LG has licensed tech that claims to interpret TV users’ feelings and convictions. The company will use this data to more directly target the ads it’s showing to users of its smart TV platform.https://www.wired.com/story/lg-zenapse-integrated-tv-ads-emotional-analysis/
Three DOGE associates have been granted access to systems at the Department of Labor housing sensitive information on migrant farm workers, visa applicants, and more.https://www.wired.com/story/doge-access-immigration-data-department-of-labor/
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-has-been-gutted/
Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterwayshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-large-snake-like-fish-are-invading-the-united-states-and-authorities-want-you-to-kill-them-180986464/
"Young Lion Resting" is among dozens of Dutch Golden Age artworks from the Leiden Collection that are now on view at the H’ART Museum in Amsterdamhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rembrandts-stunning-sketch-of-a-lion-will-be-sold-at-auction-to-fund-wildlife-conservation-efforts-180986422/
The annual spectacle, which is happening now, will last until around April 25—but the best viewing will fall between the 21 and 22https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-watch-the-lyrid-meteor-shower-at-its-dazzling-peak-180986459/
Historians think the 2,000-year-old device was used to predict the positions of celestial bodies. A new digital simulation suggests that its gears may have frequently malfunctionedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-well-did-the-mysterious-antikythera-mechanism-actually-work-180986451/
The company’s ambitious new Sunbird design aims to harness nuclear fusion in space, despite the fact that commercializing such energy on Earth remains a faraway dreamhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fusion-rockets-could-theoretically-cut-our-travel-time-to-mars-in-half-this-uk-startup-wants-to-give-it-a-try-180986455/
Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of "The Hustle," a mega hit in the genre, lives onhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fifty-years-ago-this-irresistible-disco-song-and-dance-craze-swept-the-nation-and-changed-the-music-landscape-180986460/
For nearly 100 years, die-hards have been saying goodbye to winter by speeding down the slopes and water skiing over massive puddleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-skiers-are-ending-the-season-with-a-splash-and-keeping-the-raucous-tradition-of-pond-skimming-alive-180986457/
A preliminary study traces an mpox outbreak in a group of Ivory Coast monkeys to the fire-footed squirrel, indicating the rodent may be a natural reservoir for the virushttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/squirrels-not-monkeys-may-be-the-animal-source-of-mpox-researchers-suggest-180986409/
Jump in the bean-themed ball pit, solve a pork puzzle and pose with a championship mustard belt at the new Museum of BBQhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/now-open-in-kansas-city-the-worlds-first-barbecue-museum-is-a-feast-for-the-senses-180986437/
Massachusetts’ capital city offers American history lessons at every turnhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/get-into-revolutionary-spirit-with-these-beautiful-photographs-boston-180986433/
President Donald Trump says he’ll prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Tehran wants relief from sanctions.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/19/iran-us-nuclear-talks-rome/
Putin declared a unilateral truce to begin at 6 p.m. Moscow time. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said “Russian artillery fire has not subsided.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/19/ukraine-easter-truce-russia-putin/
Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, contenders in Canada’s election, both say the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner. What to do about it is up for debate.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/19/canada-election-donald-trump-debate/
Manufacturing its own artillery will allow Ukraine to rely less on Western countries for support and address a critical frontline shortage.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/19/ukraine-bohdana-howitzer-european-military-funding/
Developments at the Scunthorpe Steelworks are showing how quickly the global economic order is shifting under trade, security and financial pressures.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/19/britain-steel-trump-scunthorpe-starmer/
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Kilmar Abrego GarcĂa, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador, has “experienced trauma, he said he’s sad every day.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/18/van-hollen-abrego-garcia-salvador-visit/
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has a long history of using social media to flaunt his powers and once again stepped into the fray on Thursday.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/18/nayib-bukele-tweet-margaritas-kilmar-abrego-garcia/