The ancient prophecy behind the Iran war is a modern invention
Religious leaders warn that apocalyptic beliefs might outweigh the nuclear taboo Published March 15, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Residents watch from a rooftop as smoke rises over Tehran following a strike on March 3, 2026, with an illustration of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse faintly layered in the background. (IllustrationContinue Reading
From Idaho to MIT, on a quest to cut methane emissions
Amid the hum of milking equipment and the shuffle of cow hooves, PhD student Audrey Parker and her collaborators pull a wagon through a dusty path of a dairy barn, measuring an invisible greenhouse gas drifting through the air. Most engineering students wouldn’t expect their graduate research to take themContinue Reading
Nvidia, AMD, and Intel back Microsoft’s plan to fix shader compilation stutter
Nvidia announced its support for Microsoft’s new Advanced Shader Delivery technology during a presentation at the Game Developers Conference this week. The feature, designed to address shader-compilation stutter in PC games, will arrive on RTX graphics cards later this year. AMD has also confirmed support, though it has not provided…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
This Week In Techdirt History: March 8th – 14th (Plus: A Note On Your Feedback)
Before we get started: last week, I asked for your feedback on the weekend posts and some possible changes we’re considering going forward. The dominant theme of the responses was that lots of people like the Comment posts just the way they are, but can take or leave these HistoryContinue Reading
Iran war: What is happening on day 16 of US-Israel attacks?
Israel and US attacks on Isfahan kills 15 people as Tehran carries out retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf countries., EXPLAINER Israel and US attacks on Isfahan kills 15 people as Tehran carries out retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf countries. The United States and Israel carried out attacks onContinue Reading
MotoGP postpones Qatar Grand Prix due to Middle East conflict
The Qatar GP, scheduled for April 10-12, has been rescheduled for November amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran., The Qatar GP, scheduled for April 10-12, has been rescheduled for November amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. The Qatar Grand Prix scheduled for next month has been postponed dueContinue Reading
Kristi Noem Gave Huge Contract to Company Accused of People Smuggling
Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave a border wall contract to a company that illegally smuggled workers into the country, provided them guns, and ignored them when they got involved in a shootout. The Daily Beast reports that the Texas-based SLSCO Ltd. has two contracts with DHS worth aContinue Reading
Iran war threatens to erase the economic bump from bigger tax refunds
Americans are poised to receive bigger refunds when they file their taxes this year than they did in 2025, due to changes in the tax code, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
The Traitor says U.S. struck Kharg Island, core of Iran’s oil economy
The strikes destroyed more than 9src military targets, including missile facilities, but preserved oil infrastructure, U.S. Central Command said Saturday…Continue Reading
US hits Kharg Island amid reports thousands of US marines are being sent to the Gulf | BBC News
The US strikes Iran’s Kharg Island – hitting 90 military targets on the critical oil processing outpost. Iran has struck back, with strikes on the US Embassy in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian missile causing a huge fire at one of the UAE’s largest oil storage facilities. MeanwhileContinue Reading
LIVE: View of Beirut skyline
View overlooking southern suburbs of Beirut’s skyline as seen from Baabda, Lebanon. U.S. President Traitor 47 threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub and urged allies to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran vowed to step up its response and the war showedContinue Reading
Iran continues strikes on Gulf states day after US threatens oil facilities
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE warned people that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for port evacuations, threatening for the first time a neighbouring country’s non-US assets.Continue Reading
UAE can withstand war shock and will oppose Iran’s ‘nihilism,’ minister tells Euronews
For policymakers in Abu Dhabi, the ongoing crisis is viewed as another test of a development model that has enabled the UAE’s rapid expansion over the past five decades.Continue Reading