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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1200×675.jpg”] Before Mutant Mayhem delivered a colorful, playfully stylized riff on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the big screen, we’d already had a recent contender doing something similar on TV: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which delivered a zany, cartoony take on the TMNT that radically overhauled their world. That overhaul wasn’t…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/CursedIslandtopart-1200×675.jpg”] We’re very close to the arrival of Widow’s Bay, the rare horror series from sci-fi standout Apple TV, and a tale that takes us to an island off the coast of New England where, it’s said, “bad things happen.” Situating frights on an island is a well-worn offshoot of the classic locked-room…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Artemis-2-splashdown-Orion-1200×675.jpg”] NASAs Artemis 2 mission returned to Earth in a blaze of glory on Friday. During atmospheric reentry, the Orion capsule’s heat shield protected the spacecraft and its crew from temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,650 degrees Celsius), but after splashdown, some in the spaceflight community was quick to point out what looked…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/evanspiegel-snapchat-glasses-1-1200×675.jpg”] Lawmakers and advocacy groups aren’t the only people with strong thoughts about Meta’s smart glasses. Apparently, Snap CEO, Evan Spiegel, has some opinions, too. In an interview with YouTuber David Senra, Spiegel had some choice words about Meta’s reputation in the space. Spoiler alert: he’s not a huge fan. “It’s much more…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Excavation-of-human-skeletal-remain-imdang-sunjang-1200×675.jpg”] Studying ancient history means encountering some unsettling traditions. For me, that included learning about “sunjang,” a funeral practice in which servants were buried alive with their masters. With advances in genetic technology, scientists are now gaining new insights into the motivations and characteristics of this grim tradition. In a recent Science Advances…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/HP-Omen-Max-45L-desktop-PC-review-05-1200×675.jpg”] There’s essentially no competition for AMD’s best gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. That may finally change. New leaks of Intel’s Nova Lake desktop CPUs may hold the key to better future gaming PCs. Or, at least, we could see more competition for out-of-this-world expensive desktop components. Intel’s codename for these chips,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-president-snow-1200×675.jpg”] The future of The Hunger Games is still in the past, with its latest adaptation taking on Suzanne Collins’ second prequel and diving deeper into the history that shaped Panem. But while the first prequel and its film adaptation sought to explore how Coriolanus Snow became the man ruling over it all as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/the-boroughs-netflix-1200×675.jpg”] Even before Stranger Things came to an end earlier this year, the Duffer brothers have started putting their fingers in a lot of pies to establish their post-Hawkins future as producers. Hot off the release of their co-produced matrimonial thriller Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen with Haley Z. Boston, this time the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Beelink-Mini-PC-1200×675.jpg”] The Beelink Mini PC is a full Windows desktop shrunk down to a case small enough to sit on the corner of your desk or mount behind a monitor. It handles the same work a full-sized tower does, just without the giant box, the tangle of cables, or the loud fans. All…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/MS0413-highlander-1200×675.jpg”] The next Insidious gets a new title. Could a sequel to Wonka be in the works? Plus, The Boys remembers the fallen with a series of new meta promo videos. To me, my spoilers! Highlander Speaking with Comic Book, Djimon Hounsou promised the upcoming Highlander reboot will include “a lot of decapitations.” They’re gonna love…