Netflix’s new sci-fi series Another Life stars Katee Sackhoff as Niko Breckenridge, an astronaut leading the crew of the spaceship Salvare on a dangerous mission - and Another Life season 1’s ending seriously raises the stakes. Niko’s journey begins after a mysterious UFO arrives on Earth and plants itself in the ground, creating a large crystalline structure that comes to be called the Artifact. While Niko’s husband, Erik (Justin Chatwin) stays behind on Earth with their daughter, Jana (Lina Renna), and tries to figure out a way to communicate with the aliens, Niko leads the Salvare on a mission to investigate the possible source of the Artifact....

At EA Play 2019, Respawn Entertainment announced that Season 2 is kicking off in Apex Legends with a bang. When it arrives later this summer, it will bring a new Legend with shocking abilities, a new weapon with which to blow away foes, a new and improved Battle Pass, and more. Apex Legends Season 2, called Battle Charge, seems to have first and foremost been designed to respond to players’ warranted complaints about the scarce and lackluster content offered in Season 1, and it seems well-equipped to turn the tides for the shrinking game....

Pro-choice and privacy campaigners are warning that app data and other personal data pulled from smartphones could be used to prosecute women who have had abortions … The concern has been raised in light of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that looks set to remove legal protection for both those having abortions and the medical professionals performing them. Indeed, under some state legislation, it could even be illegal to send a text message offering help or support....

Apple has sealed a multi-year first-look feature deal to develop and produce sports films with Nike’s Waffle Iron Entertainment and Makeready. According to Deadline, the companies will create films celebrating the power of sport and inspiring next-gen athletes. The Apple TV+ streaming service is already diving into sports; offering Friday Night Baseball for viewers. The service’s Emmy-winning hit TV series Ted Lasso also features a sports-based plot. Additionally, Apple TV+ created the four-part docuseries, They Call Me Magic, about the life and career of famed basketball player, Magic Johnson....

In a new interview with TechCrunch, three Apple executives have shared some interesting details on how the company approached developing the design and features of the Mac Studio and Studio Display. TechCrunch’s Matthew Panzarino sat down with Apple’s Tom Boger – Vice President of Mac and iPad Product Marketing, Shelly Goldberg – Senior Director, Mac and iPad Product Design, and Xander Soren – Director of Product Marketing, Pro Apps. One of the themes Panzarino noticed was the Mac Studio and Studio Display being a clear product from Apple’s Pro Workflows Team that originally came about as it worked on the modular 2019 Mac Pro....

All of today’s best Apple deals arrive with three different ways to outfit your macOS workstation at some of the best prices to date. Leading the way, we spotted Apple’s latest 24-inch M1 iMac at up to $369 off to go alongside refurbished Studio Display listings at $199 off. Plus, Apple Magic Keyboards start from $80 with discounts also including the new Touch ID model. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break....

Apple today provided some additional details about how it will allow dating apps in the Netherlands to offer alternative payment systems, in compliance with a legal decision (that Apple is simultaneously appealing). The biggest tidbit from this is the reveal of the ‘reduced’ commission structure. Apple typically charges 30% commission on purchases made using its In-App Purchase system. The commission levied on alternative payment systems has been set at … 27%, net of tax....

Last year, Marvel Studios kicked off Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Captain America: Civil War, which pitted former Avengers teammates Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) against each other and left the team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes scattered across the globe. The Captain America threequel additionally introduced two new heroes to the MCU, Peter Parker aka Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and T’Challa aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)....

The massive new poster for Avengers: Infinity War features a whopping 23 characters, but what’s most interesting is the man who started it all: is it trying to tell us something about Tony Stark’s fate? Alongside dropping the full trailer for Infinity War, Marvel has also released a character-packed poster to similar scrutiny. What stands out most immediately about the newest piece is how closely it resembles the design scheme that Marvel has recently deployed for the final posters of Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok, all of which depart radically from the past decade’s orthodoxy on poster design by favoring stark primary-colors and symmetrical-arrangements of characters into deliberate patterns as opposed to static group shots or the notorious “big head” posters of the early-2000s....

Despite winter having settled in and this time of year in particular being known as the slowest for movies, there’s an ongoing sense of anticipation that is carrying many DC and Marvel fans into the warmer months. February will see the release of Fox’s Deadpool stand alone film - and while this is likely to score big box office returns, the real contender for box office supremacy is Warner’s upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice....

All of today’s best deals are now live and a collection of must-have Anker accessories for iPhone 14 lead the way from $11. Then go score the second-best discount on Samsung’s M8 Smart AirPlay 2 Monitor, as well as the very first markdown on the just-released Bose QuietComfort ANC Earbuds II. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Anker iPhone 14 accessories start from $11 Second-best discount delivers Samsung’s M8 Smart AirPlay 2 Monitor Just-released Bose QuietComfort ANC Earbuds II see very first discount As for what that latest and greatest experience looks like, the QuietComfort Earbuds II arrive with an updated design that is 33% smaller than its predecessor....

If you can see yourself as the Ted Lasso of IT, the Apple Learning Coach program is now open to more US teachers. The program first launched back in March, with 1,600 graduates now qualified … The initiative is intended to help educators coach their fellow teachers in getting the most out of their use of Apple products in school. One of those who’ve been through the program said it helped her work with teachers of varying degrees of tech knowledge....

Apple on Thursday announced that it is bringing the new Apple Maps experience with detailed 3D buildings and enhanced navigation to Canada. The new maps, which were built from scratch, will be available in selected Canadian cities. This new Apple Maps experience was already available in some US cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as London in the UK. According to the company, users will now find the same experience when exploring maps in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver....

Apple today stopped signing iOS 14.8, which is currently the latest version of iOS 14 available to users. That means users who have updated their devices to iOS 15, iOS 15.0.1, or iOS 15.1 beta can no longer downgrade to iOS 14.8. While iOS 14.8 is no longer signed for devices like iPhone X, iPhone XR, and iPad Air 3, the same build is still signed for other iPhone and iPad models — at least for now....

One of the most praised Apple Originals, The Morning Show, is returning soon. Today, Apple shared the official trailer of season two of the show. The new season will focus on COVID-19, diversity and inclusion in the media, and more. Starring and executive produced by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the 10-episode second season will debut globally on Friday, September 17, on Apple TV+ with the first episode, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday....

On paper, Apple US manufacturing operations doubled between 2020 and 2021 – but the likely reality is that the vast majority of US production is carried out on a small scale, for test purposes. The number of US manufacturing sites among Apple’s suppliers increased from 25 to 48 in the course of a year, according to the company’s latest supplier list … The majority of Apple products are made in China, though the company has been slowly working on diversifying into other countries....

To the surprise of many, Aquaman is fast becoming one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2018 and one of the biggest draws at San Diego Comic Con as it gives fans a look at many of the characters for the first time. The upcoming film by James Wan is embracing its comic book roots and not shying away from the sillier elements of the classic concept. Ironically, this has caused many a casual comics reader, who wouldn’t have looked sideways at an Aquaman comic book in the past, to appreciate what Aqua-fans have known for years - there is more to Arthur Curry than just “talking to fish....

DC fans re-styled the Comic-Con trailer for Aquaman as an 8-Bit game. From his surface-world upbringing to his underwater adventures, Arthur Curry aka. Aquaman and company are seen moving in a level-to-level fashion through each scene in the trailer, representing the action-packed adventure expected from the highly anticipated DC film. December marks Aquaman’s scheduled release date, making it not only the lone Worlds of DC 2018 release, but also the only live-action superhero Christmas theatrical debut....

The Legend of Korra was the continuation of an epic story that began with Avatar: The Last Airbender. Some of the stories that began in Avatar were finished in Korra, but several dropped threads from the old series were never picked up again in the new series. TLoK had more than a few forgotten storylines as well. Some of them simply faded into the background, others were attached to plot holes or missing backstory, and some plotlines got off to a great start only to fizzle into a bowl of sea prune stew....

See a BTS look at Black Widow and Hawkeye’s emotional goodbye in Avengers: Endgame thanks to Jeremy Renner. The two original members of the Avengers have always been the most grounded of the bunch. Former spies-turned-world-saving heroes, the friendship that Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) and Clint Barton have is among the best of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fans have seen many adventures with the two of them, while also just being teased of what happened on missions to Budapest and more....