Nations including Canada, the US and various European states (including the UK, which sits on the G8) are secretly agreeing a new pan-global state police deal in which information held on iPods and other devices could be subject to investigation by customs officials tasked with a new role, as copyright police. Dubbed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), signatory nations will form an international coalition against copyright infringement. The deal’s up for discussion at the next G8 meeting in Tokyo in July, It creates rules and regulations to govern private copying and copyright laws, and posits the founding of an international regulator, “that would turn border guards and other public security personnel into copyright police,” reports Ottawa Citizen, the National Post and other Canadian media outlets....

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The developers behind the iconic PS1 platformer Crash Bandicoot were aiming for their game to feel more like a classic Looney Tunes cartoon rather than a video game, according to Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin. He recently sat down with tech news site Ars Technica for their War Stories web series earlier this week, explaining the various hurdles and inspirations that shaped one of the original Playstation’s flagship titles. Created to serve as a competitor for platforming mascots like Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog, the titular character of Crash Bandicoot is a sentient (and some would argue senile) marsupial tasked with thwarting the schemes of the evil Dr....

Fans love to indulge in the horror genre with movies and games. However, one medium that fans may be surprised to see horror delving into is the animated television arena. In 2022, the world of horror television saw Marvel bring a horror series to Disney+, with a special presentation of Werewolf by Night, allowing the MCU to delve into their monster world. Over the years, the world of animated television has grown and what was once just considered cartoons have become as important a part of TV as any sitcom, drama, or action series....

$38,328.00 +2590% End Date: 06.01.2023 $38,328.00 +2590% To many people, the term “cryptocurrency” means Bitcoins. Yet, Bitcoins are merely the best known of many types of cryptocurrencies. Indeed, our crypto profit calculator currently makes calculations for 20 types of cryptocurrencies. Crypto Profit Calculator - Cryptocurrency Profit Estimator: Crypto Profit Calculator Our Crypto Profit calculator calculates the current value of your cryptocurrency investment. Enter the date when you purchased your cryptocurrency and your invested amount....

The popularity of titles like Apex Legends and Fortnite may soon spread to the realms of Drangleic and Lordran, as the creator of the Dark Souls series has expressed a strong interest in making a game in the battle royale genre. FromSoftware is the Japanese video game development studio that is best-known for creating Demon’s Souls, the Dark Souls trilogy, and Bloodborne, with a spiritual successor to those games being released soon in the form of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice....

The awesome iPhone photo editor Darkroom is coming to the iPad soon, and today we’re seeing a sneak peek of what to expect from Darkroom for iPad. Darkroom 4 is also looking for beta testers to put the app through its paces before release. Darkroom describes the upcoming version 4 release for iPad as “desktop-class without the desktop” in its announcement: The teaser page for Darkroom 4 shows off the new version on both iPhone and now iPad with three feature highlights designed for the big screen: multitasking with Split View, keyboard shortcut support, and a new landscape photo strip picker....

New data from market research firm Counterpoint shows iPhone sales are down 20% YoY based upon November 2018 numbers versus 2017. Further, the firm shows that last November, the $999+ iPhone X was the best selling phone in November, while this year it is the iPhone XR, which starts at $749. Counterpoint says that the iPhone X experienced “almost 50 percent higher volume” in November 2017 than the iPhone XR did in 2018....

Apple’s falling sales coupled to strong growth from emerging Chinese brands saw the iPhone’s worldwide market share drop just over three points from 17.9% in the first quarter of 2015 to 14.8% in the same quarter this year, according to Gartner. Although a saturated smartphone market is part of the challenge faced by Apple, global smartphone sales did continue to grow, by 3.9% to 349M units. Market leader Samsung also saw its share fall in the same period …...

Agents of SHIELD star Clark Gregg says he would love to direct either a Marvel Studios movie and/or TV series for Disney Plus. The actor-filmmaker has been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the very beginning, thanks to his role as SHIELD agent Phil Coulson in the original Iron Man. Gregg went on to reprise the role in two more MCU films and a pair of One-Shots before Coulson seemingly met his end at Loki’s staff in The Avengers....

Clint Eastwood has had an amazing career in Hollywood, starting as a western actor on TV and in the movies before moving on to a very successful crime police drama franchise with Dirty Harry. Along the way, Eastwood also shined in some Italian spaghetti western before finally moving behind the camera. With the movie Unforgiven, Eastwood proved that he was more than a genre actor and was one of the best directors in the world....

Apple’s uber-successful iPad 2 now has a Consumer Electronics stamp of approval, with the consumer magazine proclaiming the WiFi+3G version of the iconic device the best tablet available on the market. iPad 2 has beaten Motorola Xoom to the tablet punch, in addition to a bunch of would-be iPad killers from Archos, Dell, Motorola, Samsung and ViewSonic. Consumer Reports put out a press release quoting their electronics editor Paul Reynolds:...

The controversial HBO show Confederate from Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, about an alternate history where the South won the Civil War, is officially cancelled. Benioff and Weiss are well known for being the creators and executive producers of the hit HBO fantasy drama, Game of Thrones. The show is critically acclaimed and loved by fans, though it has caused controversy in the past, particularly for its depiction of women....

Following Apple’s earnings results for Q4 2013, which includes a record iPhone sales number for the September quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook has emailed employees to congratulate them on the results. Cook says that Apple “has never been stronger,” and highlights the products being released this fall. “I am happy to report that Apple’s business has never been stronger, and we are heading into the holidays within amazing lineup led by the new iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, the stunning iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display,” Cook says in the memo…...

Apple has won a Creative Arts Emmy ahead of the November 1 launch of Apple TV+. The company picked up the award for Carpool Karaoke in the same category it won last year … Variety reports: Variety itself didn’t warm to the show when was first launched. Carpool Karaoke had a good night, winning short form variety series for the Apple incarnation of the franchise that began on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden....

CSS Selectors in Selenium have many formats, but we will only focus on the most common ones. The different types of CSS Locator in Selenium IDE Tag and ID Tag and class Tag and attribute Tag, class, and attribute Inner text When using this strategy, we always prefix the Target box with “css=” as will be shown in the following examples. tag and id – CSS Selector Again, we will use Facebook’s Email text box in this example....

There are many names that have grown to become synonymous with the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher, are just some of the members of this illustrious group who have come to personify the creative vision of Lucasfilm. We are two films into a new chapter of the of Star Wars filmmaking and it’s expanding in ways that previous generations could only dream of....

The CW’s multi-episode crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, which starts airing Sunday, December 8th, has even more surprise characters appearing than viewers currently know about. The Arrowverse, as it’s commonly referred to, is The CW’s superhero franchise which includes Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, and the most recent addition, Batwoman. All of these characters exist in the same universe, and they have interacted through various crossovers in the past, such as the most recent crossover event Elseworlds, which aired last year....

It’s a great time to be a DC fan. Not only is the DCEU slowly coming to life on the big screen, with Wonder Woman and Justice League both hitting theaters later this year, but DC Comics is going through something of a revival. More precisely, it’s a Rebirth, with the comic company’s latest universe-spanning reboot clearing house and resetting a number of heroes to their previous status quo. The move has also brought a few characters and teams more in line with their live action counterparts, namely Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad and a number of characters from CW’s hit Arrowverse shows....

Friday’s top deals include Beats wireless headphones from $200, plus Best Buy’s new 1-day sale, and Apple’s iPad Air at $130 off. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Latest Beats on sale Best Buy’s 1-day sale Best Buy has a fresh 1-day sale today with a number of price drops across all areas of consumer technology, including Apple products, TVs, and more. Best Buy is taking up to $1,100 off various 15-inch MacBook Pro models....