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Artemis II's Orion capsule is scheduled to re-enter at 7:53 p.m. ET and splash down in the Pacific off San Diego about 13 minutes later. The service module will separate before re-entry and recovery teams aboard USS John P. Murtha will assist the crew after splashdown.

Melania Trump delivered an unexpected live statement from the White House saying she never had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and calling the claims defamatory; she also urged Congress to hold a public hearing for survivors.

Nintendo announced Rhythm Heaven Groove will launch for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on July 2, and the date matches a recent leak that listed several Nintendo releases for 2026.

Cupra has unveiled the Raval, a compact urban electric car built on Volkswagen's MEB+ platform. The model is scheduled to reach roads in summer 2026.

Western Digital announced an alliance with Open Quantum Design and QuScript to develop open source quantum error correction technology and to apply its data reliability expertise to future quantum and storage systems.

NASA's Artemis II will perform a crewed lunar flyby on April 6, with live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET that will stream on multiple platforms including Netflix and NASA+.

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch asked for Honest brand hand lotion aboard the mission, and a TikTok clip shared by Jessica Alba drew more than 1.3 million views within 18 hours.

CareCloud reported unauthorized access to a single electronic health record environment on March 16, 2026, and says the affected systems were restored the same day; a forensic investigation is ongoing to determine whether patient data were accessed.

The University of Washington's computer science director emailed more than 2,000 students to say AI is expanding, not eliminating, career options, and market signals show software job listings are rising — Indeed postings are up about 11% annually and the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 15% employment growth for developers through 2034.

U.S. agencies say Iran-linked hackers have disrupted systems tied to water, energy and other critical infrastructure and issued an urgent notice to private-sector operators.

U.S. federal agencies say Iran-affiliated hackers have accessed internet-facing industrial control tools and caused reported disruptions across government services, water and wastewater, and energy sectors; the overall scope and severity remain unclear.

Reports say the CIA used a tool called "Ghost Murmur" to locate and confirm the whereabouts of a U.S. airman shot down in southern Iran, and officials say the airman was recovered during a rescue operation.

NASA's Artemis II crew of four is scheduled to launch as early as April 1 at 6:24 p.m. Eastern, with a live stream beginning at 12:50 p.m. Eastern, and the mission is planned to circle the moon and return in just under 10 days.

Prediction markets have grown rapidly and are prompting legal fights over whether states or the federal government should regulate them; courts have issued nine rulings favoring state authority and two against.

President Trump said he will speak to the crew of NASA's Artemis II tonight after their record-setting lunar loop. The Orion spacecraft is returning to Earth with a Pacific splashdown planned Friday.

Live cameras across the U.S. are tracking bald eagle nests; operators reported a female eagle's death in Florida and multiple nests have produced new hatchlings this spring.

Nasa's Artemis II crew took questions from quarantine in a live-streamed session; the four-person team includes commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and the publisher noted no regular text updates would be provided.

Researchers at Technion reported that optical phase singularities—zero-amplitude vortices in polaritons—were observed moving with superluminal phase velocities in a slowed-light hexagonal boron nitride sample, and the team published the results in Nature.

After the death of education influencer Zhang Xuefeng, tens of thousands attended his memorial and posts about him drew billions of views; some related content was later censored on Chinese social media.

Friends of Big Bear reported that bald eagles Jackie and Shadow hatched two chicks within 48 hours, observed on the Big Bear Valley Eagle Cam, and said both chicks are doing well.

The Artemis II crew reported first views of the lunar far side from the Orion capsule as they travel toward a planned lunar flyby, and the mission will return to Earth with a scheduled splashdown on Friday.

A Connecticut man was arrested on charges related to an alleged sexual assault of his 12-year-old stepdaughter, who was found dead; the girl's mother says she was unaware of the allegations. The man is held on $1 million bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

President Donald Trump announced that a U.S. Air Force colonel shot down over southwestern Iran was located and evacuated after more than 24 hours hiding in a mountain crevice, and U.S. officials said he was injured but expected to recover.

Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch held a live question-and-answer from NASA's Orion about four days into the 10-day Artemis II mission, taking questions submitted by Canadian children; the crew is reported to be more than halfway to the moon and will perform a lunar flyby on Day 6.

Artemis II's four-person Orion crew is en route to the moon on a 10-day mission and has sent back photographs that reports say include the first images of Earth since December 1972.

A Russian drone strike on a market in Nikopol killed five people and injured at least 19, regional officials said. Ukrainian authorities reported shooting down most incoming drones overnight.

Tim Cook rang the Nasdaq opening bell at Apple Park the day before Apple's 50th birthday, and the company is confronting major challenges as the technology industry shifts toward artificial intelligence.

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at tightening eligibility, transfer rules and cost controls in college sports and warned that schools that do not comply could lose federal grants; federal agencies were asked to review compliance and Congress was urged to act.

A Friends of Big Bear Valley livestream shows one of Jackie and Shadow’s eggs cracking and nest chirps on April 2, indicating a chick may begin hatching; a second egg is expected to hatch soon.

NASA released the first photos taken aboard the Artemis II Orion capsule showing views of Earth; mission commander Reid Wiseman took them with a tablet and the crew described the scenes during a Day 2 downlink.