San Diego Comic-Con is the event most people think of when they hear “Comic-Con,” and for good reason. People go all-out for this event each and every year, and it really is a sight to behold.

We’ve seen tons of action out of San Diego Comic-Con 2015 so far, and most of our attention has been focused on the awesome movie trailers that have been popping up. Examples include this heart-pounding Batman v Superman trailer, and a leaked Suicide Squad trailer that looks fantastic.

But forget all those awesome upcoming movies… it’s time to look at some amazing cosplay pics.

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One of American taxpayers’ most baffling traits is their willingness to support using public funds to subsidize stadium construction for professional sports teams that are often owned by billionaires. The most shameless tricks that franchise owners use to get their stadium projects approved by taxpayers is to threaten to move to another city if they don’t get their ways. John Oliver this week called B.S. on these sleazy tactics in a hilarious rant about billionaire owners shaking down American taxpayers for stadium cash.

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Apple’s iPhone operating system started out so painfully simple that many smartphone users at the time just laughed. As it turned out, the world was dying for a simpler operating system for phones, and Apple’s iPhone flipped the industry on its head.

It’s been a long time since the iPhone was first introduced though, and Apple’s mobile software has continued to grow more complex each year. The world has grown accustomed to iOS, of course, so adding new features and flushing out existing functionality is a necessity.

But in the process, some pretty cool things get lost in the shuffle.

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This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was as exciting as ever, but there was one interesting omission — Marvel Studios didn’t show up to discuss its upcoming slate of movies. No Captain America: Civil War, no Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and definitely no Infinity War. Instead, 20th Century Fox had to fill in the blanks with its own Marvel characters.

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Google Maps is one of the most widely used applications on smartphones, but there are plenty of neat tricks that some iPhone and Android users might not even be familiar with. These hidden Google Maps features can significantly improve your navigation experience, and get you to your destination even faster than before.

Thankfully, Google has just tweaked one such feature to streamline your Google Maps experience.

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Another week, another five fantastic posts covering paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free for a limited time. Today, we’re kicking things off with eight nifty iOS apps that are normally all paid downloads, but each and every one is on sale for free right now.

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It’s only Monday morning and I’ve already found what is unquestionably the stupidest thing you’ll read this week. Not surprisingly, it focuses on Apple. Why isn’t that a surprise? Because tech writers the world over love making ridiculous contrarian claims about Apple’s products in an effort to stir up commotion and drum up clicks, regardless of how hollow and flat-out stupid their arguments are.

Well congratulations, Boston Herald, it worked. But since I clicked, hopefully my readers won’t have to.

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It’s that time of the week again, and BGR is bringing you a roundup of the best new Netflix movies and shows for your streaming pleasure. A lot of your time is wasted by looking around Netflix for something you haven’t seen yet, so this update will save you some precious ticks on the clock.

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Zack Snyder’s 2013 reimagining of Superman was a fantastic movie. Man of Steel hit all the right notes, and audiences around the world loved it. This is why it was so troubling to learn that the sequel was going to be a bizarre intertwining of the Superman storyline with Batman. And why it was even more troubling to learn that Ben Affleck would play Batman.

After watching the new Batman v Superman trailer released this past weekend at Comic-Con, however, we’re singing an entirely different tune.

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Comcast knows that kids these days love their hippity-hop and their crazy smartyphones. It also knows that they love cord cutting, a newfangled way of watching TV that doesn’t involve forking over hundreds of dollars every month for a cable package. To show the world that it’s just as hip as Netflix, Comcast has unveiled a new TV streaming package called Stream that costs $15 per month and is also nearly pointless. We’ll explain why below.

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