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Adapters for adding thicker ports are nothing new for Apple’s modern line of notebooks. Even the high-end Retina MacBook Pro decidedly excludes a direct Ethernet connection, and Apple’s MacBook Air and new ultrathin 12-inch MacBook are especially too thin for a wired connection to the Internet without relying on an adapter in the middle. While modern WiFi is fine for most everyday situations, even Apple acknowledges that a wired connection is necessary in some instances....

Rian Johnson is excited about the trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. After months of speculation and a number of theories from Star Wars fans all over the world, Disney and Lucasfilm finally revealed the title for the latest film in the saga at Star Wars Celebration, and with it the first trailer. As expected, the trailer (and the title reveal) prompted a new wave of theories surrounding the plot and its connection to the previous film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

A new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker TV spot has seemingly confirmed that Kylo Ren didn’t know as much about Rey as he claimed in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The film will be Episode 9 of the generational, intergalactic saga. It will also serve as the third and final part of the modern Star Wars trilogy. Originally, Colin Trevorrow was signed on to direct. After he was let go, however, J....

Frozen 2 not only reunited the same cast of characters, it also brought back the award-winning creative team from the first film. Considering the smash hit that was Frozen back in 2013, and specifically the runaway success of “Let It Go,” it’s no wonder that songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were included in that number. Husband and wife collaborated with screenwriter Jennifer Lee and the whole Frozen 2 crew to craft songs that weren’t just catchy, but also integral to the character arcs of the story....

The Blackmagic eGPU is an external graphics enclosure sold exclusively (for the time being) at the Apple Store. It’s a notable product for several of reasons. First and foremost, it’s the first time that Apple has sold an external graphics enclosure in its store. This makes sense, considering that macOS was recently upgraded with official eGPU support in version 10.13.4 back in the spring. Another reason to take note is that the Blackmagic eGPU is the first external graphics chassis to include official support for the LG UltraFine 5K display (hands-on), a monitor that Apple recommends as a replacement for its now discontinued Thunderbolt Display....

Back in August, I posted my review of the LifeTrak Move C300. In short, I couldn’t get enough of the Bluetooth-enabled fitness band with a long-lasting coin battery set to live for over a year. Now, Salutron (the company behind the LifeTrak brand) has released the Zone C410, which includes not only all of the great movement tracking and heart monitoring, but also automatic sleep tracking. I’ve had the pleasure of testing out this device for about a month now, and despite my best efforts to fool the “automatic” tracking, it is the best technology available in the industry....

Blame it on too much of poetry when I was in school, but the release of the Moto G (3rd generation) reminded me so much of Lord Tennyson’s poem about the legendary Light Brigade that rode into the valley to confront Russian guns at the battle of Balaclava in 1854. No, this is not a flight of poetic fancy. The similarities between the two situations are striking. Just as in 1854, this represents the attempt by a traditional great power (Motorola) to put an emerging power (new ‘budget smartphone’ players like Xiaomi, Asus, Lenovo, Meizu, et al) in its place, and doing so on the back of sheer reputation and experience rather than hardware (remember, the Russians had the cannon at Balaclava – the Light Brigade attacked them with lances and swords!...

What’s also interesting is that while you can pick up manufacturer (e.g. Samsung) headphones on the likes of eBay for under £10 (sometimes real, sometimes less so), there’s a huge gap to the big brands (and believe me, you pay for the brand labelling) like ‘Beats’, whose headphones start at £80 or so and go if into the stratosphere from there. What about the middle ground? Where a pair of 4-pole smartphone-aware headphones with really good audio quality came in at a price low enough that they didn’t rape your wallet, yet not so low that you doubt the quality of the design and components?...

How did the REvil ransomware attack happen? On July 2, 2021, REvil launched a massive ransomware attack on approximately 1,500 businesses and encrypted them all in one fell swoop. REvil’s attack focused on Kaseya VSA, a remote management solution used by managed service providers, or MSPs, to manage their customers’ services and support. Kaseya can be deployed both as a cloud-based SaaS or via an on-premise server. REvil focused on the on-premise servers, using a zero-day vulnerability to infect 60 MSPs....

Original Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star Rick Moranis is returning for Disney’s upcoming sequel, Shrunk. Released in 1989, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids starred Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, an eccentric scientist who invents a shrinking machine only to inadvertently shrink his children (and the kids next door) down to a quarter of an inch in size. After the film became a success, Moranis would go on to reprise his role in both the theatrically-released 1992 sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and 1997’s direct to video followup, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves....

In this article, we examine the reason for the appearance of “Robin Hood” ransomware (Section 2), discuss psychological manipulation techniques often used by ransomware creators (Section 3), and provide recommendations on how to prevent being infected with “Robin Hood” ransomware (see Section 4). Finally, a conclusion is drawn (see Section 5). “Robin Hood” ransomware usually does not specify the name of charities allegedly benefiting from cyber-crimes. Hence, we cannot find out with certainty the reason for the appearance of this type of ransomware....

Robert Downey Jr.’s new take on Doctor Dolittle gets its first poster, and changes titles from The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle to simply Dolittle. The titular physician first made his debut in the 1920 book The Story of Doctor Dolittle, and would go on to appear in 14 further works of children’s literature. What makes Dr. John Dolittle different from most medical professionals is of course his ability to converse with animals, a power that enables both his understanding of them and the reverse....

A Reuters report suggests that Apple and more than 60 other tech companies have ‘backed away’ from fighting Trump’s second travel ban. The claim is based on the fact that the companies have not yet signed an amicus brief opposing the ban, despite doing so with the first one. Apple, Google and Facebook are among more than 60 technology companies that appear to have backed away from the legal fight against U....

That’s probably because the majority of users probably don’t miss it with the top number row suffice for occasional number input, so it’s understandable why Apple doesn’t pay much attention to it. But I personally like and miss the speed of using a keypad for quick commands in pro apps like Logic and punching in numbers in spreadsheets (it’s tax time…), so I’ve been testing Satechi’s new Aluminum Wireless Keypad that recently arrived....

I’ve been interested in iBeacons — proximity-based wireless transmitters — ever since they were first announced by Apple alongside iOS 7 at WWDC in 2013. The idea of walking into a store, restaurant, or other public space and receiving (opt-in) wireless notifications based on proximity to a Bluetooth sensor struck me as a potentially compelling next step forward for both retailers and smartphone users. Even more exciting was the opportunity to receive incentives, such as coupons or free apps, just for being in proximity to the store....

Wonder Woman: Warbringer might have started out as a novel, but Louise Simonson and Kit Seaton, joined by Sarah Wooley and Deron Bennett, bring this Wonder Woman story back to it comics origins with their own distinct style. The graphic adaptation, a homecoming of sorts, succeeds in not only providing a warm welcome to new Wonder Woman fans, but also delivers a story that longtime fans can enjoy as well. The current popularity (and relevance) of Wonder Woman should be clear to any superhero fan, but even among her current and upcoming stories, Warbringer certainly holds its own....

Satechi’s new Type-C USB Hub announced in October at first glance looks like the perfect solution for using single-port Retina MacBooks with wired accessories and SD cards. It adds three traditional USB 3.0 ports like MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros so you can plug in flash drives, Lightning cables, and most other USB accessories. It also reads SD cards and Micro SD Cards, just not at the same time. And the sleek hub is offered in Mac-matching colors that look almost official…...

At the annual Star Wars Celebration, Rey cosplayers got together to reenact the famous mirror scene from The Last Jedi. Over 20 Reys participated, and did the hand gesture in perfect sync. The mirror scene is referring to a rather strange sequence in the The Last Jedi. Rey enters a cave on Luke Skywalker’s island to learn about her heritage. One of the biggest mysteries of the new movies was Rey’s parents, and this scene appeared to be leading to some kind of reveal....

It is just not any network; it is an anonymity network whose prototype has been developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). It is promised to be both bandwidth and computation efficient which will allow clients from low bandwidth to connect and will allow servers to serve more clients. One problem that exists in Tor is that a malicious user can flood a node in the TOR network with own crafted messages destined to a predefined node and observe the path of a single message which is to be tracked....

A recent trademark filed by Riot Games has revealed the title of their highly anticipated competitive first-person shooter previously titled Project A. The trademark calls this project Valorant, and suggests that Riot is eager to push it forward as highly competitive and eSports driven product. Project A was originally teased during Riot’s 10th-anniversary celebration livestream, along with Riot’s upcoming TCG, Legends of Runeterra, and the League of Legends console and mobile game, Wild Rift....