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"I am Iron Man."

Robert Downey Jr.-as-Tony Stark utters that short sentence in the waning moments of 2008's Iron Man, the movie that kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the fictional moment, Stark opted to cast aside prepared remarks that would have kept his secret identity safe and out himself instead.

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It's such a lightning strike moment for a movie based on comic books, where secret identities are often treated as sacrosanct. Читать дальше...

It's been 15 years since Britney Spears' song "Toxic" hit airwaves but it continues to be one of the great earworms, with the people of the planet still humming the song's hooks to themselves often. You're probably humming it to yourself now just reading this. You're welcome.

There are bad takes, and then there's the take by Forbes contributor Panos Mourdoukoutas (who also serves as Chair of the Department of Economics at Long Island University) that local libraries should be replaced by Amazon book stores. 

Guardians of the Galaxy actors have responded to Disney's decision to fire series director James Gunn on Friday. The firing came after conservative personalities online resurfaced old tweets in which Gunn joked about pedophilia and molestation.

As the online debate rages on over Disney's decision to fire director James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, reactions on the ground at Comic-Con have been no less mixed. 

Prince George, royal rapscallion and older brother to Charlotte and Louis, turned five on Sunday and Kensington Palace knows just how to grab our attention: with an adorable photo release of the birthday boy.

Being able to snag the gelatinous or otherwise soft creatures of the deep ocean for study without harming them in the process provides researchers with a bit of challenge, a challenge Harvard's Wyss Institute may have overcome.

Not all heroes have, or need, super powers.

Actor and activist Nicole Maines will join CW's Supergirl during its fourth season as Nia Nal, aka Dreamer. The network confirmed the news at Comic-Con on Saturday, making Maines the first transgender superhero on TV.

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In an appearance during the Comic-Con Supergirl panel, Maines described her character as a young, hungry reporter who's been sent to National City to learn the ways of journalism... Читать дальше...

It sure seems like the saga of Elon Musk and The Farting Unicorn™ is reaching a satisfactory conclusion, clearing up Musk's plate to continue feuding with rescuers of children stranded in caves or journalists or whoever else is on deck. 

SpaceX's rocket landings are back and better than ever. 

After a months long dry spell, SpaceX just completed its latest and greatest rocket landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after launching a satellite to orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:50 a.m. EDT.

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The rocket's first stage touched down on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" (yes, that's what it's called)... Читать дальше...

Writers, artists, doodlers, and scribblers have a new way to show their love for Nintendo's resident goomba-stomping plumber with Moleskine's cool new line of Super Mario-themed notebooks.

For a guy who’s supposed to be really good at swimming, Aquaman sure has some strange ideas about swimwear.

Your foray into coding doesn't have to start and end with the basic HTML you inadvertently learned while you were sprucing up your MySpace and Neopets profile way back when. Needless to say, coding isn't just about creating swanky banners and changing font colors. If you truly commit to learning it — we're talking hours of immersing yourself in programming languages — the world is in your hands. You can create any digital product you want, broaden your job prospects, and maybe even earn buttloads of cash. Читать дальше...

Standard issue charging cables are, as a whole, undependable.

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Not only are they prone to breakage, but they juice up your phone for an unnecessarily long time.

The best thing to do is to choose a cable that is tough as nails and has the capability of transferring data and powering up your device at lightning speeds. Below, you'll find a list of cables that fit those criteria, all on sale.

Syncwire UNBREAKcable... Читать дальше...

Nothing Donald Trump does is subtle, especially when speaking in public.

Each new release in The Purge series pushes us closer to the central question: How much of this is actually fiction and how much is a taste of what humanity's future looks like?

The New York Times is calling out Twitter and Twitter's CEO has some thoughts.

At Comic-Con Saturday, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part star Chris Pratt commented on the way his character's journey from unassuming everyman to world-saving Special mirrored his own real-life career. 

Moments after the first Aquaman trailer went online, fans in Comic-Con’s Hall H were treated to an exclusive second look at the superhero adventure.