[SPOILERS for Arrow season 4 ahead.] - One of The CW’s first superhero shows, Arrow has become the network’s mainstay over the last four seasons. After its early success with critics and viewers alike it was used to spinoff both The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. The show began with a focus on Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) as he returned to the then-Starling City after being presumed dead for five years....
AT&T and Verizon are going forward with plans to activate additional 5G cellular spectrum. The expansion follows a month-long delay at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration to study how 5G C-Band affects airplane safety equipment. Reuters reports that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA chief Steve Dickson sought out an additional two-week pause before carriers activated 5G C-Band spectrum. However, executives from both national carriers rejected the request to push back the January 5 activation date....
Thirteen years ago, Avatar: The Last Airbender aired on Nickelodeon and wowed fans with its goofy, heartfelt protagonist, Aang. Over three tumultuous seasons, fans watched him grow from a scared, strange kid on a mission to a fully-realized, very powerful Avatar. With his friends Katara, Sokka, Toph, and Zuko, Aang became the protector he was always meant to be. Since then, there has been a spinoff series (Legend of Korra) and a film based on their world; however, none have been as beloved as the original series....
Avengers: Infinity War has completely rewritten the history books, setting new all-time domestic and worldwide opening weekend records. Over the past decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established itself as one of Hollywood’s premier franchises, with the films collectively earning in excess of $15 billion globally. With Infinity War uniting all corners of the MCU in the long-awaited fight against Thanos, it went without saying Marvel’s mega crossover event was going to be one of the biggest films of 2018....
UPDATE: Watch the Avengers: Endgame trailer here. Avengers 4’s title is officially Avengers: Endgame, which fits with our earlier theory about what the title would be. Avengers 4’s title has been kept secret for so long that many Marvel fans already believed it must have some kind of incredible significance. “End Game” is in fact a significant phrase, because shortly after Doctor Strange voluntarily handed over the Time Stone to Thanos (ostensibly as a trade for Iron Man’s life), he said cryptically, “We’re in the End Game, now....
With just over a month to go before the highly anticipated premiere of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Warner Bros. is starting to kick their marketing efforts into high gear. Today saw the release of the final trailer for the film, which has generated a far more favorable reception than the spoiler-heavy preview that debuted in early December. In addition, the studio has also put a new image of Bruce Wayne and used the Super Bowl 50 broadcast to showcase Gotham City and Metropolis in Turkish Airlines TV spots....
Created with a love of Apple pop culture in mind, the Apple Museum of Poland is set to open this month. Found in the Norblin Factory complex in Warsaw, the modern facility will surely excite Apple fans. The museum will hold a complete collection where you can view the entire history and development of one of the world’s largest tech companies. With over 1,600 exhibits, they won’t be available all at once and will rotate periodically....
Alita: Battle Angel director Robert Rodriguez has been discussing the development of the project - and how it could lead to multiple sequels. Alita: Battle Angel has been a pet project for producer James Cameron for nearly two decades, and he originally developed it for himself to direct. Just like Avatar, he sat on the concept for years until technology caught up with his vision, but he ultimately passed the movie onto Rodriguez when it became clear he’d be too busy on the upcoming Avatar sequels....
Apple on Tuesday introduced a new feature called “Tax Category” to App Store Connect, which is the platform used by developers for submitting apps to the App Store. With this new option, developers can easily determine taxes for different content or regions. As Apple pointed out on the Apple Developer website, the company manages the fees on behalf of developers in 64 of the 175 territories where the App Store is available....
As part of its October Unleashed event, Apple today unveiled the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro features the ‘M1 Pro’ chip, with 8 high-performance cores and 2 high-efficiency cores, a 16-core GPU and 32 GB RAM. There’s also an ‘M1 Max’ chip, which doubles RAM and GPU again. The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1999 and the 16-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2499. The design of the MacBook Pro has also been completely redesigned, now featuring thinner bezels albeit with a notch housing the webcam....
Apple just started selling the new Apple Watch Ultra. A few months ago, the company introduced the M1 Ultra processor. Is it time for Apple to bring this branding to the iPhone, with next year’s iPhone 15 Ultra replacing the iPhone 15 Pro Max? Apple has been pretty inconsistent while branding its lineups. There are regular versions, “Air,” “Pro,” “Plus,” “Ultra,” “Max,” and “Studio” options that do not necessarily mean the same thing....
Apple is releasing iOS 15.6 beta 5 to developers a week after its fourth beta. This update comes two weeks after Apple also seeded the second beta of iOS 16, the next milestone of the company’s operating system for the iPhone. Apple is also making available the fifth beta of iPadOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, and tvOS 15.6. Today’s build of iOS 15.6 beta 4 is 19G5063a. Different from past iOS 15 updates, Apple hasn’t made available any important features so far....
Apple has released a new update for Apple Watch today that patches a bug with Series 7 watches that aren’t charging “as expected.” watchOS 8.1.1 is showing up now via OTA for Apple Watch users in the Watch app. Apple says the update features a remedy for charging issues with Series 7 hardware. The update comes after Apple released iOS 15.1.1 which included fixes for problems with dropped calls on iPhone 12 and 13....
Apple is reinstating its mask mandate at all US retail stores due to rising COVID-19 cases, according to Bloomberg’s Terminal. Once again, the company will begin limiting store occupancy at several locations. As posted by Bloomberg‘s journalist Mark Gurman, Apple decided to reinstate the mask mandate a few days after the new Omicron variant started to raise concerns over a new rise of COVID-19 cases in the US. The report says:...
A few days ago, it was reported that Jony Ive’s successor Evans Hankey, who leads Apple’s design team, will soon be leaving the company. Now it seems that Apple is about to lose two more top executives: Anna Matthiasson, vice president of the company’s online store, and Mary Demby, head of Apple’s Information Systems. According to a Bloomberg report, the two executives are “stepping down” from their positions, although the changes aren’t yet public....
Apple’s privacy focus is one of the company’s proudest boasts – but engineers and others involved in product development say that it comes at a cost. Lack of access to usage data means product development teams can’t offer the kind of personalized features they would like to, and some things they want to do are completely impossible because a relatively junior privacy guardian says no … There’s nothing surprising about Apple minimizing its collection of data, nor that it has tight controls internally over how data can be used....
Apple is set to move a key aspect of iPhone production to the United States, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Apple will reportedly begin sourcing at least some of its Apple Silicon processors from an upcoming TSMC factory currently being built in Arizona. Tim Cook revealed these plans during a meeting with Apple engineers and retail employees in Germany, which occurred during his recent trek across Europe. The Apple CEO explained that it will start buying chips from the plant in Arizona sometime around 2024....
John Diggle, played by David Ramsey on Arrow, will have trust issues with his team as the season progresses. The character’s current story arc has him in a position where he doesn’t want to confide in his team, even though he has now taken over both as leader and as the new Green Arrow. At the beginning of season 6, we discovered that the explosion on Lian Yu affected Diggle both physically and emotionally....
As you’re probably familiar with, companies usually bring great deals when they launch a new service. After you get used to it, it’s about the time they start to charge more for the service – and what do you do? You usually stay. Apple has been generous with its Apple Music offer, as, for over six years, new customers could take advantage of up to three months of free listening to high-quality songs....
Avengers: Endgame co-director Anthony Russo says he isn’t worried about beating Avatar’s all-time worldwide box office record. Premiering at the end of April, the conclusion of Marvel’s Infinity Saga went on a truly unprecedented commercial run, tallying a whopping $1.2 billion globally in its opening weekend. Some movies are lucky to make that much during their entire time in theaters, but Endgame hit that mark in five days. It passed $2 billion in the blink of an eye, leading many to speculate if it could eventually top Avatar’s mark....
