Chris Hemsworth is joining the cast of Kevin Smith’s upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. The film is a sequel of 2001’s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which was the first standalone film for the titular duo played by Jason Mewes and Smith himself. Smith’s View Askewniverse started with the low-budget, black and white comedy Clerks in 1994, and later included everything from Mallrats to Dogma. Jay and Silent Bob appear in all of these films, and eventually starred in their own film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back....

Fight for the Future, Algorithmic Justice League, EPIC, and other civil rights organizations launched a website – called Dump ID.me – allowing people to sign a petition against the IRS plan. This campaign site comes after days of criticism from privacy, justice, and civil rights groups concerned about the potential for a company like ID.me to have access to peoples’ most sensitive data. ID.me’s CEO Blake Hall faced widespread backlash for a LinkedIn post where he admitted that the company had been lying about the way its tool works....

WARNING: Spoilers for Cloak & Dagger and Avengers: Endgame. How will Marvel TV shows like Cloak & Dagger deal with the events of Avengers: Endgame. The answer is… not really. Marvel’s TV programming has yet to even touch the events of Avengers: Infinity War (outside of some name drops of Thanos), and this week’s episode of Cloak & Dagger - the sixth of season two - doesn’t change this. One of the trickiest parts of Marvel TV’s “it’s all connected” mantra is how the shows do or do not address what is happening in the films....

As businesses increasingly shift their infrastructures, employees will likewise require a broader range of technical skills. SEE: Remote working jobs row shows how much tech has changed Milind Govekar, chief of research at Gartner, says one of the biggest changes in the workforce will come as organizations lean harder into automation – which he calls “the centrepiece” of cloud business strategies. “Automation changes the entire mindset of the IT organization, particularly the infrastructure and operations organization, where they need to stop being administrators and become programmers – completely different skillsets,” Govekar tells ZDNet....

Our phones became such a multipurpose tool that we sometimes forget what they were originally designed for. Once you realized that your iPhone wasn’t able to dial out or send any text messages that the sole reason for a smartphone is to call and send messages. You’ve been heavily counting on data and WiFi, employing a sort of texting apps, check your email, and searching the web for an entire slew of unimportant trivia before even noticing the glitch....

Not all problems are as bad as others for your smartphone. This is the reason you have no reason to worry when a few things are wrong with the same. Well, here you need to understand the fact that smartphones can generally experience issues because of reasons associated with the software and the hardware domain. The ones related to the hardware are complex to deal with and need to be handled only by an expert....

Smartphone manufacturers are achieving landmark technology innovations. One of the strongest reason for this is several manufacturers have their own Research & Development department where the things can easily be discovered, molded and fixed. Samsung is known to be one of the major manufacturers who are leading the world smartphone markets. They come with many new models from time to time and often amaze their fans. This time they have expended their –series by releasing the A50s smartphone which is actually a successor of A50....

Following up on a new survey done with their subscribers, Consumer Reports is pulling the “recommended” rating for four Microsoft laptops they had previously reviewed. A change in recommendation is not uncommon with Consumer Reports as seen in their initial review of the 2016 MacBook Pro and it’s subsequent reversal. The internet was set ablaze on both sides when CR could not initially give the 2016 MacBook Pro a recommendation. It was the first year that the MacBook had not received the recommendation and Apple was prompt to reply....

When Apple first announced that it would replace its old 30-pin connectors with the new, smaller Lightning standard, it took quite sometime for accessory makers to get on board. Accessory manufacturers had trouble producing Lightning-compatible products until cracking a unique authentication chip Apple is using in the new standard. Apple wouldn’t authorize official Lightning products until months later, when Apple briefed accessory makers at its MFi summit in November. Today, in a story from The New York Times, major Apple accessory maker Mophie outlined how Apple is keeping tighter control over companies making products for iOS devices with Lightning....

Crazy Rich Asians co-writer Adele Lim has stepped away from the developing sequels over pay disparity issues. Adapted from the 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan, last year’s rom-com Crazy Rich Asians earned strong reviews, grossed $239 million worldwide on a $30 million budget, and helped to set a representation record for people of color leading Hollywood movies. The film similarly made a bigger name out of its lead, Fresh Off the Boat’s Constance Wu, and has catapulted Wu’s costars Henry Golding and Gemma Chan on to starring roles in upcoming tentpoles like Paramount’s G....

Modern Warfare 2 is one of the latest iterations in the Call of Duty game franchise with new features, maps, and weaponaries. But the recent game update has sparked outrage in the gaming community regarding some of the features in the game. Being the 19th version of the game in the COD franchise, the game is extra ordinary and successful in winning gamers hearts than to the amazing gameplay it offers....

1. Phish leads to breach at California State Controller A phishing attack last week gave attackers access to email and files at the California State Controller’s Office, an agency responsible for handling more than $100 billion in public funds each year. The phishers had access for more than 24 hours, and the intruders used that time to steal Social Security numbers and sensitive files on thousands of state workers. Read more » 2....

The DC Extended Universe currently encompasses seven movies, but what it could be even bigger than anyone realized. Based on existing connections between the DCEU and the world of The Conjuring, It’s possible that the two actually share the same universe. Like the DC movies, all of the films in The Conjuring Universe are distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The DCEU and The Conjuring Universe took off at roughly the same time, with Man of Steel and The Conjuring both being released in 2013....

Denise Richards has accused Camille Grammer of making racist remarks that weren’t aired during this season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the reunion show. Camille’s tweet alleging this behavior led to a public argument on Twitter between her and Denise. During season 9 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the cast had had some of the most ridiculous arguments and petty disagreements. This is the first season Denise is a full-time housewife on the series, and she has been described as being a fish out of water in the cast, not really finding her place on the show yet....

A video of an iPhone 7 Plus catching fire has gone viral, with some drawing comparisons with early Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fires. This is not the first time that an iPhone has caught fire, and it won’t be the last. But as we’ve noted before, it’s important to view such incidents in perspective … There are a couple of points to note. First, in some incidents, investigation showed that there was an obvious cause for a fire – such as using a dangerous third-party charger....

The benefits of a potential OS Recovery feature for iOS are multifaceted. The most obvious benefit is that it will let users without access to a Mac or PC restore their devices to the latest version of iOS over the air. For example, say you experienced an issue with your iPhone that resulted in it not being able to load iOS, or being stuck in a boot loop. Currently there would be no way to recover the device without connecting it directly to a Mac or PC via a Lightning cable, and performing a restore by manually pointing to an IPSW firmware file, or by downloading the latest version of iOS from Apple’s servers....

It is a well-known fact that the demand for every product/tool or gadget with multispecialty remains always high. This is one of the major reasons why smartphones are demanded all over the world. Of course, these gadgets are capable to handle several tasks and therefore, they are considered in the category of multispecialty products. One can simply own a smartphone these days without worrying about anything. These gadgets are available in every price range and with every feature one needs....

Smartphones needs a lot of care from the users. The fact is many of us fails to pay attention to the same. Generally, users think that smartphones don’t need any care or maintenance. This is not a true fact. Even if you buy the latest or the most expensive gadget, the same needs you to be careful about certain things. When users fail to pay attention to the same, there are chances of the common problems in it....

ConnectSense first debuted their original external Smart Outlet with HomeKit compatibility at the end of 2015, and is now expanding its product offering just in time for this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Today, the home automation company announced a new In-Wall Outlet, a hard wired version of their original accessory. Unlike the majority of other smart outlets on the market, ConnectSense’s offering seamlessly replaces an existing receptacle in your home, blending in with your decor while still offering the benefits of HomeKit control....

iMessage is a rich messenger platform with its own App Store and features like end-to-end encryption. However, advanced features like scheduled iMessages could make it an even more robust service. Recently an Apple user reached out to Craig Federighi about this feature request and got a detailed response about how the company is considering it. Reddit user Jmaster_888 (via Mark Gurman) shared the response from Federighi, Apple’s SVP of software engineering, after asking about Apple bringing a scheduled iMessage feature to iOS....