Marvel just released an official LEGO version of the first full Avengers: Doomsday trailer, and the whole thing runs shot for shot against the live-action cut that dropped in July. Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Studios, and the LEGO Group built it together as part of their “All Moments Lead to Doomsday” campaign. Real cast voices stay in place, including Robert Downey Jr. delivering Doctor Doom’s lines. The result lasts almost exactly as long as the original, missing only the final countdown clock, and it pulls off a level of precision most fan stop-motion attempts never reach.

It starts the usual way: a tattered sign for Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters sits in the dirt. Then Doctor Doom’s voice booms in over the debris, “Something’s coming. Something we may not be able to deter. Before this day is done, we shall be faced with an unthinkable decision.” The sign, being LEGO, is aged but still legible, while the surrounding clutter is built of LEGO bricks that catch the light and appear slightly cleaner than the real thing. Professor X has just come and is shielding his eyes from a beam of light in the sky. In LEGO form, the blast of light is significantly sharper and brighter, resembling a spotlight, as opposed to the soft glow in live-action.

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Doctor Doom appears shortly after, his hood, mask, and green robes simply placed into a minifigure that appears to have been designed to be knocked into a shelf the moment you take it out of the box. The LEGO lighting keeps everything in place, and the molded features on his armor are as clear as crystal. The trailer then shifts to the New Avengers Tower. Thor leads the Fantastic Four into a meeting with Sam Wilson, Bucky, Scott Lang, and the rest of the team. In this LEGO rendition, the set designers used the new 76352 New Avengers Tower model as a backdrop, meaning the real skyscraper is made of LEGO bricks rather than being generated digitally. Characters are loosely clustered together – the Fantastic Four on one side and the New Avengers on the other – and they all behave similarly to the live-action version, listening as Thor begins to speak.

Just before the finale, Thor fights Doctor Doom on a battlefield of toppled statues, swinging Stormbreaker down at Doom but freezing the axe’s descent with one extending finger. In LEGO, that’s a rather clean moment, as the plastic ax comes to a halt in mid-air against the molded gauntlet, and the relative scale of the two figures makes the power disparity between them feel quite immediate. “But mark my words, we’re going to need a miracle,” Thor says. He turns. Steve Rogers walks into frame in a casual outfit, calls for Mjolnir, and catches it. “Hey, pal.” Thor’s reply is the same quiet disbelief: “It’s not possible.”

The entire thing is made up of pieces from the new Doomsday LEGO wave, so we get to see the Quinjet and the New Avengers Tower in the mix. Essentially, the surroundings serve as product previews. And in the center of important scenes are new minifigure designs for characters who have yet to appear in official LEGO sets, giving the impression that there would be a plethora of new builds. The live-action trailer aimed for subdued browns, yellows & greys, but the Lego version pushes those colours open wide so you can actually see what’s going on, especially in the brighter Wakanda things. Strangely, it makes a few of the fight moments appear faint. That’s basically the only noticeable difference in tone.

I recently took over testing for our guide to the best gaming headsets, but before that, I purchased our top pick in March, with my own money, for $100. I’ve used it every day since. Right now, three of the four available color options are on sale. SteelSeries’ Arctis Nova 3P usually fluctuates between $110 and $90, so while $90 is still a decent price, snagging one of the less expensive color options, like white, makes the deal even better.

The Arctis Nova 3P works seamlessly with PC and most consoles. Note that the Xbox version will work with PlayStations, but the PlayStation version won’t work with Xbox. Both versions are on sale (pick your version just below the price) and will work wirelessly or wired with computers, phones, and Nintendo Switch. I’ve tested quite a few headsets, and I have yet to find one I like more than this one. The battery lasts for around 35 hours for me. The mic sounds clear. The ear cups are supremely comfortable, and the whole headset is lightweight. My only gripe is that the pop cover on the mic seems to come off easily, but that also might just be user error. (I shake my head a lot while gaming due to my teammates—not at all my own actions.)

It can be a little tricky to swap between devices (like from a console to your phone to your PC again) if you aren’t using the USB-C dongle every time, but it’s not so cumbersome as to warrant an unenthusiastic recommendation. I’ve never used the app, but it has presets for different games like Fortnite or Grand Theft Auto.

Alternatively, you can get the cheapest price by picking up the aqua color for $60 at Woot (an Amazon-owned discount store). Woot is trustworthy, but by purchasing there, you’ll only get a three-month warranty instead of the standard one-year warranty. Either way, I think this headset offers fantastic value at full price. Picking it up for less is a no-brainer if you’re in the market.

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New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through space and time, is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Existing investors including Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst are also participating in the round. The fresh funds would come just weeks after General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation.

The news confirms earlier reporting on the deal for what is becoming one of the hottest startups tackling physical AI.

CEO Pim de Witte spun out General Intuition last October from his video game clip-sharing platform Medal, using its hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay and “action labels” — records of which buttons a player pressed and when — as an initial dataset.

Old railway handcars appear in classic films as simple machines with a long beam that two people push up and down in opposite rhythm. That motion turns a crank and spins the wheels, sending the cart rolling along the rails at a steady, unhurried pace. Sam Barker and Tom decided the idea deserved a modern remake built almost entirely from plastic.

They spent long nights on FaceTime perfecting the design until every single item could be printed using a 3D printer. The majority of the cart is built of 3D prints from a Prusa XL, Core One, and Markforged machine, all of which are using Prusament PLA Freeze to produce items. Prusament PC Blend was applied to the crank, which bears strong stresses, to increase its strength. Bearings, steel shafts, and scooter tires are the last pieces that don’t come from a printer. The finished contraption weighs approximately 32 kg, yet it can still transport two large persons without complaint.

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Size proved to be the most difficult issue to address, since the duo required the entire thing to fit in a standard airplane suitcase and return together in a hotel room before the Open Sauce event in San Francisco. Forget about standard-gauge rails; the cart has to be low and tiny, designed for amusement rather than as an industrial machine. The drive’s two-to-one gear ratio allows the operators to pump at a little faster rate than in previous versions, making it much more efficient to convert muscle strength into forward motion.

Assembly still revealed a few surprises, as tolerances that appeared to be flawless on screen would occasionally lock the shafts in place, demanding a careful whack with a hammer and a few snips. The wheel hubs were little faulty at first, but the crew repaired them. Once everything was in place, everything just rolled. Downhill in a hotel driveway, the two reached speeds of roughly four miles per hour, but on flat ground, they had to work hard. They both agreed that pumping felt harder than it appeared in the movies, but neither wanted to give up.

At Open Sauce, the bright orange object drew a crowd all day. People came to witness the seesaw beam rise and fall, the wheels revolve over, and they immediately understood why the previous design had lasted so long. This contraption only has two people working in sync, no motors, no batteries, and a pile of precisely printed pieces holding it all together.

The project files are now available on Printables, allowing anyone with a large enough printer to create the same thing. The hardware specifics for the bolts and shafts are still being finalized, but the overall construction is complete. Barker and Tom demonstrated that a classic piece of railroad history can simply roll out of a 3D printer, fit into a suitcase, and carry two grown men along the street with no more than some coordinated effort.
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Vitamix has earned quite a reputation in the best blenders conversation thanks to its powerful motors, which deliver impressive results. But for the better part of a century, the well-known brand has offered only full-size blenders, with the option to purchase a $150 personal cup adapter separately. Until now.

On Monday, Vitamix launched the Nano, its first-ever personal, single-serve blender.  

The Nano was created with SmoothiePilot, the brand’s first adaptive smoothie program. Built with machine learning and specific to the Nano, SmoothiePilot automatically selects the optimal blending speed and duration for whatever you put in the cup, the company said in a press release. Its stainless steel blades blend smoothies, frozen cocktails, post-workout shakes, ice and more. 

With a single dial on the 1,000-watt Nano, you can select SmoothiePilot or opt for variable speed.

The Nano comes with two BPA-free, 20-ounce Tritan cups designed to fit most cup holders and two to-go drink lids. Once you’re done with your beverage, you can pop the cups back onto the blender’s base, add a drop of dish soap and warm water, then blend to clean. 

Available in black or white and sporting a cohesive look with its larger counterparts, the Nano is 15.3 inches tall, 4.3 inches less than CNET’s pick for best overall blender, the Vitamix VX1, but 2.39 inches taller than our pick for best personal blender, Ninja’s BlendBoss.

The Nano can now be purchased for $200 on Vitamix.com and comes with a three-year limited warranty on the Nano’s motor base, blade base and cups. Starting Monday, select retailers, including Amazon, will also carry the Nano. 

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Today’s Fulham vs Chelsea live stream sees two men who managed Real Madrid last season meet in a West London derby on the opening weekend of the 2026/27 Premier League campaign, as Alvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso take charge of their first competitive games.

Many pundits have tipped Fulham to struggle this season, after the club lost manager Marco Silva and influential attackers Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez over the summer. Former Liverpool defender Arbeloa is the new man in the Cottagers’ dugout, having spent the second half of last term as Madrid head coach following Alonso’s sacking in January. The Spaniard has brought two players with him from the Bernabeu, summer signings Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios, while midfielder Shea Charles could also make his competitive debut after joining from Southampton. However, Fulham are without injured club captain Tom Cairney and defender Joachim Andersen, who serves the last game of a ban carried over from last season, as they target consecutive top-flight wins over Chelsea for the first time.