The Apple Watch Ultra will be released this Friday, and it’s the biggest upgrade since the original Apple Watch in 2015. With a larger battery and better sensors, here’s what reviewers are saying about this $800 wearable and its extreme sports features. For The Verge, the battery life is impressive, as they test real-life examples highlighted below without low-power mode on: This past weekend, I charged the Ultra to 100 percent....
All of today’s discounts are headlined by an all-time low on Apple’s white 11-inch Magic Keyboard from $209. Not to mention, refurbished Apple Watch models from $110 alongside elago’s new MagSafe Stand on sale for the first time. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s new white Magic Keyboard falls to $209 Verizon Wireless currently offers Apple’s new Magic Keyboard for 11-inch iPad Pro and latest iPad Air from $209....
Along with Suicide Squad, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Justice League, director James Wan’s Aquaman helps fill a packed film slate for Warner Bros. Pictures’ DC Extended Universe over the coming years. Each superhero film will be under pressure to perform well at the box office (in order to keep the the DCEU going) and earn a warmer reception (in general) than Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice did this year....
Aquaman may signal a new era for the DCEU, but it still maintains an oddly specific aspect of Justice League: iffy CGI hair. James Wan’s Atlantean spectacle is the first movie to release since the JLA’s box office disappointment, and with its neon underwater landscapes and 1980s schtick very much marks a new era for the DC Extended Universe. But that past still invites comparisons, and one of them isn’t necessarily flattering....
Paul Blackthorne is leaving Arrow after six seasons as Quentin Lance. The life of Oliver Queen has greatly influenced those around him. His superhero life of fighting crime has brought several of his closest friends into the crossfire unintentionally, but even more have joined him on this quest. Season 6 has proven that it comes at a cost, with Oliver now all alone fighting crime. His methods have pushed away former allies, but also led to a few leaving this life altogether....
The CW’s marketing machine has been working overtime to promote the TV crossover event known as ‘Invasion!’ and/or ‘Heroes v Aliens’, in the week leading up to the event’s premiere. DCTV shows Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow will all cross over during the course of ‘Heroes v Aliens’, starting with the next episode of Supergirl season 2, titled ‘Medusa’. ‘Medusa’ will mostly function as a continuation of the main plot threads on Supergirl this season (Kara battling Project Cadmus, the origins of Guardian, Alex Danvers coming out)....
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s controversial DLC is being changed after fan complaints and confusion. The latest entry in Ubisoft’s long-running franchise, Odyssey has emphasized player choice more than any other Creed game. There’s not only the starting choice of playing a male or female character for the entire game, but Odyssey is filled with RPG-like decisions. This includes romances as players can make their hero (or heroine) homosexual, heterosexual or anything else on the sexual spectrum....
Marvel unveiled a small update for Avengers: Infinity War, as the movie received a brand new logo with its prelude comic. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are only a few weeks away from seeing the universe’s next installment in Thor: Ragnarok, but eyes have continued to look ahead to Marvel’s biggest film of 2018. While Black Panther is putting up a good fight, Infinity War is sitting back and waiting to take its place in the spotlight....
The pilot for NBC’s untitled Bad Boys spin-off has started filming, and a first look photo has arrived from the set. The original Bad Boys was Michael Bay’s first movie, and he used his years of experience directing music videos to make the modestly budgeted production look super slick and glossy. It also put Will Smith on the path to movie stardom after years on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air....
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Batman: Prelude to the Wedding #1 Batman and Catwoman are finally getting married - but the wedding is shaping up to be a huge, supervillainous beatdown. After literal decades of build-up and sexual tension, the wedding of Batman and Catwoman is still a little ways off. The wedding won’t occur until Batman #50 in Tom King’s comic series, set to release on July 4th. Yet ahead of the big event DC has launched a miniseries putting the Batman family through a gauntlet of their own in Prelude to the Wedding....
SPOILERS follow for Batman #50 Comic book fans often argue that the movies should simply mimic the original comics, but Tom King’s Batman run has demonstrated just why that’s not the case. King’s current run is becoming the stuff of legends; he has a deep understanding of Batman’s personality and identity, and as such has dug into the Dark Knight’s tortured mind like few writers before him. This week’s Batman #50 brings to a close a long-running storyline in which Batman and Catwoman were engaged to be married....
Iron Man 2 features Tony Stark referencing project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. - something that will be fully explained in Ant-Man & the Wasp. As per the upcoming sequel’s latest trailer, project G.O.L.I.A.T.H. was worked on by Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne), who examined how the Pym Particles can be used to expand someone’s mass. Foster even giddily told Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) that he was able to grow to a maximum height of 21 feet, while his contemporary proudly shared that he grew to 65 feet....
The Apple Watch continues to play a crucial role in medical research studies around the world. This week, the University of Michigan Health has published early results from what it calls a “landmark, three-year observational study” that it first started in 2018 in collaboration with Apple. As detailed in a new blog post from the University of Michigan Health, the goal of the study is to “enroll a diverse set of participants across a range of ages, races, ethnicities, and underlying health conditions” and to provide insight into the baseline health status of a representative group of thousands of people....
Apple is once again adjusting its COVID-19 policies for retail employees. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple plans to begin testing vaccinated retail workers twice per week, an increase from the current once per week testing policy. The change comes as Apple is mulling lifting the mask requirement for its retail employees. Apple Stores adjust COVID-19 protocols again Apple announced this change in a memo to U.S. retail employees on Tuesday....
We noted earlier today that Apple will probably use security as a defence to an Apple Pay lawsuit, and we didn’t have long to wait. Three new Apple Pay videos have been posted to YouTube, each promoting the security of the service. Each video is super-short. The longest is 15 seconds, while the other two are just six seconds each … Background We explained earlier the basis for the antitrust lawsuit....
Apple senior vice president of internet software and services, Eddy Cue, just joined the Duke University board of trustees alongside six new members. As spotted by AppleInsider (via Today Duke), Apple’s Eddy Cue joined the Duke University board of trustees by the beginning of July with Michael J. Bingle, vice chairman of Silver Lake Group; Nancy-Ann DeParle, managing partner and cofounder of Consonance Capital Partners; and Grant H. Hill, basketball hall of fame and founder of Hill Ventures....
Apple Retail Stores are constantly used to promote Apple TV+ shows and movies, however, the company has now taken a more aggressive (and fun) approach. Some of the most popular Apple TV+ shows such as Severance and Ted Lasso have now come to life at The Grove Apple Store. The promoted shows are The Afterparty, Schmigadoon!, Pachinko, Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, WeCrashed, and Severance. Each pop-up has features related to the shows....
Apple just released the Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball schedule for July. The best part is that the Major League Baseball games will remain available to watch for free for another month. Here’s the schedule. As Apple has been doing, the game assignments for Friday Night Baseball broadcasters will be announced on a weekly basis. The show will keep with live pre and postgame coverage hosted by Lauren Gardner, along with a rotating group of analysts and former MLB players, including Carlos Peña, Cliff Floyd, and Yonder Alonso, and former MLB umpire Brian Gorman will continue to offer rules analysis and interpretation....
Last year’s Epic Games versus Apple ruling left both sides unhappy with the result, each filing its own appeal. An appeals hearing took place on Monday, and the intention and effect of the Apple ecosystem – aka the “Apple walled garden” – was the core issue debated. Apple made the case that the ecosystem is designed to keep iPhone users safe from malware and scams, while Epic argued that the iPhone maker is simply afraid of competition …...
After spending its first three weekends in release atop the U.S. box office, Aquaman has finally been dethroned from its number one position domestically by one of the weekend’s new releases, STXFilm’s The Upside. Hitting theaters just a year after the Justice League was seen as a general disaster, Aquaman has already passed $1 billion at the worldwide box office and has become the new DC Extended Universe standard for commercial success....
