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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/reflect-orbital-1200×675.jpeg”] California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate dark areas with in-space mirrors. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval for the launch of Reflect Orbital’s prototype satellite, which will test the ability to reflect sunlight down to Earth after dark. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/03/ParamountWB-1200×675.jpg”] Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is facing a new legal hurdle from a dozen states. A coalition of 12 states filed a lawsuit in federal court in California on Monday seeking to block the merger, which they argue would harm movie theaters, cable providers and consumers. “The unlawful merger of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Marvel-Comics-Nova-1200×675.jpg”] What’s next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars? We don’t yet know specifically, but it seems it could potentially include Nova. Deadline reports that writer Michael Waldron, co-creator of Hulu’s Chad Powers and writer of Marvel Studios’ Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285277287-1200×675.jpg”] The European Union is months away from a final bill for a social media ban that is looking likely to be one of the strictest introduced thus far worldwide. On Monday, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announced that an expert report was completed and that the governing body would now…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Google-Pixel-Phone-Watch-11-1200×675.jpg”] The Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro proved one thing: people go crazy for new colored phones. If bar-style phones are all iterative from here on out, brands should at least make them fun to look at again. That may be Google’s plan for what might otherwise be a snoozy Pixel 11 series…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-Swift-at-a-concert-in-England-copy.jpg”] We are in the middle of a collectibles craze in which people are increasingly looking for things that help them feel connected with their passions and a community, but we’re really gotta do better than this. According to a report from CBS News, people paid $25 a pop for literal trash that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/09/sam_altman_open_AI-1200×675.jpg”] Last week, Apple filed a lawsuit accusing frontier AI lab OpenAI of stealing company secrets. The legal battle may also prevent OpenAI from stealing Apple’s market share. According to a report from Bloomberg, the lawsuit has put OpenAI’s dreams of launching its own devices (with former Apple designer Jony Ive, no less!)…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/WE-PPD-cartoon-shark-paintable-electrode-zhang-1200×675.jpeg”] In high-performance scenarios, your skin sweats. Sticky electrode pads rub loose, disrupting their biometric accuracy. And the metal-to-skin interface of your typical smartwatch, while impressive, can only do so much—often failing on key data points, like calorie expenditures. So, how is anyone supposed to be the very best (like no one ever…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Crystal_Lake-1200×675.jpg”] Just when we’d started loudly whining about the lack of Crystal Lake updates, Peacock came through. Today, Friday the 13th fans got a first teaser for the prequel show, as well as more images and some insights from star Linda Cardellini and showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, the latter courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.…