Briefly: China Vs Mack Horton, No Man’s Sky Footage, Terrible Wonder Woman

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Olympic champ Mack Horton’s Facebook bombarded with 40,000 insults from Chinese swim fans, watch Kotaku play No Man’s Sky, the 12 most ridiculous episodes from the ’70s Wonder Woman TV series.

  • No Man’s Sky is one of the most highly anticipated video games of the year. Click here to watch Kotaku play through the first hour
  • When Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman appeared on TV from 1975-1979, her hair was perfect, her superpowers always prevailed, and her sense of justice never wavered. Every episode followed basically the same outline — stop some would-be villain’s nefarious plot — but the specifics of government agent Diana Prince’s cases were often wonderfully silly. Gizmodo counts down 12 of the most bonkers episodes ever.
  • After his stunning 400m freestyle win over Chinese champion Sun Yang, Horton is now battling tens of thousands of trolls trying to make his life miserable on social media. Business Insider has the story.
  • In other Olympic news, you probably don’t want to see this horrific footage of French gymnast Samir Ait Said breaking his leg. You have been warned.

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