The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided — separately, quietly, and with cold calculation — that whoever controls the next Iranian government controls the next chapter of Middle Eastern history. What happened on February 28, 2026 was simply the moment that calculation went loud. In the pre-dawn hours...
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Easy Part: What Comes After Khamenei?
Operation Epic Fury They got him. Early Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” a missile found Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his own compound in Tehran — reportedly while he was at his desk, carrying out the duties of a man who believed himself untouchable. Within hours, Iranian state TV confirmed what...
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Let’s start with a simple question. Have you ever wondered who decides who gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Five people. Five Norwegian citizens, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, are operating without any required expertise in international law, diplomacy, or conflict resolution. No formal credentials. No public accountability. Just five individuals — typically former politicians and academics — who meet behind...
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The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided —...
Easy Part: What Comes After Khamenei?
Operation Epic Fury They got him. Early Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation dubbed “Operation...
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Let’s start with a simple question. Have you ever wondered who decides who gets the Nobel Peace Prize? Five people....
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- The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear downby Connie Loizos on March 3, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California's […]
- Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenueby Marina Temkin on March 3, 2026 at 1:53 am
The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.
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Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
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Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.
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- Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude — here’s how to make the switchby Lauren Forristal on March 2, 2026 at 6:42 pm
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- Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service after WBD deal closesby Lauren Forristal on March 2, 2026 at 6:34 pm
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- Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply-chain riskby Rebecca Bellan on March 2, 2026 at 5:18 pm
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