The Iran war could accelerate the rise of the 'poly-national' company
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- March 3, 2026

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran add yet more question marks around a U.S. economy already buffeted by on-and-off tariffs, weak hiring, and lingering inflationary pressures. The war has already raised oil prices and could lift prices at the pump as early as this week, but the ultimate impact on the economy
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Israel has launched an invasion into Lebanon, while the US embassy in Riyadh was hit by a pair of drones overnight.
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pratiksha Patnaik, a 30-year-old cloud infrastructure engineer at Google Cloud Consulting, based in Seattle. Her identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I’ve been with Google for around three years and I started as an
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Iranian official threatens to “set fire” to any ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Last month, an agentic AI assistant called OpenClaw that promised to manage your calendar, check you in for flights, respond to emails, and organize your files went viral. Within weeks, security researchers had found over 30,000 exposed instances on the internet, a Meta AI safety researcher had watched helplessly as it deleted her inbox before
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