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NHS England's chief executive Sir Jim Mackey is pushing back against Palantir's habit of taking credit for health service improvements. Mackey told a parliamentary committee he plans to require Palantir to clear future claims about its Federated Data Platform with his team before going public — though he acknowledged enforcing that could prove genuinely difficult.
Closer to home for Britain's tech ambitions, a cross-party committee of MPs has delivered a sobering warning: the country's plans for artificial intelligence, advanced chips, and clean energy all depend heavily on critical minerals that China dominates. Lawmakers say they cannot establish whether ministers have a credible strategy to reduce that dependence, and they've set the government ten specific tests to prove otherwise.
And in the cryptocurrency space, MetaMask is moving to reassure its users after a recent security incident raised alarm. The wallet provider says the attack did not compromise MetaMask wallets or the underlying infrastructure — though the company has offered limited detail about what exactly was targeted, leaving the security community watching closely.
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