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Iran is slowly reconnecting to the global internet after a dramatic shutdown that followed military strikes by the United States and Israel in February. Traffic had collapsed to just one percent of normal volumes, with access limited to a small circle of government and military users. That isolation now appears to be lifting.
On the political front, crypto-backed PACs spent nine million dollars across Texas races this cycle, backing candidates in both parties. The move signals that digital asset interests are no longer playing partisan favorites — they are buying influence across the aisle, positioning cryptocurrency as a genuinely cross-party electoral force heading into future cycles.
And for developers frustrated with expensive AI code review tools, a new open-source alternative called Pullfrog is drawing attention. Built by Colin McDonnell and powered by GitHub Actions, it handles pull request reviews, issue triage, and CI remediation using a bring-your-own-key model — meaning you choose your own language model provider and control your own costs.
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