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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 15 of 60.

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DelairFRToulouse drone maker; builds Damocles loitering munitions with KNDS for the French Army.
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Delhi High CourtINHigh court for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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deliver.mediaSwiss media-tech vendor behind AutoCut, an AI tool for automated football highlight editing.
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DellUSUS tech giant cutting jobs while betting its future on AI servers.
Dell EMCUSDell's enterprise storage and data protection division; its storage infrastructure was visible in alleged Trellix internal screenshots posted by RansomHouse in May 2026.
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DeltapollGBBritish polling firm whose 17-20 July 2026 survey put Labour level with Reform UK at 28%.
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Democracy ClubGBUK volunteer-run open-data NGO; aggregates election candidate data from returning officers.
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Democracy DocketDigital news platform on voting rights, elections and courts, founded 2020 by Marc Elias.
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Democracy ForwardUSWashington DC legal nonprofit pursuing FOIA and accountability litigation over voter data.
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Democracy NowUSUS progressive news and radio programme; covered Maine's statewide data centre moratorium legislation.
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Democratic Governors AssociationUSUS political organisation supporting Democratic governors and candidates for governor.
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Democratic National CommitteeUSGoverning body of the US Democratic Party, founded in 1848 and chaired by Ken Martin.
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Democratic PartyUS major political party; mounting 2026 midterm campaign on tariff economic message.
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Democratic Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland unionist party co-governing Stormont with Sinn Féin under Gavin Robinson.
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DEM PartyTRPro-Kurdish left-wing Turkish party, the de facto successor to the HDP since 2023.
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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeGBUK government department for business, industry and trade; awarded £18.5m Altilium grant in April 2026.
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and SportGBUK government department, one of three that succeeded the abolished Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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Department for EducationGBUK department responsible for education, skills and children’s services in England.
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Department for TransportGBUK government department; funds Innovate UK FOAK26 transport-innovation competition.
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Department of EnergyUSUS federal agency; issued its third 2026 grid-curtailment order as EIA slashed its Brent forecast.
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Department of Enterprise, Tourism and EmploymentIEIrish government department for enterprise and tourism.
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Department of Health and Social CareGBUK government department responsible for health and social care policy.
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Department of JusticeUSUS federal law enforcement agency; voter-data programme at appellate test after 6 district court dismissals.
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Department of LabourUSUS federal agency overseeing employment, wages, and worker protections.
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Deputy Ministry of TourismCYCyprus's tourism ministry; due to consult on STEK's short-let cap, inspection and levy proposals.
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DE&SGBUK Defence Equipment and Support, the MoD's procurement organisation.
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Deseret NewsUSSalt Lake City daily that declared the SAVE Act effectively dead on 15 May 2026.
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DESNZUK department for energy security, net zero delivery and Ofgem oversight; key AI-datacentre energy actor.
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DetectifySESwedish external attack-surface security company.
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Detroit Free Press (newspaper)USDetroit daily newspaper owned by USA Today Co.
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Deutsche BankDEGerman investment bank issuing recession warnings as Iran-war oil shock roils global markets.
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Deutscher Bankangestellten-VerbandDEGerman trade union for bank and financial-services employees.
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Deutsche TelekomDEGerman incumbent telecoms operator; T-Systems arm provides European sovereign data processing.
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DEUTZDEGerman engine maker founded in 1864 by Nicolaus Otto and Eugen Langen; headquartered in Cologne.
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Devon County CouncilGBUpper-tier council for Devon, based at County Hall, Exeter; Liberal Democrat-led since 2025.
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Dewan RakyatMYThe lower house of Malaysia's parliament.
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DexGBLondon AI talent matching platform connecting ML engineers to companies.
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DexoryGBWallingford-based warehouse AI company; robots scan 10,000 pallets per hour feeding a live digital twin platform.
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DFRLabUSAtlantic Council's digital-forensics lab; tracks online disinformation, information operations, and internet shutdowns.
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DGBDEDeutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) is Germany's main trade-union confederation, representing eight member unions and approximately 5.7 million workers.
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DG CNECTBEEC Directorate-General driving EU digital policy, AI Act, Chips Act, and sovereign cloud strategy.
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DG COMPBEEU's competition enforcement arm; received Article 102 FIFA ticket-pricing complaint still without a case number.
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DG DIGITEuropean Commission Directorate-General for Digital Services; manages internal IT and digital transformation of the Commission.
DG GROWThe European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), responsible for overseeing EU Regulation 2024/1028's STR registration framework.
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DHSUSUS cabinet department for border security and homeland defence, now under Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Diamond Sports GroupUSDiamond Sports Group was a US regional sports network operator that filed for bankruptcy in 2023, vacating distribution infrastructure for regional sports content.
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DIANABENATO's deep-tech accelerator; selects dual-use start-up technology for fast-track alliance field-testing.
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Diario de YucatánMXMexican regional newspaper based in Mérida.
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Diário Oficial da UniãoBrazil's federal official gazette, publisher of government acts and regulatory decisions.
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Diario Oficial de la FederaciónMXMexico's federal gazette; sole official channel for giving laws, decrees and fee schedules legal effect.
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Digital Concepts EngineeringGBLeicestershire UGV maker; won UK MoD's largest-ever ground drone contract.
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Digital DC BrasilBRBrazilian data-centre company trading as NextStream, with a site at Tamboré, São Paulo state.
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Digital Force TechnologiesUSSan Diego defence technology company building counter-drone mission systems on its SeraphimOS software.
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DigitalMintUSUS cryptocurrency compliance and ransomware negotiation firm; negotiator Kevin Martin pleaded guilty to using ALPHV/BlackCat against clients.
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Digital RealtyUSUS-based global data centre REIT operating over 300 facilities across 50 metros worldwide.
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Digital Transformation Capital PartnersDEEuropean venture capital firm; lead investor in Kraken 2026 Series B round
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Digital Watch ObservatoryCHGeneva-based digital governance monitor run by DiploFoundation; primary source for EU Tech Sovereignty Package delay reporting.
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Dinkwanyana AerospaceZASouth African start-up maker of VTOL drones, developing an unmanned land vehicle.
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Diputación PermanenteESSpanish standing committee that acts for a dissolved Congress.
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Direction Générale de l'ArmementFRFrance's defence procurement agency, managing weapons acquisition and export on behalf of the Ministry of Armed Forces.