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Avengers: Infinity War sets Chinese release date on May 11. The 19th installment in the famed MCU series and Marvel Studios’ celebratory offering for its 10th year anniversary, the epic blockbuster will begin the culmination of the franchise with the introduction of Mad Titan Thanos - the most dangerous adversary that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will face. In a race towards six magical Infinity Stones, the Avengers, with the help of their brand new allies, need a game plan to foil the intergalactic villain’s universe-altering plans....

Avengers 4 may be adapting one of the most popular Hulk plots of all time, bringing the Hulk and Bruce Banner personas into head-on collision - and creating a new identity nicknamed “Professor Hulk.” There was already significant evidence that Marvel was working towards that idea, but recent artwork - that might actually be a leak from Avengers 4 - has just provided compelling evidence. With the distribution rights to the Hulk sitting with Universal, Marvel has opted to create a three-film character arc for the Hulk that runs through other films....

Though he returned last week to host, there were plenty of questions about what Bill Hader’s post-Saturday Night Live career would look like. It’s safe to say that playing a down-and-out Midwestern hitman who discovers a hidden passion for acting, while trying to kill someone in Los Angeles, probably wasn’t high on most people’s lists. That being said, seeing Hader in Barry, as a professional killer who stumbles into his calling — or at least he thinks he does — is the sort of welcome next step for a performer as talented as he is that doesn’t come around too often....

Warner Bros. Pictures will attempt to fully launch its DC shared comic book movie universe in 2016, in between director Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Batman V Superman in particular will build on the events that transpired in Snyder’s Man of Steel, exploring the aftermath of that film - and Superman’s (Henry Cavill) game-changing fight with General Zod (Michael Shannon) and his forces, known as the Battle of Metropolis - while at the same time, introducing new versions of characters like Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck) and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg)....

Ryan Murphy’s long-running anthology horror series, American Horror Story, has seen its ups and downs, particularly with Cult, the seventh season that tried to take on politics, yet included killer clowns as - arguably - its strongest storyline. One of the more polarizing and divisive seasons of the series, Murphy’s decision to tackle societal fallout after the US Presidential election in 2016 was a bold choice. Given the nature of an anthology, Murphy has never been afraid to take risks with his content, as even a poorly-received season can be washed away with a new one....

The Apple Watch Series 7 features a new industrial design with a focus on larger 41mm and 45mm sizes. In a new interview with the Independent, Apple’s Alan Dye and Stan Ng talked more about this new design, how watchOS is optimized to take advantage of the larger displays, and more. Alan Dye serves as Apple’s vice president of interface design, while Stan Ng is the company’s vice president of product marketing....

Apple just reported record earnings for Q1 2022, and it’s already looking ahead to another quarter of growth for Q2 2022. While the company is not providing specific guidance for the quarter due to uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and supply constraints, CFO Luca Maestri says the company expects revenue growth to be “solid on a year-over-year basis.” Speaking during Apple’s earnings call with investors and analysts today, Maestri said that Apple is forecasting a March quarter revenue record despite “significant” supply constraints continuing into the quarter....

After three weeks since first launching the macOS 12.2 beta for developers and public testers, the second build of the software is now available for developers. The macOS 12.2 beta comes with a new native Music app and improvements to scrolling in Safari with ProMotion on MacBook Pro. Update 1/12: macOS 12.2 beta 2 is now available for public testers as well. The second macOS 12.2 beta (build number 21D5039d) is appearing now for developers and public testers on Apple’s Developer website and public beta website....

With the explosive popularity of the documentary series Making a Murderer, Netflix has quickly made a name for itself as a destination for fans of murder mysteries. Years before it released the real-life crime drama, though, it had another original series with a murder mystery: Arrested Development. Netflix revived the cult comedy favorite for a fourth season back in 2013, marking one of its first forays into the area of original programming....

Audible has updated its iOS app today with a nice addition – Alexa support. That means you can now use voice commands to start listening to a book, ask questions, or get help with anything else Alexa is capable of. Audible shared the news in a blog post today: “While listeners have long enjoyed Audible on Alexa-enabled devices, this development will allow voice control right in our app, enabling a much more hands-free experience....

When Captain Marvel arrives in 2019, it doesn’t just herald the big screen debut of one Marvel’s greatest heroes, but also one of its biggest threats: the Skrulls. These green-skinned warrior aliens have been attempting to invade the Earth since the second issue of Fantastic Four, and thanks to their shapeshifting powers, they’ve come pretty darn close. Over the years, the Skrulls have used their gift for mimicry to impersonate a number of prominent public figures – even superheroes!...

The first trailer for Avengers 4 has finally arrived and - as we speculated back in April - the movie’s title is Avengers: Endgame. The title isn’t exactly a spoiler, but it is a reference to a very important line in Avengers: Infinity War, when Doctor Strange tells Iron Man, “We’re in the endgame now.” Yes, while all might seem lost (half of all living creatures in the universe being wiped out is a bit of a downer), there’s every reason to believe that Doctor Strange had a plan for the Avengers to ultimately win....

The latest trailer for American Assassin highlights CIA Black Ops recruit Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) in his singleminded pursuit of a mysterious operative named Ghost (Taylor Kitsch) - a central antagonist who is fictitiously intent on staring a world war in the Middle East. Based on the 2010 novel of the same name written by Vince Flynn, the new movie directed by Michael Cuesta will follow the events of the original book, with a supporting turn from Oscar-nominee Michael Keaton as Cold War veteran Stan Hurley....

2015’s Ant-Man still has the dubious honor of having the worst post-credits scene in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. Although post-credits scenes aren’t exactly a new idea in cinema, Marvel has turned them into a core part of the brand. Every film in the MCU has a post-credits scene, and some have quite a few mid-credits scenes to boot. Last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 broke all Marvel records, with no less than five mid- and post-credits sequences....

The App Store Report a Problem link was removed years ago, but has quietly returned in iOS 15. It is not yet available in all countries. Apple has also made two significant improvements to the feature … First, it used to be that you could only report a problem with an app if you had already paid for it. That meant that if you spotted a scam app, there was no way to alert Apple without giving the scammers your money first....

Apple Music is adding even more songs to its catalog of millions of songs as Tencent Music Entertainment Group announced a partnership to distribute Chinese content through Apple’s own streaming platform. In a statement, TME said that “record labels and artists who are part of TME Music Cloud can now distribute their music around the world via Apple Music.” With that, users can expect even more songs in Dolby Atmos and Lossless, and TME is bringing “a large volume of high-quality new music in collaboration with industry partners....

Some of us with shiny new M1-powered MacBook Pros have been finding that Apple Pay doesn’t work when trying to use Touch ID on the Magic Keyboard … This was always the case with Intel Macs, but it should work on Apple Silicon ones. Delving into the Wallet & Apple Pay module in System Preferences only reveals an opaque error message: Um, what? Apple Pay has been disabled because the security settings of this Mac were modified....

There’s another feature that the revamped M1 iMac could have added: Face ID. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in his latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Apple at least considered adding Face ID to the revamped iMac last year These findings corroborate with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman latest edition of the Power On newsletter. The journalist writes: We were able to find a new extension on macOS Big Sur beta 3 with codes intended to support “PearlCamera....

Apple has big changes planned for 2023 as the company wants to slow hiring and spending for some teams starting next year. Not all people will be affected, but the Cupertino firm will not backfill roles or add new staff in certain cases. As reported by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, the plan comes at a time when the company expects to “cope with a potential economic downturn,” according to people with knowledge of the matter....

Apple Watch is definitely a companion health device as it now offers features such as heart monitoring, ECG, oximeter, and more. This time, however, Apple Watch was credited for supposedly detecting a woman’s pregnancy before she even had any idea about it. Apple Watch reportedly detects pregnancy before clinical testing The story was shared by an Apple Watch user on Reddit. According to the 34-year-old woman, she became suspicious that something was different as the watch pointed out that her average resting heart rate had increased considerably in a matter of days....