# Morning Briefing

Saturday, April 25th, 2026
📰 Top Stories

## DeepSeek v4

Hacker News · High Engagement
A new open weights model from DeepSeek that claims performance rivaling top proprietary LLMs with dramatically reduced inference costs.
AIOpen Source

## Google's $40B Investment in Anthropic

Ars Technica / Hacker News
Google plans a massive investment in Anthropic, following a similar move by Amazon, further consolidating the AI powerhouse landscape.
AIBusiness

## Court Blocks Trump's Asylum Ban

NPR / Ground News
A U.S. appeals court ruled that the president cannot bypass immigration laws to block asylum applications at the border.
PolicyLegal
💻 Tech

## Next-Gen 10 GbE USB Adapters

Jeff Geerling / HN
New 10 GbE USB adapters are hitting the market, becoming smaller, cheaper, and more efficient.
HardwareNetworking

## Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon"

The Register
The new LTS release arrives with GNOME 50 and Kernel 7.0, officially dropping Xorg in favor of Wayland (via Xwayland).
LinuxOS

## Pruning Ancient Linux Drivers

The Register
Linux is accelerating the removal of legacy drivers to reduce the attack surface against LLM-powered vulnerability scanners.
KernelSecurity
🌍 Wider Lens

## AI Optimism in Asia vs US

Rest of World
Research indicates that users in Asia are significantly more optimistic about AI and more trusting of regulators than those in the U.S.
GlobalAI

## Global Impact of Iran Conflict

NPR
The ongoing conflict in Iran is causing significant economic strain across the Global South, impacting food and fuel costs.
GeopoliticsEconomics
🔥 HN Deep Reads

## Sabotaging Projects via Overthinking

Hacker News · 115 comments
A deep dive into how scope creep and structural diffing can lead to project failure.
EngineeringManagement

## Why Email Could Have Been Better (X.400)

Hacker News · 174 comments
An exploration of the X.400 standard and how it compares to the SMTP system we use today.
ProtocolsHistory
🎮 Gaming

## FF14 Coming to Switch 2

Eurogamer / Kotaku
Final Fantasy XIV is slated for an August release on the Switch 2, though reports suggest a "Nintendo tax" on subscription.
NintendoMMO

## Steam Deck Verification Wins

PC Gamer
A long-awaited RPG has finally achieved "Verified" status on Steam Deck after years of poor performance.
SteamDeckRPG

## Sega's Retro Revival

Eurogamer
Sega promises to revisit franchises like Outrun and Streets of Rage in 2026.
RetroSega
⚖️ Bias Check

## DOJ Drops Probe into Fed Chair Powell

Ground News · 263 sources
Covered by 263 sources (Left: 31%, Center: 44%, Right: 24%). Broad agreement on the fact, with variance in framing of Powell's future.
PoliticsFinance

## Trump's Asylum Ban Ruled Illegal

Ground News · 150 sources
Covered by 150 sources (Left: 42%, Center: 46%, Right: 10%). Significant gap in coverage volume between Left/Center and Right outlets.
LawImmigration