Update: The article was originally written prior to finding out an exception in the law. It is in fact, okay to use Apple Pay or other forms of contactless payment through drive-thrus in the UK. Source: gov.uk As new Highway Code rules were released last month, it is now illegal for drivers in the UK to touch their phone while driving. With this, it is now illegal for fast food customers to use Apple Pay while purchasing food in drive-thrus....

Rumors about Apple’s mixed reality headset have been gaining traction in recent months, but the company’s plans on when this device will be announced remain unclear. Despite recent references to Apple’s new “realityOS” platform, the official announcement of the headset still seems a long way off – at least that’s what analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says. According to Kuo on Twitter, it should take longer before Apple’s AR/VR headset goes into mass production....

Apple last year announced Xcode Cloud, which is a new platform that lets developers accelerate the development process by running automated tests and other tasks in the cloud. While the platform is still available as a private beta, Apple says access will be expanded to more developers soon, while the official launch is still expected later this year. However, what’s most notable in the email is that Apple revealed access to the Xcode Cloud beta will be expanded to more developers “over the coming weeks,” which suggests that more developers will be invited to try out the platform in February....

A batch of photos leaked earlier this week showing off previously unveiled Justice League Mortal costumes, but Armie Hammer says that the photos, which include a Batsuit, actually don’t feature the final Batsuit that was supposed to appear in the movie. Justice League Mortal is one of the great superhero movies that never came to be. Mad Max’s George Miller was due to unite the world’s finest heroes in the late ’00s while the DCEU as its unofficially known today was several years away from happening....

Another Jim Starlin creation or two may be set to appear in Avengers 4. Starlin is one of Marvel’s most iconic figures and he’s had a big role in creating the characters that have prominent parts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His biggest creation, Thanos, just arrived in all his glory in Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War. Based on reactions from critics and audiences alike, it seems the wait was worth it....

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is beginning to wind down its run as a theatrical release, and while the film’s final box office tally didn’t reach the record-breaking numbers that many had expected, the DC Extended Universe “kickoff” movie was still a fairly sizeable success. So it’s not surprising that Warner Bros. would be planning a fairly lavish rollout for the feature’s debut on Blu-ray and DVD - especially considering that hype for the film’s 3 hour long R-rated “ultimate” home video cut began mere weeks after it was released....

Putting superheroes back in their place is a nasty business, and here’s every song providing a musical backdrop to that job in The Boys. Based on the comic books by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys presents an R-rated look at what would happen if superheroes existed in the modern real world of corporate influence and social media marketing but, fortunately, the story’s titular quintet are on hand to “spank” any member of the spandex mob that strays out of line....

SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Far From Home Amy Pascal represents Sony’s interest in the Spider-Man franchise and has been working with Marvel since the deal to bring Peter Parker into the MCU was made. Additionally, she’s also overseeing the other Sony owned Marvel films including Venom, Morbius, the recently announced Kraven, and Into the Spider-Verse 2. Screen Rant recently got to sit down with Pascal to discuss Spider-Man Far From Home, Peter Parker’s future, and what’s next for the Non-MCU Marvel films in their stable....

Anne Hathaway has been gracing the big screen (and winning our hearts) since the early 2000s. She’s taken on all sorts of roles, from that of a struggling drug addict to the assistant of a fashion magazine editor to even an awkward high schooler who finds out she’s a princess. Is there anything she can’t do? While Hathaway’s talent is evident in every role she takes on, we’re here to narrow them down and look at her greatest....

In order to stay true to her character, actress Evangeline Lilly changed the fighting style of Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp. Lilly felt it important to honor the fact that her character is a woman and chose to fight in a way that she felt little girls could relate to. In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Lilly reprises her role as Hope van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym, the man who created the suits both she and Ant-Man wear in the film....

It looks as if Ant-Man & the Wasp will once again explore the MCU of the 1980s. While the first Ant-Man was a relatively stand-alone story, it still offered a surprising number of connections to the larger MCU. From Scott’s battle with the Falcon to a thug sporting a Ten Rings tattoo, the film felt like part of something bigger. One of the best moments, however, came from the various flashbacks to the Cold War Era of S....

New plot details for Ant-Man and The Wasp reveal the team’s mission to rescue Janet van Dyne. One of the biggest questions that emerged from Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man in 2015 was the fate of Hank Pym’s (Michael Douglas) wife, Janet van Dyne. Janet went subatomic to take out a missile in the 1980s, and as a result, she ended up being stuck in the Quantum Realm. Hank and his daughter, Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), believed Janet was lost forever; that is, until Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) was able to come back from the Quantum Realm....

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is quite popular with worldwide audiences thanks to the widely popular Hollywood movies he appeared in back in the 90s. Recently, his inspired performances in the TV series Genius and the movie Pain & Glory have yanked him back to the limelight. When he got his first-ever Hollywood role in 1992, Banderas had mostly appeared in Spanish films and couldn’t speak English. However, he learned the language quickly and went on to star in plenty of great English-language films....

Earlier this year, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the Apple-designed chip journey would continue as the company worked on developing its own modem chip, and that we might see this as early as 2023. A new report today echoes this, but seems more confident about the 2023 date. Apple currently uses Qualcomm for its modem chips, but has for many years been unhappy about this … Background Apple has always made its own combined CPU and GPU A-series chips for iPhones and iPads, and has recently started doing the same for Macs though the M1 and its variants....

Almost two years after Apple introduced the first Macs with its own silicon, the company is now preparing to introduce the next generation Apple Silicon chip for its machines. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is currently testing third-party apps with at least nine new Mac models running with an M2 chip. Sources familiar with the matter have been seeing unreleased Macs in their app logs, which suggests that Apple is now running final tests on the new computers before releasing them to the market....

Following shortly after Apple seeded developers with the third macOS Monterey beta, the latest release has been made available for public testers today. The new macOS Monterey beta includes a notable change in the default Safari tab design – reverting from the new unified search and tab bar in the previous betas, and more. macOS Monterey beta 3 (technically the second public release) is showing up now via OTA for public testers already enrolled....

In a week, Apple is rumored to unveil the Apple Watch SE 2. A couple of years after the introduction of the original model, the company is readying a second generation. Although not much is expected to change, here’s what we know so far about Apple’s current plans for this watch. Design and size In one of his Power On newsletters, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said the Apple Watch SE 2 won’t have the bigger screen introduced with the Apple Watch Series 7....

Headlining all of today’s best deals, Apple Watch Series 6 models are on sale via Woot from $280. That’s alongside Twelve South iPad stands and some HomeKit gear up for grabs, too. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple Watch Series 6 on sale from $280 via Woot Today only, Woot has launched its latest certified refurbished Apple sale with a collection of discounted iPhones and Apple Watch models....

In his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman talks about the new M2 Macs he expects Apple to unveil during the cycle of this new processor. With that in mind, the journalist talks about the variations of the M2 chip Apple will likely unveil in the next few months: Pro, Ultra, Max, and Extreme. According to Gurman, these are the devices and chips that we could see on the next Macs:...

Thanos and Thor are the two characters that have the most screen time in Avengers: Infinity War. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: Civil War), and based on a script from screenwriting duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Civil War), the highly-anticipated third Avengers film comes on the heels of a record-breaking box office run by Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. And it takes the Marvel Cinematic Universe to new heights by culminating the past 10 years worth of storytelling within the MCU....