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With many cities, states, and countries asking people to remain at home, Google and Facebook location data is being used to help determine how many people are complying with the coronavirus lockdown… Our sister site 9to5Google reports that Google is aggregating location data for 131 countries, measuring the drop-in visits to places like retail stores and transit stations. Reuters reports that Facebook is doing a similar analysis in the US, including a guide to how many people are staying at home....

London-born Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most critically-acclaimed actors of all time. He’s the only male actor to have won Best Actor Oscars three times, and he’s received Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild awards, and BAFTAs for his work. Day-Lewis is the method actor to beat all method actors, losing himself in each role he plays through endless research and rarely breaking character during filming. He has brought his signature intensity to multiple character studies, from fictional characters like Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood to historical figures like Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln....

There is probably no topic more hotly debated amongst fan circles (at least on Screen Rant) than the fundamental value of the films in the DC Extended Universe. (Don’t like an artistic choice that Zack Snyder made? Here’s a one-way ticket to Marvel-schillville!) In 2016, Warner Brother released two films (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad) that did well in the box office but were largely panned by critics....

Celebrated comic book writer Mark Millar believes Marvel and DC Comics have made a mistake getting rid of secret identities. The concept of the secret identity used to lie at the heart of superhero comics, but it seems to have gone out of fashion of late. On the big screen, precious few superheroes seem to bother with secret identities any more. That’s especially the case in the MCU, where Tony Stark outed himself as Iron Man, Captain America doesn’t really care about trying to have a civilian life, and Thor can’t exactly hang up the hammer and pretend he isn’t the God of Thunder....

Schedule Below is the schedule of freezes Debian testing will undergo before the successful release of Debian buster: 2019-01-12 – Transition freezeLarge changes and packages that fail autopkgtests are blocked from migrating to testing. Otherwise, ‘standard’ testing migration rules for packages apply.2019-02-12 – Soft-freezeSmall and targeted fixes are carried out.2019-03-12 – Full-freezeManual review by the release team for migrating a package to testing. What to expect in Buster? You can expect lots of new feature updates in Buster....

[slideshow] Following reports earlier this month from Bloomberg that iPad 3 production kicked off in anticipation of a March launch, BGR today claimed a source is in possession of an iPad 3 prototype that has provided more information on the device. The reports also provided confirmation of an A6 processor (model number S5L8945X) that most have expected Apple to include in the device. We first broke news of a Quad-core chip in the iPad 3 via code snippets in iOS 5....

This role wears many, if not all, of the hats on a security team and is currently a very in-demand job, to the point that it is hard to fill. Like many other cybersecurity roles, this one can be reached via two general paths — by earning a degree or earning certifications. This article will detail both paths and conclude with a well-founded recommendation for which path you should take....

Chris Hemsworth and Tiffany Haddish are teaming up to star in the new buddy cop action comedy, Down Under Cover. Both actors have extensive comedy experience, but it will be the first time the duo has worked together. Hemsworth is coming off of his latest Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance with Avengers: Endgame. The film is currently making history at the box office and is showing no signs of slowing down. Haddish is also lacking free time as of late....

Chris Pratt addresses Ellen Page’s criticism of his church for supposedly being an anti-LGBTQ organization. Pratt, who’s known for being a part of franchises like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World, and now the LEGO series via The LEGO Movie 2, is under fire from Page for his involvement with Hillsong Church, which has a history of anti-LGBTQ sentiments. Page has been an advocate for LGBTQ rights, even calling out politicians, particularly U....

The CISA bill The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a version of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), the bill requiring that private entities share information with the government about cyber-threats. The bill, which has been debated for a long because it will authorize pervasive government monitoring of citizens, passed with a final vote of 74 to 21. Many politicians, tech giants, privacy advocates, and civil liberties groups are expressing their disappointment and consternation with the decision of the U....

If you haven’t heard of CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act), it’s a bill that is designed to allow private companies to lawfully share data with the U.S. governments much easier. The bill passed congress but was threatened with a veto from the Obama administration and didn’t garnish much support in the Senate. As a result, the senate has created bill s.2105 titled the Cyber Security Act (CSA). What does this mean?...

There’s an old maxim that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, meaning that anything which appears to be free will have a hidden cost somewhere. In the tech sector, ‘free’ services generally operate using one of two different business models. The first is ad-funded, where – as the more recently-coined saying has it – you’re the product, not the customer. Some cheat the system by using ad-blockers, but most of us recognize that someone has to pay the bills, and accept exposure to ads as fair exchange for the benefit we receive....

Apple caused a furore yesterday when it admitted that it deliberately slows down older iPhones. The issue first came to the fore with a Reddit thread, which showed a significant difference in performance on the same device when fitted with old and new batteries. Geekbench founder, John Poole, confirmed the phenomenon, and developer Guilherme Rambo subsequently identified the code that controlled it. Apple then confirmed the facts, and explained its reasons …...

The Style is exactly what that is widely focused by a lot of users in the present scenario when it comes to buying a smartphone. Of course, features matters, but the fact couldn’t be denied that the style, appearance, look, as well as elegance also play equal role in the success of a smartphone. Well, if you too pay equal attention to appearance along with features, Blu Vivo X is the smartphone launched for you....

Budget smartphones are demanded all over the world. Xiaomi is one of the first brands that realized the need of smartphones with high features and low price tags. Although their smartphones were first limited to China, presently there is hardly any user who is not familiar with them. In fact, Xiaomi has imposed a huge challenge for Samsung and Apple across the globe and has given key competition to some other well-established smartphones....

Community had many characters that were easy to love. One of these people, of course, was Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), who was a mother of three and a former Greendale student. She went on to earn a business degree and opened a successful sandwich shop on campus with Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase). Shirley was known to be the nicest member of the study group, always watching over her friends’ well-being....

Last week a jury determined that Samsung violated several of Apple’s smartphone patents, a ruling which resulted in Samsung being faced with hefty fees for damages and lost revenue to Apple. Following the decision, Samsung then filed an emergency motion with the court to stop the payments while the United States Patent and Trademark Office re-evaluates the validity of Apple’s key patent. Specifically, the Patent Office has issued an advisory that declares the patent on Apple’s “pinch to zoom” gesture invalid....

The long-awaited sequel to a beloved strategy game is on its way, as Paradox Interactive has announced at PDXCON 2019 that Crusader Kings III is in development and will be released in 2020. The Crusader Kings series is composed of grand strategy games set in the Middle Ages, where the player must build their own dynasties through any means necessary. Crusader Kings II was released in 2012 and it gained a huge fanbase among strategy fans, due to how it allowed historical figures to wage war across generations as epic conflicts played out on the battlefield and the bedchamber....

After much anticipation, Curb Your Enthusiasm season 10 premiered Sunday night on HBO. For the first time in two years, Larry David returns, playing himself as the hilariously unapologetic, quirky and sometimes awkward comedy writer. Larry, often to the annoyance of others, has always taken it upon himself to inform those around him of the proper way to conduct one’s self. Regardless of who they are, nobody is safe. From his wife to Ben Stiller, Larry does not hesitate to point out how what they are doing can be improved upon....

While teen dramas are meant to be pretty realistic since the characters are handling problems and ups and downs that everyone faces in high school, these shows involve some disbelief. After all, the teens often look much older than their age (with the exception of Degrassi), and they definitely don’t always act in a realistic manner. One of the most loved teen shows is Dawson’s Creek, which ran for six seasons on The WB from 1998 until 2003....