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A few months ago, I reviewed Switchbot’s curtain automation product, and I came away pretty impressed. The only downside for HomeKit access is it did require using HOOBS or keeping a Homebridge server up and running. While this is a simple process, it’s better to have a native HomeKit product when possible. Today, Aqara is bringing that to the market with the Aqara Curtain Driver E1. The Aqara Curtain Driver E1 is built on top of the Zigbee 3....

Jason Momoa revealed that Aquaman won’t be fully realized until the end of the 2018 Aquaman solo film. The latest from director James Wan isn’t due out until the end of 2018, but Momoa is set to play a major role as Arthur Curry in November’s Justice League from Zack Snyder. Trailers and clips have shown that the Game of Thrones actor certainly looks the part, but based on the way he has described the character, he won’t necessarily act like the heir to the throne of Atlantis right away....

These days in Hollywood, what’s old is new again. Studios are keen on reviving classic franchises, green lighting new entries in famous series to capitalize on nostalgia and bring in a new generation of fans. One such project that’s on the horizon is The Predator, from writer/director Shane Black. Described as an “inventive sequel” that will look to “reinvent” the property (as opposed to a hard reboot), Fox has pegged a March 2018 release date for the film....

This week the CW Network has been running their historic “Heroes vs Aliens” mega-event to much fanfare. The ambitious four-series crossover began in the final moments of Monday’s Supergirl episode, “Medusa,” and will continue through tonight’s episode of Legends of Tomorrow. The week-long event is centered around an invasion of extra-terrestrials known as the Dominators. The mind-controlling aliens first appeared on Tuesday’s episode of The Flash, which spurred Barry Allen to assemble a team of super-powered friends, including Supergirl and the primary casts of the other three CW/DC shows, to battle the unknown intergalactic forces....

Enhanced 5G services offering higher speeds aren’t yet available to many, but there’s good news for AT&T 5G Plus – the faster service will now be fully usable by the iPhone 12 and up. The carrier had previously indicated that only 2022 devices would be able to take advantage of the full range of frequencies … Background There’s never been a communications standard that carriers couldn’t make more complicated. In the run-up to the launch of 5G, we were promised that the new mobile data standard would offer gigabit speeds....

Avengers: Infinity War just got another IMAX exclusive poster that’s easily the best one yet. Marvel Studios marketing campaign for the upcoming superhero team-up film is well underway now. Two major trailers have released, and even more behind the scenes videos, TV spots, and clips are on the way. Infinity War is expected to break Marvel’s marketing campaign record. But considering that the film is one of the most highly anticipated movies of all-time, it’s safe to say that it’s all well worth it....

Avengers: Endgame marketing may only reveal footage from the first 20 minutes of the film, said Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Dubbed as the most-anticipated flick of 2019 by Fandango, the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed project will wrap up the MCU’s 22-film narrative that the franchise has been treading since 2008’s Iron Man. After much clamor and fan commotion, the first trailer of Endgame finally arrived early last month alongside the confirmation of its long-debated title....

Spider-Man: Homecoming introduced an apparent continuity error into the MCU, an “eight years later” time jump. Now, Avengers: Infinity War director Joe Russo has finally admitted that this was, quite simply, “incorrect.” In 2016, Captain America: Civil War played an important role in the MCU. It set in place a fixed timeline, with Marvel movies mostly set in the year of their release. Iron Man was based in 2008, The Avengers in 2012, and The Winter Soldier in 2014....

Beetlejuice 2 is a sequel that’s been rumored to happen pretty much ever since director Tim Burton’s original film hit theaters in 1988, shortly before becoming a horror/comedy classic in its own right. Discussions of the Beetlejuice followup becoming a reality were rejuvenated after years of little to no progress in 2011, when author/screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (who wrote Burton’s Dark Shadows) was recruited to put together a fresh Beetlejuice 2 script draft....

The ebb and flow of the entertainment industry more or less spoiled the cliffhanger ending to Animal Kingdom season 2, in which Scott Speedman’s Baz was shot in his driveway and left to die on the street by his girlfriend. In the time between that episode aired and the show’s season 3 return, Speedman was cast in ABC’s long-running medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, as a potential love interest for Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey....

Ant-Man and The Wasp director Peyton Reed dreams of making a crossover film teaming the titular duo with Marvel Comics’ the Fantastic Four. Twenty years ago, Reed was involved in the early efforts to produce a Fantastic Four movie. Though the project passed into other hands, the desire to bring Marvel’s first family to the big screen never left Reed’s mind and now he wants to help bring the team into the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier cast Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan explain the title of their own Disney Plus series. After Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is moving forward with a confirmed Phase 4 slate which is a mixed bag of big and small screen projects. One of the latter bring together Captain America’s (Chris Evans) closest friends for an adventure of their own as they face Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) once again when it debuts next fall, but the show’s title has raised some questions regarding the heroic duo....

In Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson will take on the title of Captain America, and actor Anthony Mackie believes it’s a “monumental” decision. At the end of Avengers: Endgame, the original Cap, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), decided it was time to retire after going back in time and living out a full life alongside Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). In one of the film’s most poignant moments, Steve hands over the iconic shield to his trusted friend Sam, thus setting up The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in a big way....

Apple financial services – like Apple Card and the new savings account – are mostly limited to the US at present, but the UK regulator is already launching an inquiry into potential antitrust concerns. Background When I mused back in 2015 about the possibility of Apple becoming a bank, even I wondered whether I was being crazy to consider the scenario. Since then, however, Apple has made a number of notable moves in that direction....

Even though the Fourth of July celebrations have already passed, there are still some related offers available out there. This time, Apple is offering up to four free months of Apple Music subscription to US military and veterans who have never subscribed to the service before. Apple already offers a three-month free trial for new Apple Music subscribers, but if you’re in the military or a veteran, there’s a special offer where you can get four months of subscription for free....

One week after the release of tvOS 15.1 to the public, Apple today is rolling out tvOS 15.1.1 to Apple TV users. Apple released tvOS 15.1 to the public last week, bringing a handful of notable new features including SharePlay, upgrades for HomePod compatibility, and more. Today’s release of tvOS 15.1.1 makes further refinements and improvements to those features. Apple is also beta testing tvOS 15.2 separately with other enhancements....

Apple today released iOS 16.1.1 for all users. While the release notes for the update say nothing about new features or major changes, there’s a significant one coming for users in China. There, Apple is changing how the “Everyone” option in AirDrop works, which will no longer be enabled for more than 10 minutes. AirDrop now has a time limit in China The change in how AirDrop works has been included in both iOS 16....

Fresh off of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Apple has some football news of its own. It’s not quite an actual game, but the NFL is coming to Apple TV+ … sort of. THR reports that Apple’s subscription video service has ordered an NFL documentary called “The Dynasty” that will give viewers unprecedented access to the New England Patriots. While there’s no release date for the film yet, Apple says the documentary will be released as a 10-part series....

Apple Watch Series 7 made its public debut earlier this week ahead of a launch sometime this year. While we don’t yet know the exact release date beyond ‘later this fall’, we do have answers to frequently asked questions you may be asking. Will my existing Apple Watch bands work with Series 7? Apple Watch Series 7 introduces new case heights and a more expansive display, but the latest design refresh still maintains band compatibility between models....