April 2025 offers skywatchers several beautiful lunar events, from delicate crescent moons alongside bright planets to the full “Pink Moon” lighting up the night sky. Whether you’re an astrophotographer, a dedicated observer, or just an admirer of the moon’s beauty, this month has something for everyone. Here’s what to look forward to: 1. Crescent Moon Near Jupiter And The Pleiades When: After sunset on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Where: Western sky. As twilight fades, a 17%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will appear close to the giant planet Jupiter and the spectacular Pleiades open cluster of stars. This is the kind of…

The EV company’s sales are tanking in all major markets as its Chinese rivals are surging. But Tesla’s problems are just beginning. Tesla is in a world of hurt. Sales in California, its main market in the U.S., plummeted 31% in January from a year ago. European numbers are even…

Apple has regular special events that you can look forward to. Biggest is the September event when that year’s iPhones will be revealed. Sometimes there’s an October event, often focusing on the Mac. And occasionally there’s a little something in the spring, like last year’s iPad Pro event. But there’s…

Update: Republished on March 23 with a warning into a new text attack and a twist on this surging Chinese threat, with additional advice on how to stay safe. Stop sending texts, the FBI told Americans in December, as Chinese hackers marauded through U.S. networks. But there’s another text threat…

Leon Edwards is back. The former UFC welterweight champion, current No. 1 contender, and No. 12 fighter in the promotion’s pound-for-pound rankings returns to the Octagon on Saturday in London. It’ll be a home game for Edwards at the O2 Arena, where he will face No. 5 Sean Brady in…

Tech Giants Push for AI Copyright Exemptions, Citing China’s Threat. The Trump administration asked them to comment on a new AI policy, having overturned the weak one Biden had put in place by executive order. Tech companies say training AI models on copyrighted content constitutes fair use, arguing that restrictive…

In case you missed Wednesday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here: The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles…

Looking for Tuesday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here: Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the…

What may happen after you go through COVID-19 remains a standing concern. There’s certainly the risk of getting any of the common but often hard-to-deal-with long COVID symptoms like fatigue, muscle aches, breathlessness, headaches, difficulty thinking and alterations in taste listed on the World Health Organization website. But there’s also…

For cybercriminals, tax season means open season. And in 2025, they’ve upgraded their playbook. AI-generated phishing emails. Deepfake IRS agents. Voice-cloned tax professionals threatening you with arrest. What used to be laughably obvious scams are now chillingly realistic. If you’re still expecting scams to come in broken English from a…

AI use is almost commonplace. More than seven in ten respondents to a recent McKinsey survey, 71%, say their organizations regularly use genAI in at least one business function, up from 65 percent in early 2024. On the consumer side, 52% of US adults now use AI large language models…

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