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The biggest name in horror, Stephen King, has inspired many beloved adaptations over his storied career and the last few years have been especially kind to his fans. From 2017’s IT reboot to this year’s well-received The Outsider adaptation on HBO, there has been a veritable onslaught of high-quality Stephen King material at audiences’ disposal. But, despite this recent renaissance, the overall history of adapting King, particularly for television, has been spotty at best....

With over 10 lakh cases confirming and over 50,000 deaths to date, the COVID-19 is already marking its domination! Silently the virus is spreading every second we can possibly count, and the streets in the entire world are driven empty. During these devastating days of the global pandemic, we are left with no choice but to stay home and keep ourselves, as well as others, away and safe from the virus....

Included in iOS 10 are a variety improvements to the Health app, including new videos pertaining to various aspects of living a health lifestyle. Now, Apple has uploaded those videos to its YouTube channel, alongside a variety of other videos concerning today’s announcements. Apple has uploaded five Health videos to YouTube in total: Activity, Nutrition, Mindfulness, Sleep, and Everything’s Connected. While they all focus on different aspects of living a healthy lifestyle, they carry a similar video style and purpose....

Going out without your wallet or purse is something most of us have done at some time or another. When I did it four or five years ago, it was a complete pain as it was on a Saturday afternoon and no banks were open. Picture the scene: I’m on my own in the car, call into a gas station to refuel, get to the till and … no wallet. Not the most convenient of times to discover one’s absent-mindedness....

The Apple Watch Series 6 brings a handful of notable improvements this year, including a new blood oxygen sensor and improved performance. For Apple Watch Series 5 users, however, the question of whether or not to upgrade can be tricky. Read on as we walk through the Apple Watch Series 5 vs. Series 6. Apple Watch Series 5 vs. Series 6 This year, Apple has once again focused on health features as the differentiating category between the Apple Watch Series 5 and the new Apple Watch Series 6....

The transformation of Avaya has been well underway for several years. It had evolved its business model to subscription-based, cut a deal with RingCentral for a cloud communications solution, and built a communications platform as a service (CPaaS) platform. Last year the company launched its cloud contact center product and most recently announced its Experience Builders program to build an ecosystem of “experience creators” that use Avaya’s platform. The proof of its success in this transition was highlighted in the keynote delivered by Avaya’s CEO, Jim Chirico....

Did an Infinity War toy spoil Hulk’s Avengers: Endgame role? While speculation is rife around every single character involved in the two-part finale to Marvel’s Infinity Saga, there’s been particularly fervent discussion around Bruce Banner and his green alter ego. After embracing the Hulk side in Thor: Ragnarok, Bruce Banner returned to the fore after an immediate beatdown by Thanos, with the Green Goliath refusing to emerge for the rest of Infinity War....

The relationship between Batman and Catwoman is one of the most well-known and interesting dynamics in comics. The world’s greatest detective and Selina Kyle have a history full of romantic tension and ideological differences, which has been mined plenty of times for powerful story arcs over the years. In a video clip from a character model swapped version of a Batman video game, someone has reversed this connection with hilarious consequences....

AAPL shares now make up 43% of Berkshire Hathaway’s stocks, says a new analysis. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate owns $91.3B worth of Apple stock – giving it 5.5% of the company – of a total $213.6B across all 46 companies in its portfolio. That investment has paid off big-time, the conglomerate’s AAPL holdings seeing $55B in growth since the beginning of 2019 … The Motley Fool ran the numbers on Berkshire Hathaway stocks....

Re/code announced last month that Apple VP Greg Joswiak will be attending its Code/Mobile conference, and the VP of iPhone and iOS Product Marketing is just now kicking off that interview. We’ll share news from the interview with the Apple VP below. While the interview wasn’t live streamed, several reporters and attendees shared details from the conference throughout the interview. Below we’ve collected tweets from the Code/Mobile Joswiak interview where the Apple VP discussed the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, the Apple Watch, Siri, and even the iOS 8....

The Apple Watch Series 4 officially added the ECG app in the United States last week, but details regarding an international rollout remain unclear. In a post on Twitter, Health Canada said that it has yet to receive an application from Apple to bring Apple Watch ECG support to the country… When asked whether or not it had received a medical device application for the Apple Watch Series 4 EKG functionality, Health Canada explained that it has not yet received any such application from Apple....

The first Apple Watch Series 3 reviews are out, and while the device is generally well-received, it also seems the LTE model is not without issues. The headline feature of the LTE model – the freedom to leave your phone behind while jogging, working out in the gym or heading to the beach – is what’s selling it to most reviewers. The snappier performance is also appreciated. But some are also reporting short battery-life and connectivity issues, with Apple acknowledging one problem currently affecting the device …...

If you notice discoloration or deformation of your Sport or Leather Apple Watch band over time, you may not be happy, but it is normal, according to sources briefed on internal Apple support docs. While scratches and dents might be a given for Apple’s metal bands, you can also expect some discoloration for Apple’s fluoroelastomer Sport and selection of leather bands over time with normal wear and tear. Apple notes that discoloration of leather bands is “due to sweat or lotions” and an “expected behavior”....

The latest episode of DC Universe’s live-action Doom Patrol series has revealed that Aquaman is a publicly-known member of the Justice League. While the King of the Seven Seas doesn’t appear on-screen, the fact that he is real and that he is known to the world at large are firmly established. The shared reality of Doom Patrol and Titans has been given a surprising amount of definition in a short amount of time....

The latest episodes of Arrow and The Flash both referenced our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in this week’s episodes. While it’s not unusual for Marvel and DC Comics to pay tribute or parody one another, it was somewhat surprising that both shows would feature such prominent nods to their marvelous competitor’s most famous superhero. It’s a well established fact that the superheroes of DC Comics are seen as fictional characters in the Marvel Universe and vice versa....

Last year when Apple announced its Sidecar feature at WWDC for macOS and iPadOS, Astropad found itself Sherlocked and unsure if it would survive. A year later, the company is diversifying its business and things are looking up. Here is a cautionary tale and an inside account on the upside of being Sherlocked as well as Astropad’s thoughts on how Apple could solve its antitrust challenges… Astropad had become one of the most popular options to use iPad as a secondary Mac display with its Luna Display product, then Apple baked in support for the same with macOS and iPadOS last year....

In this attack, we will use a standard install of Linux Kali and the preinstalled Metasploit framework. The target is a Windows XP machine, running a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 instance. The same attack will work on any MS SQL platform and Windows OS, because the weakness in the system here is the password strength, not the environment itself. Reconnaissance As in any attack, we will first need to gather intelligence on our target system....

Standing firm on the decision it originally handed down in November, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has officially rejected a proposal from a handful of big Australian banks that would have allowed them to negotiate in a group with Apple. The news comes as Apple Pay’s rollout continues to lag in Australia due to disagreements between Apple and the big banks. Due to anti-cartel laws in Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank, and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are required to negotiate individually with Apple as opposed to in a group....

Avatar 2 concept art reveals the first look at new Pandora locations. James Cameron’s game-changing epic offered a stunning look at the possibilities of 3D filmmaking upon its release over 10 years ago, taking the global box office by storm. Much has happened since the days of Avatar’s reign. Though the film did re-ignite the trend of 3D filmmaking, things gradually cooled off after several years to the point where there’s far less hype surrounding films released in the format....

According to writer and director James Gunn, he won’t change the script for Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 because of the events of Avengers: Endgame. There has been lots of speculation the new Guardians film script would have to be changed due to series character Gamora’s death and subsequent re-introduction into the altered timeline of Endgame. However, there’s no shortage of alternative possibilities for ways Gamora could be reintroduced to the Guardians family....