​Here’s the astronauts’ out-of-this-world menu. NASA Screenshot by Corinne Reichert/CNET. Astronaut eats: they’re not just Tang and Space Food Sticks these days. NASA shared a look at the menu for the Artemis II astronauts, and it doesn’t sound half bad.. The Artemis II crew will enjoy more than 10 types of beverages, including coffee, mango-peach smoothies, green tea, apple cider, lemonade, a pineapple drink, cocoa and breakfast drinks flavored in their choice of chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.. The most common food items they’ll eat include tortillas, wheat flat bread, vegetable quiche, barbecued beef brisket, mango salad, granola with blueberries, macaroni and cheese, tropical fruit salad, couscous with nuts, broccoli au gratin, spicy green beans, almonds, cashews, and butternut squash cauliflower.. NASA also reports that the astronauts can choose to spice up their meals — there are five different hot sauces available to the crew. And culinary flavorings available include maple syrup, chocolate spread, peanut butter, spicy mustard, strawberry jam, honey, cinnamon and almond butter. Sweet treats include cookies, chocolate, pudding, cake, candy-coated almonds and cobbler.. And, no, they’re not popping a flavor pill or sucking a sandwich out of a tube, like old sci-fi shows told us.. “Food aboard Orion is ready-to-eat, rehydratable, thermostabilized or irradiated,” NASA says. “The crew uses Orion’s potable water dispenser to rehydrate foods and beverages and a compact, briefcase-style food warmer to heat meals as needed.”  

​Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? When you solve it, the puzzle makes a colorful shape and spells out a very California phrase. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword. Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for April 4, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Mini across clues and answers. 1A clue: Like this lyric: “My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry”. Answer: EMO. 4A clue: Scrooge’s cry before “humbug”. Answer: BAH. 7A clue: “___ appetit!”. Answer: BON. 8A clue: “Te ___” (“I love you,” in Spanish). Answer: AMO. 9A clue: Use camouflage. Answer: BLENDIN. 11A clue: Big name in fluorescent paint. Answer: DAYGLO. 12A clue: Transmission setting for a steep hill, maybe. Answer: LOWGEAR. 13A clue: Egg cells. Answer: OVA. 14A clue: GPS suggestion: Abbr.. Answer: RTE. 15A clue: Like many Grindr users. Answer: GAY. 16A clue: Go on dates with. Answer: SEE. Mini down clues and answers. 1D clue: Recede, as the tide. Answer: EBB. 2D clue: Country between Ukraine and Romania. Answer: MOLDOVA. 3D clue: Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite. Answer: ONEAWAY. 4D clue: Mammals whose name is a synonym of “pesters”. Answer: BADGERS. 5D clue: “Sorry, has the meeting started already?”. Answer: AMILATE. 6D clue: Award recipient. Answer: HONOREE. 10D clue: The N.F.L.’s Giants, on scoreboards. Answer: NYG. 12D clue: Makeshift seat at a campfire. Answer: LOG  

​OpenAI has spent the last few weeks seemingly trying to refocus on using AI for business instead of what execs dubbed “side quests,” dumping its AI video generator and its plans for an adult-themed chatbot. So this week, of course, the company announced it’s jumping into the media business.. OpenAI said it was acquiring Technology Business Programming Network, better known as TBPN, which runs a 3-hour show streamed on weekdays that delves into the biggest topics — and brings in the biggest names — in tech business.. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.). OpenAI said it added TBPN to “help create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes AI creates,” Fidji Simo, CEO of AGI deployment at OpenAI, wrote in a message to employees shared by OpenAI. Simo said the company also wanted to take advantage of TBPN’s marketing prowess. “They have a strong pulse on where the industry is going, their comms and marketing ideas have really impressed me,” Simo said.. TBPN launched in October 2024 and has been compared to ESPN in how it covers tech — two guys at a big desk with news, analysis, commentary and banter about topics such as AI, crypto, startups and the defense industry. The show’s two hosts and co-founders, Jordi Hays and John Coogan, have had some of tech’s biggest names in studio — OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, to name some.. The show is streamed live from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT Monday through Friday on YouTube and X from the Ultradome, a studio on a Hollywood film lot. The show has 70,000 viewers daily and looks set to make more than $30 million in revenue this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.. TBPN co-host Hays acknowledged in a statement that the show has been “critical” of the AI industry.. “After getting to know Sam and the OpenAI team, what stood out most was their openness to feedback and commitment to getting this right,” Hays said. “Moving from commentary to real impact in how this technology is distributed and understood globally is incredibly important to us.”. In an era of fast-moving media consolidation, it’s a fair question — can TBPN keep saying what they really think, even if that ruffles OpenAI’s feathers? In her statement, Simo said OpenAI wants the show to maintain its “editorial independence.”. “TBPN will continue to run their programming, choose their guests, and make their own editorial decisions,” she said. “That’s foundational to their credibility, and it’s something we’re explicitly protecting as part of this agreement.”. Altman, OpenAI founder, echoed that sentiment with a posting on X. also calling TBPN his “favorite tech show.”. “We want them to keep that going and for them to do what they do so well,” Altman posted. “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us  

​When to watch Man City vs. Liverpool. Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET (4:45 a.m. PT). Where to watch Man City vs. Liverpool. Man City vs. Liverpool will air in the US on ESPN and ESPN Plus, and is also available via ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited.. The pick of this weekend’s FA Cup quarterfinals sees Man City host Liverpool in a blockbuster cup clash at the Etihad Stadium.. Man City’s goal with this last-eight faceoff is to move a step closer to claiming the prize following last month’s Carabao Cup triumph over Arsenal. City’s route to the quarterfinals has seen it beat Exeter and Salford before easing past Premier League Newcastle 3-1 at St. James’ Park in the previous round.. Liverpool, meanwhile, comes into this cup tie looking to get back to winning following their Premier League defeat to Brighton before the international break. With the Reds out of the EPL title race and also eliminated from the Champions League, this tournament provides their final opportunity to claim the silver cup this season, as well as ease the mounting pressure on manager Arne Slot amid what has so far been a disappointing campaign.. Manchester City takes on Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 12:45 p.m. BST local time in the UK, which is 7:45 a.m. ET or 4:45 a.m. PT in the US and Canada, and 10:45 p.m. AEDT in Australia.. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have won each of their last 17 home fixtures in the FA Cup. Adam Davy/ PA Images / Getty Images. Livestream Man City vs. Liverpool in the US. Every match from this point in the tournament will be available to stream live on ESPN Plus, which is accessible via the network’s ESPN Select or ESPN Unlimited streaming packages. ESPN Select carries ESPN Plus and is the cheaper option at $13 per month.. Livestream Man City vs. Liverpool in the UK. TNT Sports and the BBC are sharing duties for the FA Cup this season, with this Sunday afternoon game set to be shown on TNT Sports 1.. Livestream Man City vs. Liverpool in Canada. Canadian soccer fans looking to watch this FA Cup fixture can watch all the action live via Sportsnet.. Livestream Man City vs. Liverpool in Australia. Football fans in Australia can watch FA Cup matches live on the streaming service Stan Sport.  

​It’s been more than 50 years since NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt took the famous Big Blue Marble photograph, showing a breathtaking vision of Earth taken aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon. Now, as the four-astronaut crew of the Artemis II mission heads toward the moon, more spectacular images are being released.. This stunning photo is perhaps the most reminiscent of the Big Blue Marble, showing Earth in all its fragile, lovely glory.. “That’s us!” NASA wrote in a post. The post also quoted astronaut Christina Koch as saying of Earth, “You guys look great.”. In a reply to questions on the post, NASA wrote, “Two auroras (top right and bottom left) are visible in this image. Zodiacal light (bottom right), is also visible, as well as airglow from Earth’s atmosphere.”. Another neat photo from the Artemis mission shows the planet neatly bisected, with one side lit up by the sun and the other in darkness.. This image of the Earth was taken by one of the Artemis II crew out the Orion’s window. Reid Wiseman/NASA. “You look amazing, you look beautiful,” Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, said of the views of Earth in a video call with ABC News.. A view of the Earth from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight. NASA. Another intriguing image shows part of the spacecraft itself. USA Today noted that “the image appears to show the bottom of Orion’s service module where its main engine and auxiliary thrusters are housed.”. We’re tracking the 10-day Artemis II mission with a regularly updated blog.. Keep an eye on NASA’s image repository to see the latest photos.