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Artists have added ears to the cowl of the recently revealed Batman costume, worn by Robert Pattinson in director Matt Reeves’ The Batman. The costume was teased in a video released by the director, who co-wrote the script with Mattson Tomlin. Anticipation for the film is at an all-time high since filming began on January 27, 2020, in London. The short screen test didn’t reveal much other than a chest-up glimpse of Pattinson in the costume....

If you are like me, Spring means biking season and I want to tell you about two great bike helmets that connect to your iPhone via Bluetooth to not only make your ride more safe but also more fun too. For over a year, I’ve had the Coros LINX helmet which uses bone conducting conduits to safely send audio signal to your eardrums without blocking natural sound. A few weeks ago I peeped the new $179....

Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has confirmed that this week’s episode, “Fear the Reaper”, will be the final one featuring the late Luke Perry as Archie Andrews’ loving father Fred. The actor’s fans were left shocked in March when the 52-year old Perry was suddenly struck by a massive stroke and passed away just a few days after. Perry has reprised his role as Archie’s working-class dad a few times on the Riverdale episodes that’ve aired since then, but with every passing appearance comes the knowledge that, sooner or later, the character’s next scene is going to be his final one....

The CW has released an extended trailer for its upcoming Riverdale spinoff, Katy Keene. Created by Archie Comics CCO Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Riverdale premiered in early 2017 and will begin its fourth season this fall. The show puts a decidedly darker spin on characters like Archie Andrews and re-imagines their eponymous hometown as a noir-flavored setting populated by murderous parents, violent gangs, and various corrupt figures in positions of authority. By comparison, Katy Keene (which Aguirre-Sacasa developed with Michael Grassi) takes place about five years after the events of Riverdale and shifts the action to NYC....

That term has been repeated so many times. About so many phones with good cameras. And by so many people. That it has become a bit of a cliche. And like all cliches, it is only partly true. For, notwithstanding all the talk about “DSLR-like quality,” the real strength of a DSLR has been its versatility, its modularity – the fact that you could make a single device do many things by adding elements to it....

Reuters reports that Apple and China Mobile have come to terms regarding the iPhone and will begin offering the handset by the end of this year. Buyers so far in the 1.4 billion people market have been limited to iPhone availability on the China Unicom network, the country’s second-largest carrier. State-owned China Telecom is the largest fixed line service and third-largest mobile telecommunication provider in the People’s Republic of China, which in itself is the world’s largest mobile phone market with an astounding 896 million mobile phone users....

More good news is that Windows Live Mail will work with any Internet email provider including the popular Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail services. Let’s take a look at how to set it up and a few of its principal features. The first question I like to ask about any software is, what can it do? Windows Live Mail is similar to Office Outlook in many respects; it can manage your email, calendar, contacts, RSS feeds, and newsgroups....

It’s not easy to create a legitimately novel accessory these days, and it’s even harder to sail smoothly through a crowdfunding campaign to bring one to market. Sanho — better-known as Hyper thanks to a popular line of battery products — spent much of 2014 preparing to release a female-friendly combination compact mirror and USB battery pack, using both Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns to raise funds for its production. After making a public splash at the 2015 CES alongside the new (and world’s smallest) laser pointer iPin, the mirror-battery Pearl ($40) is now shipping to customers....

Early in the life of the Apple Watch, offering a single, nicely-designed stand was enough for most developers; our guide to the best Apple Watch Stands compiles many such options. Just Mobile’s first entry was the aluminum, tube-shaped TimeStand, which I reviewed last month, and now the company’s back with a second and entirely different stand called the Lounge Dock ($40). Lounge Dock addresses TimeStand’s most conspicuous omission, adding support for watchOS 2....

Unlike Apple’s all-plastic version, the USB and Apple-licensed Lightning plug housings are made from really solid-feeling, attractive metal, tapered to nearly the same ultra-case-compatible thinness as Apple’s. Second, you can choose from handsome gold metal with white cabling, silver metal with white cabling, or a black-cabled gray metal that’s somewhere between Apple’s slate and original space gray in color. And finally, a Velcro tab is permanently attached between the connectors, wrapping around itself to manage the resilient-feeling cable’s length....

Nomad is ending 2015 with a bang. Having moved from small plastic accessories into using luxury materials including metal, leather, and wood, Nomad is flexing its design muscles with four new Apple device chargers that are equally attractive and creative. There’s a deluxe metal Apple Watch/iPhone travel charger called Pod Pro, the wood-encased iPad battery pack PowerPlant, a hybrid iPhone battery and car charger named Roadtrip, and a Lightning battery-equipped leather Wallet....

As a MacBook Pro user, having access to external SSD storage is important given the price of build-to-order SSD upgrades. For example, a 4TB SSD upgrade alone on the 2018 MacBook Pro can set you back $3400, more than the price of the laptop itself. With this in mind, such upgrades can’t be reasonably justified for many users, which means relying on external storage where necessary. Thankfully, there is no shortage of external storage solutions for the MacBook Pro, with many of them featuring bus-powered USB-C connectivity for plug and play functionality....

Jessica Gao, the woman who wrote the infamous “Pickle Rick” episode is leaving Rick and Morty. The infamous third season episode, titled “Pickle Rick” became a smash hit for the popular Cartoon Network animated series when it first aired back in August 2017. The episode follows Rick turning himself into a pickle in order to avoid going to therapy with his family. Gao was part of the Rick and Morty team that took home this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program....

Risk of Rain 2 is an action-based game that Hopoo Game has released. They have tried to make this game more exciting than its predecessor by adding different items. The game has many new weapons, a playstyle, a progression system, and enemies. The Risk of Rain 2 comes with around 12 players with different skills, weapons, abilities, powers, strategies, and builds. Though the title has received millions of positive reviews on Steam, some players report that their Risk of Rain 2 game is not using 100% GPU....

What inspired Robert Pattinson’s costume for The Batman? A recent test video released by The Batman director Matt Reeves provided the first official look at what Robert Pattinson will be wearing when he brings the Caped Crusader to life in the upcoming film; the glimpse of the new suit revealed it is full of references and comic book connections. The video doesn’t give a full-body preview of Pattinson’s Batsuit, but it does give fans a good look at the bat symbol, the armor, and the cowl....

Up until the October 2011 launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S, Apple had a pattern of launching their new iPhones during the summer. The original iPhone, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4 all launched in June, while the iPhone 3G launched in July. The fall iPhone 4S launch broke the summer launch pattern, but some are thinking a fall iPhone launch was just a 2011-exclusive event. However, Japanese publication Macotakara reports that according to a “reliable source,” Apple will once again launch their new iPhone in the fall....

While I’ve been a photographer since I was 14, when my bedroom became a darkroom with a bed in the corner, I’m a complete beginner where video is concerned. The closest I’ve ever got to video production was putting together a few exceedingly basic cycling videos in iMovie to share with friends. However, since we live in an age when tech writers are increasingly expected to be video producers, and I love to learn new skills, I’ve set myself a new goal for 2017....

Could Netflix’s Rhythm + Flow be the most brutal music competition series? If you ask its contestants, the answer is yes. The series pits 30 aspiring hip-hop artists against each other to see who emerges victorious in various challenges judged by Chance the Rapper, TI, and Cardi B, as well as a slew of guest judges. This dynamic series is similar to bootcamp; there’s no time to cry or feel defeated....

Cheryl Blossom is definitely one Riverdale character that die-hard fans love to hate. While there is no doubt that fan-favorite Cheryl has done zillions of questionable things throughout the series, she also has many redeemable qualities that continue to keep the audience endeared to her, episode after episode. It’s true, no matter how shameless Cheryl has been over the years, she has a strong and developing character arc that keeps fans coming back for more....

When The CW first announced that it was going to be developing and releasing a new TV series based on the beloved Archie comics, it’s unlikely fans expected it to turn out as it has. Described previously as “Archie meets Twin Peaks” the first trailers and images for Riverdale, named after the hometown of its central characters, have all teased it as being a much darker, stranger, and more mature adaptation than the comics themselves might initially inspire....