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;...
Twitter as you know is a very public thing. If on the other hand you find it a little weird to have strangers following you and reading your tweets. You can create a protected account. To protect your account. 1. Login to Twitter 2. Click on Settings 3. Scroll down and check the box besides "Protect my updates" 4. Save Changes What happens once I protect my updates. 1. Your Tweets do not appear on the Twitter public timeline 2. Your Tweets are not indexed by search engines. 3. Your Name still appears on Twitter's people search. You will receive a follow request each time someone wants to follow you. Only by allowing someone to follow you will they be able to see your Tweets. 4. When you follow someone you can see their tweets on your public Timeline but they will not be able to see your Tweets. 5. @relies sent to people following you will not be seen 6. If you already have a public twitter account but want to protect it. All updates after that will not be seen. Your profi...