High Maintenance on HBO follows the exploits of a New York City weed deliveryman, simply known as “The Guy.” The show takes viewers on the various adventures of the protagonist and each episode deals with a new set of unique characters, allowing for fresh plot lines to be introduced with each new broadcast. First premiering on HBO in 2016, High Maintenance has become a hit with fans and critics alike....
Your Rangers move through the empty town, creeping past barricades made of desert junk and old car parts. “Hell Razor” takes point with their old army pistol, on the lookout for hostiles. Suddenly, a mutant bunny leaps out to attack! The Ranger team swiftly takes it down, using up some of their precious ammo…but then a pack of desert lizards come charging in, forcing them to run! Such is life in the Wasteland…...
Hobbs and Shaw is off to a slow start at the box office, but it still has a good chance of being a commercial hit. This decade, the Fast and Furious series reached new levels of critical and commercial prominence, undergoing a renaissance in the wake of Fast Five’s success. With the mainline series now popular enough to hit the $1 billion mark in consecutive tries, Universal felt it was a good time to expand the franchise....
Good news for Huawei Honor 10 users! The Honor 10 Android 9 Pie update has now started to roll out to the users in China. A few weeks ago, Huawei enlisted the phones that will be eligible for the Android 9.0 update. However, the official release date was never made available for the general public. Later in August, it also began the internal testing. And now, after exactly a month since Android Pie was officially announced, Huawei has finally started pushing the first wave of OTA updates for the Honor 10 users in China....
Avengers: Endgame’s final battle featured a lot a lot of moving pieces all woven together, but it also went through several changes during reshoots. Here are all the alterations made to the film’s epic action sequence. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, with the story written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Endgame served as the direct sequel to 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, which ended with the titular heroes suffering their first defeat at the hands of Thanos (Josh Brolin)....
Amity Island police chief Martin Brody was the hero of the first two Jaws films, but by Jaws: The Revenge, the character was killed off. If there’s one character most closely associated with the Jaws franchise, it’s, well, the great white shark itself. After all, it’s the only character to appear in every film, and it’s hard to get more memorable than an enormous murder shark. As far as humans go though, that prize goes to Chief Brody, the voice of reason during both Jaws and Jaws 2....
Back in September we reported that Apple was developing a feature to help users find their parked cars for its in-house Maps app. While that feature wasn’t officially debuted during WWDC last week, new icons found inside the Maps application indicate that the feature was in development at some point and is likely still be worked on. As we originally noted: As seen in the screenshot above, Apple’s latest mapping software contains six images dedicated to the parked car location feature, each a purple pin with a car-shaped glyph....
HomeKit Weekly is a new series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. Learning Curve Apple introduced HomeKit as part of iOS 8 back in 2014, but Siri was the only way to interact the smart home framework without a third-party app. The go-to third-party app called Home (before Apple’s Home app) took a design approach that made HomeKit control feel like using the Settings app with a clean layout and understandable toggles....
Aqara products have been an integral part of my HomeKit setup for nearly two years. With a competitive entry price and a range of accessories that are compatible with HomeKit, it’s the ideal way to start your smart home journey without breaking the beak. A new Aqara motion sensor is now available, and I’ve had the opportunity to spend a few weeks testing it in my home. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework....
If you’re looking for a better way to store all the HomeKit codes for your smart home accessories, HomePass is the answer. In an upcoming update, the app is becoming even better with support for custom fields, new layouts, Siri Shortcuts, and x-callback-urls. Update: HomePass 1.7 now available When we first checked out HomePass when it launched we called it “a must-have utility for HomeKit enthusiasts.” Developer Aaron Pearce let us know the upcoming version 1....
In a series of local press releases, Apple has announced a new set of HomePod mini countries, as the slow global rollout continues. This follows hints back in July. Finland, Norway, and Sweden will each get the smart speaker on December 13. South Africa will be next in line, from December 19. Apple has said that other countries will follow next year … Background Apple launched the original HomePod in 2017, announcing it some six months ahead of the device going on sale....
Netflix releases the Horse Girl trailer starring Alison Brie. In addition to starring, this is Brie’s first foray into writing. Horse Girl is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next week before debuting on the streaming service next month. Brie is a comedic actress known for her spunky and energetic personality. Along with her charm, her talent has helped her score roles like Ruth in Netflix original GLOW, Annie Edison in Community and Lainey in Sleeping With Other People....
Popular last-minute hotel booking app Hotel Tonight has announced this evening that it is making it even easier for iPhone users to quickly book hotels. In a press release, the company announced that it is updating its iOS with expanded support for Touch ID, which it says allows users to book hotels in “5 seconds flat.” Hotel Tonight has supported Apple Pay and Touch ID with Apple Pay since 2014, but today’s update brings Touch ID to the entire booking process, not just the payment via Apple Pay step....
The secret to creating a financially successful movie is 40% talent, 20% luck, 10% savvy marketing, 29% timing, 1% witchcraft, and 100% made-up statistics. As we discovered during an in-depth look at the question of whether or not there’s such a thing as a “formula” for making a huge box office hit, the only thing that’s absolutely certain is that nothing is absolutely certain - and that lack of a guarantee when hundreds of millions of dollars are being thrown into projects contributes to a culture of fear among Hollywood’s higher-ups - a night terror that even if you do everything right, you could still end up with a total disaster on your hands....
With Fortune having now filled in the blanks in its analyst roundup, above are the final numbers Wall Street expects Apple to announce at around 1.30pm PT/4.30pm ET this afternoon. With all 34 analysts having revealed their predictions, the consensus view is for year-on-year revenue to have grown by 8.5 percent, with earnings up 18.1 percent … Unsurprisingly, the bulk of that growth is expected to be from iPhone sales, which are expected to have climbed by 14....
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a timeless cult classic. It features catchy musical numbers and phenomenal performances, particularly from Tim Curry, who plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Frank-N-Furter and the other main characters such as Brad, Janet, and even Riff Raff have strong personalities, giving each character their moment in the film. The Harry Potter franchise has too big of a following to earn cult status, but it is still on track to become a timeless classic....
Apple doesn’t include a Home app for HomeKit like it does a Health app for HealthKit, but Matthias Hochgatterer’s Home app is a worthy solution for anyone diving into Apple’s Siri-controlled home automation platform. In testing various HomeKit-compatible smart accessories, Home for iOS has been a critical piece of the puzzle in making everything work correctly and reliably. Siri controls HomeKit, but third-party apps from various accessory makers are needed for creating scenes and triggers that really make home automation come to life....
Smart home maker Tado has today launched a new version of its Smart AC Controller (£89), available in the UK and many European countries. The controller works with air conditioning units and heat pumps that communicate with a remote over Infrared. The big news about V3 is that the Smart AC is now HomeKit compatible. In a similar way to a universal TV remote, the Tado Smart AC detects the manufacturer of the air conditioning unit based on the signals from its IR remote....
The HomeKit-enabled August Smart Lock (reviewed) has had one big missing feature since iOS 10 was released back in September: Apple Home app support. Today that’s finally changing thanks to a new firmware update rolling out to August Smart Lock. Before iOS 10, Smart Lock was just as compatible with Apple’s smart home framework as any other HomeKit-enabled device. It worked with Siri voice control, you could set up automation, and it worked with app control from third-party HomeKit apps....
Halfway through the work week, all of today’s best deals are now headlined by a rare chance to save on HomePod mini in all five colors from $60. Not to mention a long-awaited discount on a higher-end M1 MacBook Air configuration that takes $450 off the 1TB/16GB model. And finally, this Apple Pencil 2 discount complements holiday iPad purchases at $89. Hit the jump for all of the best Apple Christmas deals and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break....
