It’s finally here. The Rise Of Skywalker, the last entry in the Skywalker saga, has arrived. It was hotly anticipated by Star Wars fans everywhere as a celebration of one of cinema’s greatest franchises and sagas. The film has opened to mixed critical reception but a fairly positive audience reaction - which the fandom sorely needed. One thing that can always be expected from a Star Wars film even if the quality is not to everyone’s standards, is a big box office....

After Disney+’s launch on November 12 the streaming wars reached a new level, and Netflix has kept up a steady stream of major releases in order to retain its market dominance. With competition heating up, Netflix’s market strategy appears to be flooding the market with a glut of content and having something for everyone. Oscar-hopeful Netflix-produced dramas like The Irishman, The Two Popes, and Marriage Story appear on the same list as comedy specials featuring Michelle Wolf and Mike Birbiglia....

We’ve already seen the Disney and Pixar teams go hands-on with Apple’s upcoming iPad Pro and now Apple is showing the device off to people in other fields. Fraser Speirs, the head of Computing and IT at Cedars School of Excellence, says he attended a preview event in London to try out the iPad Pro and spent about an hour with it. Speirs took to Twitter to voice some of his thoughts about the usefulness of iPad Pro in education and in general…...

Emma Watson made her professional acting debut in a massive franchise. For nearly a decade of her acting career, she brought Hermione Granger to life on the big screen for the Harry Potter franchise. It’s fitting, then, that more of her characters get sorted into their Hogwarts Houses of the Harry Potter universe. For the Harry Potter fans who might need a refresher, there are four Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin....

The so-called “show about nothing” starring Jerry Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, Jason Alexander as his best friend George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Jerry’s ex-girlfriend and friend Elaine Benes, and Michael Richards as his hipster doofus neighbor Cosmo Kramer, was included by many on top-shows-of-all-time lists including Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone. Widely considered as one of the best and most influential sitcoms ever made, Seinfeld ran for nine hilarious seasons....

With the release of today’s iOS 9 beta, Apple has introduced several new features. The first on the list, and probably one of the most important, is support for Wi-Fi Calling on AT&T. In previous betas the feature was limited to T-Mobile’s network, but it appears the final version of the software will enable it on multiple carriers. At the moment, AT&T doesn’t actually support Wi-Fi calling from any device, but has previously promised that the feature would eventually be made available some time this year....

True, SpaceX makes up less than 17% of Musk’s $241.4 billion net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, but Jonas is bullish on SpaceX. Jonas said SpaceX was “challenging any preconceived notion of what was possible and the time frame possible, in terms of rockets, launch vehicles and supporting infrastructure.” He believes SpaceX, currently worth about $100-billion, will get to $200 billion. That’s because he sees it as multiple businesses in one....

After announcing the upcoming all-new modular Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR today, Apple has launched an AR tool to place both of the new products on your own desk with iPhone or iPad. The new modular Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR come with some serious power and highly impressive specs (and price tags too), as well as a brand new, yet familiar cheese-grater design. For a fun look at how the new professional desktop and display will look at your own workstation, Apple has an AR tool for iPhone and iPad....

ESPN has launched an iOS 10-centric update to its flagship app. The updated ESPN app brings about several new iOS 10-related features, such as iMessage App Store support and updated iOS 10 widget support. The update, version 5.3, is now available for download on the App Store. The most notable portion of the ESPN app update, is the implementation of iMessage App Store support. The ESPN iMessage app allows users to share scores and game highlights with friends without leaving the Messages app....

Sleepaway Camp has maintained a reputation as a cult classic of the horror genre, but over time it’s found a greater appreciation, which has also extended to the film’s less impressive collection of sequels. The slasher sub-genre of horror has literally gone to ridiculous places like space and hell, but the 1980s were a glorious time for horror where a summer camp was enough of a draw. Movies like Sleepaway Camp helped summer camps become popular settings for horror films, and now series like American Horror Story have turned to the topic for inspiration....

Following the introduction of an always-on display with last year’s Apple Watch Series 5, early indications are that the Apple Watch Series 6 will continue to expand the wearable’s health capabilities. Read on as we round up everything we know so far about the 2020 Apple Watch, including details on the rumored lower-end replacement for the Series 3. Design The Apple Watch Series 6 is likely to look similar to the Apple Watch Series 5....

Beautiful and talented actress Eva Mendes has been gracing screens everywhere since the 90s. While the first few movies of her career failed to grant her the success she deserved, once Mendes snatched a role in 2001’s Training Day, it was only up from there. You might know her from projects like Hitch, where she starred alongside Will Smith, or from her role as Monica Fuentes in the Fast And Furious franchise....

As part of its CES 2018 product announcements, Elgato today introduced a new Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock. Designed for on-the-go users, the dock packs HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3, and gigabit Ethernet connectivity in a small and portable package… The Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock packs a built-in Thunderbolt 3 cable, so you don’t have to worry about making sure you pack yet another cable when you’re traveling. Furthermore, it offers 40 Gbp throughput to ensure that every port “operates reliably at full performance,” no matter how many accessories you have connected....

Elgato have this brilliant device called the Turbo.264 HD, a hardware accelerator combined with software that speeded up video conversion operations. Well-received the device is a great asset to anyone hoping to swap video between formats. Today the company released a software edition of Turbo.264 HD. The easy-to-use software gives users the ability to instantly edit HD camcorder clips without converting them first. The software automatically detects USB camcorders and enables users to preview and edit video clips before importing them....

In today’s world, the moment we think about actually creating data, we must also think about how to protect its confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility. When creating data, we need to assume possible worst case scenarios including, but not limited, to data leakage, unauthorized access, and completely losing access to the data. Unauthorized access means losing control over the data. One side effect of data processing is that additional copies are produced—be it in a swap memory on hard drive, a temporary file, or a memory of a process we are using to process the data....

Wes Anderson is one of those directors who draws a lot of attention whenever a new project is announced. Starting back to his first feature film, Bottle Rocket, Anderson has become an icon of independent films and received huge praise for his unique and distinct style as well as memorable characters from his distinguished filmography. With such great films as The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic and Grand Budapest Hotel under his belt, it no surprise that his latest film already has fans excited....

Ecobee appears to be planning to show off its new Ecobee4 smart thermostat next week. The company teased out the date today on a new sign-up page that says ‘something big is in the works’ under what is likely a preview of the new smart thermostat hardware. The new hardware also appears sleeker with new silver room sensors compared to the current white sensors based on recent leaks. (Fingers crossed that the new blue LED strip can be adjusted and isn’t always on....

Earlier this year, Apple obtained world rights to the Ed Sheeran documentary “Songwriter.” Now, Sheeran has announced on his Instagram that the film will be available exclusively on Apple Music beginning next month… Sheeran says that “Songwriter” will be available on Apple Music starting August 28th. The film highlights the songwriting process for Sheeran as he created his third and most recent album, ÷. While it’s unclear exactly how much Apple paid for the rights to the documentary, a report earlier this year suggested somewhere in the “low to mid seven figures....

The Apple discussion boards are starting to heat up with an issue related to users not receiving emails from particular domains sent to their me.com/ .mac accounts. The problem appears to specifically related to RoadRunner and Comcast domains, and is affecting users across the U.S. The issue is related to me.com accounts being unable to receive emails from rr.com and comcast.com domains. One user reports being unable to receive emails from “hawaii....

Fortnite has been a smash success on iOS, but recently users have complained of increasingly poor performance. In a post on Reddit, however, Epic Games has addressed the performance issues and says fix is coming soon. Since the last update to Fortnite on iOS, players have reported lagging issues and poor graphic performance. Similar issues have also plagued the Windows and Mac versions of the games, but those have been patched....