A world where we can cook up AI videos in seconds from the apps on our phones might seem remote from the physical realities of warfare in the seaways of the Persian Gulf. In fact, they’re closely intertwined.

That’s because the building blocks of the technology industry are deeply dependent on petroleum flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, where the US government Tuesday vowed to protect shipping threatened by retaliation from Iran after US and Israeli attacks over the weekend.

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