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Iranian and Russian naval forces simulate the rescue of a hijacked ship during a joint naval exercise at Bandar Abbas Port near the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan, Iran, February 19, 2026.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA new wave of attacks on the United Arab Emirates’ energy infrastructure has raised concerns about prolonged supply disruptions during the Iran war.The incident comes after a drone attack on the world’s largest super-acid gas development sparked a fire in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Fujairah oil industry and another tanker was rammed near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.The UAE also reopened its airspace…
A panoramic view of Alibaba’s headquarters on the West Bund in Shanghai, China, on February 28, 2026. (Photo: Ying Tang/NurPhoto, Getty Images)Null Photo | Null Photo | Getty ImagesChinese technology giant Alibaba on Tuesday released Wukong, a new agent-based artificial intelligence tool, for enterprise customers as the company faces reorganization and increased competition.The company told CNBC in a statement that Wukong provides “enterprise-grade security infrastructure” while allowing businesses to manage multiple agents through a single interface.The platform, which is still in invite-only testing, will allow users to manage agents who handle tasks such as document editing, approvals, meeting transcription, and…
Israel announced that it had killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani in an attack on Tehran, demonstrating Israel’s continued determination to pursue senior figures in the Iranian regime, including those seen as pragmatists like Larijani. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has criticized US allies for not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed off following US and Israeli attacks. Here’s what you need to know on day 18. What are the main headings? Israel ‘eliminates’ Larijani: Israel says it killed Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani in an attack on Tehran on Monday night.…
Important pointsSemi-liquid private credit vehicles are holding back withdrawals as investors rush to withdraw their funds. A “robust and growing” secondary market could help ease pressure amid concerns about a liquidity squeeze.Private credit investors could face a potential “off-ramp” as pressure mounts to cash out money from the $3 trillion industry. Asset managers in the sector, where so-called semi-liquid funds have made inroads into the private wealth market, have scrambled in recent weeks to limit investor withdrawals over concerns that bad loans could cause soaring default rates and a “rush to cash” among investors. Sunaina Sinha Haldea, global head of…
This is the second part of Al Jazeera’s Blood Tech series, which looks at how governments around the world, including those critical of Israel, are still using the technology they experimented on Palestinians. The first part, which looks at how the UK exploited Israeli military spyware, can be read here.U.S. tech giant Palantir’s relationship with the British government has come under increased scrutiny following the arrest of former British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson over his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listPalantir was a client of Mr. Mandelson’s…
Top articles in Tuesday’s newspapers and transfer rumors…premier league Mykhailo Mudryk, expelled from Chelsea, could restart his career on loan from Stamford Bridge if he returns after serving an interim ban for doping – Daily Mail Igor Tudor will remain on as Tottenham Hotspur’s interim head coach for Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid, as well as a crucial Premier League match at home to Nottingham Forest, The Times has reported. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Tottenham Hotspur manager Igor Tudor responded dryly when asked if the Croatian manager had given Spurs “hope” after reflecting…
The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei does not necessarily mean the immediate collapse of the regime.This is a hasty reading, reflecting wishful thinking rather than dispassionate analysis. Indeed, we are witnessing a seismic shift that is the most dangerous to hit the Islamic Republic since its establishment in 1979. But the more important political question is no. The question is, “Is the blow that bad?” Rather, “Was the system built to absorb a shock of this magnitude?”The evidence available so far shows that this system was designed from the beginning to be nothing more than a shadow of…
Jake Loosararian and Orion Correa, founders of Gecko Robotics.Provided by: GeckoPittsburgh-based robotics startup Gekko Robotics announced Tuesday it has signed a $71 million contract with the U.S. Navy to speed up ship repair times as the government rushes to reindustrialize America’s aging defense systems.The company says its robots can fly, swim and climb critical infrastructure, and use cameras and sensors to shorten a three-month process to as little as two days. Gecko also said the robot can assess required maintenance 50 times faster than other manual technologies. “This is the kind of thing that hasn’t been possible before, and that’s…
Jonathan Ra | Null Photo | Getty ImagesSenators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app SeaDance to be shut down. The app generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising concerns about copyright and intellectual property rights. Seedance 2.0 is “the clearest example of copyright infringement by a ByteDance product to date, and we need to immediately shut down Seedance and implement meaningful safeguards to prevent further infringing output,” Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and Welch, R-Vermont, wrote in a letter to ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo, first obtained by CNBC.Their letter reflects growing…
US President Donald Trump is trying to rally international support to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway where oil shipments have been shudderingly halted since the US and Israel began their war with Iran. He said the United States has asked countries for help and received “some positive responses,” but argued that some countries “don’t want to get involved.” So far, President Trump’s allies have not changed their stance on the idea of sending in warships, at least publicly. Late Monday, President Trump said “a number of countries have told me that they are preparing to do so,”…