As fans of the soon to be released Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice ready themselves for what promises to be an onscreen battle of impressive proportions, the unanswered questions keep on growing. Director Zack Snyder and the movie’s cast have done their best so far to keep things relatively hush-hush, despite sitting on one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. Upon first consideration, the idea of Batman taking on someone like Superman could seem somewhat silly....

2016 is shaping up to be the year DC really breaks open its world. Two of this year’s hottest upcoming films are undeniably the company’s latest entries in the DC Extended Universe: Suicide Squad is set to offer up the darker side of DC, with its team of anti-heroes and bad guys. But before Harley and crew raise hell, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice will lay the groundwork for the burgeoning film version of the comic book mythos....

American Gods came to television with high expectations. Based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel, with Gaiman himself on board as an executive producer, alongside Michael Green and Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller, people had every expectation that they were in for a remarkable piece of entertainment. They weren’t disappointed; over the course of its first season, American Gods was a surreal, visually stunning treat that expanded on the book in really interesting ways....

B&H’s early holiday Apple sale takes $149 off M1 iPad Pro B&H today is launching its new Holiday Head Start sale as a way to help shoppers avoid the 2021 Black Friday rush with some enticing discounts before Thanksgiving week. Alongside rotating deals on photography gadgets and the like, you’ll find deep discounts on the latest Apple releases, popular Bose headphones, and more. Most notably, B&H is giving shoppers another chance to score the best prices of the year on Apple’s latest 12....

Apple is quietly expanding some Apple Pencil features to more languages with additional Scribble functionalities in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, and French. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS “Feature Availability” page shows these five languages can now be used when copying handwriting as text and also receiving data detector support. Early this year, Apple had already made Scribble available in all these languages, but now it’s expanding some features....

The iOS 15 beta fun continues today. Apple is releasing the iOS 15 beta 4 and iPadOS 15 beta 4 to developers. This comes two weeks after the release of beta 3, which brought notable changes to the controversial Safari redesign and more. iOS 15 beta 4 and iPadOS 15 beta 4 are available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if the update does not immediately appear for download, keep checking, as it sometimes takes a few minutes to roll out to all registered developers....

One day ahead of the all-new MacBook Pro notebooks arriving to the first customers, Apple has officially launched its latest major update for Mac. macOS Monterey comes with a new Safari experience, Shortcuts app, Focus mode, Live Text, AirPlay to Mac, SharePlay, and more. macOS Monterey is available now for all users. You can head to the Mac App Store to download the new OS but it is rolling out via OTA – head to System Preferences > Software Update....

Apple was recently granted a trademark extension for the name “Mammoth” in the computer operating system category, hinting at a possible name for next year’s release of macOS. The trademark extension was approved on November 16 according to filings. Apple’s “Mammoth” trademark is owned by the shell corporation Yosemite Research LLC. Yosemite Research LLC has previously collected and held onto Apple trademarks for macOS, including the name “Yosemite” for macOS 10....

There’s a growing number of Apple Store workers around the world pushing to unionize, and one store in Maryland has already made the jump. Now, a group of Apple retail workers in Australia has voted to strike next week as they battle with Apple to get the company to agree to a deal and endorse their unionization. In a similar vein, a new report from Bloomberg today says that Apple will “withhold its latest employee perks” from the unionized retail store in Maryland....

On Arrow, Oliver Queen has a long history with the League of Assassins. Their leader Ra’s al Ghul stabbed Ollie with a sword, nearly killing the vigilante. He then forced Ollie to marry his daughter Nyssa, in spite of Nyssa being gay, and take over as leader. Speaking of Nyssa, she’s popped up in Ollie’s life a number of times, due to her relationship with Sara Lance and her rivalry with Malcolm Merlyn....

[SPOILERS for those not caught up on Arrow ahead.] - Arrow has been a major driving force for superhero television since The CW’s Smallville came to an end five years back, in 2011. Airing on the same network and picking up an incredibly loyal and healthy fan base, the show has gone on to spawn more of its type within the DC superhero genre; with The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl all successful series in their own right....

The first Avengers: Infinity War social media reactions are now online. The upcoming superhero team-up movie is one of the most anticipated films of all-time, and it’s expected to rival some of the top spots at the domestic and worldwide box offices - and for good reason. Avengers 3 brings together virtually every major character from all 18 movies that have released thus far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There has never been a movie this big before with so many interconnecting characters and storylines....

Warning! SPOILERS ahead for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Godzilla: King of the Monsters not only features the iconic monsters from Toho’s original Godzilla films, but its soundtrack also incorporates their musical themes. The film’s trailer may have initially won over audiences with a hauntingly beautiful rendition of “Claire de Lune”, but King of the Monsters’ actual score is the perfect orchestral accompaniment to thrilling spectacle of these giant monster fights....

The latest entry into the Conjuring horror franchise, Annabelle Comes Home, introduces a curious timeline-based plot hole into the mix. Between Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring, James Wan is a man of many franchises. While he leaves the directing up to others now, having graduated onto blockbusters like Aquaman, he still stays active as a producer and sometimes writer on The Conjuring entries. This held true for Annabelle Comes Home, with Wan not only producing but writing the story alongside director Gary Dauberman....

Apple Arcade – Apple’s gaming streaming service – will soon lose 15 titles as the company just added a new “Leaving Arcade Soon” tab with games that will no longer be part of the 200+ offerings available for its subscribers. As reported by TouchArcade, Apple added at the bottom of the Arcade tab in the App Store a new section called “Leaving Arcade Soon,” which shows what games will be removed from the streaming service in the near future....

This week has seen Apple fined for the ninth time as it again failed to satisfy the Dutch antitrust regulator ACM that it was complying with the law in respect of the App Store. Fines now total €45M ($49.7M), and if a tenth one is issued, that will hit the legal cap of €50M ($55M) – but that won’t be the end of it … Background We’ve previously explained the background to the dispute:...

Update: Megan Mohr has since written a blog post explaining more about how Apple handled the incident. A report today cites 15 different women accusing Apple HR of mishandling serious misconduct allegations, and more than half of them say that the company retaliated against them for bringing the complaints. One of the allegations related to a sexual assault committed outside of work hours and premises. This can be a tricky area for companies – but the human resources manager responding was said to have been entirely dismissive, likening the attack to “a minor traffic accident” …...

In a new Apple Music series, K-pop band BTS will show their journey to becoming the hit they are today. The three-episode limited series, BTS Radio: Past & Present, will air weekly on radio station Apple Music 1. The first episode will release on May 28 at 9 a.m. ET and will feature the groups story of how they formed, with songs that inspired their music. The second episode, airing June 3, will feature BTS fan’s (dubbed BTS ARMY) favorite songs....

From today, Apple is bundling 6-month free trials of Apple Music with purchases of eligible AirPods and Beats products. The free period is available to new buyers of AirPods and Beats headphones as well as existing owners. Customers have up to 90 days to redeem the offer, after first pairing the newly-purchased headphones to a device. Existing owners of AirPods or Beats have up to 90 days from the time that they upgraded to the latest iOS version....

Apple has been pushing hard for users to upgrade to the iPhone 13 line, but the company doesn’t think Android phones are worth a big value, even when trading in for a new iPhone. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple has changed the estimated trade-in value for users that want to turn in their Android phones for a brand-new iPhone. Previously, you could get up to a $545 discount at Apple Store, and now the maximum you can get is $405....