Apple has rolled out three new graphics card modules for the Intel-powered Mac Pro today. The new graphics card modules include the Radeon Pro W6800X MPX Module, the Radeon Pro W6800X Duo MPX Module, and the Radeon Pro W6900X MPX Module. As first reported by Jake Krol of CNN on Twitter, Apple says that these new graphics modules can offer up to 23% faster performance in DaVinci Resolve and 84% faster in Octane X....
All of Tuesday’s best deals are headlined by $60 Apple Watch Series 7 discounts. Plus Apple’s latest 10.2-inch iPad at $30 off and this Twelve South ActionSleeve 2 Watch band. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. These Apple Watch Series 7 discounts take $60 off In either case, you’re looking at all of the improvements delivered by Apple’s latest wearable. Highlights this time around for Series 7 include the noticeably larger screen that pairs with the new fast-charging mode alongside all-day battery life, with the ability to deliver enough charge to wear overnight in just eight minutes....
There has been no shortage of rumors regarding the state of the DC Extended Universe of late. Even before this point, troubling production tales from the sets have come out before and after their respective releases, but not all projects have experienced negative buzz. Wonder Woman is approaching its release date with plenty of positivity, but Aquaman has also received plenty of positive buzz during the early days of its pre-production....
Arrival hit theaters in November of last year and impressed critics and audiences alike with its thought-provoking take on the classic scenario of alien spacecraft suddenly and mysteriously appearing on Earth. Not only did Arrival succeed at the box office, earning $170 million globally, it also did well with the Academy, earning 8 Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture (though not one for actress Amy Adams). Now that Arrival has garnered so much attention from the Academy, the time is right for Paramount to bring the movie back to theaters and hopefully pad its box office take....
The first teaser trailer for Disney’s adaptation of Artemis Fowl is here, and it’s packed with familiar characters - both fairy and human - from Eoin Colfer’s acclaimed series of children’s novels. Directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thor), the film stars newcomer Ferdia Shaw as the eponymous Artemis, a child genius who launches a search for his missing father, only to discover that his dad is actually a criminal - and his dealings have landed him in hot water....
Legends of Tomorrow star Brandon Routh is weighing in on his upcoming exit from the Arrowverse series. Routh has been with Legends of Tomorrow since season 1, which saw the show find its footing. He plays Ray Palmer/the Atom and is currently one of only three characters left from the start of the series. Like several other characters who boarded the Waverider, Ray started out on a different Arrowverse show, in his case Arrow....
The fifteenth anniversary is a time to celebrate Avatar: The Last Airbender and its climactic finale, as the heroic Aang defeated the dark Fire Lord Ozai. But even fans may not know that wasn’t actually the end for Aang and the gang’s adventures. And to call it a ‘happy ending’ is ignoring the real, only-for-adults conclusion of Aang’s mission. As many will point out, The Legend of Korra continues the story of the Avatar world – but it only begins decades later, after even Aang has passed away....
Avengers: Endgame has officially overtaken Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time. There’s never been an event movie quite like Avengers: Endgame; the film is essentially a celebration of the last decade’s worth of Marvel blockbusters, with a time travel plot that sent its heroes back to key moments in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There’s been intense debate as to whether or not Avengers: Endgame would become the highest-performing movie of all time, taking the crown from Avatar....
Avengers 4 should honor the late, great Stan Lee by making his cameo the post-credits scene. Although Marvel wasn’t the first studio to use a post-credits scene, over the last decade these short snippets of footage have become synonymous with the MCU. Some are used to set the stage for future movies, the most famous example being the post-credits scene for Iron Man that essentially launched the entire shared cinematic universe....
Avengers: Infinity War saw the ranks of the titular superhero team stripped down to just the original six members, and now a series of fan posters pays tribute to one last mission for the old-school Avengers. In the last team-up movie, the combined forces of Wakanda, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange failed to stop Thanos from completing the Infinity Gauntlet and wiping out half of all life in the universe, but the trailer for Avengers: Endgame indicated that there’s still hope for the Avengers to put things right....
It’s been revealed that the CW’s upcoming Batwoman series will feature megalomaniacal Batman villain Hush in its first season. For any viewers on the fence about the Arrowverse’s latest, Hush’s particularly dark backstory should be at least somewhat reassuring. Wrapped in bandages to hide his identity from childhood friend Bruce Wayne, brilliant surgeon Tommy Elliot dons the alternate persona of Hush when he decides to act on his lifelong grudge against Gotham’s protector....
After a five-year hiatus, Alien: Covenant is primed to continue Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel series that started with Prometheus. These films will fill in the gaps about who made the Xenomorph and why, striving to have a stronger connection to Scott’s seminal 1979 horror classic than Prometheus did. Scott is already teasing a Covenant sequel that should begin filming at some point next year, so he obviously has high hopes for his latest work....
Joss Whedon wanted to introduce the Wasp into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2012’s The Avengers, but Kevin Feige told him it wasn’t the right time yet. As cool as it would’ve been to see the Wasp fighting in the Battle of New York, it’s fair to say that Feige made the right call, because it meant that Hope Van Dyne could be developed as a character on her own in the first Ant-Man movie before taking on the Wasp mantle (and joining the title of the movie) in the second one....
Headlining all of Tuesday’s best deals, a new 2022 low has arrived on Apple AirTags when you buy four on sale. That’s alongside a new, up to 40% off, Anker Gold Box sale and Apple Watch Series 6 starting at $250. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s AirTags on sale for best price of the year Apple’s first take on the Bluetooth locators arrived last summer with the U1 chip powering them....
WWDC 2022, Apple’s annual conference for developers, begins next week with an opening keynote in which the company will announce what’s new for iOS, macOS, and its other operating systems. After the keynote, Apple will hold the 2022 Apple Design Awards to reward apps with the best design of the year – and now we know which apps are finalists. Apple Design Awards is another traditional Apple event held every year during WWDC....
If you checked your Wallet app today, you might have noticed that it features a notification badge there – this is because Apple Pay is upgrading fraud prevention features for some cards. Here’s what we know so far about this function. Apple says it will also share ”fraud prevention assessments as well as information about your transaction (such as purchase amount, currency, and date) with your payment card network for fraud prevention....
Earlier this week, a Nikkei Asia report claimed that Apple was in talks to build Apple Watch and MacBook models in Vietnam for the first time. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now revealed that Vietnam is already responsible for manufacturing and shipping units of these products. Even so, Apple’s suppliers in Vietnam are expected to increase production of the Apple Watch ahead of the Series 8 launch. As detailed by Kuo on his Twitter account, Luxshare ICT, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, already has production lines in China and Vietnam....
The DC Extended Universe has director James Wan (Fast & Furious 7) onboard to helm Aquaman, a solo movie for the ocean-dwelling superhero that’s come under a degree of ridicule over the years - and could be in for a big screen treatment that affirms him as one of the studio’s staple characters. Recent DC Comics stories have successfully made Aquaman a more fearsome character (and less a pop culture punchline), so now it’s the movies turn to follow suit....
Archer season 11 is officially happening, and here’s everything we know about it so far. Archer season 11 was confirmed at SDCC 2019, only a few weeks before season 10 was scheduled to wrap up. Archer is FXX’s hilarious take on TV spy series of yesteryear like Get Smart. Debuting in 2009, each season showcases the raunchy, weird, and wildly entertaining adventures of suave super-spy Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and his fellow spy team....
Last night The Flash marked the return of the DC TV show lineup on The CW network for the fall season. The network is blazing new ground as they are now home to four nights of superhero entertainment during their primetime lineup. Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, and the show that laid the foundation for the DC television universe, Arrow, are all on the runway waiting for takeoff within the next week....
