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Elden Ring: Nightreign Patch 1.03.2 Buffs All the Worst Nightfarers

Elden Ring: Nightreign just got a big balance patch, and even if you're not someone who's great at parsing patch notes, you might want to tune into this one, because basically every character that's been widely regarded as terrible for months now got a big buff.

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Elden Ring: Nightreign just got a big balance patch, and even if you're not someone who's great at parsing patch notes, you might want to tune into this one, because basically every character that's been widely regarded as terrible for months now got…
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Saudi Arabia-Owned SNK Accused Of Loading Fatal Fury Trailer With AI Slop

The City of the Wolves season 2 reveal has been downvoted to hell
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New Fatal Fury Trailer Slammed By Fans Who Think Its Full Of AI

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How To Unlock The Hotel In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' big 3.0 update is now available, and it includes a new Resort Hotel for your island adventures. Once you gain access to the hotel, you can decorate rooms, plan outfits for guests, and more. In this guide, we show you how to unlock and find the Resort Hotel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.Make sure to check out all the new features of the ...

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How To Unlock The Hotel In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The 3.0 update added a new hotel, and here's how you can find it and get inside.
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OBS Studio 32.1.0 Beta 1 available

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Release OBS Studio 32.1.0 Beta 1 · obsproject/obs-studio

32.1 New Features Added new Audio Mixer [Warchamp7] Added new Add Source dialog [Warchamp7] Added WebRTC Simulcast Support [Sean-Der] Added missing undo/redo actions for scene items [cg2121] Scal...
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Coffee Talk coming to iOS, Android on March 20

Publisher and developer Chorus Worldwide, and developer Toge Productions will release the original Coffee Talk …

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Coffee Talk coming to iOS, Android on March 20

Publisher and developer Chorus Worldwide, and developer Toge Productions will release the original Coffee Talk for iOS and ANdroid on March 20, the companies announced. Pre-orders are now available…
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“Praise Allah, There Are Still People Like You”: Jeffrey Epstein Nurtured Israel-Emirates Ties Before Abraham Accords dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-eps…

“Praise Allah, There Are Still People Like You”: Jeffrey Epstein Nurtured Israel-Emirates Ties Before Abraham Accords

Epstein leveraged his friendship with the chief of DP World to pitch Israeli logistics infrastructure and cybersecurity investments to the UAE.
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Arc Raiders lead admits putting together new loadouts is a pain when you want to just 'get in there and do stuff', says the game got a lot right but 'looking through a bunch of menus isn't necessarily

"If we can [...] get you through the front end faster, I think that's a great ambition."

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"Phase zwei" – Trumps bloß symbolischer Fortschritt im zerstörten Gaza derstandard.at/story/300000030…

"Phase zwei" – Trumps bloß symbolischer Fortschritt im zerstörten Gaza

Der Übergang im Trump'schen Friedensplan "von der Waffenruhe zur Entmilitarisierung" steht momentan nur auf Papier – wie es tatsächlich weitergehen kann, ist unklar
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Coffee Talk Launching on Mobile Devices March 20, 2026

Toge Productions and Chorus Worldwide have announced that the original Coffee Talk is heading to mobile devices via the App Store and Google Play on March 20, 2026. The title has players take on the role of a barista in an alternative depiction of Seattle, featuring humans and fantasy races, who face common problems. Branching [...]

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Coffee Talk Launching On Mobile Devices March 20, 2026

Toge Productions’ narrative coffee shop game, Coffee Talk, will release for iOS and Android on March 20, 2026, via the App Store and Google Play.
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Cuba rejects US political manipulation under humanitarian pretext #Cuba ahora.cu/en/cuba-en/25697-cuba…

Cuba rejects US political manipulation under humanitarian pretext

On his social media account, the minister emphasized that, as a matter of principle, Cuba does not oppose assistance from governments or organizations, provided it benefits the people and does not exploit the suffering of those affected for political…
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Marathon fully unveils all seven of its Runners, and I'll take the one with the grappling hook and loot-stealing drone, please

Bungie has provided an intriguing deep dive on all of Marathon's Runner Shells, and maybe hero shooter elements aren't so bad after all

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Marathon fully unveils all seven of its Runners, and I'll take the one with the grappling hook and loot-stealing drone, please

Bungie has provided an intriguing deep dive on all of Marathon's Runner Shells, and maybe hero shooter elements aren't so bad after all.
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Just one day after the US announced the start of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israeli strikes hit two homes in central Gaza. One strike killed Abdelrahman Abu Obaid, while another targeted the Al-Houli family home in Deir al-Balah. The death toll has now risen to 8 Palestinians killed, with rescue teams warning the number may increase as people remain trapped under the rubble.

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Venezuela: Acting President Rodríguez Announces 406 Releases of Detainees, Holds ‘Productive’ Call With Trump orinocotribune.com/venezuela-a…

Venezuela: Acting President Rodríguez Announces 406 Releases of Detainees, Holds ‘Productive’ Call With Trump

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced the outcome of her meeting with National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello regarding the release of a number of detained individuals (…
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Gamespot just posted:

Marathon’s New Rook Shell Is A Big Win For Solo Players

One of the big draws of Marathon is the opportunity to embrace the Runner lifestyle. Expensive biosynthetic shells that house the consciousness of a person inside of them, each Runner shell is also highly customizable, and developer Bungie has outlined how players can fine-tune each one to help them survive Tau Ceti.Each Runner shell is built to focus on a different ...

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Marathon’s New Rook Shell Is A Big Win For Solo Players

The Rook Runner shell is a stress-free way to experience Marathon.
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From Noriega to Maduro: The Long US History of Kidnapping Foreign Leaders orinocotribune.com/from-norieg…

From Noriega to Maduro: The Long US History of Kidnapping Foreign Leaders

By Alan MacLeod  -  Jan 9, 2026While it has undoubtedly shocked the world, the Trump administration’s abduction of President Nicolás Maduro fits into a long history of United States kidnapping of foreign leaders.On January 3, U.S.
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Good Morning, News: Jamie Dunphy Elected Portland Council President So Everyone Can Go Home, Data Centers Suck Up Juice, and Trump Administration Yo Yos Mental Health Funding portlandmercury.com/good-morni…

Good Morning, News: Jamie Dunphy Elected Portland Council President So Everyone Can Go Home, Data Centers Suck Up Juice, and Trump Administration Yo Yos Mental Health Funding

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IGN just posted:

'It's Abysmal' — Game of Thrones Writer George R. R. Martin Candidly Reveals 'Worse Than Rocky' Relationship With House of the Dragon Showrunner After Rows Over Characters and Plot

Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin has discussed his broken relationship with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal, which the author has candidly described as "worse than rocky" and "abysmal."

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'It's Abysmal' — Game of Thrones Writer George R. R. Martin Candidly Reveals 'Worse Than Rocky' Relationship With House of the Dragon Showrunner After Rows Over Characters and Plot - IGN

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January 3: Obscenity in the ‘Living Space’ orinocotribune.com/january-3-o…

January 3: Obscenity in the 'Living Space'

By Matías Bosch Carcuro – Jan 11, 2026It’s not that the "rules-based world order" has collapsed. No one who remembers Patrice Lumumba's kidnapping and subsequent acid dissolution in the Congo in 1961 can believe that such an “order” ever existed beyo…
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun just posted:

Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

Monster Hunter Wilds has famously endured struggles when it comes to running well on PC since release. Capcom have tried relentlessly to improve that situation, with varying results. Cue today, and a Reddit scientist coming to the conclusion that overtly aggressive DLC checks might be ...

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Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

Monster Hunter Wilds might perform better on PC if its DLC checks are limited, but that only appears to affect exploring certain areas in the game.
Mark Warren (Rock Paper Shotgun)

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A Second War With Iran Will Probably End Us All libya360.wordpress.com/2026/01…

A Second War With Iran Will Probably End Us All

BettBeat Media I have spent my life observing the pathologies of Empire. Many of us did. Involuntarily. I have watched American power grind human beings into dust in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Libya,…
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VGC just posted:

Amazon has greenlit a Fallout reality show where contestants live in a vault for a ‘huge cash prize’

‘Fallout Shelter’ is currently looking for contestants

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Amazon has greenlit a Fallout reality show where contestants live in a vault for a ‘huge cash prize’ | VGC

‘Fallout Shelter’ is currently looking for contestants…
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Polygon just posted:

Game Developer Choice Award nominations led by Expedition 33

The nominees for the Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced, with Clair Obscur earning the most

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could sweep yet another major awards show

Sandfall Interactive's lauded debut continues to run the table
Deven McClure (Polygon)

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Russian State Oil Company Confirms Continued Operations and Energy Projects in Venezuela orinocotribune.com/russian-sta…

Russian State Oil Company Confirms Continued Operations and Energy Projects in Venezuela

The Russian state-owned company Roszarubezhneft, the primary manager of Moscow’s oil assets in Venezuela, issued an official statement reaffirming its commitment to remaining in the country and advancing its operations.
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Insider Gaming just posted:

Marathon Devs Reveal Details on Runner Shells

A new dev diary from Bungie discusses the archetypes, abilities and customisations you can do with Marathon's Runner Shells.
The post Marathon Devs Reveal Details on Runner Shells appeared first on Insider Gaming.

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Marathon Devs Reveal Details on Runner Shells

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ALBA-TCP Reaffirms Unwavering Support for Cuba, Denounces Aggression Against Its Sovereignty orinocotribune.com/alba-tcp-re…

ALBA-TCP Reaffirms Unwavering Support for Cuba, Denounces Aggression Against Its Sovereignty

Caracas, January 13, 2026 (YVKE Mundial) – The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) issued an official statement this Tuesday expressing its strongest support for the people and Government of the Republic of Cuba, led by Pres…
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Game Informer just posted:

Life Is Strange Livestream Will Reveal A New Game Launching This Year

A special broadcast revealing the next Life is Strange game is set to air next week. While we don’t know much more than that, the video does reveal that this new entry will launch in 2026.The reveal stream will air on Tuesday, January 20, beginning at 12:30 pm ET. The stream’s cryptic video description reads “Separate the real from the rumor... Join us ...

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Life Is Strange Livestream Will Reveal A New Game Launching This Year

It looks like Life is Strange fans have something to look forward to in 2026.
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Macron: France Has Become the Main Provider of Intelligence for Ukraine militarnyi.com/en/news/macron-…

Macron: France Has Become the Main Provider of Intelligence for Ukraine - Militarnyi

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that France currently provides about two-thirds of Ukraine's military intelligence in the war with Russia.
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Game Developer just posted:

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo provide joint update on player safety commitment

The companies seek to hold themselves accountable for making their platforms as safe as possible for players.

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Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo provide joint update on player safety

Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have provided a joint update on "shared commitment to safer gaming," outlining a series of shared principles and initiatives.
Diego Argüello (Game Developer)

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Insider Gaming just posted:

How to Get Voidheart in Hytale—Best Voidheart Location, Explained

All the details on how you can get Voidheart in Hytale, including tips on where to find it and what it's used for.
The post How to Get Voidheart in Hytale—Best Voidheart Location, Explained appeared first on Insider Gaming.

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How to Get Voidheart in Hytale—Best Voidheart Location, Explained

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Introducing Portland Mercury's Wiener Week! portlandmercury.com/food-and-d…

Introducing Portland Mercury's Wiener Week!

The Portland Mercury proudly presents its newest, most mouthwatering member of the Food Week Family: Wiener Week! From January 26 to February 1, the city’s boldest chefs will craft their most creative, flavor-packed wieners for just $8 a pop.
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PCGamesN just posted:

How to teleport in Hytale

Quickly set up a network of portals by learning how to teleport in Hytale before you get stuck in yet another dark and dangerous cave

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How to teleport in Hytale

Quickly set up a network of portals by learning how to teleport in Hytale before you get stuck in yet another dark and dangerous cave.
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A settler violently assaults a human-rights activist, fully aware he’s being filmed—and utterly indifferent #Palestine tiktokgenocide.com/28579

A settler violently assaults a human-rights activist, fully aware he’s being filmed—and utterly indifferent @ Genocide.live

היום המתנחבלים הניחו תשתית למאחז הטרור שצפינו אתמול שהם יקימו. בסרטון רואים אחד ממובילי ההתנחבלות מתקיף באלימות פעיל זכויות אדם, הוא יודע שהוא מצולם ולא אכפת לו.
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Nintendo Life just posted:

Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance

You could just save your bells.It’s tough to consider that Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out almost six years ago, and even tougher to get over just how good it looks on Nintendo’s first hybrid system. Switch 2 hasn’t been left behind, though - now it’s got its own version of the game, but if I’m being honest, ...

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Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance

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Israel is blocking the delivery of nearly 10,000 truckloads of aid sitting in Jordanian warehouses #Palestine tiktokgenocide.com/28577

Israel is blocking the delivery of nearly 10,000 truckloads of aid sitting in Jordanian warehouses @ Genocide.live

Nearly 10,000 truckloads of aid are sitting in Jordanian warehouses while Gaza suffers in the cold and rain. The UN and JHCO are ready to move food, shelter, and medicine—but Israel is blocking large-scale delivery. Families in Gaza can’t wait.
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Polygon just posted:

Bone Lake on Netflix: 2025’s ultimate date-night horror movie is finally streaming

Bone Lake's trailers sold a spooky seductive horror movie. The reality is way weirder — and funnier

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Netflix just quietly added the wildest erotic thriller of 2025

Bone Lake's trailers sold a spooky seductive horror movie. The reality is way weirder — and funnier.
Isaac Rouse (Polygon)

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Apple Is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage

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Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage

[Exclusive] A 15-year relationship helped TSMC grow and Apple leap ahead of rivals. Nvidia is stealing the spotlight, but Apple's importance is not over.
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“Settler-terrorists” are currently building a new outpost near a Bedouin community close to Duma #Palestine tiktokgenocide.com/28578

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🚨הטיהור האתני הבא בדרך מתנחבלים בונים כרגע מאחז חדש סמוך לקהילת בדוואים ליד דומא. הקהילה גורשה כבר מעין רשאש באוק' 23, ומאז אוג' 25, כל הילדים והנשים כבר לא גרים בה בעוד שהגברים נשארים לצד פעילי ז"א ששומרים עלייהם 24/7.
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GamingBolt just posted:

Monster Hunter Wilds’ Poor PC Performance is Reportedly Due to Constant DLC Checking

By creating a mod to convince the game that they owned all the cosmetic DLC, one player apparently saw performance go "through the roof."

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Monster Hunter Wilds’ Poor PC Performance is Reportedly Due to Constant DLC Checking

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PC Gamer just posted:

The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error

Who knew that PC hardware was so complicated?

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CITU DENOUNCES PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT PIPELINE #WFTU citucentre.org/930-citu-denoun…

CITU DENOUNCES PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT PIPELINE

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) denounces the three-year Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Project Pipeline of Rs 17 trillion announced by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, as a policy initiat…
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IGN just posted:

25 Years on From Super Smash Bros. Melee, Creator Masahiro Sakurai Finally Confirms The Secret Behind How Much Damage is Healed by Food

Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Super Smash Bros., has revealed the reason why the series' food various items each heal your character by a specific amount.

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25 Years on From Super Smash Bros. Melee, Creator Masahiro Sakurai Finally Confirms The Secret Behind How Much Damage is Healed by Food - IGN

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The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis

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The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis | Hacker News

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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid


Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address, 404 Media has learned. ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.

The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public procurement records, and recent sworn testimony from an ICE official, show the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. The tool receives peoples’ addresses from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) among a range of other sources, according to the material.

The news comes after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head Kristi Noem said the agency is sending hundreds more federal agents to Minneapolis amid widespread protests against the agency. Last week ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37 year old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good. During Operation Metro Surge, which DHS calls the “largest immigration operation ever,” immigration agents have surrounded rideshare drivers and used pepper spray on high school students.

“Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE) is a targeting tool designed to improve capabilities for identifying and prioritizing high-value targets through advanced analytics,” a user guide for ELITE obtained by 404 Media says. The tool aims to be nearly all encompassing when it comes to finding ICE targets, from identifying subjects in the first place, to building a list of people, to supervisors approving selections for officers to ultimately go into the field and apprehend.

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One feature of ELITE is the “Geospatial Lead Sourcing Tab,” according to the user guide. This lets ICE see people it may potentially want to detain on a map interface, based on various criteria such as “Bios & IDs,” “Location,” “Operations,” and “Criminality.” An ICE officer can then select people one by one, or draw a shape on the map to see people in that selected area.

ELITE has already been used by ICE to target specific areas, according to sworn testimony from an ICE official in Oregon. In October, immigration officers waited in three unmarked SUVs outside an apartment complex in Woodburn. They went on to bust a driver’s window and pull a 45-year-old woman from a van, used ICE’s facial recognition app Mobile Fortify on her, and agents had the goal of making eight arrests per team per day, Oregon Live reported. Lawyers representing the woman say authorities arrested her and more than 30 other people in a “dragnet.”

“One of our apps, it’s called ELITE. And so it tells you how many people are living in this area and what’s the likelihood of them actually being there,” a deportation officer with ICE’s Fugitive Operations Unit, identified in court records as JB, testified about the raid in early December. 404 Media purchased a transcript of JB’s testimony from the court. “It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.”

“It pulls from all kinds of sources,” JB continued. “It’s a newer app that was actually given to us in ICE.” JB said ELITE is what ICE sometimes uses to track the apparent density of people at a particular location to target. “You’re going to go to a more dense population rather than [...] like, if there’s one pin at a house and the likelihood of them actually living there is like 10 percent [...] you’re not going to go there.” For that raid in Woodburn, JB suggested the immigration officers used ELITE to generate leads. Additionally, in a text thread of immigration officers, someone described the area as “target rich,” which JB explained meant the officials had run multiple license plates in that area and found vehicles registered to people “who had either a criminal or immigration nexus.”


Screenshots of the ICE official's testimony. Image: 404 Media.

JB and other officials were testifying in the case of MJMA, the woman pulled from the van during the Woodburn raid. She is being represented by attorneys from Innovation Law Lab.

Once a person is selected on the map interface, ELITE then shows a dossier on that particular person, according to the user guide. That includes their name, a photo, their Alien Number (the unique code given by the U.S. government to each immigrant), their date of birth, and their full address. ELITE notes the source of the address (such as the government agency that supplied it), and gives an “address confidence score.” One address confidence score example in the guide is 98.95 out of 100; another is 77.25 out of 100. This score is based on both the source of the address and how recent the data is, the user guide says. (ICE is paying skip tracers, private investigators, and bounty hunters to help verify peoples’ addresses.)

Those sources can include HHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and “CLEAR.” The guide does not provide any more specifics on what CLEAR might be, but ICE has repeatedly contracted with Thomson Reuters which sells a data product called CLEAR. Thomson Reuters did not respond to a request for comment. HHS did not respond to a request for comment.

The documents don’t say if those are the only entities providing data for ELITE. The user guide says ELITE is “integrating new data sources” to reduce officer workload.

ICE can also use ELITE to look up people based on an unique identifier, such as their Alien Number, name, or date of birth. ELITE also lets ICE do this in bulk, selecting up to 50 people at once, according to the guide.
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ICE can filter the map by what the guide calls Special Operations. These are “groups of pre-defined aliens specifically targeted by Leadership for action.” ICE officers are told to consult ICE leadership or “broadcasts” on when to use these operation filters. DHS’s surge in Minneapolis is focused at least in part on the city’s Somali community after renewed focus on a COVID-19 fraud case. The overwhelming majority of Somalis who live in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area are U.S. citizens, PBS reported.

“These records give us behind-the-scenes insight into the kind of mass surveillance machine ICE is building with help from powerful tech companies like Palantir,” Laura Rivera, senior staff attorney at Just Futures Law, told 404 Media. “When combined with what we know from ICE testimony and other public information, it gives us a blueprint into how ICE is going into communities and identifying people for arrest in real-time.”

Senator Ron Wyden, who represents Oregon where ELITE was discussed, told 404 Media in a statement, “The fact ICE is using this app proves the completely indiscriminate nature of the agency's aggressive and violent incursions into our communities. This app allows ICE to find the closest person to arrest and disappear, using government and commercial data, with the help of Palantir and Trump's Big Brother databases. It makes a mockery of the idea that ICE is trying to make our country safer. Rather, agents are reportedly picking people to deport from our country the same way you'd choose a nearby coffee shop.”
Screenshot of the Palantir contract, via highergov.com.
The ELITE user guide does not say who developed the system. But the tool’s distinctive title—Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement—exactly matches one included in an addendum to a Palantir contract from last year. It says Palantir should “continue configuration and engineering services” for ELITE and some other ICE tools. That supplemental agreement for $29.9 million started in September and is planned to go on for at least a year.

Palantir has worked with ICE for years and was focused on criminal investigations, supporting Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Investigative Case Management (ICM) system. That changed in the second Trump administration, with Palantir now working on ICE’s deportation efforts.

After participating in a three-week coding sprint, ICE updated an ongoing Palantir contract related to “Enforcement Prioritization and Targeting,” to “support the development of an accurate picture of actionable leads based on existing law enforcement datasets to allow law enforcement to prioritize enforcement actions,” according to an internal Palantir wiki previously obtained by 404 Media. The goal was to find the physical location of people marked for deportation, and Palantir said it believes its work with ICE is “intended to promote government efficiency, transparency, and accountability.”

The leaked material described Palantir’s deportation-focused work as “concentrated on delivering prototype capabilities” and lasting around six months. It left open the room for more work with ICE, and said “Palantir has developed into a more mature partner for ICE.” Documents ICE published described Palantir’s work as building a tool called ImmigrationOS.

More than eight months have passed since Palantir discussed the issue internally. Neither Palantir nor DHS responded to multiple requests for comment.

In their testimony, JB said, “it’s a tool that we use that gives you a probability. But there’s never [...] there’s no such thing as 100 percent.” The user guide adds, “As always, make sure you do your due diligence on each target to confirm removability prior to action.”


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