NY Zen Center holds memorial service for an AI companion

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Religion

NEW YORK (RNS) — On a spring day in late March at the New York Zen Center in Manhattan, an AI-generated image of a virtual companion, a fabricated “man” with long, curly red hair, a soft face and a wooden-looking necklace, rested on a small altar beside photos of a...

Starbucks’ loyalty program changes are drawing value-conscious customers

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Business

In this articleSBUXFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA customer inside a Starbucks coffee shop in Hercules, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStarbucks is seeing early signs that changes to its loyalty...

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting its star with very different siblings. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)Using NASA’s...

US to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian boats laying mines in Hormuz, Trump says

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | World

President Donald Trump has said he ordered the United States Navy to “shoot and kill” any Iranian boat laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could jeopardise the fragile ceasefire between the two countries.The US president also said on Thursday that the...

U.S. inflation picture is the worst in almost 4 years

by News Feed Editor | Apr 23, 2026 | Stock Market

S&P Global surveys show that companies are willing to pay more for scarce supplies, in an echo of the pandemic. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source