Iran, US Locked In Strategic ‘Staring Contest’ Over Hormuz, Says Former CENTCOM Official Joe Buccino

WASHINGTON — The US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports, now in its third week, has stopped almost all of the country’s maritime trade, including key oil exports. But it has also ratcheted up tensions between the two sides as they hold sporadic peace negotiations. RFE/RL spoke with former US Central Command (CENTCOM) Communications Director and…

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The Prem: Newcastle 19-52 Bristol – Bears up into play-off spots

Newcastle Red Bulls: Hodge; Wade, Hearle, Beeckmans, E Obatoyinbo; Connon, Elliott; Brocklebank, Fletcher, McCallum, Hodgson, Baker, Clarke, Christie (c), Parsons. Replacements: Adejimi, Rewcastle, Clark, Hawkins, Mafi, Stuart, Healy, Bolam. Bristol Bears: Lane; Heward, Moroni, Janse van Rensburg, Ibitoye; Jordan, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Dun, Taylor, Owen, Harding (c), B Grondona. Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Lahiff, Ivanishvili,…

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How ServiceNow gets customers to gorge at the AI trough • The Register

ServiceNow’s latest product announcements show how hardcore the company has become about embedding AI across its go-to-market strategy. ServiceNow senior vice president John Aisien, who oversees forward-deployed engineering and strategic partnerships with companies like Anthropic and Microsoft, outlined the major moves in a conversation with The Register. “AI is now infused in every package that…

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