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Good afternoon. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is rapidly escalating into a global crisis, with Iran seizing two container ships and oil prices jumping back above $100 a barrel. What makes this particularly alarming is that we're potentially facing a perfect storm - not just energy disruption, but a looming food shock as higher gas prices squeeze fertilizer production. The US is responding with significant force, deploying a third carrier group and up to 10,000 elite troops to the region by month's end, while airlines like Lufthansa are already cutting 20,000 summer flights as jet fuel prices surge over 70 percent. In the tech world, there's concerning news about AI security breaches - an unauthorized group has reportedly gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, while Meta is drawing employee ire for implementing surveillance software that records keystrokes to train AI models. On a more positive note, SpaceX is making moves in the AI coding space, working on a potential $60 billion deal to acquire startup Cursor. Meanwhile, if you're dealing with longer allergy seasons this year, you're not imagining it - hay fever symptoms are now lasting up to two weeks longer than in the 1990s according to new research.