# Morning Briefing

Saturday, April 26, 2026
📰 Top Stories

## Shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner — Suspect Identified

NPR · Reuters · AP · Covered across all major outlets
A gunman opened fire at a security screening area outside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The alleged shooter has been identified as Cole Allen. Acting AG says the shooting likely targeted Trump administration officials. President Trump and cabinet members were safely evacuated.
breaking DC politics

## Iran Peace Talks Stall as Trump Cancels Pakistan Delegation Trip

NPR · Reuters · 311 sources on Ground News
Iran peace talks are on hold after Trump cancelled the US delegation's Pakistan trip. Iran's foreign minister was planning to return to Islamabad for further negotiations. The WHCD shooting overshadowed diplomatic developments.
Iran diplomacy

## Kenya's Sawe Becomes First Person to Run Sub-2-Hour Marathon

NPR · Reuters · Major sports coverage worldwide
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya shattered the men's world record by 65 seconds, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30 — the first sub-2-hour marathon ever recorded in official competition.
sports world record

## King Charles Arrives for US State Visit Amid Transatlantic Tension

NPR · Reuters
King Charles and Queen Camilla begin a four-day US state visit at a fraught moment in US-UK relations. Some hope the diplomatic visit can smooth over rifts that have emerged under the Trump administration.
UK diplomacy
💻 Tech

## The West Forgot How to Make Things, Now It's Forgetting How to Code

Hacker News · 895 pts · 561 comments · Original article
A provocative essay arguing that the West's decades-long shift from manufacturing to services has now reached software — with AI coding tools accelerating a loss of deep engineering craft. Massive HN discussion on whether this is real decline or just evolving tooling.
HN craft AI

## Amateur Armed with ChatGPT Solves an Erdős Problem

Hacker News · 614 pts · 427 comments · Scientific American
An amateur mathematician used ChatGPT to "vibe maths" their way through a 60-year-old open problem attributed to Paul Erdős. The approach sparked heated debate about whether AI-assisted proofs count as genuine mathematical insight.
HN AI math

## Palantir Employees Talk About Company's "Descent Into Fascism"

Ars Technica
Internal Slack messages and interviews with current and former Palantir employees paint a picture of a company in turmoil, with staff increasingly uncomfortable with the company's deepening role in immigration enforcement and surveillance.
privacy surveillance politics

## Crime Crew Impersonates Help Desk, Abuses Microsoft Teams to Steal Data

The Register · Google Threat Intelligence
A previously unknown threat group is using Microsoft Teams chat invitations and helpdesk impersonation to deploy custom "Snow" malware. Another reminder that the collaboration tools you trust can become attack vectors.
security Microsoft

## The Supreme Court Case That Could Redefine Your Digital Privacy

NPR
Virginia police used geofencing to tap into Google's databases and identify everyone near a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will decide whether this dragnet surveillance technique is constitutional — a ruling with massive implications for digital privacy.
privacy SCOTUS surveillance
🌍 Wider Lens

## Shooting Reportedly Targets Trump Officials at WH Correspondents' Dinner

Reason
Reason covers the WHCD shooting with focus on the political violence angle and the acting AG's statement that it targeted administration officials, while mainstream outlets emphasize the security response and Trump's safe evacuation.
DC political violence

## World Press Photo Contest Winners Capture Resilience, Pain and Bliss

NPR
The 2026 World Press Photo Contest honorees capture the pain of the past year alongside moments of strength, determination and joy. Worth spending time with the full gallery.
photography culture

## Mali Defence Minister Killed in Al Qaeda-Linked Attack Near Bamako

Reuters · RFI
Mali's defence minister was killed in a major al Qaeda-linked assault near the capital Bamako — a significant escalation in the Sahel's worsening security crisis that receives little Western media attention.
Africa security
🔥 HN Deep Reads

## Tell HN: An App Is Silently Installing Itself on My iPhone Every Day

Hacker News · 436 pts · 165 comments
A user discovers an app appearing on their iPhone daily without consent. The thread digs into Apple's mobile device management and enterprise certificate systems — and how they can be abused. Relevant for anyone who thought iOS was lock-down tight.
iOS privacy security

## Asahi Linux Progress Report 7.0

Hacker News · 405 pts · 169 comments · Original article
The Asahi Linux team reports major progress on Apple Silicon support. The discussion gets into the weeds of reverse-engineering Apple's GPU drivers and the ongoing challenge of keeping up with Apple's firmware changes.
Linux Apple open source

## Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer's Disease?

Hacker News · 340 pts · 227 comments · Freakonomics
Freakonomics explores the structural reasons behind Alzheimer's research stagnation — misaligned incentives, the amyloid hypothesis dominance, and pharma's risk aversion. HN discussion branches into whether the same dynamics apply to other "hard" research areas.
science health incentives
🎮 Gaming

## Surprise DRM Issue for Digital PlayStation Games Has Fans Worried

Kotaku
A newly discovered DRM check is preventing some digital PlayStation games from launching, raising fresh concerns about game preservation and ownership in an all-digital future. If you buy it, you should own it — right?
PlayStation DRM preservation

## FF14 Reveals New Jobs, Raids, and Evercold Expansion at Fan Fest

Kotaku
Final Fantasy 14's next expansion "Evercold" ushers in an ice age and adds an Evangelion crossover. New jobs and raids revealed at the Tokyo Fan Fest. The game continues to find new ways to keep its playerbase engaged.
FF14 MMO expansion

## Star Wars: Galactic Racer Release Date Leaks

Kotaku · Rock Paper Shotgun
The release date for Star Wars: Galactic Racer has been accidentally revealed early, filling one of the gaps in 2026's relatively empty fall release calendar. Podracing fans, your time may have come.
Star Wars racing 2026
⚖️ Bias Check

## Trump Cancels US Delegation's Pakistan Trip as Iran Peace Talks Stall

Ground News · 311 sources · Left: 23% · Center: 48% · Right: 28%
Covered across the political spectrum with relatively balanced framing. Left outlets emphasize diplomatic failure and the cost of escalated conflict; right outlets frame the cancellation as a tough negotiating stance. Center sources focus on the practical implications for regional stability.
Iran diplomacy bias

## US Military Strikes Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing 2

Ground News · 76 sources · Left: 22% · Center: 57% · Right: 19%
Military action against a suspected narco vessel. Left-leaning coverage questions the use of lethal force and rules of engagement; center and right coverage frames it as necessary interdiction. The relatively low source count (76) suggests this isn't getting the scrutiny it deserves.
military drugs bias