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The title of the Arrow season 8 premiere has been revealed, and harks back to its very beginning. The upcoming final outing for the show, Arrow season 8 is set to premiere in October, and will see the long-awaited crossover event Crisis On Infinite Earths be played out across all of The CW’s superhero shows. Right from the debut of its very first episode in 2012, the past has played a major role in the ongoing plot developments of Arrow....

Despite a relatively small amount of screen time in four Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances as Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes - outside of Iron Man 3 - Don Cheadle’s had the opportunity to suit up in a variety of cool Iron Man-esque armored suits of his own. Terrence Howard of course first played Rhodey in Iron Man 1 before Cheadle picked up the mantle and ran with it ever since, becoming the ultimate Avengers support character - and certainly the most weaponized....

With Avengers: Infinity War upon us, and to say it’s been hotly anticipated is an understatement. It’s the culmination of Marvel Studios shared cinematic universe. 18 feature films have all led to this moment. Avengers: Infinity War sees the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and more facing off against Thanos, their greatest shared threat. Why are two groups and a host of supporting players all afraid of one villain?...

Season 2 of HBO’s Emmy-winning dark comedy Barry gets a teaser trailer that shows how Bill Hader’s assassin-turned-actor handles the fallout of the first season’s finale. The first season was a hit for the premium cabler, in that it not only earned solid reviews and Emmy’s for both Hader and co-star Henry Winkler, but the series also showcased its star as a triple threat, as Hader also took up the writing and directing reins as well....

United States Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the gaming world when she appeared on a Twitch stream this past weekend. The politician unexpectedly called in to Harry “Hbomberguy” Brewis’ “Donkey Kong Nightmare Stream,” a marathon that was raising money for Mermaids, a UK-based gender-dysphoria charity. Her appearance may have just changed the way many view Twitch forever. Brewis came up with the stream as a way to support Mermaids after the charity had been criticized by TV writer Graham Linehan, best known for The IT Crowd, a British comedy show that portrayed stereotypically nerdy computer technicians....

Ryan Murphy did what all fans thought was impossible and finally connected the many different worlds of American Horror Story. This season, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, has had everyone on the edge of their seats, just waiting to see what past characters and storylines he will tie in next. Apocalypse has roots in season 1, when the Antichrist Michael was originally conceived. From there, the worlds of Coven, Hotel, and Murder House all combine....

The next series of 24 could be a legal thriller featuring a female lead. The original 24 TV show focused on Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer, a CTU agent often tasked with racing against the clock to stop terrorist attacks. The show pioneered a real-time format, with each episode encompassing an hour within a single day. The real-time element, combined with quality writing and Sutherland’s intense performance, helped make the series a big success....

There’s no doubt that part of the first Ant-Man’s success was the Marvel brand. By the time the movie hit theaters, the studio had proven themselves at the box office time and again with far zanier concepts. Still, the movie’s star power certainly helped it do well. Mainly focused on the trio of Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, and Michael Douglas, fans have been hoping to see all three return for the inevitable sequel....

Although the issue of cross-play has become a major talking point in video games of late, it appears as though BioWare’s Anthem is going to be steering clear of it by not allowing cross-platform play between PC and console. Recently, several games have tried to push a seamless cross-play experience for players, but push-back from Sony in particular has led to such attempts being unsuccessful. Although Minecraft is now available to play between Xbox One and Switch, for instance, PS4 players are left out, and it’s the same for such other massive games as Fortnite....

In an updated support document, Apple explains what happens when a game is leaving Apple Arcade: With that statement, Apple addresses that subscribers will have two weeks more to play a leaving Arcade game, the developer can make this game available within the App Store (although the user will have to download it again), and it’s up to the developer whether it will let the Apple Arcade subscriber load their previously saved progress in this new app....

An Apple developer lawsuit filed back in 2019 has been settled after the Cupertino company agreed to pay $100M in compensation, and the court approved the deal – but the judge in the case has asked the lawyers to justify their $27M cut. The antitrust case was brought by a number of small iOS developers, on the same basis as the separate case brought by Epic Games: that Apple has a monopoly on the sale of iOS apps, leaving them forced to give the iPhone maker a 30% cut …...

One of the new features of iOS 15 is a 3D experience for Apple Maps, which brings detailed landmarks of major cities in three dimensions. As expected, Apple is now expanding the 3D landmarks in Apple Maps to Philadelphia following a recent expansion to Washington D.C. and San Diego. The expansion was quietly confirmed by Apple on its iOS 15 features webpage (via MacRumors), which now lists Philadelphia in the “Maps: Detailed City Experience” section....

Following up on its return to the external monitor market after the Pro Display XDR and Studio Display, rumors surfaced about Apple launching a higher-end 27-inch model with mini-LED. While early expectations included a possible summer and then October 2022 launch, that may have been pushed to early 2023. Analyst Ross Young shared on Twitter today with his Super Follows that he “Heard that the Apple MiniLED monitor launch was pushed to Q1’23....

Over the last several years, Apple has increasingly focused on its iPhone trade-in program. By offering lucrative trade-in details, often in partnership with carriers, Apple can entice iPhone users to upgrade every year. This trade-in program, however, has caused users a number of headaches, and the situation doesn’t appear to be improving… I’ve traded in a few iPhones to Apple over the years without issue. This year, however, I received an email about a week and a half after I mailed in an iPhone 13 Pro Max saying that the box had arrived at Apple’s trade-in facility, but that there was nothing inside the box....

As we’ve detailed several times recently, Apple’s lineup of Apple Silicon-powered Macs is seeing fast-paced adoption among enterprise users. Now, the folks at Jamf are out with a closer look at Apple Silicon in the enterprise… Jamf, which makes a variety of tools for managing Macs, iPhone, and iPads in the enterprise, says that has helped deploy more than 1 million Macs powered by the M1 family of chips. Additionally, Jamf says that 74% of its customers already have at least one Mac from the M1-powered lineup managed in their environment...

All of today’s deals are headlined by Apple Watch Series 7 cellular models at $120 off. That’s alongside the best price of the holiday season on 10.9-inch iPad Air and these Satechi USB-C hubs from $60. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Start 2022 by saving $120 on Apple Watch Series 7 cellular models Headlined by the noticeably larger screen that makes a debut this time around, Apple Watch Series 7 arrives with other notable features....

The wait for the Avengers 4 trailer may be frustrating fans, but it’s a very smart move on the part of Disney and Marvel Studios. Their epic culmination of the MCU is due to release on May 3, 2019, little more than five months away, yet there’s still no trailer. That hasn’t stopped rampant speculation of when the Avengers 4 trailer will drop. Pretty much from the moment Thanos’ victorious smile closed out Avengers: Infinity War, fans have been anticipating a proper look at its part 2, but with all to go on being Kevin Feige’s promise the trailer would be before the end of the year, speculation has been the order of the day....

Superman fans everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that there is a reason why editor Perry White had Clark Kent covering a football game in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Such is the word from director Zack Snyder himself. There are many things in Batman V Superman:Dawn of Justice which upset Superman traditionalists but the idea of Clark Kent covering a football game is one of the most oddly specific....

Bomberman is a classic and popular game franchise created in 1983. Since then, the game has had multiple sequels and spin-offs released for different platforms, such as Nintendo consoles, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Now the franchise is coming soon to Apple devices for the first time, available exclusively to Apple Arcade subscribers. The announcement was made by Konami, which currently owns the Bomberman franchise. For those unfamiliar with the Bomberman games, they basically consist of a gameplay style in which the player must defeat enemies by placing bombs around....

Android and iPhone spyware sold by NSO Group enables state terror attacks in multiple countries, according to a new database released by Amnesty International and partner organizations. NSO uses zero-day exploits to develop spyware for both iPhones and Android smartphones, allowing users to read text messages and emails, monitor contacts and calls, track locations, collect passwords, and even switch on the smartphone’s microphone to record meetings … Background A zero-day vulnerability is a security flaw that is unknown to the company that makes the hardware or software, and can be used to create malware, including spyware....