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Morning Brief: Hope for Hormuz lifts markets - Yahoo Finance

In 2017, Matthew Herrick sued the dating app Grindr after his ex-boyfriend used fake profiles to harass Herrick and send hundreds of strangers to his home.
Herrick's lawyer, Carrie Goldberg, argued … [+6017 chars]

Advocates hope recent verdicts against social media platforms will build momentum for bigger changes in Silicon Valley.

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability - npr.org

The next wave of AI-powered cybersecurity attacks will be like nothing weve seen before.
Thats the message AI company Anthropic sent in a leaked blog post last week, in which it warned that its upco… [+4744 chars]

The next wave of AI-powered cybersecurity attacks will be like nothing we’ve seen before.

Anthropic’s next model could be a ‘watershed moment’ for cybersecurity. Experts say that could also be a concern - cnn.com

The U.S. added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating alongside oil prices.
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U.S. added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating alongside oil prices

NBC News

March jobs report expected to show labor market stabilizing before Iran war - NBC News

Standing before a friendly crowd in March, Elon Musk laid out his plan for the future of his companies, and it was literally out of this world.
Musk announced that his space-launch company, SpaceX, … [+7953 chars]

In orbit, power is free. But everything else is expensive.

Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work? - npr.org

NEW YORK -- Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers using its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran started.
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Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers that sell on its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran

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Amazon to slap a 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Iran war drives up fuel prices - ABC News

TOKYO (AP) Oil prices continued to surge on worries of a prolonged Iran war but most Asian markets that were open rose moderately in cautious trading Friday.
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Oil prices are surging on worries of a prolonged Iran war while most Asian financial markets are rising moderately during cautious trading. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 11.4% to $111.54 a barrel. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 7.8% …

Associated Press

Oil prices surge while Asian share prices rise moderately - AP News

Asian stocks rose at the end of another volatile week with a report leading to some optimism that more traffic may be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz. Attention is also turning to the release of… [+391 chars]

Asian stocks rose at the end of another volatile week with a report leading to some optimism that more traffic may be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz. Attention is also turning to the release of key US payroll data on Friday.

Bloomberg

Asian Equities May Open Higher After US Rebound: Markets Wrap - Bloomberg

(WAVY) The crew of Artemis II has officially embarked on their historic mission to slingshot around the moon following a successful launch on Wednesday.
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Hot sauces, barbecued beef brisket, cake, 58 tortillas – here's a look at what the astronauts aboard Orion have to eat during their journey.

The Hill

From hot sauces to cobbler, here’s what Artemis II astronauts are eating - Yahoo

Amazon has been ordered by the Trump administrations labor board to recognize and bargain with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at a warehouse in Staten Island, following a multiyear stando… [+39 chars]

The decision reawakens a long-running dispute between a union that represents workers at a Staten Island warehouse and the tech giant following a milestone union victory in 2022.

The Washington Post

Trump labor board orders Amazon to bargain with Teamsters - The Washington Post

Meta Platforms has decided to slash almost 200 jobs in the Bay Area, marking the tech company’s most recent downsizing in the region, a state government filing shows.
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Facebook app owner Meta Platforms has decided to slash nearly 200 jobs in the Bay Area.

The Mercury News

Meta to eliminate nearly 200 Bay Area jobs - The Mercury News

United Airlines will raise checked bag fees beginning starting Friday, the airline announced.
Beginning with tickets purchased on April 3, passengers will pay an extra $10 when checking a bag on mos… [+1580 chars]

United Airlines will become the second U.S. airline to raise checked bag fees beginning Friday. The cost of a first bag on United will rise by $10.

The Points Guy

United Airlines is raising bag fees by $10 beginning Friday - The Points Guy

State of play: AI is advancing across the workforce more like a "rising tide" than a "crashing wave" meaning work will change broadly and gradually, not through sudden job wipeouts in specific sector… [+3027 chars]

AI is advancing across the workforce more like a "rising tide" than a "crashing wave," the report finds.

Axios

MIT study challenges AI job apocalypse narrative - Axios

The big picture: Tesla's first-quarter deliveries a close proxy for sales totaled 358,023.
<ul><li>That was up 6% from the same period a year earlier, when the company was dealing with a sales backl… [+1689 chars]

Tesla's EV sales underwhelmed investors in Q1 — but the company doesn't seem to mind as CEO Elon Musk focuses on an AI-powered future.

Tesla EV sales "underwhelming" as Elon Musk pivots to AI - Axios

The current energy crisisdriven by…
The total number of active…
U.K. airlines have only weeks…
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 02, 2026, 5:00 PM CDTSoaring jet fuel prices have hit the profitability o… [+5480 chars]

Airlines are raising fares and grounding flights as fuel costs surge, especially across Asia and Europe.

OilPrice.com

Fuel Shock Forces Airlines Into Emergency Mode - OilPrice.com

The agency, which is funded by fees from large financial institutions, is responsible for monitoring and collecting data to identify risks across the financial system, including from less regulated c… [+3094 chars]

Documents seen by POLITICO show plans are underway to reduce the data agency’s workforce, ahead of bigger proposed budget and staffing changes.

Politico

Treasury moves to gut financial research office - politico.com

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has targeted an Oracle data center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Iranian state media.
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After Amazon, Oracle is now in the bulls-eye.

Gizmodo.com

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE - Gizmodo

Stocks were mixed but rallied off earlier lows Thursday as President Donald Trumpsaddress to the nationdashed investors hopes for a swift resolution to the war in Iran.

Cruise line and airline stocks slide after President Donald Trump’s speech fails to assuage concerns over a drawn-out war in Iran.

Barron's

These Stocks Are Today’s Movers: Tesla, Globalstar, Blue Owl, United Airlines, Carnival, Lumentum, and More - Barron's

A first-of-its-kind weight loss pill will become the latest drug to be offered on President Trump's cost comparison platform "Trump Rx," CBS News exclusively learned. 
Foundayo, a GLP-1 drug, is a f… [+1342 chars]

Foundayo is the first oral GLP-1 weight loss pill that doesn't require fasting.

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