Ant-Man & The Wasp director, Peyton Reed, has revealed he didn’t want the superhero duo to appear in Avengers: Infinity War. Earlier this year, many of Marvel’s greatest heroes united on the big screen to fight one of the universe’s great threats, Thanos. But fans were quick to notice that not every superhero in the MCU made an appearance. Reed has come out to explain why neither Ant-Man nor the Wasp were called upon to help defend Earth from the Mad Titan....

One of the secrets to the success of iPhone sales in China is something the company doesn’t usually like to admit: the widespread availability of Apple discounts. Usually these are offered only by third-party companies, even if the iPhone maker itself is offering them the discount to pass on to customers. But today the company is promoting Apple discounts on a whole range of products on the company’s official website …...

Apple announced in an email this weekend that it’s giving one free month of SHOWTIME through the Apple TV Channels. New subscribers can enjoy this exclusive deal during Labor Day weekend. If you want to catch up on SHOWTIME’S Billions, ahead of season 5 is debuting on September 5, Apple is giving one free month of this streaming service. In its weekly newsletter, Apple’s promotes SHOWTIME through the Apple TV Channels and everything the streaming service has to offer:...

Halfway through the work week, all of today’s best deals kick off with Apple Magic Keyboard discounts from $249. That’s alongside a 20% off Satechi sitewide sale and Anker’s latest iPhone accessory discounts from $16. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple Magic Keyboard for 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pros on sale In either case of Apple Magic Keyboard, both of these accessories are designed to go alongside the latest iteration of 12....

A new piece summarizing the history of changes to Apple’s App Store rules argues that the company hasn’t changed the strategy it adopted when the store was first launched back in 2008. The piece echoes my own view that Apple makes the smallest possible changes it believes will deal with each antitrust threat … CNBC argued that Apple’s strategy is to fight antitrust threats one rule at a time. The piece lists examples across the years....

NVIDIA on Wednesday announced the next edition of its annual GTC conference, where the company brings together industry professionals to introduce and discuss new technologies. This year, NVIDIA GTC will have Apple’s senior director of AI and ML research Samy Bengio as one of the speakers. According to the company, more than 200,000 developers are expected to join the event, which will feature content focused on deep learning, data science, high-performance computing, robotics, data center, networking, and graphics....

Apple’s September 7 event is officially on the calendar, with the tagline of “Far out.” With that date set, last-minute rumors are starting to surface, alongside additional corroboration of existing rumors. This time, a new supply chain report reiterates that the Apple Watch Pro announcement is set for the event — and it could be a big one. Apple Watch Pro: The latest Bloomberg was the first to report on Apple’s plans to launch a higher-end Apple Watch model....

As the second half of Arrow season 5 gets rolling, fans are likely wondering about new and returning faces that we might see. Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) has already made a reappearance in the midseason premiere, and although it was quickly learned that this was actually Earth-2’s Black Siren, it appears another Black Canary is on the way. We have also had our first glimpse of Talia Al Ghul (Lexa Doig), who will be playing a part in this season’s flashbacks....

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a treasured animation with a dedicated fanbase that loved following the journey of Aang, Katara, Sokka, and the rest of Team Avatar. Their adventure across the four elemental nations has inspired and fascinated fans across the world. Spawning several comics, a sequel series, and a questionable live-action movie, the series is a staple of animated television. While the journey was the best part, fans were also attached to the relationships that the characters formed....

Hollywood is packed full of movies that are stuck in perpetual development, but it’s a unique case when one of them is the sequel to the most lucrative movie of all time. Opening in 2009, Avatar broke just about every box office record there was. Thanks to the cutting-edge technology employed by writer/director James Cameron, the film was more than a movie—it was a cinematic experience. After grossing almost $3 billion at the worldwide box office, however, it seems crafting the perfect follow-up has become quite a daunting task for the auteur....

The Bachelorette star Hannah Brown admitted to having sex with one of the contestants in a windmill, twice, during the filming of the show. The 24-year-old apparently didn’t want to wait until the Fantasy Suites to take things to the next level with one of her suitors. By now, fans of The Bachelorette have likely seen clips of Brown - who originally appeared on Colton Underwood’s season of The Bachelor - reaming out controversial contestant Luke Parker for sex-shaming her....

The first look at the Batmobile from The Batman movie was recently released, and it’s a much better reveal than the first look at Ben Affleck’s Batman and Batmobile. Just a short period of time after debuting a first-look at Pattinson’s Batsuit, director Matt Reeves dropped a number of images that showed off the newest cinematic version of the Batmobile. These photos depicted a sleeker version of the Batmobile compared to the more tank-esque designs seen in the Batmobiles driven by Ben Affleck and Christian Bale in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Dark Knight trilogy, respectively....

The first trailer is here for Ridley Scott’s true story-based kidnapping drama, All the Money in the World. Scott is known as one of the most versatile and visual directors working today, not to mention prolific. This year alone, he has already released the Prometheus sequel (or, if you prefer, Alien prequel) Alien: Covenant and produced this October’s long-awaited sci-fi sequel, Blade Runner 2049. The 79-year-old filmmaker has no intention of slowing down or passing up challenging subject matter anytime soon, either....

Last summer award-winning developer Snowman brought its hit Alto’s Odyssey to Apple Arcade. But much more than a port of the original, it arrived as Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City with a new biome, adventures, and mechanics. Now Snowman has a remastered expansion of the original in the series with Alto’s Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain now available on Apple Arcade. Along with enjoying all the mesmerizing original aspects of the game, The Spirit of the Mountain Apple Arcade remaster features “the heart of the Mountain” where players will explore “never before seen set pieces, revealing the mysterious Pitu, a brand new playable character along the way....

Benjamin and Zac dive into the reports that Apple is preparing to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act, with alternative app stores and sideloading becoming a possibility on the iPhone for the first time. Also, there’s rumors that Apple has cancelled plans to release an iPhone SE 4 next year, and we have more clarity on the final specs for the upcoming Apple Silicon Mac Pro. Sponsored by Private Internet Access: Right now, go to PIAVPN....

Apple is rolling out a beta new firmware update for its Studio Display today. As we’ve reported before, the Studio Display runs firmware based on iOS and is powered by an A13 Bionic chip inside. This combination allows Apple to roll out firmware updates to the Studio Display, and today’s update is referred to as “Apple Studio Display Firmware Update 15.5.” Apple has confirmed that today’s update addresses issues with the webcam quality....

Privacy has been one of Apple’s main concerns for quite some time, and every year the company announces new ways to make its devices even more secure. This week, ELLE magazine published an interview with Apple’s chief privacy officer Jane Horvath, in which she talks about backdoors in iOS, GDPR, and more. Hovarth’s career With a degree in computer science, Hovarth began her career as a programmer for a government contractor long before joining Apple....

Arrow is staging a Birds of Prey episode featuring Laurel Lance (aka The Black Siren). The Black Siren is the second character that series regular Katie Cassidy has played on The CW superhero series, Oliver Queen’s first love and the very first Black Canary (second if you count her sister Sara Lance). However, Laurel was killed off in Arrow’s fourth season, making way for her quasi-evil counterpart from Earth-2 to enter the Arrowverse starting with The Flash’s second season....

As part of Disney’s continued campaign to have Marvel dominate the world, an Australian sports arena is set to be renamed Marvel Stadium. Disney is of course basically the biggest entertainment company in the world at this point, being behind not only Marvel Studios’ blockbusting MCU franchise, but also the Star Wars juggernaut, and that’s not to mention all the huge films Disney makes that aren’t from either of those universes....

The father of an autistic child with Down syndrome has said that an iPad with a speech app has made more difference to his son’s life than the far more expensive dedicated device offered under state programs. The piece highlights the gap between what will most benefit kids with special needs, and what healthcare and education programs are willing to pay for … David Perry tells the story of his son in a piece in The Verge....