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“In the case of President Trump, you know, you and I have talked before about his negotiating style. He likes to carry a big stick. He weighs it initially. He then uses it. And then, of course, he very quickly pivots to, you know, you can have peace if you'll just make the right deal. Everything is about the art of the deal, isn't it?”

“I think we would have to assume that they're non-negotiable or it's going to be anything about regime change or human rights within Iran. They're going to want to be absolutely sure that they can maintain control in Iran. The other three files—nuclear, missiles, and proxies—are different, but regime survival is hardline.”

“The nuclear file, I think it's entirely possible that the Iranians will be willing to agree to most of what the United States is asking for on the nuclear file because, you know, this is the one area where it's obvious that the US will not be willing to compromise. So we might look to see whether they've actually moved towards the idea that they would have to accept an end to their nuclear program.”

“The newly appointed Iranian ambassador in Lebanon, the Lebanese have withdrawn their agreement to his appointment, and he is to stay even though he's not being given credentials by the government of Lebanon. Now it's an extraordinary statement that Lebanon is not a sovereign country and that the sovereignty in Lebanon is possessed by the Iranians.”

“I think that we saw a very strong statement from Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, saying that the coalition would always come together and it would support the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. And in a way, the Iranians have helped us in this respect, because closing international waters is obviously against international law.”

“Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban... has lost his reelection bid to opposition leader, Peter Magyar, ending his sixteen years in power.”

“Israel says it's seizing from Lebanon to create what it calls a buffer zone where Hezbollah can't fire rockets.”

“President Trump says the US Navy will begin a blockade of the Strait Of Hormuz, a key waterway near Iran.”

“it's not impossible that new records, with prices eventually rising above $5 a gallon remain possible.”

“The federal government has awarded $50,000,000 for EMS agencies around the country to expand prehospital blood transfusion programs.”

“When it came time to provide the logistical and other support The United States needed in Iran, some allies were a bit slow, to say the least. In fairness, they were also a bit surprised. To maintain the element of surprise for the initial strikes, president Trump opted not to inform allies ahead of time, and I understand that.”

“During their fiery reentry, the astronauts will be protected by their spacecraft's heat shield. But for it to work, flight controllers have to make sure that the capsule comes in at exactly the right flight path angle. Let's not, beat around the bush. We have to hit that angle correctly. Otherwise, we're not gonna have a successful reentry.”

“Pro Iran groups are using AI to create slick Internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against The US and Israel. The videos often come in the form of cartoons that lambast US officials. They appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are part of a strategy of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on The US.”

“The agreement resolves litigation from last year challenging the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services through executive action. It ensures that grants will continue, workers will keep their jobs, and it puts an end to attempts by the administration to further target the institute.”

“US stocks rose today even though oil prices did too. The national average for a gallon of regular gas is $4.17. It's NPR. Pro Iran groups are using AI to create slick Internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against The US and Israel.”

“Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's authorized negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the countries. They've technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948.”

“Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say an El Nino will likely begin this summer or fall, and it could be a big one, a super El Nino. That doesn't always produce big weather impacts, but typically, it means more rain in the Southern US and drier weather in the Northern US.”

“British defense secretary John Healey says they tracked a Russian attack sub and two spy submarines north of The UK. NATO countries have expressed concern that Russia could sabotage underwater cables crucial for global communications.”

“Fans in LA went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars. Seats at the games start at $28 but go as high as 5,500, including a whopping 24% service fee on each ticket. And the cheap seats sold out fast.”

“The world's first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operating in Finland after decades of construction. The site on an island near three of Finland's five nuclear reactors was chosen for its stable bedrock, but experts have safety concerns, especially for future generations.”

“It includes Hamvention's full program. You can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors and find all the events that are happening. Those going are also encouraged to tap on the My Profile icon in the app, add your name and call sign, email address, anything else you'd like to share with other guests because it generates a QR code on your event badge that you can then scan on the app and trade information.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to Carr's statement, Chinese labs test about three quarters of all electronics sold in the US.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies. They must identify with their call signs and are limited to 10 watts of power in AM and 25 watts of power in SSB.”

“The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. This free resource combines archived digital print materials, born digital content, websites, oral histories, personal collections, and other related materials, records, and publications. Phase two of the library's operation will include acquiring and digitizing material from the California Historical Radio Society.”

“Amazon kicks off its satellite constellation with a launch of its first group of satellites for the Kuiper network. Spacex is thinking about entering a spectrum battle with another satellite operator. These headline stories will come to you in a moment along with this week's special features.”

“The company realized it would wreak havoc. They ran their own vulnerability testing. They saw that it would allow offensive hacking and people to expose browsers and browser history, expose credit cards, you know, on the Internet. So, you know, what I like about this is they didn't need government to hold their hand on this.”

“Let's spend a hundred days using advanced AI to find and to fix and to harden these software vulnerabilities before hackers exploit them. Now what I think this represents, Jason, is a threshold that we're crossing. Mythos and Spud, which is going to be out from OpenAI any day now, represent the beginning of what I would call AGI models.”

“I think Anthropic has proven that it's very good at two things. One is product releases. The second is scaring people. And we've seen a pattern in their previous releases of, at the same time, they roll out a new model or new model card, something like that. They also roll out some study showing really the worst possible implication of where the technology could lead.”

“These are models with massive step function improvements and intelligence, and they're just too smart to be released immediately. You know, and by the way, there was nothing that said that every time you finish a model you gotta immediately release it GA. So they set up this idea of sandboxing, building defensive alliances, in order to move away from that regime.”

“It shows you can trust the industry and market forces in coordination with the government. They were talking to the government about this, but they're not relying on some top down regulation in order to do this. They laid out a blueprint that seems to me very pragmatic that now that we're at this threshold, we're gonna sandbox these things.”

“If your midlane isn't impacting other lanes by minute six, you've already lost control of the tempo.”

“Buying Midas in this current patch is essentially opting out of the most important early fights.”

“You simply cannot push high ground without a BKB; it remains the most critical item timing.”

“The team that wins the vision war around the pit usually wins the entire match.”

“Individual skill has a ceiling, but team coordination is what actually breaks the throne.”

“John Carreyrou, who is known for having taken down, Theranos, a famous reporter, he recently published a story about Satoshi Nakamoto. He has written an expose, a very long, very well researched story about his belief that that that, Satoshi Nakamoto is drum roll, Adam Back.”

“Justin walks us through Google and Atomic’s quantum computing breakthrough—a real, validated step forward that potentially pulls the “Q-day” clock up to as soon as 2029. The implications? Bitcoin and Ethereum’s security models are suddenly under the gun, and community denial is in full effect.”

“Bitcoin has this culture of trying to get rid of of FUD. You know, I think this is a a good default position to have, but for some cases where, you know, it's actually not FUD, it's some sort of auto immune disease.”

“Anthropic’s Mythos model is reportedly the most dangerous security researcher ever coded, and it’s already quietly hardening corporate fortresses. Panic? Prepare? Both? One thing’s for sure—there are no do-overs on the blockchain.”

“Later, we break down the Drift hack—North Korea’s latest state-level heist, featuring IRL social engineering that sounds like Mr. Robot meets Oceans Eleven. Finally, it’s an AI arms race.”

“NASA administrator Jared Isaacman, who went to space twice as a private astronaut, was on the ship with workers from the US Navy and NASA. It was the first time that the US Navy and NASA had teamed up for a spacecraft recovery since the end of the Apollo lunar program in 1972.”

“The head of Iran's forensic medical agency says the country's death toll in the war over the past six weeks has surpassed three thousand. Additionally, 857 schools, 32 universities, and 338 hospitals were damaged or destroyed by air strikes, according to the Iranian Red Crescent.”

“Consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago. That's the biggest annual increase in almost two years. Prices jumped nine tenths of a percent between February and March with a spike in gasoline prices accounting for nearly three quarters of that increase. Gas prices have jumped by more than a dollar a gallon since The US and Israel launched their war on Iran.”

“It found forty one percent of traded mammals shared at least one pathogen with humans, while just 6% of non traded ones did. And the longer humans have been trading animals, the more viruses they share. For every decade in the wildlife trade, an additional new pathogen jumps to humans.”

“The FAA says antidrone lasers can now be used along The US Southern border. Earlier this year, the agency had shut down airspace in some parts of Texas after the Pentagon deployed the lasers. Now the FAA and Pentagon have signed an agreement that outlines the safety precautions that will be employed.”

“If they're gonna try to play us, then they're gonna find that the negotiating team is not that receptive. So we're gonna try to have a positive negotiation. The president has gave us some pretty clear guidelines, and, we're gonna see.”

“Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saif Khatibzadeh, told Al Jazeera English that Iran will permit some ships to pass through the Strait Of Hormuz, but only in coordination with Iranian forces. Permanent control of the Strait is among Iran's key demands in its negotiations with The US.”

“A wartime spike in energy prices triggered a big jump in the cost of living last month. Consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago. That's the largest annual increase in twenty two months. Prices jumped almost 1% during the month after The US launched its war with Iran.”

“Health officials say infants lack protection against the disease and are more likely to suffer severe complications or die. They rely entirely on herd immunity, which requires nearly everyone to be vaccinated. But following vaccination rates are weakening that protection in South Carolina and in other states across the country.”

“Using satellite photos, researchers looked at Earth from 2014 to 2022 and found that nighttime lighting, artificial light like street lamps, is increasing globally by about 2% per year. The shift is not uniform, the study finds. China and India became increasingly bright during the time period while light pollution from other developed countries decreased.”

“Less than six weeks ago, more than 50,000 of America's sons and daughters in uniform launched Operation Epic Fury and embarked on a mission of profound consequence. We set out to dismantle the Iranian regime's ability to project power beyond its own borders, and we clearly accomplished this task. Iran has suffered a generational military defeat.”

“Based on conversations with prime minister Shabaz Sharif and field marshal Asin Munir of Pakistan, they requested that I hold off the destruction force being sent tonight to Iran. I agreed to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided ceasefire because we have already met and exceeded our military objectives.”

“I hereby declare on behalf of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, if attacks against Iran are halted, our powerful armed forces will cease their defensive operations. For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait Of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's armed forces and with the consideration of technical limitations.”

“They aren't just wrong, they're undermining what it would mean for America to actually be great again. America has to be strong; that's been President Trump's message the entire time he's been running for office, and it will be strong. It is about people who are actively rooting for America to lose and openly say so.”

“CENTCOM forces destroyed approximately 80% of Iran's air defense systems, striking more than 1,500 air defense targets, more than 450 ballistic missile storage facilities, and 800 one-way attack drone storage facilities. All of these systems are gone. We've devastated Iran's command and control and logistical networks, destroying more than 2,000 command and control nodes.”

“As you know, Hamvention is the world's largest gathering of radio amateurs. There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. During the event, you can use the app features to follow along the hourly prize drawings and browse building and site maps so you can find exactly what you're looking for in all of that complex.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country and said it was important that US-based laboratories begin to take on the responsibility.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.”

“First of all, we were correct. We talked about this and we said that the tariffs and we said at the beginning of the year they would be tactics, not taxes. And guess what? All the economists come out and so surprised. Oh, wow, you know, it really hasn't gone up and hasn't been as inflationary as we thought.”

“Trump just came out and said, Look, Venezuela is going to give up 50 million barrels of oil to the US. And China comes out and says, Wait a minute, what are you talking about? That's ours. So there's this fight going on. Remember the key word that Rubio used, Western Hemisphere.”

“Trump administration is freezing $10 billion in child and family aid to five states over fraud concerns. And by the way, you know what they said? Fraud investigation of California has begun. What do you mean, fraud investigation? It just began.”

“Iran on the brink, as protestors move to take two cities, appeal to Trump, you should see they have Trump's name stickers all over streets. They're renaming streets after Trump in Farsi. Just a very interesting spectacle. Reza Pahlavi came out and gave a message to the Iranian people.”

“Rubio tells lawmakers Trump wants to buy Greenland. We don't know if it's on sale or not. I went on eBay the other day. I didn't see Greenland for sale. I went on realtor.com. Zillow couldn't find it, but maybe they're on a different website we don't have access to.”

“The I think the quantum field is full of these, you know, we'll call it if this is possible, then all we have to do is build it kind of perspectives. And they totally just deny the realities of the difficulty in building physical things that manipulate tiny subatomic particles. Like these are incredibly difficult things to build and especially difficult to scale, right?”

“I have an emotional confidence that we're 50 to 100 to forever years from a quantum computer breaking a meaningful cryptographic system. ... The evidence is it's going to be just hard-fought, tiny wins, new technologies. There's just no evidence that it's going to come any time in the next decade, or really any time in the next 20 years.”

“I think it's very obvious that in the theoretical realm of, like, what is possible, they are making advancements. However, there is a chasm between what we can do and the physical reality of building machines that can actually sustain an uptime and persistence to make that theoretical advancement an applicable reality.”

“And that's basically my summary of a lot of these quantum papers, is if this thing that hasn't ever been done works, then we can do this easy thing. And that's, yeah, so that's where the relationship is... it depends dramatically on what types of error correction you can do on this physical architecture.”

“We'll see doublings, like we saw with transistors, of the same technology progressing through a scaling roadmap. And then we'll be able to say, oh, now it's doubled three times. ... But until we see a roadmap like that, that's the successful scaling in one technology, the evidence is it's going to be just hard-fought, tiny wins.”