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5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia This photo taken on March 8, 2026 shows Iranian players running towards their positions at the start of the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 football match between Iran and the Philippines on the Gold Coast....

Unpacking Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but create something entirely new. Its portfolio includes Facebook, SpaceX, and Palantir. Its latest bet is a New Zealand startup that puts solar-powered smart collars on cows. Halter, which...

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility that, Resnick estimates, won’t be fully set up until later in the year—potentially November. Still, the big (and for now, largely empty) building offers the...

Windscribe CEO Says ‘No User Data’ at Risk After Dutch Authorities Reportedly Seize Server Windscribe faces another intense test of its no-logs policy, but its track record has been good so far. Attila Tomaschek Senior Writer Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online...

Iran students resume anti-government protestsIran students stage first anti-government protests since deadly crackdownSiavash Mehdi-Ardalan,BBC PersianandJaroslav LukivClashes break out at Sharif University in TehranStudents at several universities in Iran have staged anti-government protests - the first such rallies on this scale since last month's deadly crackdown by the authorities.The BBC...