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This is not the future we were promised.
How about that for a tech line for the show?
From the BBC, this is The Interface,
the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.
This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews.
It's about what technology is actually doing to your work and your politics, your everyday life.
and all the bizarre ways people are using the internet.
Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
A USS 15 on fire and spinning to earth in Kuwait.
Oh my God.
An intercepted missile crashing and exploding in Qatar.
Oh no, no, no, no, no.
Influencers posting drone strikes in Dubai.
These are just a few of the scenes from the Gulf states, some of the wealthiest places on earth.
Shelter in place orders across the Gulf nations.
Relations between the Gulf states and the Iranians getting more and more fraught and tense.
It's not just the U.S., Israel and Iran, but you have 11 countries involved in a regional war.
Places that until recently have been mostly insulated from Middle East conflicts.
This is not fun, guys.