March 2026 issue: Disinformation and deepfakes [Bulletin of Atomic Scientists]
Did You Just Lose a Game- Badly? Congrats! You're Playing Like a World Champion! [Chess.com Blog]
Forget Chess. A.I. Masters Wickedly Complex, Chinese Game Of 'Go' [NPR]
THE WORLD ON THE EDGE - The Strait of Hormuz Crisis, the Collapse of Multilateral Order and the Forgotten Peoples of a Fractured Middle East, An EIU-style Special Report [Medium] #ZackTechnologyLLC written by Zaki Qayoumi (Zack)
There are no good options for Iran’s nuclear programme [The Economist]
I escaped from Iran. But I keep reliving the horror [1843 Magazine]
The politics of the Iran war [The Economist Podcasts]
Could the war in Iran trigger a global economic crisis? [The Economist Insider] a ceasefire with Iran is necessary. President Emmanuel Macron is working on an end to this conflict with Lebanon and Israel.
To Lead Through Uncertainty, Unlearn Your Assumptions [Harvard Business Review]
Trump Failed the 3 A.M. Test [The Atlantic] who wants to get in an argument now stalling over my new vehicle? That was stupid. cc: @StateDept
Harry and Meghan accuse royal author of 'deranged conspiracy' [BBC]
Weekend Interview — Why Iran Isn’t Breaking — Iranian-American scholar Vali Nasr says Tehran believes time is on its side, and that a prolonged conflict can alter Washington’s calculus and strengthen nationalism at home. [Bloomberg]
Trump threatens more strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, pushes allies on Strait of Hormuz [Reuters]
Hunger is looming over Yemen, urgent action is needed [AL-Jazeera News]
Taliban Have Crossed ‘Red Line’ After Drone Attacks, Says Pakistan’s President [Afghanistan International]
The reviews are in. It's not looking good, America. — Allies are giving the U.S. one-star and two-star ratings on its efforts to protect democracy and dependability in a crisis. [POLITICO]
The Pentagon Went to War with Anthropic. What’s Really at Stake? [The New Yorker]
5 great indie games from GDC 2026 [The Verge]
Bernie Sanders explains his proposed billionaire tax — It would give $3,000 to every American in a household earning less than $150,000. [Vox]
Honda is killing its EVs — and any chance of competing in the future [TechCrunch]
Hustlers are cashing in on China’s OpenClaw AI craze [MIT Technology Review]
Meta is weighing major layoffs as it pours billions into AI [Business Insider]
À l’approche de l’European Deeptech Week, focus sur nos pépites deeptech !
La France s’affirme comme l’un des leaders européens de la deeptech :
20 Md€ levés en 25 ans et plus de 2 500 startups, au cœur des enjeux de souveraineté technologique.
Et l’innovation se diffuse sur tout le territoire : 66 % des startups deeptech sont implantées hors Île-de-France, dans des secteurs d'expertise historiques comme la santé, le quantique, la cybersécurité ou le spatial.
👉 À Rennes, Cailabs repousse les limites du possible et accélère le progrès industriel et technologique du monde grâce à la lumière laser. [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTech
‘Worst nightmare’: anger and frustration as Gulf states bear brunt of war they did not start [The Guardian]
For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War [The New York Times]
Mark Kelly Blasts Hegseth For Promising 'No Quarter' To Iranians With 1 Prescient Callback [Huffington Post]
How America Learned to Love Barnes & Noble Again [The Atlantic]
What might a US Navy escort for tankers in the Strait of Hormuz look like? [FiveThirtyEight]
They came to build China’s EV future. Investigators found conditions akin to ‘slavery.’ [The Washington Post]
UN chief says 'diplomatic avenues' available to stop war in Lebanon as Hezbollah claims 'direct clashes' with Israeli forces [Le Monde]
I googled my name and found thousands of strangers tearing me apart [Mashable]
Love 3.0: How to Survive the Intimacy Apocalypse [VICE]
Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran [The Intercept_]
This scientist is racing to predict deadly volcanic mudslides [Nat Geo]
Some Gen Z Americans can't stop 'Chinamaxxing' [NPR]
Sacramento could hike parking fees, again, as city wrestles with $66 million deficit [Cap Radio News]
Pentagon identifies 6 airmen killed in KC-135 crash in western Iraq [Stars & Stripes]
‘One-in-a-million’ malfunction caused Marine artillery round to explode over highway, report finds [Task & Purpose]
Dossier — Élections municipales [Le Monde diplomatique]
The Economic Costs of the Iran War, by the Numbers [Foreign Policy]
The Hormuz Minefield — In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage—and America Has No Good Options [Foreign Affairs]
China’s New Five-Year Plan Prioritizes Robotics. The World Should Pay Attention. [The Diplomat]
The Future of War Is Now: What Washington Needs to Hear from the Battlefield [The Cipher Brief]
L'Événement | France, Royaume-Uni — Le "Crunch", traditionnel moment d'échanges entre le MI6 et la DGSE [Intelligence Online FR]
Can the Most Abstract Math Make the World a Better Place? [Quanta Magazine]
[Press Update] Monika Emmanuelle Kazi selected for the second edition of the Resonance residency. Find out more: [CERN_FR]
NASA to Cover Upcoming US Spacewalks 94, 95 Outside Space Station [NASA]
45,000 malicious IP addresses taken down in international cyber operation [INTERPOL]
Space Force Components Building Up Units to ‘Surge’ Forward [Air & Space Forces Magazine]
Cadillac’s Torque-Based Badges Are Being Killed [MOTORTREND]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, March 16, 2026. It’s Monday, therefore it’s time for Major Content Curation. Think of it, as your own special personal Intelligence Security Briefing. There will be a “Coffee with Zack” VLOG in English, later tonight. I applaud President Emmanuel Macron for his push for an end to the war in Iran, and expect the Americans at the State Department to listen to French Diplomats at the Quai d’Orsay without making fun of their French accents when they speak English. State Department didn’t listen to Quai d’Orsay, and we had the almost 80,000 dead Palestinians (real figures are closed to 680,000 dead Palestinians) disaster in the Gaza Strip in a period of about the last 2-3 years. Let us hope we do not see another disaster strike the Middle East because of Trump’s stupidity because he is blackmailed by Netanyahu. There needs to be a ceasefire to the conflict, immediately. Even the United Nations all agree to this. My goal is to write some new Op-Eds for this week. I’ll write one tomorrow in French. Let me write one today in English. Expect it later.
