The cast of Angel will be reuniting at New York Comic Con to celebrate the show’s upcoming 20th anniversary, but David Boreanaz will not be among them. He played the titular vampire with a soul on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff, which ran for five seasons. Angel began airing in 1999, but was unceremoniously canceled in 2004. Angel’s journey began on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which he appeared for three seasons before headlining his own series....

Apple this week announced that it will continue to accept app submissions to the App Store through the holiday season. While in the past the company used to suspend app submissions for a short period of time in December, this will no longer happen – at least not this year. App Store Connect running on a regular schedule during the holidays As detailed by the company on the Apple Developer website, app developers will be able to submit new apps and updates to the App Store during the holidays....

Back in September, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers announced her decision in the case of Apple vs. Epic Games. Judge Rogers ruled that Apple could no longer forbid developers from redirecting users to third-party payment systems, but Apple is now appealing that ruling – which could delay App Store changes by years. The company sent a notice of appeal in the Epic Games case on Friday asking for a stay of the injunction that will let developers add other in-app payment systems besides Apple’s....

For the longest time, the App Store did not allow users to rate or review Apple’s built-in iPhone and iPad apps, like Mail, Music, News, Stocks and Calculator. However, seemingly since the release of iOS 15 earlier this month, Apple has now lifted that restriction. It is now open season for App Store feedback on Apple’s stock apps. As you might expect, customer feedback is already flooding in for Apple’s apps, with the Podcasts app currently faring the worst statistically with a 2....

Apple has been sending some developers an email titled ”App Improvement Notice,” warning that the company will remove from the App Store apps that haven’t been ”updated in a significant amount of time.” As first reported by The Verge, developers have been complaining over social media about this new policy, as this could be harmful for indie and game developers. One of them, Twitter user Protopop Games, shared a screenshot of the email sent by Apple:...

Rumors about the Apple Car have slowed down over recent weeks, except for the company expanding its California self-driving test fleet. Now, according to the Korea Times, Apple is seeing developments in its car talks with Korean partners. As told by industry sources, Korea Times reports that Apple has made contact with multiple Korean EV component manufacturers. In the past few months, Apple has been reported to have discussed a possible partnership with a wide range of established carmakers....

Apple’s ad business generated around $4B in the company’s last fiscal year. That’s a lot of money, of course, but I think there’s a risk that ad sales are doing more than $4B’s worth of damage to the company. Let’s start by putting that number into context. By most standards, it’s a huge sum of money. It’s as much as AstraZeneca made from a year’s worth of COVID-19 vaccines, for example....

Apple is rolling out a small update to the Apple Store application for iPhone and iPad today. The update brings the app to version 5.14, and it includes new features for watching product videos, as well as a new lists feature. Head below for the full details. Apple explains that the new lists feature in the Apple Store application is designed such that you can “save items you like as lists,” then share a list with a specialist in-store....

tvOS 15 rolled out this week and we finally get to see the new batch of Apple’s stunning Aerial screensavers, rolling out to the Apple TV set-top box. In fact, this update brings an additional sixteen slow-mo landscapes into the screensaver rotation … The new aerials feature beautiful shots of Patagonia, Yosemite National Park and the Grand Canyon. There are 4, 7 and 5 videos of each location, respectively. This is a big jump up from the zero new additions in tvOS 14 last year....

Right on schedule, Apple has registered new Apple Watch models with the Eurasian Economic Commission. This comes ahead of the rumored Apple Watch Series 7 introduction in September with a new form factor, design, and other changes. As first spotted by Consomac, the new Apple Watch models referenced in the latest Eurasian Economic Commission filings are: A2473, A2474, A2475, A2476, A2477, and A2478. It’s hard to discern too many details from Apple model numbers, but the database filings are often good indicators of release timetables....

After debuting its largest and most rugged wearable to date last month, today Apple released one of the ads that it showed during its keynote event. “Call To The Wild” touts various extreme conditions that Apple Watch Ultra can handle. Call To The Wild is a sub-one-minute ad that shows a montage of extreme weather from winter storms, water, to desert heat that Apple Watch Ultra can endure. A narrator starts the commercial with “Wanted for hazardous journey…” set to the soundtrack “On The Verge” (Safari Riot Remix) by Skott....

Aqara, one of my favorite HomeKit vendors, has debuted another product just after the release of its Smart Feeder for Pets. Today, it’s upgrading the popular Aqara Cube Controller with HomeKit and Alexa support. The Aqara Cube T1 Pro’s functionality is similar to the original design, except it recognizes additional actions: push, shake, rotate, and tap. Also new with the upgraded Aqara Cube is a new Scene Mode, and when the mode is activated, it also recognizes different sides....

Aquaman has been officially classified as a 12A in the United Kingdom, like every other DCEU movie bar Suicide Squad. In order to get that rating, though, it seems the film had to be edited during post-production, with a “bloody detail” removed. Aquaman is one of the most eagerly anticipated films to release in December. The film’s been watched by selected members of the press, and first reactions on social media have been tremendously positive....

What if the writers and producers of Star Trek: Discovery are cleverer than fans are giving them credit for? Potential major spoilers ahead. Fans have suspected for weeks now that the newly introduced Lt. Ash Tyler on Star Trek: Discovery is actually the Klingon Voq in a genetically-modified disguise. This is based on a number of subtle clues (okay, some are not-so-subtle), chief among them being the IMDb page devoted to an actor named “Javid Iqbal....

Despite how increasingly unnecessary flashbacks have become, this season has seen Arrow explore a small but important part of Oliver’s history by taking a deep dive into his time in Russia and the affiliation with the Bratva that resulted from his trip. There to fulfill a promise to Taiana, Oliver’s efforts have so far put him in touch with Dolph Lundgren’s Kovar, a bunch of seemingly untrustworthy members of the Bratva, and, surprisingly, his future sort-of sister-in-law Talia al Ghul....

Audible shared the news in a blog post today: “Listening to Audible on an Apple Watch just got easier. Now listeners can access their library and stream and download titles without having to sync with an iPhone. Whether stepping out the door for a morning jog, at the dog park or running errands, users can begin streaming a riveting listen with just one wrist tap. Seamless synching across devices means they can switch to listening on an Alexa device or phone once home without losing their place....

Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) wasn’t the adopted son of Howard and Maria Stark, say Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. The MCU’s inaugural hero wrapped up his journey in the franchise after 11 years in a fitting, albeit tragic way. But the filmmakers behind the movie made sure to tie up all remaining loose ends to his story - that includes getting the closure he always longed for with his father....

Shuri may have also been killed by Thanos’ snap according to the newly released Avengers: Endgame trailer. Debuting this year as T’Challa’s vibrant and genius sister in Black Panther, the princess of Wakanda has quickly become a fan-favorite. Confirmed to be the smartest person in the MCU, Shuri was theorized to play a pivotal part in Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ attempt to restore peace and order in the universe after the Decimation....

The most famous video game series based on Dungeons & Dragons is returning, as Baldur’s Gate III has been announced during the first Google Stadia Connect event. The Baldur’s Gate series is composed of two games and several expansions which used the rules of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The last official Baldur’s Gate game to be released was the Throne of Bhaal expansion for Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn in 2001, which offered a conclusive ending to the story of the Bhaalspawn saga....