For decades, the "Middle East crisis" was a headline about crude oil, tankers, and the price at the pump. But as of March 2026, the stakes have shifted from the engine to the motherboard. While the world watches drone strikes over Isfahan and naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf, a more quiet, more lethal war is being fought over the very building blocks of the 21st century: semiconductors. The "Digital Iron Curtain" is falling, and it isn't just dividing East and West—it’s threatening to starve the global AI revolution of its most basic needs. The Helium Hostage: Why the Strait of Hormuz is the New Silicon Valley We’ve long been told that the South China Sea is the "front line" of the chip war because of Taiwan’s dominance in fabrication. But the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran has revealed a terrifying bottleneck: The Middle East is the lungs of the semiconductor industry. To make the world’s most advanced 3nm chips, you don’t just need engineers;...
UK English is still a TT on the worldwide trending topics. The reason is because people are saying if you change your Facebook language settings from US English to UK English you get the old Facebook back. By Old Facebook what is meant is the normal old news feed that people are used to. The latest update to the news feed on Facebook is that fb have divided the news feed into two sections Top Stories and Recent Stories. This has not gone down well with many users. These updates from Facebook are aimed at bringing the social networking site back to relevance and also prevent many uses from leaving. All this has started after the launch of the social site from Google - Google+. Google Plus is now out of its field trial and anyone can join. In fact when you visit Google there is arrow pointing straight to the + button on top inviting users to join. How to get back your old news feed on Facebook You Can't but if you still want to try here is what you need to do. Account Settings > ...