UK ministers and generals are using Palantir software to decide which Palantir products to buy. By modelling battles through the far-right tech firm’s Foundry software, officials hope to outsource thinking … then again, thinking has rarely been our governments’ strong suit. Anyway, the Murdoch-owned Times reported on 1 June:  The US tech firm Palantir is helping ministers and military chiefs decide what weapons to invest in so they can win a war against the likes of Russia, it is understood. A senior military source told the paper: The CIA-backed firm evaluates force mixes — such as the balance of drones versus…