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Danai Gurira shared with us her experience so far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the story of how she was cast. Debuting just last month via Black Panther as Dora Milaje’s fearless leader, Okoye, Gurira has quickly become a fan-favorite (as almost everyone in the Ryan Coogler movie). Known for her loyalty to the Wakandan throne, impressive fighting skills, and no-nonsense attitude, she will play a significant part in the fight against mad Titan Thanos....

Hideo Kojima, the mind behind the Metal Gear series and game director of the upcoming Death Stranding, revealed on Saturday that even as the production teams he manages have gotten bigger, he still contributes to multiple stages of the game development process. Kojima is one of the most recognized names in the video game industry, and his games are known to have a bizarre flair that marks them as distinctly “Hideo Kojima games....

Fans have been clamoring for a sequel to Hocus Pocus for years now. While they didn’t get a movie sequel in 2018, they did get something else. Disney and Freeform Press released a novelization of the original movie paired with a sequel set 25 years later - just in time for the 25th anniversary of the movie’s release. The movie’s novel provided fans with a lot of backstory and details they wouldn’t have had before....

One of the more popular smart lock options on the market is getting a bit more versatile today. Schlage has announced that it is bringing expanded Alexa support to its Sense and Connect smart locks. While the two have long supported HomeKit and basic Alexa commands, this update gives further controls to users… Today’s announcement is an extension to the Alexa support originally announced for the Schlage products last year. At that point, users could only use their voice to lock their door and check its status....

Things are going to get tricky for Mandy Patinkin’s Saul Berenson in the final season of Showtime’s Homeland, thanks to a guest-starring role for Hugh Dancy. The long-running series has decided to call it quits after season 8, with Claire Danes’s Carrie Mathison back on the job after being imprisoned for months in Russia during the season 7 finale. The season ended with a big question mark as to the state of Carrie’s mental health, and while it seems as though the series is set to provide an answer, it may not be one that will make things easy for the former (and future?...

After the Apple event today, the company is seeding the Release Candidate for HomePod 14.5. HomePod 14.5 software has the build 18L203 and, only invited developers can try this beta. Apple also released its release notes: “HomePod Software Version 14.5: This update includes general performance and stability improvements.” HomePod 14.5, which is based on the tvOS, will be the first update for the smart speaker from Apple after it being discontinued early this month....

Over the decades, the many Avengers of Marvel Comics have faced off against hundreds of villains with a wide range of skills and abilities. Some have been thwarted, others have been turned to the side of good, but many just can’t seem to trulybe defeated. From armies of henchmen to cosmic powerhouses, Marvel’s superheroes can never truly rest, given the surplus of world-ending threats and nefarious schemes they routinely face. As such, when it came time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to birth new adaptations of those comic book heroes, many of the company’s biggest villains followed suit....

A Google employee has taken to Medium today to describe how he sold an iMac on Craigslist, but has had access to its location for the last 3 years. In the post, Brenden Mulligan explains that he erased the computer and did a clean install of macOS before selling it, but that it has remained on his Find My iPhone account since he sold it… It wasn’t until recently that Mulligan realized the device was still on his Find My iPhone device list....

It looks like production is about to start on the long-awaited His Dark Materials TV series, as the producers of A Discovery of Witches hint they will be working on it next. His Dark Materials, the trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman, has had a series in the works at the BBC since 2015, when it was first announced that the three novels would be coming to the small screen....

Whether you’re looking to refresh an existing vacuum or just get in on the smart, autonomous cleaning action for the first time, Dreametech has you covered with a lineup of appliances. Now ahead of the holidays, it is offering great deals on its D9 Robot Vacuum and Mop, as well as the higher-end Dreametech L10 Pro. Keep reading for all the details on Dreametech’s smart cleaning devices for the 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. Siri Smart locks that work with HomeKit including August Smart Locks let you replace your keys with your voice using Siri. You can still use your keys as a backup, but voice is often more convenient in the dark or if your hands are full. Here are some example phrases:...

Today’s best deals include Apple HomePod at $200, plus markdowns on MacBook Air, and the latest 5K iMacs. Hit the jump for all that and more. HomePod drops to $200 Best Buy is now offering Apple’s HomePod for $200. That’s a $99 savings from the regular going rate and a match of the best we’ve seen from reputable retailers in new condition. Apple HomePod is a great way to dive into the world of Siri control and Apple Music....

Game Of Thrones has come to an end, but HBO has announced that Westeros will be returning to the small screen in the upcoming prequel series House Of The Dragon. The show is set to feature the ancestors of Daenerys Targaryen and the devastating civil war known as the Dance of Dragons. For some fans, this is great news as Game Of Thrones was beloved by fandom and more epic dragon battles seem promising....

Squanch Games project High On Life has been the talk of the town in the gaming community in recent times. And recently, at the Gamescom 2022 conference back in August, Mikey Spano (the art director and CCO at Squanch Games) had a lot of exciting things to speak about the game. This has ignited the question among gamers about the arrival of High on Life 2. Undoubtedly, you are also one of these individuals who are interested in the title, and we will provide you with all the details about the possible release of High On Life 2 in this article....

Twitter, founded in July of 2006 as an offshoot of the short-lived podcast aggregation company Odeo by Evan Williams and Biz Stone, has more than 2 billion monthly users. It has become the pulse of the Internet and social media, where up-to-the-second breaking news and statements from popular – or shall we say infamous – personalities are made to their hundreds of millions of followers. Unlike its rival platform Facebook, Twitter’s functionality has been more or less static, remaining primarily a short message bus and link broadcast platform....

Upcoming sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard has cast The Umbrella Academy star Tom Hopper. The first film in the burgeoning action-comedy series hit theaters in the summer of 2017, and marked Ryan Reynolds’ first big box office draw since the enormous success of Deadpool the previous year. Starring Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Selma Hayek, The Hitman’s Bodyguard follows Reynolds as disgraced former elite private bodyguard Michael Bryce, who finds himself forced to accompany imprisoned assassin Darius Kincaid (Jackson) to the Hague in order to testify against brutal Belarusian dictator Vladislav Dukhovich (Oldman)....

This summer’s Spider-Man: Homecoming picks up in the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, as a young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) struggles to readjust to his daily life as a teenaged superhero/high school sophomore. It remains to be seen exactly what the future holds for the web-slinger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - but college life and/or a post-high school career (see: working as a photographer for The Daily Bugle), is one of the things that may not lie in the cards for Holland’s Mr....

During Apple’s Q1 earnings call this week, Tim Cook used HomeKit as an example of how the iPhone is expanding Apple’s ecosystem into new areas where it can innovate: As our resident HomeKit enthusiast, Cook discussing the feature during Apple’s earnings call caught my attention. Cook even describes how he’s personally using HomeKit. Below I’ll unpack exactly what Cook said about HomeKit, a bit about how I’m using it as well, and some helpful HomeKit resources....

2020 has already served us a couple of great movies and one of those happens to be Horse Girl. The movie follows a woman called Sarah (Alison Brie) who believes that she is her grandmother’s clone. Shy and reclusive, Sarah gets lost in her own world where she forgets time, has weird dreams, and sleepwalks. She also believes that she has been abducted by aliens. It’s a brilliant performance from Alison Brie that would make you want to check out the rest of her movie and TV catalog....

In addition to the several new user-facing features introduced by Apple for iOS 7, hidden settings inside the new system have revealed that Apple has been testing other new enhancements. Hamza Sood discovered the hidden settings options, and these toggles reveal additional gesture, multitasking, and folders options. The settings are not readily available to users of the iOS 7 beta, but acces requires some unspecified tweaking. Notably, Apple is testing system-wide edge-swipe and corner-swipe gestures for iOS 7....