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The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best Captain America replacement after Avengers: Endgame is Shang-Chi, who will first appear in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. After Steve Rogers’ sendoff, people have been wondering who will take his place in the MCU. While Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson is taking up the shield in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he will fill the same role that Steve Rogers had....

Marvel has revived an interesting mix of former titles from its past this year, including successful revamps of X-Men books Fallen Angels and Excalibur. However, Marvel revealed during its February 2020 solicitations a new Force Works team is surprisingly making a comeback. The original Force Works series created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Tom Tenney, first debuted back in July, 1994. The team featured some heavy hitters of Marvel Comics, including Iron Man, Spider-Woman, U....

Avengers: Endgame was the ending of Phase 4 of the MCU and the movie that wrapped up the franchise as we knew it. This movie ended the story of the original six Avengers that began with the first Iron Man film. While the movie was a booming success at the box office and enjoyed by many fans, there were others who criticized the film as being poorly executed and a bad ending....

Albus Dumbledore is one of the most beloved characters in the Harry Potter universe. He comes from a mysterious family with a dark past which may come as a surprise to casual fans. The deeper you look into the Dumbledore family’s past the more pain and tragedy you dig up. The Dumbledore name is infamous but little is truly understood about their twisted past. Read on to discover the awful family secrets that formed Hogwarts’ infamous headmaster....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKF6nFzpHBU] Here’s something quick and eyebrow-raising to boot this morning. A YouTube guitarist puts an iPhone 4 inside his instrument to capture some rarely seen footage of how the strings oscillate. The awesome effect is further amplified thanks to the way the iPhone 4’s shutter works, he explains in a video description: In other words, the iPhone 4’s CMOS sensor scans objects diagonally from the top left to the bottom right, producing the interesting effect....

Windows 10 19H1 Build 18237 One of the main new features you’ll see in this build is the acrylic Fluent Design is being added to the sign-in screen. “The translucent texture of this transient surface helps you focus on the sign-in task by moving the actionable controls,” note Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc. This build is also getting features that have already been introduced to Redstone 5 including the ability to send and receive SMS messages between your Android and PC with the Your Phone app....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19013 This build included more “kaomoji” characters. “What are kaomoji? Basically, they’re faces with expressions you can make by combining various characters.” Here is the list of fixes, changes, and improvements included in this latest Insider release: We fixed an issue resulting in frames being skipped, starting with Build 19002, when running games and videos fullscreen.We fixed an issue where initiating “Reset this PC” with the cloud download option wasn’t working when started from Windows RE....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19035 Here is the list of fixes and improvements included in today’s latest build: The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build. This doesn’t mean we’re done…We’ve completed the experiment related to how we deliver driver updates through Windows Update. Devices that were involved in the experiment will no longer see the Optional Updates link under Settings > Windows Update....

WWII has become one of the most popular subject matters in the war genre over the last half century. Whether it’s the Allies fighting Hitler in Europe or the Japan Empire in the Pacific, audiences have connected with the time period because of its pivotal place in history. Rolando Emmerich’s Midway is technically a remake from the 1976 film of the same name, but this new movie stays much closer to history than the original....

More analysts are joining the queue to pour cold water on AAPL’s Q2 prospects, following yesterday’s report that Apple is expected to offer modest guidance for the quarter. A Reuters report said then that analysts now expect guidance of around $60B, down from earlier estimates of $67B. A fresh roundup today notes that AAPL stock has lost around 6% of its value in the last two weeks, and cites more analysts expressing concern about the current quarter …...

We also received an image of 4 iPhone motherboards before being chip loaded: . …And, perhaps our most sketchy image: Adding to the slew of alleged leaks, a new image of a purported logic board for the next-generation iPhone has surfaced. The crisp picture shows the logical board without any protective EMI shielding for an internal look at the A6 chip that supposedly sits inside. We are a bit wary about the authenticity of this picture, as its originator, Sonny Dickson, said it needed to be “enhanced with Photoshop....

As noted by BusinessInsider, a number of security researchers and other hackers have come together to offer rewards to the first person that can “reliably and repeatedly break into an iPhone 5s” through bypassing the new TouchID fingerprint sensor feature. They aren’t looking for a software hack, however, but instead want hackers to break into the device by lifting prints, “like from a beer mug.” It’s not exactly a legit contest, as the creators of the site are only claiming responsibility for their own bounty offers....

If you haven’t got plans yet but know you need to whip up something a bit special, we’ve got a few date ideas up our sleeves that are sure to WOW the traveller, the adventurer, the foodie or even the home-loving hermit among us. Ready to get your romance on? Well, slip on a silky nightgown and let’s dive into this bubble bath of a blog! . BORA BORA Yeah, it might be a wee bit far away but Bora Bora is the ultimate travel destination for a romantic few nights (or a whole dang week!...

Set Windows Media Player as Default in Windows 8 / 8.1 From the Start screen, type: default programs and select it from the results. The Default Programs window will open on your desktop. From the menu, click the “Set your default programs” link. On the next screen, scroll down your list of installed programs in the left pane and select Windows Media Player. Then on the right, click “Set this program as default” or select the second option if you want to specify which WMP opens media file types by default....

A UK individual recently pleaded guilty to a number of charges related to endangering a flight, one of which involved the person attempting to eat their smartphone. This led to an even more worrying situation where the phone’s battery suddenly became an issue for the flight crew. While incidents surrounding electronics and airlines don’t happen often, they do remain a concern. This is especially true in instances like this where the phone’s battery (along with the actions of the individual) resulted in the aircraft being diverted and forced to make an emergency landing....

Moff Gideon has the Darksaber in The Mandalorian and he’s not afraid to use it, but where and when did he acquire this fabled weapon? The first season of Disney+’s celebrated live-action Star Wars series will be remembered for many things; Baby Yoda, the no-nonsense title character and the bounty of Easter eggs on offer, just to name a few. Also of great significance is The Mandalorian’s closing scene. Fresh from being shot down by a jetpack-equipped Mando, Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon manages to free himself from the wreckage by using a weapon known as the Darksaber, a black-bladed version of the Jedi lightsaber....

It may be the most controversial and widely-dismissed ’re-imagining’ in the company’s history, but the so-called ‘worst’ Marvel relaunch created the modern Marvel Comics universe. In 1996, Marvel kicked off what became their most infamous relaunch of all time. The comic book publisher was going through a rough period, with the entire industry struggling. Although it’s hard to imagine, back in 1996 the Avengers and Fantastic Four franchises were in dire straits....

Kevin Feige will be on hand to promote upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe releases next week during CCXP 2019. This year, the MCU concluded their Infinity Saga, punctuated by the record-breaking success of Avengers: Endgame. Though the franchise has closed the book on its first era, they’re showing no signs of slowing down. At their Hall H panel during San Diego Comic-Con this year, Marvel officially announced their Phase 4 slate, which consists of multiple feature films, as well as TV shows for Disney+....

Apple’s aspirations for AR have yet to make mainstream waves but we’re seeing improvements for some of most popular early use cases like 3D modeling. Matterport for iOS, an app that makes it easy to create a 3D model of any space with your iPhone or iPad has released an update today to support the LiDAR sensor on the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max and 2020 iPad Pro. Here’s how Matterport describes its Capture app for iPhone and iPad:...

Though its accuracy is often questioned, people love tests that promise to provide them with an insight into their own lives. People want to know how others view them, what kind of person they are, and if their favourite fictional characters fall under the same label. Today we will be using the Myers-Briggs personality typing system (a popular personality typing system that claims that all people on Earth fall under one of sixteen categories) to sort several of the title characters from the hit show Mad Men as well as the readers who fall under the same selected types....