Major tech companies like Meta, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others have agreed to new EU rules combating false information online. However, Apple is missing from the list of 33 tech firms aiming to help the EU fight disinformation. Enforced by the Digital Services Act (DSA), the new rules are an update from the EU’s “2018 Code of Practice on Disinformation”. Through the European Commission’s new rules for 2022, these companies aim to increase efforts toward combating disinformation on their platforms....

Customers in India are no longer able to use a debit or credit card for subscriptions and app purchases using their Apple ID. This means they can no longer purchase apps from the App Store, subscribe to Apple services, or buy any Apple media with credit or debit. Customers now have to add money to their Apple funds like they would a prepaid card. According to The News Minute, money will be deducted from their account each month as their subscription renews....

Apple’s App Store changes, announced yesterday, succeeded in settling a lawsuit – but do nothing to offer the company any protection against the far bigger threat of antitrust legislation. Apple wants to give the impression that it has addressed one of the key antitrust concerns, something known as anti-steering, but it hasn’t really. The company literally did the absolute least it could have done … Background: Anti-steering One of the main concerns developers have about the App Store is the fact that Apple wants a slice of their revenue for both app sales and in-app purchases – and does its best to make it impossible to avoid this cut....

The latest Bloomberg report says that we could see the upcoming Apple Silicon Mac Pro by WWDC in June. The M1 Max MacBook Pro has already given some indications of just how powerful the new machine is likely to be, making it an eagerly awaited product for high-end video production. However, a new analysis of what we can likely expect says that the 2022 model may be less upgradable than its predecessor …...

Though strikingly different in tone, TV series The Flash and Arrow were well connected even before the speedster got his own show. Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) was first introduced to viewers in season 2 of Arrow, as a forensics scientist from Central City with a personal interest in a robbery at a Queen Consolidated warehouse. The following mid-season finale showed the particle accelerator-induced storm and the bolt of lightening that turned Barry into a metahuman....

The CW’s big superhero crossover event has begun. Starting with Supergirl on Monday, then leading into The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow the rest of the week, all four shows in the network’s Arrowverse will finally come together with its heroes facing a race of aliens known as the Dominators. While Supergirl’s Earth has its fair share of aliens already, the action actually kicks off on The Flash, when Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is forced to seek out Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) and ask for her help....

A brand new LEGO Avengers: Endgame set will be officially unveiled at this year’s forthcoming San Diego Comic Con. Since Star Wars first burst onto theater screens in 1977, merchandise has become a vital part of any action-adventure blockbuster’s revenue and marketing strategy, and this is particularly true of superhero movies. Ever the innovators, LEGO has wisely struck deals with several major movie franchises over the years, turning iconic characters from the big screen into brick form and spawning a whole new series of play sets, video games and, in Batman’s case, a whole new movie....

Comic book fans are well aquainted with event story arcs, which often resonate through multiple titles to build one big universe-wide storyline. The movie industry, as it has begun to adapt and take comic book movies more seriously, has followed suit and drawn upon these well established fan-favorite arcs, like Marvel’s Civil War, in the third Captain America film. The animated Marvel universe is about to get into the action as well with their own take on Civil War....

The British Broadcasting Company has canceled All Together Now, the Saturday night UK singing competition with Geri ‘Ginger Spice’ Horner. The singing contest series, which was aired for only 2 seasons, was generating mixed reviews from critics. After completing its one year on air, All Together Now has been officially canceled. All Together Now, hosted by stand-up comedian Rob Beckett, had a singing competition show format - involving a unique panel of 100 music experts that were handpicked throughout the UK....

When it comes to science fiction, there are few who are as popular or influential as Philip K. Dick. Dick published numerous books and short stories in the 1950s and some of the most well-received science fiction films ever made have been based on his work. Dick’s short story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” was turned into Blade Runner and his short story “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale” was adapted into Total Recall....

Apple is continuing to expand its offering of free original podcasts. Starting January 9, the Operation: Tradebom series covers the lesser-known instance of the World Trade Center being attacked. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing killed six people and injured thousands more. A group of men had set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower. The podcast covers the events of the attack, the investigation, and how it changed the world’s outlook on international threats....

Apple Music will soon upgrade the streaming experience for fans of the classical music genre after acquiring a service called Primephonic. Plans to bolster classical music offerings in Apple Music will include a standalone app from Apple dedicated specifically to the genre. Here’s the announcement from Apple: Apple plans to integrate “Primephonic playlists and exclusive audio content” into Apple Music. Subscribers will also find “better browsing and search capabilities by composer and by repertoire, detailed displays of classical music metadata, plus new features and benefits....

The Apple Car – or Project Titan – is full of comings and goings. While previous reports show the company is struggling to find a direction in the automobile industry, a report highlights how Apple is pushing to enter this business in the past 20 years. According to a joint investigation by Nikkei Asia and a Tokyo analytics company, Apple has filed 248 patents since the year 2000 in “self-driving and other vehicle software as well as in hardware related to riding comfort, such as seats and suspension” for its Project Titan....

Apple Pay is coming soon to South Korea, but unfortunately, users there will have to wait a bit longer than expected. This is because the local Financial Supervisory Service had to review the terms and conditions of Apple Pay before its official launch in the country, which would have made Apple put the launch in South Korea on hold. Apple Pay coming to South Korea later than expected According to Naver (via Twitter user Tommy Boi), the Financial Services Department of South Korea has revised the terms and conditions of Apple Pay....

With its trip to Dreamland and comedic descent into noir tropes and detective fiction, it seemed as though there was no end to the reinvention of Archer. Once the season 7 cliffhanger put the superspy into a coma, the result was a fun season that distanced itself from the usual trappings of the series and found life in a new situation that nevertheless still drew from its characters’ shared history with one another....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has revolutionized the way Hollywood makes blockbuster movies and arranges its entire slate, with huge interconnected franchises built out of individual films planned years in advance and many actors, writers and filmmakers committed to long multi-film contracts. While this new system has kept audiences coming back for more and a bevy of talent steadily employed, it’s also created a challenge for actors who want to balance their Marvel commitments with other projects....

Ubisoft has new technology that could soon allow Assassin’s Creed players to visit multiple timelines during the course of each game. Assassin’s Creed could get a lot more interesting, with each game becoming bigger and broader than ever before. In each Assassin’s Creed game, players step into the shoes of a character who spends time in something called an Animus. This is a machine that uses DNA to allow those that use it to relive the lives of assassins who existed in the past....

Warning! MAJOR SPOILERS for Avengers: Infinity War ahead! - Avengers: Infinity War answers one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s longest-standing mysteries with a surprise appearance from a character we haven’t seen in a very long time - Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull returns! The first and presumed final appearance of the Red Skull in the MCU was in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, where during the film’s climactic final act fight, Schmidt foolishly picks up the Tesseract only to painfully dissolve in a beam of white light....