What we are reading April 15, 2026
The moon shot was a big deal, and we are learning more about the war with Iran as it is happening.
How NASA Achieved the Historic Artemis II Splashdown
A minute-by-minute look at what it took to bring the Artemis II crew back home to Earth safely.
Jeffrey Kluger
Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon but Couldn’t Make a Phone Call
Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communications System was supposed to be the first 4G network deployed on the moon and a test for future crewed missions. Things didn’t go to plan.
Julian Chokkattu
Trump and Hegseth Have No Idea What Gives America’s Military Its Power. The Resulting Damage Is Untold.
Bravado is not helping.
Myke Cole
It Haunted Your Childhood Video Store. You Were Probably Convinced It Was Real. It Was—More Than You’d Like.
Faces of Death was “banned in 46 countries.” It claimed its shocking footage was all real. Some of it was.
Sam Adams
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
Kevin T Baker
WATCH LIVE: Artemis II crew to splash down on Earth after historic trip around the moon
Friday’s reentry and Pacific splashdown off the coast of San Diego is as dynamic and dangerous as liftoff. Their Orion capsule will come screaming back, hitting the atmosphere at a predicted 34,965 feet per second.
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
OpenAI isn’t just buying a podcast — it’s buying influence | CNN Business
OpenAI’s out-of-the-blue acquisition of TBPN, the buzzy online talk show, stunned the worlds of media and technology. But it’s a continuation of a pattern that dates back a hundred years, to 1926, when RCA created NBC in part to sell radios.
Hadas Gold, Brian Stelter
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