
technologyApr 2, 202630:52failed
Iran Targets U.S. Tech; Polymarket’s Bar Flop; Trump's Plans for Midterms
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The team is back this week to discuss how top U.S tech companies are increasingly finding themselves as targets in the ongoing war with Iran. We also get an inside view into how Polymarket’s pop-up bar in D.C went sideways. Plus, we go through the steps that the Trump administration is taking to control the upcoming midterm elections.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1 | WIRED
Polymarket’s Coming-Out Party in Washington Was a Disaster | WIRED
This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms | WIRED
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