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9 great reads from CNET this week

We travel to San Diego for the annual Comic-Con geekfest; take a peek at what sounds like an awesome fingerprint scanner; and face the future of passports in Australia.

CNET News staff
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So much happened this week. Amazon's Prime Day stretched for 36 hours, but not without a glitch. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk put their foots in their mouths. (Their own, not each other's, just to clarify.) And Comic-Con opened in San Diego. Of course, there was plenty more. Here's your chance to catch up.

Shazam and Wonder Woman hope to rope in more fans at Comic-Con

Marvel isn't at the San Diego geek-a-thon. DC wants to wear its cape.

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The Samsung Galaxy S10 could go ultrasonic. Here's a look at its likely fingerprint reader

We try Qualcomm's new technology. It's a prototype, but probably not for long.

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Tania González/CNET

Your face is your passport in these Australian airports

Please don't get it stamped.

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John Lund

How Russian hackers infiltrated the DNC

A timeline.

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Nintendo Switch gave me back my video games

Mark Serrels was too busy to play games until this handheld came along.

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The director of the cybermystery Searching struggled to edit his film on iMacs

The movie has so many video layers that it taxed the machines, Aneesh Chaganty says.

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Ring's home-security system is super simple and super cheap

It took no time to install. 

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This crazy, swank airship could bring back dirigibles

 Seriously, the Airlander has a bar, private bedrooms and a glass-floored observation lounge.

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DC's Comic-Con 'Experience' lets you bring on the rage

CNET's Roger Cheng goes totally medieval.

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