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SAN DIEGO — If you thought Krypton was just going to be a poor man's Gotham, think again. 
The Syfy show, slated for 2018, has thus far been pitched as a prequel set on Superman's homeworld following the Man of Steel's grandfather, Seg-El, played by British newcomer Cameron Coffe, as a young man. 
But as DC Comics president Geoff Johns revealed at Comic-Con Saturday, the show has a whole raft of DC characters in it — because it's also a time-traveling extravaganza."You'll s

Hypothetical: You're a Justice League superhero and you're facing off against the Suicide Squad. Who are you and who do you prefer to punch?
That's the question Justice League stars faced at their San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday, and four of them stepped up right away. It's like they're ready for a fight or something.
SEE ALSO: 'Justice League' trailer: Wonder Woman is back, and she's brought some new friends
Jason Momoa, Justice League's Aquaman, would take Boomerang (because he'd be easi

Based on the latest Justice League trailer, it sure looks like Aquaman could be the scene-stealing breakout – and the good news is that his newfound fans won't have to wait too much longer to see him fly solo. Swim solo, rather.
At Comic-Con today, Warner Bros. shared a little sneak peek at the first footage from Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa and directed by James Wan. And it looks... pretty cool, actually.
SEE ALSO: 'Wonder Woman' just blew past Batman, Superman and 'Suicide Squad' at the

GUEST: For better or worse, technology has taught us that we shouldn’t have to wait anymore. We can access the news instantly, wherever we are, on our mobile devices. We can watch a favorite movie on demand via Netflix or another streaming service. “One-click purchase” represents the amount of time it takes to buy. In fact, the ease and speed of ecommerce has gotten to the point that it’s practically a national holiday.
So why are we still being asked to wait at home betw

The first trailer for Steve Spielberg's virtual reality epic Ready Player One has just landed and the response has been positive so far. 
But for those who aren't familiar with the book the film is based on, they might wonder why there are so many familiar pieces of pop culture whizzing by the screen. Well that's because in the book and the film, the next generation of VR users are obsessed with old games and films — because they lead to clues that are part of a bigger game. 
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Wonder Woman has to wait 76 years to get her first solo film, but the wait for her next solo film, thankfully, will be much, much shorter.
Warner Bros. officially announced at Comic-Con on Saturday that the Amazonian princess will be back for Wonder Woman II – and, yes, that seems to be the official title, based on the logo we saw in the room.
SEE ALSO: 'Professor Marston & The Wonder Women' trailer delves into the superhero's true origins
The news that we're getting a Wonder Woman II

Marvel might have gotten a head start on building their cinematic universe but DC is planning to catch up faster than a speeding bullet. 
At Warner Bros. Pictures' Comic-Con panel on Saturday, the studio debuted a sizzle reel teasing nine upcoming DC films:
Aquaman
Shazam!
Suicide Squad 2
The Batman
Justice League Dark
Batgirl
Green Lantern Corps
The Flash: Flashpoint
Wonder Woman II
Most films had been previously announced, or known to exist but not yet made fully official (Wonder Woman II

When you're the Batman, you're the Batman until further notice.
With swirls of changing winds blowing through the DCEU at Comic-Con, Ben Affleck took the stage at Hall H on Saturday and wanted to make something clear. And because he is the Batman, we will let him be very clear.
"Let me be very clear," Affleck said. "I am the luckiest guy in the world. Batman is the coolest fucking guy in any universe, DC, Marvel, whatever. I'm so thrilled to do it. It's fucking amazing."
OK wait — that's n

Missy Elliott headlined FYF Fest on Friday — her first U.S. concert in a decade (save for a 2015 appearance with Katy Perry at Super Bowl XLIX). 
Needless to say, this show was a big deal, so it's hardly surprising that Beyoncé and Solange came out to support.
The three even took a photo together. Obviously, it is both flawless and an instant classic.
SEE ALSO: Blue Ivy proves she's got her mother's dance moves in a video too precious for this world
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San Diego Comic-Con International is about a lot of things. It’s about movies, TV shows, comics, books, and the fans that love them all. But this year, it’s also been about hats. Yes, that’s right: the things you put on your head to avoid glare, sunburn, or in this case, to signify your particular brand allegiance.For whatever reason, promotional hats have been a minor trend at this year’s convention. So in the interests of science, I’m doing what needs to be done:

Stranger Things was one of last year’s best new shows on Netflix or otherwise. It captured a unique sense of nostalgia for the 80s as well as channeling a unique and fresh take on sci-fi, thriller, and suspense genres, all with an ensemble cast of standout child actors.
At San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) this week we got the chance to stop by the Netflix interactive loft at the Hilton Gaslamp and see elaborate displays for Marvel’s Defenders, the upcoming Netflix-only film Bright, and of

 If you’re wondering how Steven Spielberg will bring the dystopian, VR-heavy world of Ready Player One to life, you can get your first real glimpse in the trailer (technically, a teaser for San Diego Comic Con) above. The film is based on Ernest Cline’s novel — a book that’s been recommend to me many times as one of the best depictions of virtual reality and gaming… Read More

Warner Bros.’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con is pulling out all the stops for the DC Extended Universe. For the latest trailer for Justice League, the world is still in mourning after the death of Superman. Now, it’s up to the newly formed League to face Steppenwolf (Game of Thrones alum Ciarán Hinds) and his armies of Parademons.
Where’s a Kryptonian when you need him?
Justice League is the superhero team-up Warner Bros. has been promising since the inception of t

We’re far removed from the days when you’d see people at every city street corner being guided around by their smartphones to catch pokémon. But some people have loyally stuck with the hit mobile game months and monts after its popularity waned. Pokémon Go Fest was supposed to be a reward and real-world celebration for those players. Unfortunately, for those who traveled to Chicago’s Grant Park to participate and nab the legendary pokémon, things got off to

Aw, would you look at that? Batman's finally learning to play nice with others.
Or he's trying, anyway. And the DC Extended Universe had better hope he succeeds, because the fate of the world depends on it.  
SEE ALSO: 'Justice League' Batmobile steals the show at Comic-Con Preview Night
Batman and Wonder Woman have reunited after the events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and they're now ready to bring some other superheroes into the fold. That includes Aquaman, Cyborg, and the Fla

Coming off Wonder Woman’s success at the box office this summer, Warner Bros. has officially confirmed that Wonder Woman 2 is now in the works. Word came via a sizzle reel shown during the studio’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
The timing couldn’t be better for a Wonder Woman sequel. The original, which opened just a month ago, is already the third biggest Warner Bros. movie of all time, behind only The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. The film is also the highest-

Put on your haptic gloves and strap on your VR goggles – it's time for a futuristic trip down memory lane.
Let us explain: Ready Player One is set in the year 2040s, but in a 2040s that's really obsessed with the 1980s. (In that sense, I guess the future's not that unlike the present.) 
Tye Sheridan stars as Parzival, a young man who escapes his drab, depressing reality by logging into an '80s-influenced virtual reality paradise known as OASIS. When its mysterious creator dies, he le

Virtual reality promises to be great for gamers, but it also has potential to change the world in other ways. Shauna Heller recognized that potential, so she quit her job at Oculus VR and became a consultant — working to bring non-VR applications to life. One of the projects she took on was to create a VR simulation that teaches doctors how to treat infants in emergencies.
Heller pulled together a team of developers and technologists and matched them with surgeons at the Children’s H

Today at San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for its upcoming film Ready Player One, and like the novel it’s based on, it’s loaded down with references to everything geek culture loves.The trailer begins with Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) describing his life in the Stacks. He’s a part of a generation known as the missing millions, but he and those around him found solace in a virtual world known as OASIS. In that world, it’s possible to meet the Iron

Here's a good situation: a 31-pound stray cat who goes by "Mr. Handsome" has received so much interest at a Pittsboro, North Carolina animal shelter that his new home will be determined by a literal raffle.
Mr. Handsome, a flawless celebrity, has been winning hearts all week after being brought into the Chatham County Animal Shelter as a stray. Since then, there's been such an influx of prospective adopters to the shelter that parking and traffic have become strained. 
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The augmented reality app space is expected to explode this fall thanks to developers using Apple's ARKit for iOS. 
But one developer is moving faster than even some of the major brands linked to Apple's AR platform, having just demonstrated an amazing AR app before IKEA got a chance to launch its own ARKit-powered app.
SEE ALSO: Apple's ARKit will make walking and texting the warmup for the real distracted disasters
Asher Vollmer, one of the developers behind the popular mobile game Threes

Lego relaunched its line of ninja fantasy sets under the "Ninjago" moniker in 2011, and an upcoming movie — out Sept. 22 — is based on that.
No worries if you didn't know about it; Ninjago is one of the more kid-focused Lego properties. But as this new trailer demonstrates, the upcoming movie seems to draw inspiration from Hollywood success stories The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie.
Which is to say: it looks funny. Even if you don't give any craps about Lego's kid-friendly ni

Just hours before the Justice League united in Hall H at Comic-Con, Warner Bros. dropped a new poster for the film that, we must admit, has our hopes up for this DC Extended Universe thing.
There are colors here! Primary colors. An entire range of emotions beyond sadness. Cyborg is zen, Flash a bit imperious, Wonder Woman with a Mona Lisa gaze into the cosmos.
SEE ALSO: 'Justice League' Batmobile steals the show at Comic-Con Preview Night
It's almost like the DC movie world is coming out of its

GUEST: When you’re a disruptor, you’re going to make waves – whether you’re delivering goods by drone, renting out that urban apartment, or launching an autonomous ride-share. As a disruptor, you’re likely going to act first and seek permission later. And as you do so, you’ll inevitably bump up against regulations, bending them and testing them as you push the envelope with your technology.
It’s an inescapable part of the creative and entrepreneurial pro

Fans who were hoping to catch ’em all at the Pokémon Go Fest today are experiencing some technical issues. The real-world event is developer Niantic Inc.’s way of throwing a one-year birthday party for its hit mobile game Pokémon Go.
Around 20,000 fans are expected to attend the festival today in Chicago, Ill.’s Grant Park (as first reported by news site Game Informer). The event, however, had a rocky start when many were unable to get on the s

Weird Phone Case of the Month is a monthly series in which we live with, and subsequently review, our time with a phone case. Phone cases are one of our only ways to express individuality with our smartphones, so what do our phone case choices say about us?
This month's phone case had potential. I wanted it to be a favorite of mine, as blocks are cool, as is the color red, but unfortunately, it just didn't work out. The case got so, so dirty. Terrifyingly dirty, actually. It looks worse than my

GUEST: This year drones have turned from buzzword to a mature technology, bringing value across many industries (see the recent Economist long read on that) and representing an interesting investment opportunity. A number of VC firms have already jumped in, putting $454 million into 100 deals in 2016 alone, and both the amount of funding and the number of deals are on the rise, according to CB Insights.
However, the hardware side of the drone ecosystem is becoming oversaturated. China’s DJ

Science fiction is always a fan favorite at San Diego Comic-Con, and Blade Runner 2049 is taking advantage with a huge presence here at the convention. The film is expected to make an appearance during the Warner Bros. Hall H panel, but it’s also drawing attention outside of the convention center with something called the Blade Runner 2049 Experience.
Housed in a giant tent across the street from the convention center, it’s an installation made up of two parts. The first is a virtual

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The Lego Ninjago Movie is on its way, following in the footsteps of The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie by blending meta-humor and toyetic Lego action, only this time using ninjas. In the Comic-Con trailer for the movie, we learn a little bit more about Lloyd the Green Ninja (Dave Franco) and his family. It turns out that his mother Misako (Olivia Munn) fell in love with the evil Lord Garmadon (Justin Theroux) and got swept away by his ambition. But maybe there’s more to him than meet

This week, police announced the takedown of two of the dark web’s largest marketplaces for illegal goods: AlphaBay and its substitute, Hansa. Through a combination of online and conventional detective work, federal agents shut down these two hubs of criminal trade and arrested the major players involved. It’s a substantial blow to the dark web’s community of consumers, who had taken to AlphaBay, and then, Hansa, after Silk Road 2 went under.Still, this kind of website can be ex

It’s been a while since I heard the phrase “Triple-I,” an independent game studio’s variation on “Triple-A” video games. Then again, there haven’t been that many indie game studios that can claim they’ve been working on a really high-quality title for a long time.
But that’s how Scott Foe and Alessandro Tento, cofounders of Ignited Artists, are positioning their San Francisco game studio. The company recently unveiled Barbaric, a coopera

This week, Massdrop brought back the Sennheiser HD 650 deal we covered last month, but for even cheaper. Its special edition 6XX headphones are now down to $200 until July 30th — matching what the company offered last November. Our other favorite deal also happens to be at Massdrop: get $50 off the DJI Mavic Drone with a free carrying case.
And if you’re not sick of seeing another Samsung Galaxy S8 sale, the company just launched a new deal allowing you to get a total of $300 off the

Drivers are becoming riders. As ride services and autonomous vehicles become the norm, the new “Passenger Economy” will thrive as we strive to fill the reclaimed time once spent behind the wheel. Intel predicts that the value of goods and services for this economy will be close to $7 trillion by 2050, more than double the predicted value of the “Sharing Economy”. Cars will be transformed from single-serving modes of transport, into hyper-customizable, seamless extensions

I finally got around to watching Master of None this month and sped through its two seasons with my girlfriend. The show is so sweet, fun, and funny that it’s really kind of hard to stop watching.
What I loved most about Master of None is how much it refuses to be a traditional sitcom. The show is surprisingly experimental and basically just does whatever it wants every episode. On the most basic level, a typical episode will give the characters freedom to explore whatever subject its crea

Imagine a lamp. Any lamp. Now imagine having to water it. Dutch product designer Ermi van Oers created Living Light: plants that double as lights. Or lights that double as plants – whichever way you prefer looking at it. The lighst run on electricity generated by bacteria in the soil. Here’s how it works: during the process of photosynthesis plants release organic compounds in the soil. This causes bacteria to generate electrons and protons, which are then used in a similar way to a