🇸🇦💥Saudi Arabia and UAE Edge Closer to Joining War Against Iran:

The United Arab Emirates is readying military assistance to help the United States and its allies forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially becoming the first Gulf nation to enter the war against Iran as a combatant.

Such a step carries significant risks, as direct confrontation with Iran could fuel enduring regional instability long after the present conflict ends.

Should the UAE actively enter the conflict, it may only be a matter of time before Saudi Arabia follows suit.

I believe the conflict will spiral out of control.

What we are seeing now is just the beginning.

🚨 The Artemis II crew is on their way to the Moon.. they've conquered gravity, orbital mechanics, and the physics of deep space travel.. they're 240,000 miles from Earth hurtling through space at 24,000 miles per hour..

and they had to call IT support for Outlook..

let me give you some context.. in 1969, NASA engineers calculated the Apollo 11 trajectory to the Moon using slide rules and early computers barely more powerful than a calculator.. no AI.. no cloud.. no tech support hotline.. they navigated to a moving target 240,000 miles away and landed within the target zone on the first try..

in 2026, we have AI that writes code, rockets that land themselves, and computers more powerful than the entire Apollo program combined..

and Microsoft Outlook is still broken..

a company worth trillions.. 220,000 employees.. software running inside every government, every military, every boardroom on earth.. and the astronauts leaving the planet still had to ask someone to restart their email..

we solved the physics of leaving Earth..
we still haven't fixed the calendar invite that sends you four notifications for the same meeting.

The War Economy of WW3: Why I Believe Russia, China, and the U.S. Are All Ramping Up for a Prolonged Global Conflict

What I'm seeing now isn't isolated saber rattling or election year posturing. It's three superpowers quietly but unmistakably shifting their economies onto a war footing. Russia, China, and the United States are all pouring resources into munitions, factories, and industrial capacity at a pace that screams preparation for something far bigger and longer than the current hot spots in Ukraine, the Taiwan Strait, or the Middle East. This isn't about quick wins. History rhymes, and right now it's rhyming with the long attritional slogs of the 20th century. Here's why I believe we're staring down a prolonged global conflict.

Start with Russia. Putin didn't stumble into a forever war in Ukraine he engineered the economy around it. Defense spending hit 7.3% of GDP in 2025, clocking $186 billion, and the draft budgets for 2026 2027 keep it north of 8%. That's not a spike , it's structural. Factories are running round the clock shifts. New explosives plants are under construction. Drone output has scaled dramatically, and they're refurbishing Soviet era gear while sourcing components through China and North Korea to beat sanctions. The International Institute for Strategic Studies says Moscow can sustain operations through at least the end of 2026 despite manpower shortages and oil revenue crunches. Why? Because the Kremlin knows this isn't ending in Kyiv. It's a dress rehearsal for a wider Eurasian confrontation NATO pressure, hybrid ops in Europe, or even a multi front grind where attrition becomes the strategy. Russia isn't rebuilding for peace. It's hardening for the long haul, turning its entire industrial base into a war machine that can absorb losses year after year.

China's move is even more methodical, and that's what keeps me up at night. Beijing just hiked its 2026 defense budget by 7% to roughly $277 282 billion. That's on top of steady 7%+ annual jumps, even as GDP growth targets slip to the lowest since 1991. The People's Liberation Army is on track for nine aircraft carriers by 2035, a nuclear arsenal potentially exceeding 1,000 warheads this decade, and a missile fleet that's diversifying like crazy DF 27 anti-ship ballistic missiles, hypersonics, the works. The latest Pentagon report and China's own 15th Five Year Plan hammer home the focus: "seize the commanding heights" in AI, advanced computing, and dual use tech. Satellite imagery shows expanded fighter production lines, silo fields in the west, and island building that screams power projection beyond Taiwan. This isn't defensive hedging. It's offensive preparation for a Pacific campaign that could drag on for years, testing supply lines, blockades, and industrial endurance against the U.S. and its allies. Xi's purging generals and aligning economic security with military goals tells you everything: China is betting the farm on a long game clash where factories and fabs decide the outcome, not just initial strikes.

Now the U.S. the one that loves to talk "peace through strength" while quietly panicking about empty stockpiles. The Pentagon is in full wartime footing mode. 155mm artillery shell production has surged from 14,000 rounds a month in 2022 to 40,000 now, with a mid 2026 target of 100,000. That's not enough for a short war, it's barely keeping pace with current draws from Ukraine and Israel support. Fresh framework deals with BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Honeywell are surging components for THAAD interceptors, Precision Strike Missiles, and critical munitions. Nine new production facilities have opened or are coming online. The Defense Production Act is being dusted off amid Iran tensions. Why the frenzy? Because U.S. planners know the "pacing threat" from China isn't hypothetical, and Russia's staying power has exposed how fast modern wars chew through ammo. Replenishing for a prolonged multi theater fight Indo Pacific, Europe, Middle East requires a domestic industrial base that hasn't existed at this scale since World War II. We're not building for a quick decisive battle. We're building to outlast.

Here's the connective tissue that makes me believe this points to one prolonged global conflict, not three separate ones: the alliances are hardening into blocs. Russia China Iran North Korea trade tech, drones, ammo, and intel. The U.S. is rallying Europe, Japan, Australia, and South Korea into the same supply chain frenzy. Economic decoupling is accelerating deglobalization on steroids. Sanctions bite Russia but push it deeper into Beijing's orbit. China's "civil military fusion" means civilian factories flip to war production overnight. America's "Arsenal of Democracy" rhetoric is back because the old one rusted away. A short war ends with negotiations. A long one reshapes everything: energy markets, food security, currencies, private credit (hello, Blackstone refusing lifelines war economies don't care about quarterly earnings).

The Private credit crises, unemployment crisis and sovereign debt crisis are all timed for this global conflict. No one ramps up like this for a two week operation. History doesn't repeat, but it’s rhyming with the interwar buildup before WW1. The superpowers aren't posturing. They're positioning for a grind so large that we haven't even begun to imagine the scale.

If I'm right, the real question isn't if conflict expands, it's who survives.

It's time we stopped
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

SpaceX reportedly wants Public Investment Fund to make a roughly $5 billion anchor investment in the offering.

The investment would partly prevent dilution of PIF’s existing stake of just under 1% in SpaceX.

SpaceX is said to be trying to gauge investor interest for the deal, given its unprecedented scale.

Sam Altman told you so: "We're going to see 10 person billion-dollar companies pretty soon.

In my little group chat with CEO-friends, there's this One-person billion-dollar company, which would have been unimaginable without AI, and now it'll happen."

This is just a start, there will be many vibe-coded billion-dollar company.

A.I. can collapse the staffing needs of a fast-growing company.

Matthew Gallagher used AI+ to strip away the layers of labor that normally sit between demand and delivery.

Code, ad creative, website copy, analytics, customer support triage, scheduling, even parts of his personal workflow were pushed into software, which meant the company could grow without building the usual managerial middle.

This story is such a powerful example of what A.I. does best right now - reducing coordination costs so sharply that a single can move like a large corporate.

Sam Altman talks about Codex Desktop ecosystem evolving to control computers.
"Really what you want is your single AI that's working for you on a unified backend. Access to all your data and ideas, and the ability to work across a lot of surfaces."

NEWS: OpenAI just acquired TBPN.

OpenAI is betting that the fight over AI will be won partly through attention, trust, and the ability to explain fast-moving changes.

TBPN already is so successful in the real-time AI news space and it attracts founders and operators people actually listen to.

Normal corporate communications team cannot keep up with a technology shift this big, so instead of building a media machine from scratch, OpenAI bought one that already understands the audience, the pace, and the culture.

AI adoption does not depend only on model quality, benchmark scores, or product launches, and it also depends on whether builders and everyday users can follow what is changing and why it affects their work.

www.tbpn.com

Sky Travel Begins: China Unveils Real-World Flying Taxis

🤖 Elon Musk launches $30K Cybercab - fully autonomous.

- Safer than human driving.
- You can legally sleep as it’s driving you.
- As low as $0.20 per mile.
- Send it to pick up your kids, or groceries.
- Earn passive income by adding it to Tesla's robotaxi fleet.
- Virtually Zero Maintenance.

This will revolutionise cars.

Absolutely 100% correct.

Brent Johnson said it brilliantly yesterday, "The U.S. is transitioning from a Democratic Republic to a 'Technocratic' Empire the same way the Roman Republic transitioned to the Roman Empire."

That's why this global conflict will be remembered as WW3.

1929 sure sounds a lot like today doesn't it?

The Soviet Union survived The Great Depression relatively unscathed because they were a centrally planned economy. That's why Project 2025 is transitioning us from a Republic to Technocracy.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. military has fast-tracked the LUCAS autonomous strike drone into operational use in just 7 months.

From Pentagon demonstration to battlefield deployment in February 2026, the rapid transition highlights a new era of low-cost, AI-driven combat systems.

The system is designed to deliver strike capability without risking pilots, signaling a shift toward mass, autonomous warfare.

A clear signal: future wars will be faster, cheaper, and increasingly unmanned.

THE REAL REASON BUFFETT IS SITTING ON $334 BILLION IN CASH

It's not fear. Buffett doesn't get scared.

It's not age. The man is 95 and sharper than most 40-year-olds on Wall Street.

Here's what's actually happening.

Buffett plays a different game than everyone else.

He doesn't buy dips. He doesn't buy corrections.

He buys generational collapses. He buys blood-in-the-streets moments.

In 2008 he got Goldman Sachs preferred shares at 10% dividend when no one else would touch them. That's not a dip buy. That's a rescue operation with terms only gods negotiate.

For that kind of deal to happen again, things have to get genuinely f***ed up.

Not 5-6% down. Not "volatility." Not "uncertainty."

Real, systemic, everyone-is-panicking, assets-for-pennies chaos.

So what does it mean that he's been selling for 10 straight quarters?

It means he sees what's coming and he's positioning for it.

$334 billion in cash doesn't happen by accident. You have to deliberately build that over years.

He sold Apple. He sold Bank of America. He's holding cash like it's oxygen.

The REAL reason insiders hoard cash before a crash is simple:

When everyone else is forced to sell, you want to be the only one who can buy.

When great companies trade at 50 cents on the dollar because the world is on fire...

That $334 billion becomes $668 billion.

Buffett isn't scared of the drop.

He's waiting for the DROP.

And the fact that 5-6% doesn't even register as "something" tells you everything about how bad he expects it to get.

While the CGTN crew filmed, the reporter’s light kick met the EngineAI PM01 before its push-recovery mode was active.

No time to adjust balance—the 40 kg humanoid fell.

Operators flipped the switch and it recovered smoothly afterward.

2027 Defense budget request unveiled Friday.