Space
NASA abruptly adds a new step to its path to moon landing as a race with China looms
By CNN ・ Feb 27, 2026
NASA on Friday announced an abrupt change to its pathway to getting astronauts back on the lunar sur...
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Software
Samsung Galaxy S26 vs. Google Pixel 10: The Flagship Fight That's Shockingly Close
By PCMag ・ Feb 27, 2026
Price: Pixel Undercuts Samsung—But Read the Fine Print Left to right: Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+, and Ga...
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Art
NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed up lunar return
By Ars Technica ・ Feb 27, 2026
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to the Artemis program on Friday mornin...
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Artificial Intelligence
How LAUSD Supt. Carvalho's bet on AI went bust and led to FBI raids
By Los Angeles Times ・ Feb 27, 2026
Los Angeles Unified schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho introduced “Ed” the AI chatbot amid fanfare in Ma...
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TV
'God of War' Series Reveals First Look at Ryan Hurst as Kratos
By Variety ・ Feb 27, 2026
Amazon has unveiled a first look at the live-action “God of War” TV series, with production on the s...
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TV
How Hollywood Is Looking for the Next ‘Heated Rivalry’
By Vulture ・ Feb 27, 2026
How hot is Heated Rivalry? In the three months since the steamy Canadian hockey romance debuted on H...
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Music
The Pokémon Center’s Game Boy Jukebox Hits All the Right Notes
By Pokemon.com ・ Feb 27, 2026
Get ready to rock, roll, and relive the magic of the Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue video games with t...
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Space
How and when to see 6 planets aligned in a planetary parade
By CNN ・ Feb 27, 2026
Sky-gazers will have the opportunity to see six planets in the sky on Saturday, weather permitting,...
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Environment
OpenAI raises $110B in one of the largest private funding rounds in history
By TechCrunch ・ Feb 27, 2026
OpenAI has raised $110 billion in private funding, the company announced Friday morning, commencing...
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Mental Health
How a working-class plumber threw a wrench in Starmer’s election plans
By CNN ・ Feb 27, 2026
The special election in northern England was supposed to be neck-and-neck-and-neck: a three-way scra...
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Music
Yerin Ha on Becoming a Bridgerton Leading Lady and Season 4's Sultriest Scenes
By Harper's BAZAAR ・ Feb 27, 2026
Yerin Ha has felt like the belle of her own ball for the last 15 months. From the moment she was cas...
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Markets
Wholesale inflation was hotter than expected in January as tariffs threaten to push up prices for consumers
By CNN ・ Feb 27, 2026
The prices businesses pay to each other took a sharp turn higher in January, new data showed Friday,...
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Environment
Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro vs Sony WF-1000XM6: how do the two flagship wireless earbuds compare?
By What Hi-Fi? ・ Feb 27, 2026
Does anyone have what it takes to knock Sony of its proud perch? The Sony WF-1000XM6 are the current...
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Medicine
Shell-shocked and tense: inside the Mexican tourist town where ‘El Mencho’ made his last stand
By The Guardian ・ Feb 27, 2026
Two days before one of the world’s most powerful drug lords was killed while trying to flee a chalet...
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Software
Digital Foundry Compares Resident Evil Requiem On Switch 2 & Xbox Series S, With Mixed Results
By Pure Xbox ・ Feb 27, 2026
Watching both Digital Foundry videos, the work that Capcom has done in technical terms is excellent,...
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A cheap MacBook is the perfect way for Apple to win over Windows users
By Engadget ・ Feb 27, 2026
The MacBook is coming back — or at least, that's what the rumors claim. Next week, Apple is expected...
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Music
11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Mitski, Bill Callahan, Gorillaz, and More
By Pitchfork ・ Feb 27, 2026
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to f...
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Movie
Clinton deposition; Paramount-Warner Bros.; Trump : NPR
By NPR ・ Feb 27, 2026
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inb...
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Movie
‘Scream’ Has Become the Butt of Its Own Joke
By The Ringer ・ Feb 27, 2026
The slasher genre was well-established when the Scream franchise arrived, but no film to that point...
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Internet
NFLPA 2026 report card: Full breakdown of Detroit Lions’ grades
By Pride Of Detroit ・ Feb 27, 2026
New York Jets’ owner Woody Johnson did his darndest to keep the NFLPA’s annual report card from hitt...
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Medicine
Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 23-26 February 2026
By European Medicines Agency ・ Feb 27, 2026
12 new medicines recommended for approval EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 12 medi...
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Markets
Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back US market after Oura dispute
By TechCrunch ・ Feb 27, 2026
Ultrahuman on Friday unveiled a new smart ring with longer battery life and a redesigned form factor...
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Wildlife
Tony Gonzales’ complicated relationship with West Texas
By The Texas Tribune ・ Feb 27, 2026
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, pro...
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Medicine
Federal panel behind cancer screening recommendations hasn't met in nearly a year
By NBC News ・ Feb 27, 2026
The federal task force that shapes recommendations for cancer screenings, heart disease prevention a...
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Art
Chris Fleming Uses Dance to Make Us Laugh in His HBO Special
By The New York Times ・ Feb 27, 2026
A funny walk can go a long way in comedy. The stand-up Chris Fleming has elevated his to an art form...
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Movie
‘Paul McCartney: Man on the Run’ Tells One Side of the Story
By The New York Times ・ Feb 27, 2026
Will the appetite for Beatles-related documentaries one day reach its end? Perhaps, but for now ther...
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Personal Finance
Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas
By The New York Times ・ Feb 27, 2026
In 2020, Elon Musk announced he was moving to Texas from California and embarking on a personal aust...
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TV
Trump's takeover of the GOP upends Texas Senate race
By NBC News ・ Feb 27, 2026
MAGNOLIA, Texas — Unlike many of the Texans packed into the Angry Elephant last week, Phillip Mori w...
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Environment
Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election, in Blow to Starmer
By The New York Times ・ Feb 27, 2026
The Green Party won a special election on Thursday for a British parliamentary seat in northern Engl...
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Jobs
‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labor laws
By The Guardian ・ Feb 27, 2026
Argentina’s senate is poised to approve a sweeping overhaul of labour laws aimed at weakening trade...
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