If you’ve ever played a role-playing game (RPG), you know how fun it is to create your character in any way you choose and embark on epic adventures. Now, picture an AI-powered, text-based RPG where every interaction with a non-player character (NPC) is completely unscripted.
Latitude, the startup known for its open-ended text adventure games featuring “infinite storylines”…
Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit
April 22, 2026
Legacy social media sites have been designed to keep us hooked to our devices, eyes glued endlessly to retina-frying feeds of memes and dumb videos in order to create more engaged platforms for advertisements. In recent years, however, a swell of companies have sought to…
The U.S. medium-sized unmanned service vessels fleet could jump from roughly four to 30 vessels by 2030 in the Indo-Pacific, according to officials.
As of now, the U.S. has at least four medium-sized unmanned service vessels that previously completed deployments in the…
PARIS — Denmark will receive the French-Italian SAMP/T NG air-defense system starting in 2028 after orders were signed in the first quarter of this year, according to French defense firm Thales, which will supply the radar for the Danish system.
The Danish version of the system will be equipped with the Thales Ground Fire 300 radar, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The purchase…
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — Over the past three months, Canadian soldiers conducted a more than 5,000-kilometer snowmobile patrol in extreme Arctic conditions traveling from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, to Churchill, Manitoba, braving blizzards and minus-60 degree Celsius…
Even trusted apps can spread PC malware now
April 22, 2026
You never click on links in email. You only install apps from known storefronts—Microsoft, Steam, etc. You add only browser extensions that have strong reviews and lots of other users. And yet, your PC could still be at risk of getting infected with malware.
Why? Hackers…
A century of American photography in one afternoon: this rare exhibition will be greater than the sum of its parts
April 21, 2026
There are exhibitions where you walk around admiring individual photographs, and there are exhibitions that change how you think about photography itself. Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography, opening at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London on 28 July, very much fits into the second box.
With more than 100 works by 38 photographers, it traces American urban life from the early 1900s…
It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.
In space, astronauts have to learn to live without gravity — whether they’re aboard the International Space Station (ISS) or on a journey to the moon, such…
The Lyrid meteor shower is currently active and peaks tonight, during predawn hours on April 22 — but if cloudy skies, light pollution, or a busy schedule are getting in your way of the show, you don’t have to miss out.
A large number of high-quality night sky…
What's the best time to see Lyrid meteors in 2026?
April 21, 2026
The Lyrid meteor shower is nearing peak activity! Here’s the best time to hunt for shooting stars as well as a guide on where to find them in the spring sky so you can maximize your chances of spotting these fast-moving meteors.
When are the Lyrids most active?
In 2026, the Lyrid meteor shower is active from April 16-25 and reaches peak activity around 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on April 22…
