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Your venomous serpent bites you, and the clock is ticking. America’s zookeepers—and a cooler full of rare antivenom—are your best chance of survival.


Advanced chip packaging is suddenly at the center of the AI boom. Intel is going all in.


The moon is not just a barren rock orbiting the Earth. The Artemis missions could answer the great unknowns that the satellite holds.


Amid mass displacement and collapsing trust in institutions, digital wallets are becoming critical conduits for aid, connecting diaspora donors directly with communities on the ground.


When Syrian government accounts were hijacked in March, the breach looked chaotic. But it revealed something more troubling: a state struggling with the most basic layer of cybersecurity.

In this episode, we discuss Iran’s threats to target US tech firms, gear up for the midterm elections, and get a scene report from the Polymarket pop-up bar in DC.

Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1

For months, lone vibe coder Rafael Concepcion has obsessively built tools to counter the federal immigration crackdown—pivoting as he’s been outmatched. He’s also lost his job and become a target.

The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital

When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
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As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.

Things Fall Apart

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century

The Greatest Successes and Worst Flameouts of 2025

Originally published September 2017: Basel Khartabil hoped the internet would lead to a flowering of freedom and openness in Syria. Then he was arrested and imprisoned by the Assad regime.

Where to Find the Energy to Save the World

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