
MARKETS
Economists Don’t See Recession Unless Oil Hits This Price—and Stays There for Weeks.
Markets Roundup

🏦 ECONOMY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Democrat Shutdown Forces TSA Agents to Sell Blood (CBS)
Trump threatened to “massively blow up” Iran’s South Pars gas field if Tehran continues attacking Qatar. (EN)
The Fed kept key rate unchanged as Powell vows to stay until DOJ investigation is finished. (BBG)
Oil briefly hit $119 and Europe gas prices surged after attacks on energy facilities in Qatar, Iran. (CNBC)
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war. (WAPO)
Japan to invest $40 billion in U.S. small modular reactors. (INV)
U.S. bank regulators to unveil long-awaited capital rule rewrite. (RTS)

🏢 INDUSTRY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Study: Stopping GLP-1s Quickly Raises Risk of Frightening Health Issues (CNBC)
Hundreds of millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild. (WIR)
51-year-old regional fast-food favorite files Chapter 11. (TS)
Micron revenue almost triples, tops estimates as demand for memory soars. (CNBC)
Aldi recalls popular snack food over possible rodent hair contamination. (FBN)

💰 PERSONAL FINANCE
⭐ Editor’s Pick: IRS Sounds Alarm on "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams as Deadline Looms (NYP)
Which credit card should you pay off first? 5 tips to help you decide. (CNBC)
17 ways to cut your energy bill. (KIP)
The unexpected risk of letting ChatGPT fact-check your financial adviser. (WSJ)
The cheapest pet insurance companies in 2026. (YF)

📈 HOT STOCK TIPS

🌕 CRYPTO
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Coinbase Going All-In on AI-Powered Payments Future (TI)
The SEC approved Nasdaq's pilot to trade tokenized versions of select equities and ETFs on its existing platform. (TB)
Kraken paused its IPO plans, citing difficult market conditions. (CD)
The Senate Banking Committee plans to vote on a crypto market structure bill before the end of April, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said. (DEC)
Tech Roundup

🧠 AI
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Rogue AI Agent Sparks Security Crisis at Meta (UN)
Microsoft considers massive lawsuit over $50 billion Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal. (RTS)
Mystery AI model revealed to be Xiaomi's following suspicions it was DeepSeek V4. (JP)
A draft AI framework to replace state laws was released by the Senate. (BBG)
Perplexity released its Comet browser app for iOS and iPadOS with a built-in AI assistant. (THU)

🤖 ROBOTS & DRONES
⭐ Editor’s Pick: These Robots Can Mow Your Lawn, Clean Your Pool, and Even Scrub Your Grill (GH)
McDonald's tested humanoid robots for customer service. (DT)
An in-depth report on how China’s robotics revolution is far more advanced than previously thought. (TG)
A New Jersey town launched first-ever food delivery drone service. (NBC)
The robots are talking to each other. I watched. (NP)

🚀 SPACE & DEFENSE
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Drones over Base Where Rubio, Hegseth Live Raise Security Concerns (WAPO)
Meet the billionaire in flip-flops powering Israel’s AI weapons against Iran. (YNET)
A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid. (ARS)
Spotters photographed what experts identify as the secretive RQ-180 stealth reconnaissance drone making an emergency landing in Greece. (TWZ)
FREEDOM
Inside Creepy Lair Where Cesar Chavez Allegedly Raped Girls — and Lived Like a King
Freedom Roundup

🏛️ POLICY & CULTURE
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Newsom’s Butterfly Bridge to Nowhere Exposed (CJ)
FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Kash Patel said. (POL)
Apple News was criticized for increasing conservative outlet coverage by only 2% in February from 0% in January amid bias claims and FTC scrutiny. (NYP)
China’s censors allowed AI-generated posts depicting Trump as evil to spread amid the war with Iran. (CNN)
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