Comic book writer Tom King will write a dystopian drama series called States of America. This news comes after King claimed the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Writing. States of America takes place in a profoundly divided U.S. that is now occupied by foreign forces to maintain peace. It takes a look at some of the very real deep divisions that already exist in the country and creates a dystopian world where those differences have created an America that is no longer united in standing but divided in falling....

Apple is widely expected to unveil an all-new MacBook Pro lineup as soon as sometime this summer with upgraded Apple Silicon processors, a new design, and more. Another of the rumored changes is that Apple will drop the controversial Touch Bar in favor of a traditional function row, and now, analysts at Display Supply Chain Consultants are corroborating this. In a new report published this week, DSCC explains that the Touch Bar is the third largest use of OLED displays currently but that its sources indicate that Apple will “cancel the Touch Bar” with a future MacBook Pro....

Not only is Michael Peña back as Luis in Ant-Man & the Wasp, but he has also started a business that’s pulled straight from the comics. A lot changed between Edgar Wright tackling Ant-Man and director Peyton Reed taking the reins. One major alteration was the fast-talking recaps by Luis, which were one of the biggest hits of the first film. It’s almost guaranteed that one or two more will be featured in the sequel, but regardless, Luis will be around keeping the tone light as Ant-Man and the team deal with one bad night in Ant-Man 2....

Apple (AAPL) has officially reported its earnings for fiscal Q4 2021, covering the months of July, August, and September (aka calendar Q3). Amid ongoing supply chain shortages, Apple reported a September quarter revenue record of $83.4 billion, up 29% year over year. It reported profit of $20.5 billion and earnings-per-share of $1.24. By the numbers As we detailed earlier this week, analysts had high expectations for Apple’s fiscal Q4, despite a number of headwinds....

After 46 days of this new year, Apple Music Replay 2022 is now available to all users. With that, it’s possible to see how your listening experience has been so far on the Apple Music app in 2022. As first spotted by Twitter user Baby V, Apple is once again bringing back the Apple Music Replay experience. This playlist shows the top 100 most played songs, the most listened to artists, and the top 10 albums of the year for each user....

Apple has some announcements in store for today. The Apple Store Online has gone down, which happens ahead of new products being available to order. Apple CEO Tim Cook has also taken to Twitter to tease some sort of announcement with the tagline “Take Note.” New iPad announcements imminent Apple is widely expected to announce new iPad Pro hardware today, including new versions of the 11-inch and 12.9-inch devices with an M2 chip inside....

Apple TV+ today released a trailer for its upcoming content slate of original TV shows and movies for 2023. The sizzle reel includes teases of a bunch of new shows, including highly anticipated premieres like the drama miniseries “Masters of the Air,” a sequel to the acclaimed war dramas, “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” It also teased the third season of “Ted Lasso,” the sci-fi series “Wool,” Billy Crudup’s comedy “Hello Tomorrow,” and the Ridley Scott-directed feature “Napoleon,” among others....

Apple TV+ has been available for almost two years now, and while its catalog of original movies and TV shows has been growing considerably, the platform is far from being a huge global success like its competitors. Earlier this week, research firm Digital TV Research reported that Apple TV+ is expected to reach nearly 36 million subscribers by the end of 2026. According to the research (via The Hollywood Reporter), Disney+ has the best case scenario when looking ahead....

Cyber Monday is upon us as Thanksgiving week draws closer, with a collection of the latest from Apple already going on sale. While you’ll find discounts on AirPods, iPhone 13 accessories, and much more, we’re also seeing a number of Cyber Monday Apple Watch deals, too. With price cuts on the more affordable wearables in Apple’s stable kicking off the festivities this year, you can head below for all of the best Apple Watch Cyber Monday deals....

Marvel’s Pete Thompson has published stunning concept art from Avengers: Infinity War, even revealing a key scene that was cut from the script - the fall of Knowhere. Avengers: Infinity War is a unique film, shot entirely with IMAX technology in order to create some of the most beautiful, arresting landscapes in the MCU to date. The movie blended familiar locations like New York City, Wakanda, and Knowhere with all-new settings such as Vormir and Nidavellir....

The new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War is just around the corner based on the latest tease from the film’s directors. Joe and Anthony Russo are making their third and fourth films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and have been given the difficult task of ending Phase 3. It will come in a fashion unlike anything audiences have seen before as characters from across the MCU collide to battle Thanos (Josh Brolin)....

Will there ever be a Back to the Future 4? It has been nearly three decades since the third movie in the franchise made its debut. Another Back to the Future sequel will likely never happen but here’s an update on the possibility. Back to the Future was created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale in the early ’80s. The sci-fi adventure comedy premiered in the summer of 1985. The story about teenager Marty McFly (Michael J....

Aquaman actress Amber Heard has said that her visual depiction of Mera in the upcoming film will be comic accurate. Heard’s character Mera is Aquaman’s love interest in the film and eventually becomes his wife in the source material. Mera first appeared on film in Justice League, albeit in a minor cameo role. Although the Aquaman movie will largely focus on Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry/Aquaman, it seems that Mera’s role will still be hefty....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe really doesn’t need Ant-Man 3. Most Marvel franchises come in threes, and as a result viewers naturally expected Marvel to sign off on Ant-Man 3. What’s more, in narrative terms there’s clearly a lot for this film to explore; the Quantum Realm may have been important in both Ant-Man & the Wasp and Avengers: Endgame, but in conceptual terms it’s still relatively undefined. Ant-Man & the Wasp producer Stephen Broussard has suggested that was entirely deliberate, and that Ant-Man 3 would explore the Quantum Realm in far greater detail....

Apple and Ericsson have reached a licensing agreement that will put an end to a years-long, increasingly nasty legal battle between the two companies. As announced in a press release, the deal includes a “cross-license relating to patented cellular standard-essential technologies and grants certain other patent rights.” The two companies first sued each other in 2015, accusing each other of various patent infringement and licensing disagreements in regard to 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies....

Yet another Apple antitrust complaint has been filed, this time in Mexico. What makes this one unusual is that it has been filed by former head of the country’s telecoms regulator. The oddity of a former regulator filing a complaint is likely explained by the fact that the individual in question is now a freelance consultant … Background Apple is facing a huge number of antitrust investigations and lawsuits around the world, with the App Store the primary focus....

Right after Snapchat went down, it seems that some Apple services are also experiencing issues on Thursday night. Apple just confirmed that the App Store and iTunes Store are not available right now for some users, as shown on the System Status webpage on Apple’s website. Update (4:43 PM PT): Apple says the outage has now been fixed. You can read the original article below. What caused the outage is unclear, but Apple says both the App Store and iTunes Store may be slow or even completely unavailable for some users....

A few days ago, users noticed that the Apple Music app icon has been showing up in the PlayStation 5’s music menu — even though there isn’t one. Now Apple itself has hinted that its subscription music platform is coming soon to “gaming consoles.” As first noted by The Verge’s Tom Warren, Apple yesterday updated a webpage used to promote a special Apple Music offer for those who purchased new AirPods or Beats products....

After launching the first macOS Monterey 12.1 beta at the end of October, Apple has seeded developers with macOS 12.1 beta 4. It arrives as Apple has slated the launch of Universal Control and SharePlay as coming “later this fall” for Mac with not much changing in this latest release. Update 2:04 pm PT: Now available for public beta testers as well. macOS 12.1 beta 4 is appearing now via OTA for developers and public testers with build number 21C5045a....

Apple finally announced Apple Watch Series 7 on Tuesday after several rumors about the next generation of its smartwatch. However, unlike what the rumors suggested, Apple Watch Series 7 doesn’t exactly have a brand-new design — and that’s not all. It seems that this year’s Apple Watch has the same processor as the 2020 Apple Watch Series 6. During the presentation, Apple didn’t say a word about the Apple Watch Series 7 performance....