DealsPS+ Monthly FreebiesYours to keep from Apr 1 with this subscriptionRoboCop: Rogue City | PS5The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | PS4/5Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth HM | PS4Or purchase a PS Store Card.What you'll pay to 'Station.PS5 + Astro Bot:$̶7̶9̶9̶ $679👑 | PS5 Slim Disc:$̶7̶9̶9̶ $798 | PS5 Slim Digital:6̶7̶9̶ $678 | PS5 Pro $1,199 | PS VR2: $649.95 | PS VR2 + Horizon: $1,099 | PS Portal: $329See itBack to topPurchase Cheap for PCFor PC, Persona 5 Royal (A$33) lets you live your best double life, complete with talking cat. And Tales of Arise (A$13) includes secret cooking recipes as post-battle bonuses. Bon appétit, indeed.Expiring Recent DealsOr just get a Steam Wallet CardPC Hardware PricesSlay your pile of shame.Official launch in NovSteam Deck 256GB LCD: $649 | Steam Deck 512GB OLED: $899 | Steam Deck 1TB OLED: $1,049See it at SteamLaptop DealsApple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch (-12%) – A$2,197Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (-36%) - A$879Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen7 (-27%) - A$1,018Desktop DealsHP OMEN 35L Gaming (-10%) – A$2,799Lenovo ThinkCentre neo Ultra (-25%) - A$2,249Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50q (-35%) – A$629Monitor DealsLG 24MR400-B, 24" (-30%) - A$97Z-Edge 27" 240Hz (-15%) - A$279Samsung 57" Odyssey Neo Curved (-22%) – A$2,499Component DealsStorage DealsBack to topLegit LEGO DealsExpiring Recent DealsBack to topHot Headphones DealsAudiophilia for lessSamsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-49%) – A$179Sony WH-CH520 Wireless (-27%) - A$73SoundPEATS Space (-25%) - A$56.99Technics Premium (-36%) - A$349Back to topTerrific TV DealsDo right by your console, upgrade your tellyKogan 65" QLED 4K (-50%) – A$699Kogan 55" QLED 4K (-45%) – A$549LG 55" UT80 4K (-28%) – A$866Back to top Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.

Image: Hohem As someone who shoots a lot of mobile video — whether it’s for YouTube, social media, or just testing the latest gear — I’m always on the hunt for tools that can help me create better looking footage. We recently got our hands on the Hohem iSteady M7, a 3-axis smartphone gimbal designed to bring pro-level stabilization and tracking to your smartphone setup. After using it for a few weeks, we think it might be one of the best smartphone gimbals we’ve seen yet. The Hohem iSteady M7 is a sturdy 3-axis smartphone gimbal designed for creators wanting professional stabilization and tracking. Weighing about 629g (1.4 lbs), it fits smartphones between 58mm and 90mm wide and 6.9mm to 12.5mm thick, handling devices up to 500g (17.6 oz). The gimbal provides 360° pan rotation, a tilt range of -50° to 275°, and a roll range of ±45°, allowing for many shooting angles. Its built-in 193mm extension pole is great for high and low-angle shots, and the three 1/4″-20 mounting points let you add accessories like additional handles or counter weights. A notable feature of the iSteady M7 is its detachable 1.4-inch touchscreen remote, allowing real-time preview and target tracking from up to 10 meters away. The gimbal’s AI tracker can follow subjects like people, pets, and vehicles independently, without needing a specific app. It also includes an RGB and CCT fill light with 360 colors and adjustable temperatures from 2700K to 6500K. With a 3200mAh battery, the iSteady M7 lasts up to 12 hours under stable conditions, about 8 hours with AI tracking, and 3 to 4 hours when using AI tracking and the fill light together. Hardware and build quality Right out of the box, the iSteady M7 feels like a serious tool. It’s more substantial and heavier than something like the DJI Osmo Mobile series, but it makes up for it with rock-solid build quality. The grip is comfortable for extended use, and the controls are intuitive — a big plus if you’re shooting on the go and need to make adjustments quickly. The iSteady M7 comes in a rigid carrying case, similar to what would come from DJI’s Ronin series of gimbals. This beats out the cloth bags DJI includes with the Osmo gimbals. Stabilization and shooting experience The core purpose of a gimbal is smooth footage, and the iSteady M7 delivers. we tested it while walking, running, doing slow pans — the 3-axis stabilization held up beautifully. It even handled sudden turns or quick movements with surprising finesse. There are multiple shooting modes, including: Pan follow POV (full follow) Lock mode Sport mode (for fast motion) And inception mode (for those dramatic barrel-roll shots) Switching between them is quick, and the motors respond well without lag. Smart tracking This is where the M7 really stands out. That magnetic AI module we mentioned earlier? It’s not a gimmick — it’s shockingly effective. we set it on a tripod and filmed myself walking back and forth, moving around, even ducking slightly behind objects. The module kept me centered the entire time. For solo creators, this is a game-changer. You don’t need someone behind the camera, and you don’t need to rely on software tracking from within apps (which can be hit or miss). App experience The Hohem Joy app is where you’ll unlock more creative features — like motion timelapses, panorama modes, and gesture control. The UI isn’t quite as refined as Apple’s own or something like LumaFusion, but it’s functional and easy to learn. One thing we liked: you can program motion paths for repeatable camera moves. That’s incredibly useful for product videos, tutorials, or anything where consistency is key. Battery life Hohem claims up to 18 hours of runtime with the AI module off, and around 10 hours with it on. We haven’t fully run it dry in one session, but we got through several long filming days without needing to recharge. There’s also USB-C passthrough charging, so you can top up your iPhone while filming. Downsides? Nothing major, but a few things to note: At roughly 1.3 pounds, it’s heavier than some competitors. Not a dealbreaker, but it could be a factor for long handheld shoots. The AI module, while excellent, adds a bit of bulk to the top of your phone. Not a huge issue, but worth considering if you’re using a heavy iPhone Pro Max. The Hohem iSteady M7 is a standout gimbal for mobile creators. Between its rock-solid stabilization, excellent AI tracking, and a versatile app, it’s one of the best all-around options we’ve tested in a while. If you’re serious about iPhone videography — whether you’re a content creator, filmmaker, or just someone who wants to make more polished mobile videos — the M7 is absolutely worth considering. At around $150, it punches well above its weight. 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What happens when you combine Palantir — the not-at-all evil AI company named after the spyingThe makings of one hell of a surveillance state, that's what.Bombshell reporting by 404 Media just revealed a massive contract between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Palantir, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.Per 404, the contract tasks Palantir with tweaking ICE's Investigative Case Management system (ICM) to allow for the "complete target analysis of known populations." It also assigns Palantir with ongoing maintenance duties for the massive database, which contains real-time tracking tools, visa records, and data from other agencies including the FBI, CIA, DEA, and ATF.The ICM allows agents to sort people by "hundreds of highly specific categories," according to 404, which caught a glimpse of the database last week. These include physical traits like race, eye color, tattoos, administrative data like social security numbers, employment address, and bankruptcy filing, as well as port of entry and resident status, in addition to "hundreds more" criteria.It's part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) $96 million contract with Palantir, a five-year agreement signed back in 2022.The revelation comes as the DHS under Trump — of which ICE is an investigation arm — wages a brutal campaign of disappearances and deportations against greencard holders, nonresidents with work and student visas, and foreign tourists.Some, like permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil or doctoral visa student Rumeysa Öztürk, have been snatched off the street by plainclothes DHS agents for expressing what Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls "beliefs, statements, or associations" deemed to be "at odds" with US foreign policy interests. Hundreds of others have been grabbed and whisked away to an El Salvadorian internment camp, or to ICE detention facilities in the US — leaving families and lawyers in the dark as to their whereabouts.The detentions and disappearances are speeding up to a nearly industrial scale, a feat made possible thanks to the participation of big tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Palantir. Last month, the ACLU of New Mexico formally challenged the disappearance of 48 New Mexico residents — whose identities, location, conditions, or legal status were not disclosed by ICE.It's a dream come true for ICE Director Todd Lyons, who said he wants ICE to run "like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings" at the Border Security Expo last week.Palantir, meanwhile, is living up that type of rhetoric, rolling out a bus stop ad campaign declaring that "moment of reckoning has arrived for the West.""We built Palantir to ensure America's future, not to tinker at the margins," the ad reads. "On the factory floor, in the operating room, across the battlefield — we build to dominate."More on Surveillance: Google Is Helping Government Build an AI-Powered Border Surveillance SystemShare This Article