France’s counter-terrorism services, which are reputed to be among the best in the world, have come to rely on American technology co-owned by one of US president Donald Trump's closest advisers.
With the fight against terrorism now mainly waged on the internet, the US has a trick up its sleeve: Palantir.
The name refers to a "seeing stone" in the fantasy book The Lord of the Rings by British writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
The US firm that goes by that name than can analyse milli...
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