👨‍💻 🇺🇸 🌐 The internet economy is seeing historic growth.

Over the last decade, the way people build businesses has rapidly transitioned from brick-and-mortar to online.

With the growth of AI, this trend has only accelerated, and the digital economy is now officially valued at over $20 trillion.

The digital economy also now accounts for ~18% of global GDP.

As a result, US business formation is experiencing a record-breaking boom, with over 3.1 million applications filed in the first half of 2026, up +17% YoY.

Today, more than 200 million people worldwide identify as creators, entrepreneurs, or online business owners.

AI continues to transform the digital economy.

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🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 How each member of the US House voted on Thomas Massie’s amendment to cut US military aid to Israel.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦🇰🇼⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of nearly $2.45 billion in military equipment to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, pending congressional review.

➡️ The $1.96 billion package for Saudi Arabia includes up to 20,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits, launchers, warheads, spare parts, training, and logistical support.

➡️ The $484 million package for Kuwait will provide sustainment and support for its C-17 transport aircraft, including components, maintenance, software, training, and logistics services.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢 — Oil prices rose for the fourth day in a row as renewed U.S. attacks on Iran raise fears of a wider confrontation and additional interruption to oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ Brent crude climbed 0.4% to $85.28 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 0.5% to $80.02.

🗳 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 U.S House vote on Thomas Massie's bill to end all military aid to Israel

https://yapms.com/app/usa/house/2024059/blank?m=nwycur4pj3q2pgz

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — NEW: U.S. Central Command says it concluded another wave of strikes against Iran, targeting military sites across several locations, including Bandar Abbas.

➡️ CENTCOM said precision munitions hit Iranian command centers, air-defense systems, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities in an effort to further reduce Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — CENTCOM has published footage of the strikes against Iran.

Footage is included of U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets taking off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles launching from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

Targets include TELs, UAV launch sites, UAVs in transport, aircrafts stripped & decommissioned (basically not usable), and a telecommunications tower.

📍 🇮🇷 📌 Iran map thread for Wednesday 15th July 2026 | EpicFuryMap

The map has been updated thanks to the hard work of geolocators who post their insights for people to see.

We've seperated strikes into between 28FEB-14JUN and after that, just for ease of seeing what's relatively recent and what isn't due to the stop-start nature of the conflict. You can turn the archive pieces back on by simply opening the left most bar and ticking the box

Overall, US strikes have hit numerous targets over the past week at a slightly higher tempo than before, but still far far less than previous. Nothing of particular note has been destroyed, just hangars for boats / drones and a few military bases - but once again, not at the levels as occurred during Epic Fury.

⬇️ Continued:
A quick thread below showcasing some of the more interesting geolocations over the past week

📎 Iran Conflict Maps

🇺🇦 Deputy commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Pavel Yelizarov, resigned from his post stating he no longer wishes to serve in the Ukrainian military following the dismissal of Mikhail Fedorov from the defense ministry.

Yelizarov says Fedorov's reforms saved countless lives and that his dismissal will lead to countless deaths.

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