As Israel Continues to Destroy Lebanon’s South, Locals Are Turning to Hezbollah

US Central Command on Sunday confirmed that three US troops have been killed and several more have been wounded since the US and Israel launched the war against Iran on Saturday morning, as Iranian missiles and drones have struck US bases in the region in retaliation. “As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. […]

The US Military Is Running A Bitcoin Node, Admiral Paparo Reveals Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, The United States military has an active node on the Bitcoin network, according to Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). The disclosure, made at a House Services committee hearing, marks the first known confirmation that a U.S. military combatant command is directly participating in the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network. “We have a node on the Bitcoin network,” Paparo wrote. “We’re doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin...

The World Is Becoming Increasingly Divided By Fertility The world is becoming increasingly divided by fertility. One group of countries now has too few births to naturally replace its population, while another continues to see population growth driven by higher fertility rates. This demographic divide has major implications for aging populations, labor markets, immigration, and future economic growth. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins, shows which countries are above and below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, using projections for 2025 from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 Revision. While...