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Nomad is out today with two nice additions to its popular case lineup for iPhone 12 devices. The Rugged Case and Rugged Folio that feature quality Horween leather now have official MagSafe integration as well as 10-foot drop protection, and more. It’s always nice to see more MagSafe accessories hit the market and Nomad’s latest Rugged Case and Folio are solid alternatives to Apple’s own MagSafe Leather Cases and others already available....

For example, Xbox Video and Music rely on the Windows Libraries in Windows to store and access purchased content. Even if you add your own files to the card, built-in apps won’t see it. There’s an easy fix for the problem though. Here’s how to install a MicroSD card in your Surface, and make it useable by Windows RT. Add MicroSD Card to Libraries on Surface RT After installing a new microSD card on your Surface, I recommend making a folder for Videos, Music, and Photos....

Holdkey works by recognizing when you input a long-press on your physical keyboard. For example, if you hold down the “u” key it will display a list of 10 additional characters similar to the traditional English “u.” The Holdkey overlay appears as a blue horizontal box across the currently open window that you are typing in. Once appeared, there are two ways to input the key. The first is to just click the character you would like to use....

Note: This will work with Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP We previously showed you how to run Disk Cleanup and how to clean temp files it misses. But remembering to run it regularly is the challenging part. Set Windows to Run Disk Cleanup Automatically First, some command line magic — click Start and type: cmd in the search box. Hit Enter. At the command prompt, type: cleanmgr.exe /sageset:1 then hit Enter....

Were Din Djarin’s parents killed by the Death Watch in The Mandalorian? Over the course of The Mandalorian’s first season, the title character’s backstory has been slowly revealed via flashbacks and conversations with other characters, and the finale completed the puzzle, adding what few missing pieces remained. Revealed under the name Din Djarin, the Mandalorian is seen on an unknown planet as a child, running with his parents from an attack by the CIS in a scene that takes place during the Clone Wars....

Warning: SPOILERS for Gwenpool Strikes Back Can you even call yourself a Marvel fan if you don’t get the “Love you 3000” reference? Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are using this phrase to describe just how much the last 11 years of movie have meant, adding another layer to the worldwide fandom and its honoring of Iron Man’s sacrifice. It turns out Marvel Comics wanted to be in on the “3000” reference as well, poking a little fun at the goodbye in Gwenpool Strikes Back #2....

The Punisher may be better known for murdering the killers and criminals of Marvel’s Universe, but now that the War of The Realms has come to Earth… Frank Castle has upped his game. By becoming one of the most lethal troll-hunters alive, of course. That’s the story being told in the three-part miniseries War of The Realms: Punisher, giving the titular antihero a mission tailor made for his brutal skills. As the Avengers try to fight off the invading army led by Malekith and his Dark Elves, and Thor gets more murderous than ever slaughtering Frost Giants, the Punisher sets his sights on a smaller, but no less important mission....

Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series Master Of None ended its second season on a cryptic note; here’s what the season 2 finale was all about. Co-created by Ansari and his Parks and Recreation colleague Alan Yang, Master Of None is a comedy-drama that premiered on Netflix in 2015. The series stars Ansari as Dev Shah, a 30-something actor living in New York while navigating his romantic and professional lives with his cultural identity as a second-generation Indian American....

The MCU should go all-in on Marvel Zombies at some point in Phase 5. Marvel Studios officially unveiled their MCU Phase 4 slate at San Diego Comic-Con this year, which includes films like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder (in which Natalie Portman stars as Mighty Thor), among others. But as excited as fans are to see where Marvel goes with these titles, there’s also some hope that the MCU will start to dig even deeper into the comic universe and maybe even create a Marvel Zombies project....

The complete 4K and Blu-ray box set for The Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been revealed. Over the last eleven years, Marvel Studios has created what is now known as the MCU. It all began in 2008 with Iron Man and launched an interconnected universe on the big screen spanning nearly a dozen franchises. Over the last few years specifically, the goal was to build towards Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame so that all of these characters can crossover in epic fashion....

The Windows Compatibility Center provided a library of hardware and software for you to verify if it works with Windows 10. Today while trying to access the website, I was not able to log in, I only got an error message. And now the site just redirects to Microsoft’s website. What Happened to Windows Compatibility Website? After contacting @MicrosoftHelps on Twitter, I was directed to a forum thread on the Microsoft Community website from two months ago with a reply to a forum participant detailing the changes going forward: People have been wary of installing the Get Windows 10 app, fearing it might upgrade their existing version of Windows without permission....

Easier Sharing Experience with OneDrive.com Microsoft explains why the change was made on its OneDrive blog: The new experience provides the two most popular options right up front. To try it out, right-click the OneDrive icon in the Taskbar and select View Online. Then navigate to the item you want to share and then click the Share button on the top toolbar. Then you’ll be presented with a dialog box that provides the two most popular options for sharing....

What wasn’t expected is that Microsoft, who stopped support for the 13 year old XP, released a fix for the outdated OS as well. Of course one could assume part of the reason Microsoft issued the patch to XP too is due to the media hype surrounding it this week. According to Microsoft Execs: While that is certainly a reasonable exception to the rule, since, according to NetMarketShare, 30% of the world’s computers still are running XP:...

The blockchain, decentralized technologies, DeFi, smart contracts, the concept of a ‘metaverse’ and Web3 – the decentralized foundation built on top of cryptographic systems that underlay blockchain projects – all have the potential to produce radical changes in how we understand and experience connectivity today. Read on: What is Web3? Everything you need to know about the decentralized future of the internet However, with every technological innovation, there may also be new avenues created for cyberattackers and Web3 is no exception....

What is Mindbloom? In a nutshell, it’s a new web-based game that helps you “decide what’s important, discover your motivation, and take meaningful action” towards improving your life. The crux of Mindbloom is the “gamification” of self-improvement. That is, it takes the familiar principles of self-examination, accountability, and goal setting and builds them into a game. The object of the game is to nurture your tree through sunlight (inspiration) and rain (action)....

Sorry, Marvel lovers, but it doesn’t make sense for Disney to buy Spider-Man off Sony. The last year has been a troubled one for the wall-crawler with the relationship between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures breaking down right around the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home. For a brief time, it honestly looked as though the MCU had lost Spider-Man. Fortunately, a late-night drunk phone call with Tom Holland persuaded Disney CEO Bob Iger to return to the negotiating table, and the studios hammered out a new Spider-Man deal....

Last month we saw Epic Games file a lawsuit against Apple not long after Tim Cook testified to Congress during an antitrust hearing looking into big tech. Now just after Apple launched its Apple Watch Series 6 with a new blood oxygen detection feature, medical-sensor maker Masimo Corp. said in a new court filing that Apple is trying to delay the lawsuit it filed back in January and abusing its power to “capture the market....

Why is only one of the Wachowskis returning for The Matrix 4? After years of speculation and rumor, a fourth film in the Matrix series was officially confirmed earlier this month, surprising fans with the news that both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss would be returning, even though their respective characters died in The Matrix Revolutions. Furthering that sense of continuity, it was also announced that original director, Lana Wachowski, would be plugging back into the Matrix for the upcoming sequel....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man has been a fixture of pop culture ever since Tom Holland debuted his version of the character in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. Since then, Holland has played the character a total of six times, recently capping off his first solo trilogy in Spider-Man: No Way Home. As one of the most popular characters of all time, Spider-Man has also become the loving target of several viral memes from fans looking to bond over their mutual love for the Webslinger....

Windows 10 Preview Build 20270 While Cortana has been separated from Windows Search, it continues to receive updates. According to the release: This is the list of changes and improvements in this build: The new “Advanced View” checkbox in Optimize Drives is now up and running and checking it will display volumes previously not visible in this window (for example system and recovery partitions).Using the touch keyboard in a portrait posture on a 2-in-1 touch device now supports split keyboard mode....