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Should You Bring Your Laptop on Vacation?

I am going on vacation next week, and a couple of kind-hearted people with my best interests in mind have suggested that perhaps I leave my (work) laptop at home. I did my best not to laugh in their faces because that is ridiculous. Of course I am bringing my laptop. Should you bring your…

Gadgets Eric Limer Jul 20 '13

The new Hunger Games 2 trailer reveals why it’s no longer a game

Katniss isn’t the only thing aflame in this brand-new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. A hope has been ignited, and evil Donald Sutherland knows it — which why Katniss’ troubles have just begun. At the movie’s Comic-Con panel, Jennifer Lawrence told us that the love triangle looks very different this time around: originally,…

Movies Rob Bricken Jul 20 '13

Edgar Wright says The World’s End is like a drunken Doctor Who

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright gathered in Comic-Con’s Hall H today to talk about their latest film, The World’s End, including how it links thematically to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and why Pegg’s character is like a drunken Doctor. “Well, if you’ve ever watched Doctor Who and thought it would…

Movies Lauren Davis Jul 20 '13

Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow feels like the Starship Troopers we want

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt are starring in a big-screen adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need is Kill, now called Edge of Tomorrow. And the first footage, which just showed at Comic-Con, is dark, moody, and full of exo-suit mayhem. Spoilers ahead… The war-movie footage includes some shots of helicopters and soldiers in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

Netflix’s Crazily Crappy Cropping, Hands On with Neverwet, And More

Welcome to the weekend! We brought snacks! OK, not snacks, but we do have a selection of postical delicacies for you to sample. Try some reasons we’re not ready for smartwatches yet, or get a taste of Netflix’s crazy cropping. Wash it down with a shot of Neverwet and a Liquidmetal iPhone chaser. Chow time!…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 20 '13

The Great Sahara Sea That Almost Was

In 1874, Captain Francois-Elie Roudaire, a geographer in the French army proposed a daring idea. No doubt inspired by the successful completion of the Suez canal a few years earlier, he suggested the creation of a 120-mile-long canal that would connect the Mediterranean Sea to a part of the Sahara Desert in Algeria that lies…

io9 Ron Miller Jul 20 '13

They’re doing a Superman/Batman movie… but that’s not the big news

Man of Steel director Zack Snyder just came out and rocked our worlds at Comic-Con. Not just announcing that Batman will be in the Superman sequel — which he did with a cool-looking metallic Superman-Batman logo that drove the crowd nuts. But that was not the biggest deal. Spoilers ahead… The biggest deal was, Snyder…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

The Little Mermaid swims her way into Once Upon a Time season 3!

The big news about next season’s Once Upon a Time is that we’re visiting Neverland for the first time. But there’s also another watery surprise — the first appearance of Ariel! At the Once panel today, after they aired the above teaser for season 3 — debuting none other than The Little Mermaid herself —…

Television Annalee Newitz Jul 20 '13

Time for an edge-of-your-seat scary glimpse of Cuarón’s Gravity

Alfonso Cuaron rocked your world with Children of Men. But now he’s taking us into orbit with the “astronauts in danger” movie Gravity. And it is basically the most intense roller-coaster ride of the year, judging from the scenes we watched at Comic-Con just now. Spoilers ahead… Seriously. Fucking scary. This is not a meditative…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

What Actually Happens to All Your Deleted Files?

We delete files all the time to free up space, or to get rid of pesky evidence, but the whole process is a lot more complicated than it seems from the outside. When you go to “delete” something, you’re just pressing the start button on a much more involved, much more random process. So what…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 20 '13

Battlestar Galactica’s humanoid cylons were a result of budget limits

At Comic-Con yesterday, Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore told fans that he loves how television’s budget constraints spawn creativity. For example: the skinjobs, whom he’d originally wanted to be done up in shiny suits like the 1970s series’ cylons. Said Moore: The fact that the cylons look like people was driven by budgetary constraints. They…

Television Annalee Newitz Jul 20 '13

We saw a glimpse of Godzilla. You won’t believe the size and majesty.

Just now at San Diego Comic-Con, we saw the first proper footage of the Godzilla movie — and the absolute main impression we came away with was: HOLY SHIT IS GODZILLA BIG AND POWERFUL. There was tons of shots of disasters and people running and human characters, and more of that in a second. But…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

We just saw the first mighty teaser for the Warcraft movie!

Holy crap, there was a big surprise at the Legendary/Warner Bros. panel just now. We saw the-first ever teaser for the World of Warcraft movie, in which a mighty armored warrior goes head-to-head with a huge green orc. The footage showcased an alien-looking landscape full of rocky outcroppings, where a sweaty unshaven figure in armor…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is creepy goodness, with genie action!

At Comic-Con this morning, we were treated to 19 minutes of footage from the pilot for Once Upon a Time spinoff, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It was gorgeous, fun, and scary. This ass-kicking Alice is more like Sarah Connor than a little girl. We also got some amazing casting news. First, the news.…

Television Annalee Newitz Jul 20 '13

What the World Would Look Like If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi Signals

Everybody loves Wi-Fi. Fast why fy, free wee fee, everywhere wireless. But what if we could actually see the Wi-Fi signals we use everyday? What if they covered the world in an electric smoggy haze? Would you still love it? Ah what the hell, probably hell yes. Artist Nickolay Lamm from MyDeals.com (and friend of…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 20 '13

These Leaked Moto X Press Images Sure Look Familiar

Between leaked promo videos andEric Schmidt’s flaunting, we already know a fair bit about Motorola’s upcoming Moto X. Now a couple of press images have leaked out, and they seem to confirm that familiar, unannounced design. The press render here is in black, but other than that slight difference, it looks almost exactly like what…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 20 '13

Footage from Jeff Bridges’ Seventh Son reveals tons of crazy monsters

In Seventh Son, Jeff Bridges is a witch-hunter who takes on an apprentice to fight an evil witch (Julianne Moore). But we didn’t realize is this film is chock full of Ray Harryhausen-style monsters, until we saw a ton of footage here at San Diego Comic-Con. Spoilers ahead… We saw a huge “sizzle reel” from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

David S. Goyer tells us about the Walking Dead episode he’s directing

David S. Goyer isn’t just shooting a new season of Da Vinci’s Demons and (probably) planning the future of Superman on the big screen — he’s also taking time out to direct an episode of The Walking Dead this upcoming season. And he told us that this will be a particularly nasty outing for our…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 20 '13

Five Free Online Tools to Learn Another Language

Rosetta Stone costs $500? Thank you, no. There are too many free language-learning resources on the Internet to warrant that sort of expense. Here are just a few that will cost you nothing but time and effort. LiveMocha Languages: 37 – Arabic to Urdu With millions of users in 190 countries, LiveMocha is one of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 20 '13

Can you spot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in this photo?

Supposedly this is a picture from the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film set. I say supposedly because although the photo contains Megan Fox, who plays April O’Neil, I don’t see any Ninja Turtles in it. Maybe Donatello is standing behind the morbidly obese hunchback in the trenchcoat or something. [Via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Rob Bricken Jul 20 '13

Should You Bring Your Laptop on Vacation?

The new Hunger Games 2 trailer reveals why it’s no longer a game

Edgar Wright says The World’s End is like a drunken Doctor Who

Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow feels like the Starship Troopers we want

Netflix’s Crazily Crappy Cropping, Hands On with Neverwet, And More

The Great Sahara Sea That Almost Was

They’re doing a Superman/Batman movie… but that’s not the big news

The Little Mermaid swims her way into Once Upon a Time season 3!

Time for an edge-of-your-seat scary glimpse of Cuarón’s Gravity

What Actually Happens to All Your Deleted Files?

Battlestar Galactica’s humanoid cylons were a result of budget limits

We saw a glimpse of Godzilla. You won’t believe the size and majesty.

We just saw the first mighty teaser for the Warcraft movie!

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is creepy goodness, with genie action!

What the World Would Look Like If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi Signals

These Leaked Moto X Press Images Sure Look Familiar

Footage from Jeff Bridges’ Seventh Son reveals tons of crazy monsters

David S. Goyer tells us about the Walking Dead episode he’s directing

Five Free Online Tools to Learn Another Language

Can you spot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in this photo?

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