Trump Lists 5 Iran Deal Demands; Situation Room Ends With No Decision
On May 30, 2026, Trump listed five Iran deal demands on Hormuz, nuclear dust, and frozen funds after a two-hour Situation Room meeting with no final approval.
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US Hormuz Strikes May 28: 5 Drones Down, Kuwait Base Hit
On May 28, 2026, US forces struck Bandar Abbas drone controls and downed 5 Iranian drones; Iran fired at a US base in Kuwait. Hormuz shipping and cloud infra risk spike.
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Iran $300B Fund in US Deal: Why 25 Lakh Crore Plan Exists
NYT reports a draft US-Iran MoU includes a $300 billion (~25 lakh crore) investment fund for Iran if a final peace deal is signed. Trump has not approved it yet.
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Ukraine Starlink Cutoff Helped Retake 400 Sq Km, US Intel Says
US intelligence linked Ukraine's disabling of illicit Russian Starlink use to about 400 sq km of regained territory and disrupted frontline command systems in 2026.
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QUAD FMs Meet India May 26: Tech, Defence, Energy for Devs
QUAD foreign ministers meet in New Delhi on May 26, 2026 with Rubio in India first. Trade, tech, defence, and energy ties shape Indo-Pacific infra choices.
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Hormuz Dark Shipping Up 600%: AIS Gaps After Ceasefire Talk
Maritime data shows dark shipping through Hormuz rose about 600% as ceasefire talks continued. AIS gaps, selective transit, and oil risk still hit infra teams.
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Iran Gulf Cable Fees: Repair Permits and Internet Risk in 2026
Reporting describes Iranian permit-style fees on Gulf subsea cable repairs. Developers face latency, outage, and routing risk while Hormuz tensions persist.
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Pakistan US-Iran Draft Deal: Hormuz Rules for Infra Teams
A Pakistan-mediated US-Iran draft framework reportedly includes Hormuz navigation guarantees. Developers should treat drafts as risk signals, not stable routing.
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AMD $10B Taiwan Bet: Venice 2nm and Chip Supply Risk in 2026
AMD pledged over $10B to Taiwan's AI supply chain and ramped Venice EPYC on TSMC 2nm. Developers face export controls, packaging risk, and Nvidia competition.
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AWS Q1 2026: $37.6B Revenue and the DevOps Scaling Reality
AWS reported $37.6B revenue and over $43B quarterly capex. This post explains what those numbers mean for cloud costs, delivery speed, and reliability planning in global teams.
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Apr 28 Claude Outage: Postmortem Playbook for Production Teams
Anthropic reported Claude.ai and API errors on Apr 28, 2026. Learn the exact failure patterns, retry controls, and fallback changes teams need before the next incident.
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OpenAI on AWS: 10 Contract Clauses That Protect AI Budgets
OpenAI distribution is expanding across cloud channels. Use these 10 contract clauses to protect AI spend, uptime, and migration flexibility in 2026 negotiations.
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Big Tech Earnings: 8 Infra Signals That Move API Costs in 2026
As Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta report, this readthrough maps earnings commentary to API capacity, pricing pressure, and cloud budget decisions.
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Itron Breach: 72-Hour Utility Stack Response Playbook for Infra
Itron disclosed a cyber incident affecting internal systems. This playbook maps utility-stack exposure, OT-IT controls, and the first 72-hour actions infra teams should run.
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Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz 2026: Tech and Oil Crisis Unfolds
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in 2026, disrupting oil and tech supply chains. Learn the global trade impact, cloud cost spikes, and AI hardware delays now.
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Trump Orders US Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After Nuclear Impasse
Trump ordered the US Navy to immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz on April 12, interdicting ships that paid tolls to Iran. Oil jumped 7%. IRGC said any wrong move triggers "deadly vortex."
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If the US Destroyed Iran: Hormuz, Oil, and What Breaks for Tech
If the US defeated Iran outright: Hormuz chaos, oil spikes, Gulf cloud risk, sanctions, refugees, and what engineers should model in DR plans.
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Islamabad Talks Fail April 10: 72-Hour Developer Gulf Playbook
Islamabad US-Iran talks failing April 10 2026 can break Hormuz coordination within hours. Gulf failover, peering checks, 90-day cloud cost lag vs oil.
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Meta Open-Sourcing Muse Spark Would Rewire the Llama Economy
Muse Spark is closed source April 2026. Open weights would commoditise inference, split Llama SKUs, and push regulated finetunes on HealthBench strengths.
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Lebanon Skips Ceasefire: Med-Gulf Cable Risk for Cloud Engineers
April 2026 US-Iran pause excluded Lebanon; Hormuz coordination wobbled once. Levant fighting, cables, BGP, and Gulf cloud latency for engineers.
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Pakistan Reviews 4-Day Week as Oil Falls: Outsourcing SLAs April 2026
Ceasefire moved Brent to $95 from $109. Pakistan reviews its 4-day work week. What energy unwind timelines mean for dev shops, BPOs, and on-call teams.
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Cloud SLA Force Majeure: Geopolitical Risk Checklist for Devs
Cloud SLAs exclude many war and sanction events. Read DPAs for force majeure, map regions across cable basins, align RTO with credit windows.
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US-Iran 2-Week Ceasefire: Oil Drops to $95, Hormuz Reopens
US-Iran 2-week ceasefire agreed 90 minutes before Trump's 8PM deadline. Oil fell from $109 to $95, Dow surged 1,000 points. Pakistan brokered the 10-point deal.
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Iran Fires 10 Missiles at UAE — Tuesday 8PM EST Deadline Now Set
Iran fired 10 missiles at UAE Sunday, damaging Dubai airport. Trump extended the Hormuz deadline to Tuesday 8PM EST. Microsoft Azure UAE North and AWS Bahrain are in the direct impact zone.
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When the Iran War Ends: Gulf Cloud, Oil Prices, What Changes
Trump says the Iran war ends in 2-3 weeks. Here is what happens to Azure UAE, AWS Bahrain, oil prices, and developer infrastructure when Hormuz reopens.
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Trump Sets Tuesday for Iran Power Plants and Bridges — Monday Military Briefing
Trump threatened Iran infrastructure strikes on Tuesday in an explosive Truth Social post. He confirmed the F-15 WSO was seriously wounded. Monday 1pm Oval Office military press conference.
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Iran Downs First US Fighter Jet — F-15E Pilot Rescued, Second Crew Missing
Iran downed a US F-15E on April 3 — the first US jet lost to hostile fire in the war. Pilot rescued inside Iran by Special Forces. Weapons officer still missing, $60K bounty posted.
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Oil Hits $109 as Iran Strikes Gulf Refineries — Trump's Monday Ultimatum
Iran struck refineries across Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Oil jumped to $109 per barrel. Trump's Monday Hormuz ultimatum and what the energy spike means for airlines, data centers, and semiconductor fabs.
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"We Got Him": CIA Rescues F-15 Crew Member From Inside Iran — Full Operation
US Special Forces and the CIA rescued the missing F-15E weapons officer from Iran on April 5. CIA ran a deception op. The colonel evaded capture for 30+ hours in Iranian mountains.
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France Blocks US Military Flights as Macron-Trump Iran Rift Deepens
France, Italy and Spain blocked US military aircraft over the Iran war. Macron calls Trump not serious as oil tops $100 and the Strait of Hormuz stays shut.
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