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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Thor_2011-2-1200×675.jpg”] It’s been 15 years since Thor hit theaters. It was just the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has now notched almost 40 entries, and it introduced Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki, among other characters who’d continue to resonate throughout the Avengers movies. Back when it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/How-the-Combadge-Became-the-Ultimate-Wearable-of-the-Star-Trek-Universe-1200×675.jpg”] Gizmodo’s The Next Interface is a weekly series that explores the exciting—and perplexing—world of wearables in all of its evolving form factors. From fitness bands and smartwatches that track your heart rate to wireless earbuds and headbands that read your brainwaves to smart glasses that shove the internet closer than ever to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/samsung-deal-1200×675.jpg”] It’s a good time to upgrade your tech. It’s always a good time to do so, but especially if you’re looking at getting something new and fancy for the warmer months to keep you entertained as you get outdoors a bit more and explore. Earbuds are always a good shout on that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Masters-of-the-Universe-Skeletor-poster-crop-1200×675.jpg”] Masters of the Universe is one of the biggest question marks going into the summer movie season. On the one hand, it’s Travis Knight, the director of Bumblebee, bringing one of the marquee franchises of the ’80s to the big screen with all the bells and whistles. It looks like a lot…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/DJI-Mic-3-2-TX-1-RX-Charging-Case-1200×675.jpg”] You can be a Spielberg-level genius with your social media and content shoots, but if the sound is tinny and nobody can make out the dialogue, you’re not going to get the clicks you’re hoping for. The DJI Mic 3 bundle — two transmitters, one receiver, magnetic mic clips, windscreens, and more…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/05/19f96ef968c606145d436b0340146c0d.jpg”] Last time I wrote about Sam Bankman Fried’s ongoing effort to overturn his conviction for fraud and conspiracy, I wrote, “Anyone willing to keep trying—or to pay lawyers to keep trying for them—can always do more legal busywork in pursuit of a favorable decision, all the way up to the Supreme Court…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/harry-potter-gringotts-goblin-1200×675.jpg”] A document posted by OpenAI on Github as part of the open-sourcing for Codex CLI, OpenAI’s most recent flagship coding agent, contains what looks like the entire system prompt for GPT-5.5 in a coding context. And it seems to correct for the model’s past addiction to talking about whimsical creatures both natural…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/triple-h-1200×675.jpg”] There’s this guy named Nigel Richards, a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand, whose brain is not like yours or mine. He wins world championships in languages he doesn’t speak, like Spanish and French. The way he strategizes is, I suppose, recognizable as human thought, but just barely. I mean watch: Richards…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/stinger-1200×675.jpg”] One of the more fascinating and fearsome creatures in the world, the scorpion, is even cooler than you might have thought. Research out today confirms these arachnids’ weapons are quite literally laced with metal. Scientists at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and others studied more than a dozen species across…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/01/Wonder-Man-Chinese-theater-1200×675.jpg”] At first, Wonder Man seemed like an oddball choice for a Marvel Studios TV series. The title character hadn’t appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before, and the other main character was… Trevor Slattery, the faux Mandarin, who’d previously popped up in Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the…