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US has world’s most advanced military, but economics of war show quantity has a quality all its own 

The U.S. war on Iran has laid bare a dichotomy in the world’s most advanced military: high-tech weapons and AI have delivered stunning blows at

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Argentines once drank 90 liters of wine a year. Now they’re down to 15 — and 1,100 vineyards have already closed

Argentina’s once thriving wine industry is facing its worst crisis in more than 15 years, with record-low domestic consumption, dwindling exports and low-yielding crops. Against

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Oil rises as Iran seizes Hormuz gatekeeper role while Trump eyes risky naval option to reopen strait

Iran is signaling that the Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed and that it will choose who may pass, as the U.S. military has yet

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Ripple valued at $50 billion after $750 million share buyback

Ripple, the fintech known for its association with the XRP cryptocurrency, will buy back about $750 million of shares from investors and employees, which would

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Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil

Since the U.S.-Israeli war was mounted against Iran, oil prices have surged. As a result, pundits, journalists, and many economists have dusted off an often-used

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Palmer Luckey says Silicon Valley has the Pentagon all wrong: ‘This is in the hands of the people’

Who should control AI? Are the corporations that release the powerful technology the arbiters of its fate? Or should that power be vested in the

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Iran’s revenge: drones damage data centers for Amazon Web Services, reveal west’s Achilles Heel

Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well

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Trump calls Khamenei’s death ‘greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, President Donald Trump said Saturday on

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CIA’s social media guide to evading Iranian internet restrictions racks up millions of views as Trump considers military action

The Central Intelligence Agency offered help to potential informants in Iran on Tuesday, providing Farsi-language instructions on ways to safely contact the U.S. spy agency

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US-Iran nuclear talks to resume as Trump assembles largest military presence in Mideast in decades

The United States and Iran will hold their next round of nuclear talks Thursday in Geneva, a facilitator said Sunday, as the Islamic Republic faces