Morning Briefing #48 — May 13, 2026

Morning Briefing #48 - May 13, 2026Your daily look at how world events shape technology and education. No political slant. Just facts.WORLD NEWS* US-Iran War Cost Hits $29 Billion - oil prices above $100/barrel, chip stocks hit hard (Qualcomm -11%)* Trump Lands in Beijing for First Presidential Visit to China Since 2017 - trade, AI, export controls, Taiwan on the agenda* UK Government Crisis: Four Ministers Resign in One Day - calls for Starmer to step asideTECH CONNECTION* OpenAI Launches $4 Billion Deployment Company to embed AI engineers inside enterprises* AI-Developed Zero-Day Exploit Documented in the Wild for the First Time - Google thwarted the attack* GM Cuts 500-600 IT Workers, demands AI-ready skillsEDUCATION* Canvas LMS Breach: ShinyHunters steals 3.65TB of student data from 9,000 institutions - 275M potentially affected* Ohio Mandates AI Policies for All K-12 Public Schools by July 2026* 51% of School Leaders Fear AI Will Make Cyberattacks Worse (EdWeek Research Center)AI & EMERGING TECH* Anthropic Hits $30 Billion ARR - surpasses OpenAI in revenue for the first time; 80x growth since early 2024* 76% of Organizations Now Have a Chief AI Officer - up from 26% last yearCYBERSECURITY* Canvas/Instructure breach details - Congress calls for testimony* AI-Assisted Zero-Day: first confirmed AI-developed exploit in the wild confirmed by Google* DAEMON Tools Supply Chain Attack spreads malware to 100+ countriesTRENDING* Ajay Mitchell / NBA Playoffs | Trump-Xi Beijing Summit | Nintendo Switch 2 | Jaxson HayesClosing note: Daraxonrasib doubles survival rates for advanced pancreatic cancer - one of the most significant breakthroughs in a generation.Subscribe for daily briefings connecting world events, technology, and education.Morning Briefing #48 - Wednesday, May 13, 2026