As death comes for Carl Grimes on AMC’s The Walking Dead, actor Chandler Riggs praises the TV show as a “great experience.” Season 8 of the popular zombie apocalypse gave one of the biggest twists in its eight-year run when it gave OG character Carl Grimes a deadly bite from a walker. As the credits rolled, Carls revealed his injury to his family (and the audience), leaving a huge cliffhanger ahead of this month’s midseason premiere....
Warning: SPOILERS for Castle Rock up to episode three - Since Hulu’s Original series Castle Rock is built on the bones of Stephen King’s imagination, it’s no wonder the show is filled with its fair share of King references. Though audiences won’t find classic scenarios torn straight out of one of his many books - like Jack Torrance hacking his way through a bathroom door a la The Shining or the immortal Ralphie Glick floating outside a bedroom window a la ‘Salem’s Lot - there is a healthy balance of subtle and overt callbacks to the author’s famed literary works....
For fans of the popular game franchise Castlevania, changing plotlines isn’t an issue like it is for most game to series adaptions. In the games, Dracula lacks a proper backstory and the real reasons for his bloodthirsty rampage vary depending on the game. The Netflix series Castlevania seeks to fill in the gaps by creating a full backstory with lurid characters and original plots that are loosely based off of various parts of the games....
Research indicates that people define transparency as being open, clear and honest. Employees often look to executive leadership to be a living example of how that actually manifests for their business. And they’re not the only ones. CEOs with personal profiles seem more approachable, accessible, human, honest and trustworthy. Just look at the data: According to the Sprout Social Brands Get Real report on transparency, 63% of people say CEOs who have social profiles are better representatives for their companies than those who do not....
Pinar Toprak will become the first female composer in the MCU with Captain Marvel. Marvel Studios is upping their game when it comes to diversifying the talent in their movies, both in front of and behind the camera. The push for more females and people of color to be majorly involved with film has only continued to grow with more and more examples of such hirings happening. For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, next year’s Captain Marvel will be a major deal for what it hopes to do for females....
Captain Marvel marks a departure from Marvel Studios’ traditional origin story formula, and it’s the movie’s biggest weakness. Marvel has built a well-oiled machine with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, establishing what many people refer to as the “Marvel Formula” to tell and retell successful stories for numerous character. Unfortunately, Captain Marvel tries to break new ground from its predecessors, and while it succeeds in making it stand out as a different movie amongst the franchises 20 other movies, Captain Marvel suffers severely in quality for it....
After winning both an Apple Design Award and an App of the Year Award last year, Carrot Weather is out with its first major update for 2022. Arriving with this release is a rebuilt and faster than ever weather maps experience, layers for forecasts, access to individual radar stations, a new smart zoom feature, and more. Carrot Weather 5.5 for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch is available now from the App Store....
CBS renews Evil for season 2. The supernatural drama, created by Robert and Michelle King, is among several shows to receive good news from the Eye Network. Evil premiered in September. The first season, consisting of 13 episodes, has followed Dr. Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) and David Acosta (Mike Colter). Bouchard is a forensic psychologist, hired by Acosta to help root out the differences between legitimate instances of demonic possession and insanity....
Capcom may finally be issuing a netcode patch for Street Fighter 5 soon, according to director Yoshinori Ono. The divisive fighting game is on the verge of turning four years old and just released its updated Champion Edition today. When Street Fighter 5 originally came out in 2016, it was a clearly undercooked game. In an attempt to get SF5 into the hands of pro players and popularize it before the year’s major tournaments, Capcom released a fighting game with missing features and dreadful netcode (among other things)....
Warning: SPOILERS for Captain Marvel #8 Thing just keep getting worse and worse for Carol Danvers, AKA Captain Marvel. As if it wasn’t enough of a shock to learn that her mother was secretly a Kree Warrior, the secret being made public now means that Captain Marvel is the world’s most hated superhero. But through it all, the silver lining is that Carol still has her delightful cat, Chewie… who might have just been swallowed whole by Carnage!...
One month before the release of Captain Marvel, the first official clip from the film has emerged, with Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers fighting a shape-shifting Skrull. Though the clip is brief, it expands on a scene featured in the trailer, showing off the film’s tone, pace, and special effects. As the 21st movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel precedes the Guardians of the Galaxy storyline - even featuring the film’s villain Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) - but doesn’t explicitly set up that plot....
More than 650,000 tests reveal that US carriers throttle online video on their mobile networks, and do this whether or not those networks are congested. All four of the main carriers were found to be engaged in this, though the video services they throttled varied… One of the study’s authors told Bloomberg that while carriers often claim they only throttle connections at times of network congestion, the large-scale study involving streaming at a huge range of different times, dates, and places showed that this is not the case....
Update: Apple has removed support for prepaid cards from American Express. It also added a column for corporate cards, hinting that support for those cards might be on the way. With Apple’s launch of its new Apple Pay payments service in the US yesterday, it has now published a support document detailing supported card types from each of its initial banking partners. We already knew that MasterCard, Visa, and American Express cards would be supported initially through a growing list of banking partners, but the support document shows certain types of cards, like business and corporate cards, aren’t yet supported through some banks....
Two certifications available for information security management are the GIAC®️ Security Leadership Certification (GSLC) and the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification. This article will detail both certifications, including a little about each certification from a high level, prerequisites, what each certification covers and critical exam details, and will conclude with a well-founded recommendation of which certification you should choose. Information security management certifications There are few certifications that focus on information security management, and even fewer articles comparing them....
The Consumer Technology Association announced back in April that CES would return as an in-person and digital event for 2022. Now the organization has shared that COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for those heading to the in-person show but other policies are still being considered. The Consumer Technology Association detailed the news in a press release today: However, CTA says it is also looking at whether it might accept “proof of a positive antibody test as an alternative requirement and will share more details on this later....
Moon Knight has been teased to exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by two Captain America movies. Marc Spector, the schizophrenic Marvel anti-hero known as Moon Knight, has long been near the top of characters that fans want to be introduced on the big screen. And, while he has not yet made his MCU debut, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War may have helped lay the foundation....
In a chart bearing percentages and without helpful grid lines, Intel has claimed its Core i9-12900HK is able to top Apple’s silicon at power loads above 35 watts, although it also shows the M1 Max is able to operate at much lower wattages, down to around 20 watts, while the i9 peters out around the 30 watt mark. For completeness, Intel also said an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX can top the M1 Max at 25 watts, but otherwise has fairly flat performance and is eventually topped by both Apple and Intel 11th and 12th generation silicon....
Social media has become one of the predominant platforms for marketing in the modern age, with the buzz generated on sites like Twitter and Facebook having the power to make or break a movie. One of comic book moviedom’s most recent successes, Deadpool, rode a tidal wave of social media buzz to become a surprise hit. In contrast, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice saw its ticket sales slump after negative word-of-mouth online....
Popular weather application Carrot was today updated which brings it to version 4.5, adding a host of new customization options, a new achievements feature, and much more. Today’s update comes following a major redesign of the app back in November. Headlining today’s update for Carrot Weather update is a new achievements feature, which awards you with a feeling accomplishment for things experiencing your first snowfall, experiencing your first rainfall, and much more....
Happy Friends Day! Today’s a day that, according to Facebook, is about Celebrating the Importance of Connections. But more importantly, it’s the last work day before Super Bowl weekend! #FriendsDayPosted by Captain America on Thursday, February 4, 2016 And by that we mean, the weekend of the best and most expensive TV commercials and movie ads. For the 50th annual Super Bowl championship taking place Sunday, February 7, 6:30 PM at San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium there will be quite a lot to look forward to for movie geeks like us, including a brand new 60-second trailer for what we suspect is Captain America: Civil War....
