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Hocus Pocus put a spell on kids and parents alike in 1993 when it landed in theaters. Over 25 years later, it’s become a staple of the Halloween season for twenty and thirty-somethings who grew up watching the movie. Adults still love watching Max, Dani, and Allison battle the Sanderson sisters for a Halloween adventure. One theory that longtime fans have tossed around the internet for the last few years is that there was more to Allison than there seemed....

I am a HomeKit veteran at this point; I’ve used just about every product that has HomeKit support that I can try without major installation (rewiring electrical outlets, changing out light switches, etc). I think it’s time for Apple to buy HOOBS and officially welcome Homebridge into the fold of HomeKit. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework....

The Home app is a handy application for managing HomeKit products regardless if you’re using iPhone, iPad, or even the Mac. With tvOS 14, even Apple TV can access some HomeKit products. The Home app isn’t perfect, though. Several third-party applications can provide extended functionality or even a more focused way to access certain aspects of HomeKit. Here’s a round-up of the best third-party HomeKit apps. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework....

I mentioned a few months ago that I planned to use the Google Nest Cam with Floodlight at my new house because it offered 24/7 recording. For my outdoor cameras, it’s something I really wanted going forward. We’ve been in the house a few weeks, so I wanted to report what I’ve learned about the devices, how it compares to HomeKit cameras, and how it works with Starling Home Hub for bridging it to HomeKit....

After previously announcing incoming HomeKit support for its Lyric security system products, Honeywell today confirmed that the update is now available for users: The support comes via an update for the company’s Lyric Controller product, a 7-inch touchscreen with a built-in camera that acts a hub for controlling the other components of the Lyric security system. The Controller allows users to interact with the company’s keypad, cameras, smoke detector, door/window and motion sensors, sirens and more....

Ah, the Spider-Man suit– one of the most recognizable get-ups in comic books past and present. First introduced in August of 1962, Spider-Man has become one of the most recognizable, marketable, and profitable comic book characters in the world. After all, there have been six (seven if you count Captain America: Civil War) Spider-Man movies made since the year 2002. A large part of Spider-Man’s longevity – other than his unique powers and perfectly crafted origin story – is his costume....

Brief Background There are various forms of phishing, but each form has a similar objective: to elicit information from an unsuspecting victim (refer to this article for more details). Phishing Phishing is an attack wherein an attacker attempts to acquire sensitive information from a target, including usernames and passwords, personal identification information, or payment card information. This is typically done via email, but it can also be broadened to include watering hole attacks, wherein an attacker plants innocuous-looking links in places like discussion forums to entice victims to click....

Having somehow managed to gets its iOS music-purchase app approved by Apple, UK record store HMV today saw the app pulled for contravening the terms & conditions which prohibits directing sales of goods or services outside of an app, reports the Guardian. HMV, which once owned more than 300 record stores, entered administration earlier this year after failing to adapt its business model to the digital music era. It was then bought out and relaunched with 133 stores....

Lizzie McGuire followed the title character through her middle school experiences on the Disney Channel - and into one big screen movie. Soon, fans will see her experiences as an adult on Disney Plus. For Lizzie, every day in middle school provided a new challenge. Luckily, she had a few friends (not to mention a few frenemies) to help her get through it. During Lizzie’s time in middle school, a book series also made its debut....

Honor is soon going to release its Note 10. According to the rumours, the phone looks good with some decent specifications if launched in the right price. Honor has officially released a poster and confirmed that a 5000 mAh battery is going to power their newest upcoming offering. As announced earlier, it is already known to many that the smartphone will launch on 31st of July. The leaks of the phone are in news since a few days, be it the specifications, or be it the renders, etc....

WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame wrapped up plenty of plot threads and left room for the already announced Disney+ Marvel series to start. After a record breaking first week of release, with a worldwide box office tally that has soared past $1.2 billion already, Avengers: Endgame could possibly become the highest-grossing film of all-time. The culmination of 11 years of intricate franchise planning and 22 movies has provided fans and critics alike with plenty of entertainment and discussions over the evolution of the superhero and blockbuster genres....

Concentration is a pretty important element in Baldur’s Gate 3. Recently, there have been a lot of discussions going on regarding what Concentration is in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you’re familiar with Harry Potter, you’ll know that casting spells require some sort of attention. Well, concentration holds the same concept in Baldur’s Gate 3. The spellcasters in Baldur’s Gate 3 can cast spells that can act in your favor. However, for some of these spells, you must give kind attention for it to work and stay active....

A number of users flooded Apple Support Communities forums following yesterday’s release of the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 update to complain about dreaded CUI errors. In addition to a bunch of minor issues, some people reported being greeted with unexpected app crashes after rebooting into 10.7.3. For them, attempting to launch any application would produce the above (and below) prompt saying: Log files reveal that the affected users are often unable to use their computer normally as a large number of crashes are being logged....

Apple looks all set to dominate the mobile gaming market as more and more users are picking up their smartphones to play popular titles from developers that previously may have been reserved for consoles. Here’s why iOS has a big advantage over Android when it comes to gaming. In a detailed TechCrunch piece, Matthew Panzarino dives into how Apple is headlining tech industry events that the company doesn’t even have a presence at....

Update: 5:55 p.m. ET: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are slowly but surely coming back up after more than 6 hours of being down. Your mileage may vary for now, but the services are in the process of coming back to life. Update 4:30 p.m ET: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp have now been down for five hours. In the latest update, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer says that Facebook is “experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore....

Hereditary has received a surprisingly low D+ CinemaScore, even as the new film has received many positive reviews from critics. The film, which opened in theaters on June 8, currently ranks at an extremely high 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The general consensus among critics is that the film is a unique and effective horror film. However, audiences think the film is a dud. Hereditary is directed and written by Ari Aster....

iPhone 7 The new iPhone 7 has a “newish” design with a high gloss finish that you can see below, or you can get it without the gloss, too. You can get it in gold, silver, and rose gold. The Home button has been redesigned, has haptic feedback making it more responsive, and is customizable. It’s water and dust-resistant. There is a new chip inside called A10 Fusion 64-bit with four cores and an improved GPU....

DC Comics features a rotating cast of characters in the heroic Birds Of Prey team. The most recent venture, Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of Harley Quinn) brings a few of those characters to the big screen. None of them are characters who can wield magic, but if they could, some of them might have been interested in attending Hogwarts in the Harry Potter universe. Harley Quinn especially would find magical methods of battle and the ability to whip up complicated potions fascinating....

The creator of Super Smash Bros has finally detailed how Dragon Quest and Banjo-Kazooie came to join the latest entry of the series as DLC. It wasn’t long ago now that Nintendo’s E3 2019 press conference confirmed that the pair would be joining the game, bringing with them two very different reactions from different fan bases. It was widely expected based on industry rumblings that a Dragon Quest hero would join Smash Ultimate, and even Banjo was rumored as Smash Bros DLC just ahead of Nintendo’s conference....

Apple has increased the prices of apps in all countries in the European Union in line with the email sent to developers a couple of days ago. Apple has made the move in response to shifts in currency exchange rates and varying tax rules. Prices are also being increased in Norway and Russia, though Icelandic residents will see a price cut … The cost of the cheapest apps in the UK have increased from £0....