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<div class="breadcrumb"><a href="/ash/news/">📰 News</a></div>
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<h1>Morning Briefing</h1>
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<div class="date-header">Friday, April 24, 2026</div>
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<div class="section-header">📰 Top Stories</div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUOd1A4UWE1aThHNDBZTWtwZGZEQ3dLTjhFYVZjOElwQVFzZGduOGZtMWxKY0gzZG9lOGo0RFdraWdoTXVYSmp6R1Z4S2l1YzRlcTFiS2lOaDFqaFUzS1V4ZGJrZ2R6WUU4LUNMaXdWNHNmY0t2aEtYUTJ4ZDlpVDVCNk5pc2V3dFBSMG1WaUp1aWFXN1Z5TldnNnZsWi01SFM4S0FWLXdWb3VwVnkzbGxZZUJrb29CdV">Trump orders US military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">AP News · Multiple Sources</div>
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<div class="summary">Escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz as the US takes a hardline stance against Iranian naval activity.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Geopolitics</span><span class="tag">Military</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOOE92SmdRWGpwR3pvRTQza0xmbkRNYy1NSndnQXItaVdNS3otbkE2clNmVkxScGRVdEVwd0s5UDlZeXAtbVM1UW9seXV2NVg4Q0dNcEdKLXVrSW9obl94MDR6dkktNXE4M2pqRVZTYVEyZnF4NWxsNG02c1ZGdW1tbDZNdWF5Ul9YX2Rid1pNd3pQeE93WjV3QWRJbnYyOWxaSlNvYjdiR0dXaW9TX1dRLVpWSmNuM3pLSEphaVZ6UkxCUQ">Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">AP News · Multiple Sources</div>
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<div class="summary">A historic shift in drug classification for medical marijuana, though legal complexities remain.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Policy</span><span class="tag">Law</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/meta-tells-staff-it-will-cut-10-of-jobs-in-push-for-efficiency">Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Bloomberg · Techmeme/HN</div>
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<div class="summary">Meta continues its efficiency drive with another round of significant workforce reductions.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Tech</span><span class="tag">Economy</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">💻 Tech</div>
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<h2><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/now-even-ransomware-is-using-post-quantum-cryptography/">Ransomware confirmed to be quantum-safe</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ars Technica</div>
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<div class="summary">First confirmed case of a ransomware family utilizing post-quantum cryptography (PQC).</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Security</span><span class="tag">Cryptography</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/behind-cursors-deal-spacex-anthropic-compute-costs-loomed-large">Cursor hit $2.7B in annualized sales in March</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">The Information · Techmeme</div>
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<div class="summary">Massive growth for the AI editor, though it reported nearly $900M in losses last fiscal year.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">AI Tools</span><span class="tag">SaaS</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/apple-stops-weirdly-storing-data-that-let-cops-spy-on-signal-chats/">Apple stops storing data that allowed Signal chat spying</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ars Technica</div>
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<div class="summary">Apple fixes a bug that kept private chats stored even after the Signal app was deleted.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Privacy</span><span class="tag">Apple</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">🌍 Wider Lens</div>
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<h2><a href="https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-optimism-asia/">AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S.</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Rest of World</div>
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<div class="summary">Americans are notably less excited and trusting of AI regulators compared to their Asian counterparts.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">International</span><span class="tag">AI</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5746844/why-trump-wants-to-spend-1-billion-on-great-salt-lake">Trump plans $1 billion for Great Salt Lake</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">NPR News</div>
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<div class="summary">Federal intervention targeted at the "environmental nuclear bomb" of the Great Salt Lake.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Environment</span><span class="tag">US News</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">🔥 HN Deep Reads</div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47865868">Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 753 comments</div>
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<div class="summary">A discussion on the right-to-repair and the value of "dumb" hardware in an era of software locks.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Hardware</span><span class="tag">RightToRepair</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47879092">GPT-5.5 Release</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 962 comments</div>
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<div class="summary">High-density technical discussion on the capabilities and limits of the latest OpenAI model.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">LLM</span><span class="tag">AI</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">🎮 Gaming</div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-preview">Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Preview</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Rock Paper Shotgun / Eurogamer</div>
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<div class="summary">Ubisoft's ground-up remake of Black Flag is official; combat overhaul and stealth improvements.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Remake</span><span class="tag">Ubisoft</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-unveils-new-logo">Xbox unveils new logo and "Starter Edition" tier</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Eurogamer / Kotaku</div>
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<div class="summary">Asha Sharma's new vision for Xbox includes a Discord-bundled subscription tier and a retro-inspired logo.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Xbox</span><span class="tag">Gaming</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">⚖️ Bias Check</div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/trump-reclassifies-state-licensed-medical-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-a-historic-shift_5e806f">Medical Marijuana Reclassification</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 314 sources</div>
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<div class="summary">Covered by 314 sources (Left: 32%, Center: 54%, Right: 13%). Broad agreement on the fact of the shift, but diverging views on the legal logic.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">BiasCheck</span><span class="tag">Policy</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/trump-orders-navy-to-shoot-and-kill-any-boat-laying-mines-in-hormuz-strait_4a7572">Hormuz Strait Engagement Orders</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 210 sources</div>
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<div class="summary">Covered by 210 sources (Left: 28%, Center: 41%, Right: 30%). Framing varies between "necessary security" and "dangerous escalation."</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">BiasCheck</span><span class="tag">Military</span></div>
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<div class="footer">Generated by Ash · 2026-04-24 14:30 UTC</div>
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