A stale bag of chips or cookies is as good as compost. Spending good money on food only to watch it wilt or go soft is grim, and often those finicky bags don’t reseal like they ought to. While there are vacuum-sealed bags and accompanying air-removal devices, nothing compares... Read more
When Brandon Riegg joined Netflix a decade ago to head up its reality TV programming, he had one main competitor in mind: ABC’s The Bachelor. But Riegg felt that show—which is currently in a tailspin after canceling its latest season due to a domestic violence incident involving would-be bachelorette... Read more
New framework lets AI agents rewrite their own skills without retraining the underlying model
News April 9, 2026
One major challenge in deploying autonomous agents is building systems that can adapt to changes in their environments without the need to retrain the underlying large language models (LLMs). Memento-Skills, a new framework developed by researchers at multiple universities, addresses this bottleneck by giving agents the ability to develop... Read more
Fox Corporation is teaming up with Kalshi to weave prediction market data into its news programming. The partnership will bring Kalshi’s real-time forecasts into several Fox News Media outlets, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Weather, and the streaming service Fox One. The company shared the details... Read more
The astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are called a crew, but they really regard themselves as a team, right down to just getting around the Orion spacecraft’s cabin. But they have been intently focused on the overall success of the Artemis program, as there is a lot at... Read more
Medicube is a Korean skincare brand known for its at-home remedies that target pores, aging, and skin texture. It’s gone viral, thanks to celebrities like Kylie Jenner, whose TikTok praising the Booster Pro racked up over 1.6 million likes last year. Clearly, the internet can’t get enough, so I... Read more
Hackers working on behalf of the Iranian government are disrupting operations at multiple US critical infrastructure sites, likely in response to the country’s ongoing war with the US, a half-dozen government agencies are warning. In an advisory published Tuesday, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency,... Read more
Michigan regulators escalate crackdown on dozens of illegal offshore gambling sites
News April 8, 2026
Michigan officials are widening their fight against illegal online gambling, taking action against 45 offshore sites accused of targeting players in the state without approval. The Michigan Gaming Control Board said Tuesday (April 7) that it issued cease-and-desist orders to the operators after a months-long investigation. Regulators found the... Read more
Our pets can’t speak up and tell us how they’re feeling, or why and where they are hiding. Tractive, an Austria- and Seattle-based tech company that creates GPS tracking devices for pets, announced on Wednesday two new smart collars that, according to the press release, “will redefine pet care for... Read more
Anthropic “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” to temporarily lose the supply-chain-risk designation imposed by the Pentagon, a US appeals court in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The decision is at odds with one issued last month by a lower court judge in San Francisco, and it wasn’t immediately... Read more










