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Description "Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." (Gillian Fly) "Unputdownable." (Stephen King) "A dark, twisty confection." (Ruth Ware) "Absolutely gripping." (Louise Pey) For listeners of Gillian Fly and Tana French comes one of the decade's most anticipated debuts, to be published in 36 languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: A twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house. It isn't paranoia if it's really happening.... Aa Fox lives alone - a recluse in her New York City home, unable to ven...

Whatever happened to the son of Odin? If you were a bit miffed by Thor's absence from "Captain America: Civil War," you're in good company, because there's a short film that answers that very question. (Short version: No one called him).The clip was first shown at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, when "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi took to the stage to show off a sizzle reel for the upcoming third Thor film. While written reports of "Team Thor" started to circulate after it made an extremely limited debut at the convention, you can now watch it for yourself in full on the Marvel Studios twitter account. Now that it's online, watch what the Thunder God...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageColin Kaepeick. Standing up for his principles? Stack/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As protests go, it was as silent as you could get.While the rest of his team stood for the national anthem during a preseason game on Friday night, quarterback Colin Kaepeick sat on the bench.When asked about it by NFL.com, Kaepeick explained: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.She can do two things at once. Allegedly. Getty Images I have visitors arriving from Norway next week and I'm worried that they're just going to ignore me. They might be educated sorts, but I fear they could be in the grip of Pokemon Go, which seems to have infiltrated Norway's highest echelons. As my evidence, might I present Trine Skei Grande? No, she's not Ariana's mom. She is, however, the leader of the Norwegian Liberal Party and she's just been caught playing Pokemon Go during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesda...

On this date in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Park Service Organic Act, which mandated the creation of the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife" found inside the United States and make them available for public enjoyment. To celebrate the centeial of the service, Google has created an animated doodle that takes viewers on a virtual coast-to-coast tour of some of the sites and sounds that can be found on the 84 million acres of land designated as protected since the agency's creation. Starting with a collection of iron-on souvenir park patches, Google shows us the various wildlife that can fou...

Enlarge ImageYolanda Jones makes her pitch to "Cleveland Hustles" host Bonin Bough (left) and Twitter executive Adam Bain. Terry Collins/CNET Last week, Yolanda Jones had 23 seconds to sell high-level tech leaders in San Francisco on why NBA superstar LeBron James should give her SF-based company an online endorsement.In a matter-of-fact pitch, Jones wooed the basketball star's representatives -- tech mogul Bonin Bough and Twitter Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain -- on Yolanda's Construction Administration & Traffic Control, or YCAT. Cameras caught every word: The pitch was part of the #PitchLeBronContes...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageNot well balanced? WPVI-TV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Outrage can often be pointless.The best we can do is at least grab our phones, record what is happening and hope that someone else will care. A Pesylvania couple did just this. They were rather distraught at what they saw on the state's Schuylkill Expressway.So they filmed it and sent the results in to local TV station WPVI-TV. What appears to happen in the video is that a female driver is texting on her phone with both hands. She's keeping th...

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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA resilient little thing, the iPhone 5S. CNET Not much can survive a fall from 2,500 feet. Even skydivers need parachute -- or a net.You certainly wouldn't expect an iPhone 5S to be anything other than a smashed collection of metal and glass if it fell that far. However, Jeaine Buck from British Columbia, Canada says her iPhone can do things others might not.As the Abbotsford News reports, Buck says she dropped her phone out the window of a Cessna in which she was a passenger last Monday night. She was fl...

[embedded content] Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has a lot to be happy about. Its current eruption has been going on since 1983, but that's just the latest in a long history of activity. The Pu'u O'o volcanic cone is a particular hotbed of activity. Tourists in a helicopter ride flying over the cone got two eyefuls when they looked down and spotted a griing smiley face made from hot lava looking back up at them.The video comes from Mick Kalber of Tropical Visions Video and Paradise Helicopters, a tour company specializing in scenic flyovers of the Hawaiian Islands. It features five minutes of swirling vistas showing the volcano and the large arched "...

Last year, the fourth Inteational reached a prize pool of $18 million, the largest in e-sports history at the time. In 2016, the touament for the battle arena game Dota 2 is looking to set another precedent, offering viewers around the world the option to tune in via VR, developer Valve aounced in a blog post.You'll be able to watch the world's best Dota 2 players on the Dota VR Hub, using compatible headsets to watch live matches and replays in VR. You'll have the option of watching as if you were in the crowd at the event, or, better yet, you can even watch from within the game itself."Put on a headset and join your friends and other Dota fans to watch live matches or replays in Dota VR Th...

At the end of All-Star Comics 13 in 1942, Wonder Woman was made a permanent honorary member of the Justice Society of America... as a secretary. While the lads all went out and fought crime, she had to stay behind doing secretary things. Apparently, this was just "thrilling."It's actually creator William Moulton Marston's fault, according to comics blogger Tim Hanley. He wanted to be the only one to write Wonder Woman, so Gardner Fox, writer of All-Star Comics, had to leave her out of the adventures.Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageOh dear. USA Today/YouTube screnshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you wondering whether we've reached peak Pokemon?Are you, like one angry Canadian man, hoping that the hordes of Pokemon Go players will soon get off your lawn?There's evidence that the game might be plateauing. On the other hand, it's now reached the higher levels of govement.As CNN reports, last Thursday State Department spokesman John Kirby was giving a briefing about ISIS to joualists.Suddenly, he stopped. "You're playing the Pokemon th...

The DC Comics booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 features an up close and personal preview of the costumes that we'll see in the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie. Plus, the heroine's original costume and concept art from the 1970s "Wonder Woman" TV show with Lynda Carter are also featured....

[embedded content] "What I do is not up to you." The first full-length trailer for "Wonder Woman" is here and it's glorious. With a lighter palette than "Batman v Superman" and some seriously badass moves from the titular character (played by Gal Gadot once again), "WW" already looks better than we could've hoped. (Of course, a lot of us felt that way last year after we saw the first "Suicide Squad" trailer and look how that's tued out.)The trailer leans extensively on the relationship between Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor (Chris Pine of "Star Trek Beyond"). And it seems that director Patty Jenkins is making liberal use of slow-motion captures to...

Every Charmander, Nidorino, and Onix. Reddit user ftb_hodor says he's caught 'em all. At least, all the "pocket monsters" that make up the US collection of Pokemon Go, an AR mobile game more popular than dating app Tinder, Facebook Messenger and basically all your other apps.To do that, the level-31 New Yorker had to capture 4,269 Pokemon, hatch 303 more and walk 95 miles, according to Polygon. That's a lot of miles. Pokemon creatures are region-specific, so nasty flying Zubats are that may be common in one part of the country are more elusive in another. Redditor ftb_hodor didn't share exactly how he or she overcame regional differences, but one thing's for sure: filling up that Pokedex is ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt's curiously affecting. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Brands are desperate to infiltrate the Olympics Games because they assume everyone will be watching. Consumer electronics giant Samsung is among the official sponsors of the Rio de Janeiro games, which may not be entirely positive given the unfortunately typical terrorism threats, as well as the spread of the Zika virus and "super bacteria." But once the money is spent, you have to make the most of it. So on Thursday, Samsung ...

Enlarge ImageSend your bills and love letters with these Forever stamps celebrating the many costumes of Wonder Woman. USPS In honor of Wonder Woman's 75th aiversary, the US Postal Service will release new Wonder Woman Forever stamps. The stamps, to be issued October 7, showcase the superhero's costume evolution from her World War II origins to her most recent incaation leading up to the June 2 standalone "Wonder Woman" movie starring Gal Gadot. The postal service aounced the stamps at San Diego Comic-Con in partnership with Waer Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment. The stamp sheets feature four d...

Enlarge ImageWonder Woman's famed invisible jet is on display at San Diego Comic-Con. Richard Nieva/CNET The press release said I was here to see an invisible jet. More specifically, Wonder Woman's famed mode of transport. In theory, they could've just put me on an empty street coer, told me the jet was in front of me, and I'd have had no grounds for argument.And that's the fun of San Diego Comic-Con, which unofficially started Wednesday with a preview night for press. The 46-year-old event attracts 130,000 attendees every year to the San Diego waterfront for a half-week binge of comics and pop culture. So I ...

Are you a political junkie hungry for Republican National Convention news? Are you suffering FOMO because you're not in Cleveland? Are you just craving for gavel-to-gavel action at the Quicken Loans Arena?Well, here's how you can peep the action from anywhere in the world.If you've got a phone, download the official RNC app to see if presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump gets the formal nod from his party. The live stream, provided by Google, will include 360-degree cameras for an immersive experience. It also has a tu-by-tu map of the arena and a program list of speakers, complete with bios. You can also watch Google's coverage on a laptop or desktop or mobile. Twitter is also getting into t...