Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack is here with a clean design and seamless integration with iPhone 12 and iOS. But is it worth the $99 price tag? Follow along for a detailed comparison of the Apple MagSafe Battery vs. Mophie and Anker’s solid alternatives at half the price. The official Apple MagSafe Battery Pack has arrived nine months after the iPhone 12 lineup debuted with the handy magnetic functionality. And earlier in the year, two of the most compelling MagSafe compatible battery packs to launch have been Mophie’s Snap+ Juice Pack Mini (reviewed) and Anker’s PowerCore Magnetic 5K (reviewed)....

Remember the big Apple Watch redesign rumors leading up to the Series 7? Multiple sources with solid track records for hardware rumors expected a flat-sided Apple Watch. Instead, the Series 7 looked more like a Series 6 than an iPhone 12 or 13. So were those reports a year too early or should we expect no design changes for Apple Watch Series 8? We have thoughts… If I had to put money on it, I would err on the side of caution and say we should expect the Series 7 design to last another two years....

Sidekicks are beloved fan favorites in every series. Whether it is Toothless, Abu from Aladdin, Or Gromit, animal sidekicks are some of the best out there. Avatar: The Last Airbender is full of such characters. Obviously, Momo instantly comes to mind, but the MVP of all animal sidekicks in Avatar is Aang’s flying bison Appa. Appa was and remained Aang’s closest and oldest friend. This flying Bison transported Team Avatar on all of their expeditions across the four nations and even assisted in a battle or two....

The Avengers gather together in a new poster for Avengers: Infinity War, but it doesn’t feature Thanos aka. the very threat that unite them in the film. Marvel Studios is attempting to pull off their most ambitious crossover yet, and we’ll know soon enough whether or not they successfully did it. Infinity War will bring together characters from all across the Marvel Cinematic Universe to battle Thanos (Josh Brolin). The threat of the Mad Titan has been teased since The Avengers’ mid-credits scene, but now is the time he’ll finally step into the spotlight....

Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox reunite for a charity event and fans can’t help but feel nostalgic for the time they were Marty McFly and Doc Brown in Back to the Future. The 1985 movie directed by Robert Zemeckis is a genre classic, and the poster boy for any time-traveling story both on the big and small screen. Now, decades later, its stars get together again - this time for a charitable cause....

Batman V Superman is DC’s Iron Man 2 - an okay movie that prioritizes shared universe setup over developing a coherent story and layered characters. In the aftermath of Superman and General Zod’s catastrophic battle in Man of Steel, sister cities Metropolis and Gotham begin picking up the pieces - as global leaders try to make sense of this new world where aliens threaten and protect Earth. Despite his role in the devastation, some see Superman (Henry Cavill) as a super-powered protector who intervenes whenever innocent life is in danger - while others view the Kryptonian as an unchecked alien warrior who is not accountable to anyone and, depending on the circumstances, could even pose an unparalleled threat to humanity in the future....

Walt Disney Pictures is currently the most profitable film studio in Hollywood, with a legacy that stretches back almost a century. Recently Disney has been generating even more profit from some of its greatest animated hits by remaking them in live-action, with films like Cinderella, Maleficent and The Jungle Book all landing big at the box office. Given the success of this strategy, it’s little wonder that Beauty and the Beast is next on the agenda....

San Diego Comic-Con may traditionally get all the attention every July, but Disney’s annual D23 Expo is quickly becoming a Mouse House exclusive rival event brought with it a whole host of news regarding its upcoming release slate. From sizzle reels to trailers to casting announcements and release date changes, it seems as though pretty much every movie was covered, with the exception of the Han Solo movie. Below, we’ve rounded up all the best bits and the most important news you need to know....

Ant-Man and the Wasp could struggle to top the original Ant-Man’s U.S. total at the box office. Marvel Studios has celebrated their 10th anniversary in grand style with a pair of $1 billion smash hits in Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, but they closed 2018 out with one of their smallest offerings yet. Positioned as a refreshing palate cleanser, Ant-Man and the Wasp has generated positive word-of-mouth, but it’s not translating into huge commercial numbers....

They say that travel brings new perspectives, and that’s absolutely true for anyone visiting Argentina. But in my case, it’s also so far generated two feature requests for Apple. Yesterday, I asked for universal OCR capability across all apps for instant translation … But spending a month in another country has also underlined the absolute user-interface disaster that is the process of rearranging your apps on an iPhone. This is nothing new, of course: it’s been a truly horrible process forever....

Apple CSAM scanning plans may have been abandoned, but that hasn’t ended the controversy. An Australian regulator has accused the Cupertino company of turning a blind eye to the sexual exploitation of children. She said that both Apple and Microsoft fail to take steps to protect “the most vulnerable from the most predatory” … Background The usual way to detect Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is when cloud services like Google Photos scan uploaded photos and compare them against a database of known CSAM images....

Plans to open the first ever Apple Store in India have reportedly been delayed for a second time. The store in Mumbai was originally set to open in 2021, before being pushed back to 2022. A further delay now sees it slated for 2023. The store is expected to be one of the most spectacular Apple Stores in the world, on a par with flagship stores in Singapore and LA …...

Apple has finally unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 8. After months of rumors, the company has announced the successor of the Apple Watch Series 7. Here’s everything new. The new Apple Watch Series 8 offers the same screen sizes as its predecessor. In 41mm and 45mm, the Watch offers the same Always-On display from previous generations. After a year without new sensors, Apple has finally introduced a new body temperature sensor....

Aquaman director James Wan has described an ‘out there’ prison escape scene he cut from the script. Wan is a director who made his name in the horror genre, directing low-budget thriller Saw back in 2004. The movie was originally earmarked for a straight to video release, but after attracting strong buzz at festivals, it would go on to become a horror sensation. While Saw would spawn various sequels and video games, Wan declined to direct a sequel....

Warning: This post contains SPOILERS for Arrow season 6. The sleeveless version of the Green Arrow suit is making its comeback to Arrow. The six seasons of Arrow have seen several variations of Oliver’s “identity concealment” outfit. The most radical redesign, though, occurred in season 4, where among other changes, the sleeves were removed. It was the absence of the sleeves that once prompted Barry Allen to joking ask Oliver if he “ever got cold....

It’s a truth as immutable as the sun setting in the west – comic book fans love Easter eggs. There’s few things that can compare to that little tingle we get when we understand a reference or get to laugh at an in-joke. It’s just as true that showrunners – many of them fans themselves - love packing their shows full of trivia for the most savvy of viewers to enjoy....

Astro City - believed to be the last fully-fleshed, stand-alone superhero franchise not adapted for other media - is finally becoming a TV show. FremantleMedia North America, who also produced the recent adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods for Starz, have picked up the television rights for the long-running and critically-acclaimed comic book and intend to adapt it into a live-action drama. Set in the titular city, which boasts the highest population of super-heroes and super-villains in the world, Astro City first saw publication in 1995 at the height of what became known as The Dark Age of Comics....

The Avengers 4 theory going around online suggesting that Pepper Potts might be the one to save Tony Stark from being trapped in Titan is not true. Thanos’ galactic genocide in Avengers: Infinity War left only a handful of heroes alive, most of which had converged in Wakanda. While Thor, Captain America and the rest of the surviving characters can easily return to the kingdom and be accommodated by Shuri and Queen Ramonda as they try to make sense of what just happened, Tony was left stranded on Titan with Nebula....

Last week saw the introduction of an #AppleEvent hashflag on Twitter, and a new animation has now been added when you Like a tweet containing the hashtag … The hashflag itself went live last week. The latest addition means that when you Like a tweet containing the #AppleEvent tag in the official iOS Twitter app, the heart symbol will turn into a miniature version of the Apple logo matching the appearance of the event one, then turn into a matching blue heart outline, then back into the regular red heart....

One version of Scream 2 could have featured a credibility-straining 4 killers. The original Scream was a shot in the arm for the waning horror genre back in 1996, thanks to Wes Craven’s direction and Kevin Williamson’s meta screenplay. The movie would go on to spawn three sequels – all directed by Craven – and a television series, plus a series of copycat movies like Urban Legends and I Know What You Did Last Summer....