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Apple has updated its Privacy website with details about how the company uses your data to serve the newest iOS 9 and iPhone 6s features, like Apple Pay, Apple News and Hey Siri. Consistent with Apple’s messaging, they reiterate how everything they make is designed to store as little personal information as possible with anonymity wherever possible. Contrary to other reports, the Tim Cook cover letter fronting the Apple Privacy page is not new and has been posted on the website for some time....

In a support article posted overnight, Apple announced that it will repair any iPhones, Macs, iPads and iPods that were directly damaged by the devastating heavy floods that swept through Japan this month. Apple expressed its sympathies for anyone who was affected by the flooding, which has tragically caused hundreds of deaths. The support naturally goes against Apple’s standard repair policies, which strictly exclude water damage. Apple says that it will attempt to repair any damaged products for free, including via courier delivery (via Macotakara)....

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are teaming up once more in Bad Boys For Life, the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise. With the release date fast approaching, many will surely want to revisit the previous films (or watch them for the first time), but are Bad Boys and Bad Boys II on any of the three major streaming platforms? The first Bad Boys film was released in 1995 and introduced audiences to detectives Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) and Mike Lowrey (Smith)....

A new large-scale consumer satisfaction survey from JD Power has revealed bad news for the travel industry. More than 12,000 users of airline, hotel, travel agent, and car rental apps found relatively low levels of satisfaction. Ease of use was particularly problematic … Although travel apps can involve detailed information, and might be expected to struggle in terms of ease of use, the survey found that this didn’t seem to be the reason they lagged behind financial apps....

The latest episode of Arrow season 8 served to shoot down a popular theory regarding Earth-2 Laurel Lance and the Anti-Monitor. With the highly anticipated Crisis on Infinite Earths looming, season 8 - which also doubles as the show’s last - has seen Oliver Queen working for The Monitor. Tasked with very specific missions, Oliver’s journey has taken him to parallel Earths and various familiar locations from his past. Along the way, he has since been joined by John Diggle and, following the destruction of Earth-2, the former Black Siren....

On the day that Apple Pay goes live, SVP Eddy Cue has told the WSJ that the company “has a lot of work to do” on the service, suggesting that initial take-up may be slow – with in-app purchases making up the largest share of transactions in the short-term. Although the list of retailers who have committed to Apple Pay looks impressive, it is far from comprehensive, with some big names missing – including the largest retailer in the US, Wal-Mart … We’re trying to do something that I think is a game changer and it requires a lot of people to play together....

AT&T was officially granted an FCC waiver this week to enable Wi-Fi calling for its customers with supported devices like iPhones running iOS 9. Wi-Fi Calling first appeared during the iOS 9 beta period and remained functional for those who enabled it previously, but AT&T stopped sign-ups for the feature once iOS 9 was publicly released due to requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission. While AT&T has officially turned on Wi-Fi calling for its subscribers, the carrier is doubling down on its position that rivals T-Mobile and Sprint have deployed and marketed Wi-Fi calling features for a while without proper FCC approval....

Ken Segall, a former Apple consultant and subsequent author, recently revealed a couple of anecdotes on the late CEO Steve Jobs while speaking at an event for his tell-all book. Segall remembered a quarrel between Jobs and Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive. He said the pair was “inseparable” and as “close as lovers,” but he also noted they had their disagreements: According to PC Advisor: Walter Issacson’s “Steve Jobs” biography provides a little more background information on the iMac feud:...

Netflix has released a teaser trailer for filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s upcoming limited series about the Central Park Five, When They See Us. DuVernay co-wrote and directed all four parts of the series, which is now officially scheduled to begin streaming at the end of May. The Central Park Five jogger case revolved around five young men of color (four black, one latino) who were arrested and eventually convicted of attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park on the night of April 19, 1989....

Out of the four elements in the world of Avatar, fire has gained a reputation as the most outwardly destructive. It was Firebending that allowed the Fire Nation to industrialize much faster than the other three nations, which gave them a unilateral edge during the Hundred Year War as they supplemented their already powerful techniques with mechanical tanks and ships. In this list, we’ll be ranking 10 of the best Firebending techniques shown across the entire franchise, from Avatar: The Last Airbender to The Legend of Korra, and explaining why these techniques are so useful in the heat of battle....

Prerequisite: what do I need for a security officer position? The chief security officer oversees all of the standards for hardware, data and overall company information. Hackers continuously try to penetrate company systems, so the chief security officer must be knowledgeable in protecting the internal corporate systems as well as any cloud services. Most CSOs have some type of management experience, because they have several managers from different departments who report to the CSO....

Former Bachelor lead Chris Soules opened up while on the Almost Famous podcast with two former Bachelor Nation stars about how “depressed and scared” he felt after the fatal car crash he caused in 2017, and about how he’s now focussing on being a better person. Soules was the lead of the 19th season of ABC’s popular reality show back in 2015 after appearing on Andi Dorfman’s season of The Bachelorette....

Apple earlier this month refreshed both its iPad Pro and MacBook Pro lineups with faster processors and other performance improvements. The company heavily markets the iPad Pro as a PC replacement, and new benchmarks from blog BareFeats show that the tablet may even outperform the more expensive MacBook Pro in some cases… The blog stacked the 2017 and 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models up against four different iPad Pro models....

Have you been wanting to learn a new language or get better at one you already know and speak a little in? Well, this is absolutely the right guide for you. Read on to discover some of the best language learning apps that you can download on your Android or iOS devices! Language has always been the number one barrier in communicating with a new group of people or individuals from different geographical backgrounds....

You just clicked some of the best shots of your life using your smartphone. Oh no! You accidentally deleted them (for whatever reason). Well, thankfully most Android devices now come with a recycle bin functionality for photos and videos. Nothing you delete will get instantly written off your phone’s storage. You can usually find your deleted photos or videos in the “recently deleted” section in your gallery or file manager....

In what has become a never-ending patent battle, a federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered that the Apple v. Samsung case be sent back to a lower court. As noted by CNET, the district court will decide whether or not to hold another damage retrial or settle the case in another fashion. The Samsung v. Apple case will be sent back to where it originally started back in 2012, the Northern District Court of California....

While Apple Watch has been gaining in mainstream popularity for a while now, a new report from Quartz today offers a deeper look at one industry where the device has specifically started to catch on. The report highlights how workers in the service industry use the device to stay connected when they wouldn’t otherwise be able to… Quartz explains that many who work on their feet everyday are using the Apple Watch to stay connected since they aren’t generally able to have their iPhone with them....

As always—we keep you updated on notable apps and updates that are released throughout the day. A few to already land in most App Stores today include the new OmniPlan for iPad app from Omni Group, Retina support for the popular IM+ messaging apps, a SoundHound update, and more. OmniPlan for iPad: Omni Group released its OmniPlan for iPad app to fulfill “the company’s two year commitment to bring its core, premium apps to the iPad....

Emiko Queen’s plans for revenge upon Oliver Queen seems to be setting up the post-apocalyptic future of Star City on Arrow. There is an odd resonance to this, as Emiko’s actions in the past were indirectly responsible for facilitating Oliver Queen’s transformation into the Green Arrow. It would be fitting then that she should also take a hand in establishing the future of Star City. The plot of Arrow season 7 was split between two timelines, separated by two decades....

The Arrowverse is expanding once again with The CW developing a Superman and Lois series with Supergirl stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. If ordered to series, Superman and Lois would join the 2020-2021 TV season from DC TV EP Greg Berlanti. With the Man of Steel being eyed for his own series, it raises questions about the Girl of Steel’s future. Hoechlin has portrayed the iconic hero since the second season of the Melissa Benoist drama....