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How I Met Your Mother was a show about all the things that happen before you meet your soulmate. At its heart, it is buddy sit-com about five friends living in New York and dealing with their love lives. The show is full of inside jokes, wacky shenanigans, and endearing moments of romantic passion. The characters of How I Met Your Mother are also unique from each other. There is the battered romantic Ted Mosby, the cynical Robin Sherbotsky, the pure hearted Marshal Erikson, the advice giving Lily Aldrin, and the mischievous Barney Stinson....

Figure 1: Log4shell exploitation worldwide (by ESET). How the Log4shell vulnerability works Here is the modus operandi of the Log4shell vulnerability: The data from the user is sent to the remote server via any protocol. The server logs the requested data, which includes the malicious payload: The pre-computed payload, which is available on the domain controlled by the attacker (attacker.example.com), activates the log4j vulnerability in the remote server that sends a request to the attacker domain via the Java naming and directory interface (JNDI) protocol....

BBC/HBO’s new fantasy series His Dark Materials is a lavish adaptation of the book trilogy by Philip Pullman, and boasts an impressive cast that includes James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Dafne Keen and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The series is set an a parallel universe where people’s souls exist outside of their bodies in the form of animal companions called daemons, who shapeshift throughout childhood before eventually settling into a final form. A young orphan, Lyra Belacqua, is embroiled into a sprawling mystery that could forever upset the balance of power in this world....

Fifteen years ago, Apple announced the original iPhone. The concept of apps wasn’t clear at the time, and many people thought they were better off jailbreaking their new smartphones to unlock their potential. When the App Store launched, a developer created iBeer, a way to drink alcohol from your iPhone without getting the hangover. Here’s the story about the success and forgetfulness of the app. Mel Magazine interviewed the magician developer Steve Sheraton....

Update as of January 9: Based on the latest information, the Magic UI 4.0 will bring on-board a new feature called file flash transfer feature which allows resumable transfers, long-distance large file sharing, among others. According to the latest piece of information, devices like Honor 30 Pro, 30 Pro+, V30, V30 Pro, Honor 30, V20, Honor 20, 20 Pro, and Magic 2 will get the feature soon. Update as of November 17: Honor, a sub-brand from Huawei, has sold off its Honor business to Zhixin New Information Technology Co....

Spending a few days at EVE Fanfest, the annual community-focused event hosted by CCP Games near their HQ in Reykjavik, Iceland, the excitement about VR potential was palpable. We had the opportunity to chat with lead developers from CCP’s various studios (they have teams in Atlanta, Newcastle, and Shanghai as well) and despite the focus of the event being on the company’s flagship game, the popular MMO EVE Online, the conversations veered towards CCP’s other projects....

Apple earlier this week released TestFlight for macOS, which lets developers easily provide beta versions of their apps to users outside the App Store. However, since TestFlight for macOS is still beta software, some users have been experiencing problems when trying to open app links after being invited to join a beta program. If you can’t open TestFlight links in macOS, read on as we describe some steps that may help you....

A set of images have been released for HBO series His Dark Materials, spotlighting the zoological variety to be seen throughout the show. The story is kicked off when Lyra Belacqua, an intelligent and inquisitive young tomboy, begins the search for her best friend after he goes missing in the latest of a series of child abductions, and in the process is revealed the truth of her own life, as well as secrets that threaten the fundamental fabric of the universe....

Audiences desperate to see BBC’s His Dark Materials TV show have a big reason to smile this week - casting is complete and production is finally underway. Nearly three years have passed since BBC announced they’d partnered with Bad Wolf Productions to adapt Philip Pullman’s popular trilogy into a television series. But in February, Bad Wolf wrapped A Discovery of Witches and tweeted their plans to get started on His Dark Materials....

The lavish Los Angeles Hotel Bel-Air recently reopened with redesigned rooms and made sure to toss out its old, clunky receivers along with the outdated interior design. The 70-year-old hotel replaced the telephones with Apple’s booming iPad, so guests no longer need to use a laminated binder menu and corded handset to order their caviar and wine. Room service now occurs via the iOS tablet included in their room, and the hotel hopes to have 50 percent of orders placed through the new addition....

IO Interactive’s Hitman series came to a trilogy end in 2021 after the initial release of the first title back in 2016. But is that the end for Agent 47? Initially, the plan was to release a trilogy, and the developers did that in the last six years. But many speculate that the end of the third title left many wondering about a possible fourth edition. The entire trilogy series was a hit, so fans expect a possible fourth title, and here in this article, we will look into it....

A Home app concept posted on Behance pulls off a difficult trick: combining power and flexibility with ease of use. Apple has done its best to walk that line, devices appearing as simple on/off buttons while a long-press reveals more powerful controls. For lights, for example, you can tap a button to toggle it on or off, and long-press to control the brightness or color – as well as to do things like assigning it to a different room…...

While I like the idea celebrating the Asian and Pacific Islander community, it’s hard not to feel like APAHM is another box for organizations to tick on their laundry list of diversity milestones. That is, if they remember to acknowledge it at all. For brands who do push through with their APAHM plans, I’d offer this as a word of advice. APAHM is an opportunity for brands to learn about the history of a community that’s often invisibilized and recognize those whose experiences are minimized....

As coverage of deepfake technology becomes more prevalent, it’s reasonable to wonder how these videos even work. Advancements in motion capturing and facial recognition over the past decade have been staggering – and terrifying. What used to be limited to only the most well-funded computer scientists and movie studios is now a tool in the hands of comedy outlets and state-run media. By definition, deepfakes are videos in which a person’s face and/or voice are replaced with someone else’s by an AI....

The contents of Apple’s 2015 Japanese “Lucky Bag” sales have been revealed. The bags went on sale at 8 AM local time this morning, and the entire collection of deals was quickly revealed by those who had taken advantage of the limited-time offer. The bags will cost shoppers around ¥38,000 (or about $323). There are four different types of bags available, and customers will get one at random when they make their purchase....

If you’re starting from scratch with HomeKit, it can look expensive to get started. There are so many devices with different features that you might be concerned about what to buy. However, if you’re new to HomeKit, I’ve got the perfect device to start with: a switched outlet. I recently tested a new low-cost HomeKit compatible outlet adaptor that is less than $20 for a two-pack, and it’s the perfect way to get started with HomeKit....

The highly anticipated $349 HomePod arrived on Friday afternoon, and I’ve been playing around with it for the last day or so. A few things, like the speaker’s build quality and design, are things that I can immediately appreciate upon unboxing. The one surefire conclusion that I can make after using the HomePod is that Apple has, as we know by now, prioritized sound quality over everything else. The best of HomePod Colors At launch, the HomePod is available in two colors: space gray and white....

Microsoft broke out it’s iOS 5 user base by device in the chart below. It’s interesting but not surprising to see the majority of the iOS 5 user base is using an iPhone 4 or 4S. Image Credit Windows Live Blog Microsoft re-emphasized the popularity of its webmail service on its 15th anniversary where it mentioned Microsoft’s continued investment into the service by introducing new features like Active Sync for Mobile devices including easy setup on the iOS devices, significant UI enhancement for Hotmail, HTTPS support, an Outlook 2010 connector and a significant performance update....

It’s likely that Android’s development team tested the waters by collaborating with the Chrome OS development team. A feature called Easy Unlock entered the Chrome development channel last spring. If you enable the feature in the development channel and you’re a competent enough coder, you may be able to test Easy Unlock yourself. You may need to have both an Android mobile device and a Chromebook in developer mode, and enable the feature on both devices....

Klout for iPhone just pushed out version 1.8, and the update notably adds…wait for it…Passbook support! The changelog mentioned users can show off a “Klout Card” equipped with their name, photo, and score to brag about their social influence. Yeah. Just what the world needed. Aside from Passbook support, the app is newly optimized for the iPhone 5. Users are also now notified of eligible Klout perks and can claim them right from their iPhone....