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;...
Since recovering from it's last bit of downtime a few days ago. Twitter says it is not fixing the problem of random tweets popping up all over the place. Since users compained about the retweet fature there are not random tweets that look like retweets popping up in users time-lines that are posted by people they do not follow. Twitter has said that there are working on a fix on their status page . On their know issues page they have announced that they are aware of tweets from strangers in users Timelines and are working to fix the problem. If this is a problem you face and are wondering what to do. Here's what Twitter says on their page: What to do: We would greatly appreciate information about your situation if you are affected by this issue. Please include the following information in the comments section below: Your username (Please note that usernames do not contain spaces) The username of the stranger in your Home timeline A link to the tweet from the stranger Bonus ...