Apple’s impressive health features have been expanding over the years and reach beyond devices like Apple Watch. Now in a new interview, Apple’s VP of health, Dr. Sumbul Desai revealed how the company approaches designing, validating, and testing health features, and more. Sitting down for an interview during Heath Month with Rene Ritchie, Dr. Desai shared that having the leadership team at Apple fully behind innovation in health is empowering and important....

Warning: SPOILERS below for Aquaman. Director James Wan sheds light on why he chose to use Pitbull’s song “Ocean to Ocean” in one of Aquaman’s key scenes. There’s a lot of remarkable sequences in the latest DC Films installment, but arguably what stuck with most viewers was the slow-mo shot of Arthur (Jason Momoa) and Mera (Amber Heard) walking out of the water. It’s an expected sight in a film set both on land and sea, but what made it so memorable is the fact that it’s set to the tune of Pitbull’s aforementioned song....

There has been a lot of speculation recently that a trailer for the Assassin’s Creed adaptation would be released soon. This has been fueled largely by the release of a number of stills from the film, suggesting that they came from iconic scenes that were being cut together for inclusion in the trailer. It turns out that the speculation was right, as the first trailer for the film is slated to drop on Wednesday, May 11....

The co-creator of Assassin’s Creed admits that game series was originally just supposed to be a trilogy. Over a decade on, and having covered so many different eras of history, it is astonishing to think how far the series has come since those early days of the Third Crusade. Moving beyond the Holy Land to tackle the likes of the Italian Renaissance, Colonial era, the French Revolution, and even the Victorian period, Ubisoft has shown time and time again that Assassin’s Creed has legs....

Sponsored by Kolide: With Kolide, you can make your team into your biggest allies for endpoint security. Solve problems, right within Slack. Learn more here. Stories discussed in this episode: Apple reportedly wanted ‘a slice of Facebook’s revenue’ prior to privacy feud Bloomberg: Apple tells suppliers to make at least 90 million iPhone 14 units iPad mini 6 is finally back in stock with $99 cellular discounts to all-time lows of $550 Apple’s all-new M2 MacBook Pro back on sale with $200 in savings from $1,149 Synology’s popular DS220j 2-Bay NAS is perfect for Time Machine backups at 2022 low of $150 Enjoy the podcast?...

The latest poster for Avengers: Infinity War focuses on Thanos and his personal team, the Black Order. With the recent reveal of what the villains will look like back at D23, it was only a matter of time before they became part of the marketing material, and here we are. While they’re not exactly the main focus of the poster, they’re clearly important. It’s likely they’ll play a bigger role than we think in retrieving all of the stones....

Angela Bassett recently confirmed that the characters of Ramonda and Shuri survived the conclusion of Avengers: Infinity War. The latest addition to the Avengers franchise saw many characters erased from existence after Thanos acquired all the Infinity Stones and snapped his fingers. However, the fates of many others were left unknown as the credits rolled. Since Infinity War’s premiere, the filmmakers have spent some time filling in the blanks, letting fans know who perished and who survived....

Apple-owned music recognition service Shazam today announced that users have recognized more than 1 billion songs using the Music Recognition feature from Control Center in iOS. 1 billion uses for something that was only introduced with iOS 14.2 last fall is an impressive figure. Apple said the most Shazamed track was “Talking to the Moon” by Bruno Mars, followed by “Astronaut in the Ocean” by Masked Wolf. Music Recognition allows users to easily Shazam music they are listening to on their iPhone, listening to audio from any app....

There are times when something drives you nuts, and a long time later you learn that there was a simple solution all along. So in case anyone else has suffered from Apple Calendar timezone confusion, let me share it. The confusion arises because of what I personally think is a rather odd default by Apple, which probably reflects the life of senior Cupertino execs more than the average iPhone or Mac user …...

Apple Podcasts improvements coming into effect next month include improved analytics and support for those wanting to take advantage of the opportunity for paid subscriptions. Apple has also announced new marketing tools for shows … Key to the improvements is more detailed information on followers. Creators will also be able to customize their subscription banners, allowing different messages for different shows. All creators will be able to view metrics for Followers in Apple Podcasts Connect beginning next month....

The Apple Store Online is currently down in China as Apple prepares for a big round of iPhone discounts in the country this weekend. As announced earlier this week, Apple is planning discounts on its iPhone models and accessories, as well as the Apple Watch and AirPods. Apple routinely takes its store offline as it prepares for new product launches or major changes. This is generally done as a way for the company to build anticipation....

There were multiple stories in the news last week regarding Apple Store employees’ plans to unionize. While Apple has yet to make a public statement about the unionization plans, it’s already working with anti-union lawyers to stop these efforts. Recent instances of union talks Apple Store employees at the Grand Central store in New York City have started the process of unionizing. These employees seek to improve the quality of working conditions, earn more vacation time and better retirement, and secure a $30-per-hour minimum wage....

Kuo had already said in another investor note that Apple was working on a new redesigned MacBook Air for 2022, but he wasn’t specific about the schedule. Now Kuo claims that this rumored laptop will be officially introduced sometime in mid-2022, which could indicate an April release just like the 2021 iMac or even at WWDC in June. The analyst also reiterates his earlier note about the Mini-LED display coming to the next-generation MacBook Air, but this time Kuo said that it will feature a 13....

UPDATE: Read everything revealed by the Aquaman set visit reports. Aquaman will introduce us to the title character’s half brother, Orm, as played by actor Patrick Wilson in the upcoming film. Aquaman is scheduled to be released in December - just in time to attract huge Christmas audiences. Aquaman is the follow-up to 2017’s Justice League, directed by James Wan, and starring Jason Momoa as the title character. In addition to Momoa and Wilson, Amber Heard plays Mera, Nicole Kidman plays Queen Atlanna, Dolph Lundgren takes on the role of King Nereus, and William Dafoe appears as Nuidis Vulko....

The last time Oliver Queen asked for a helping hand from one of his old acquaintances, Arrow brought John Constantine back from the nebulous realm of canceled television programs. It was as much a testament to the growing power of Greg Berlanti’s Arrowverse, as it was to the increasingly pervasive idea that no television show is ever truly canceled – it’s just on indefinite hiatus until a network or bright-eyed producer finds the right angle from which to approach the property all over again....

A tie-in novel for Arrow has been announced, connecting the events of the show’s season 5 finale to the season 6 premiere episode. As superhero TV series are inclined to do, Arrow ended last season on a bang. In this case, it was a literal one, as explosions went off all over Lian Yu. For now, it’s unclear who survived the event, though most of Team Arrow have already been confirmed to be back....

Avengers: Endgame scriptwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have revealed that they considered teaming up Captain America and the Red Skull. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame were always envisioned as the climax of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a celebration of the shared universe Marvel had built over the course of the last decade. The two films saw the MCU’s greatest heroes team up against the threat of Thanos, the Mad Titan who was determined to erase half the life in the universe with a snap of his fingers....

Concept art for Ant-Man & the Wasp has raised an exciting new possibility: that next year’s Avengers 4’s time travel isn’t about simply jumping backward, but that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will be tapping into memories through the Quantum Realm. It’s generally accepted that Avengers 4 will be a time-travel film of some sort. Set photos have shown many of the heroes suited up in classic costumes, harking back to 2012’s The Avengers: Chris Hemsworth was seen sporting his flowing golden locks; Chris Evans was spotted wearing that “old-fashioned” costume....

The evil Batman are coming to DC’s METAL event, revealing that when you cross Bruce Wayne with The Flash, you get BATMAN: THE RED DEATH. Now that DC Comics has officially revealed the first cover art for the hero-turned-supervillain, fans can feast their eyes one one of several one-shot comics focused on a ’nightmare’ version of Batman from DC’s Dark Multiverse. All things considered, RED DEATH proves that villainous figures charged with Speed Force energy can get a lot more unsettling than the Reverse-Flash....

With just a month remaining until the theatrical premiere of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (as of this writing), anticipation for Zack Snyder’s superhero extravaganza has never been higher. The DC film has been making plenty of headlines lately, as everything from new marketing materials, details on the home media release, and a launch date for pre-order ticket sales have been unveiled to the public recently. One thing that’s been made abundantly clear in the movie’s trailers is that a significant portion of Batman V Superman deals with the fallout from the destructive Battle of Metropolis in Man of Steel, as humanity attempts to make sense of the god-like figure in Superman appearing....