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When it comes to choosing outfits for female characters in action movies, it doesn’t take very much to create a controversy. Two years ago Jurassic World found itself in the middle of a fire-storm over Bryce Dallas Howard’s high heels, and now there’s a similar controversy bubbling over Karen Gillan’s arguably gratuitously skimpy outfit in the upcoming reboot of Jumanji. Fans got their first look at Gillan’s Jumanji character last year when Columbia released a promotional photo of her and co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black and Kevin Hart....

Imagination Technologies today announced that six key partners will be using their next-generation PowerVR Series 6 GPU code-named Rogue. However, the company named only three partners, saying the remaining three PowerVR Series6 licensees “are yet to be announced”. The three known ones are ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments and MediaTek. Apple is currently a licensee of Imagination’s graphics unit incorporated in the Apple-branded mobile chip alongside ARM’s Cortex-based CPU unit. Apple’s A5 chip uses Imagination’s PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU unit which delivers a ninefold performance increase compared to the A4 chip....

From 9to5Toys.com: Nearly 6 months after its initial release, the iPad mini with Retina display is now available for purchase from the official Apple Refurbished Store. As of right now only the WiFi model is available and includes the 16, 32, and 64GB capacities in silver and space gray. The 16GB model is just $339, which is a savings of 15% off the list price of $399. It features a 7....

Warning: SPOILERS For Tony Stark: Iron Man #10. Everyone’s favorite playboy Tony Stark has a new suit of Iron Man armor–and it’s powerful enough to kill a GOD. In fact, Tony himself has named it “The Godbuster Armor” to take on a digital deity in Tony Stark: Iron Man #10. Tony has found himself in a bit of a sticky situation in “Stark Realities,” trapped by the Motherboard he created in his company’s latest eScape digital reality....

Oppo is stepping into the 5G market game with its latest Oppo Reno 3 and Oppo Reno 3 Pro. Both of these devices come with active 5G connection ready. In India, 5G technology is soon to be implemented, so users will be able to use it soon. Oppo Reno 3 and 3 Pro both are supposed to be flagship devices. With a price tag of around 34,999 INR, customers demand extra security and damage protection in their devices....

Every application looks fancy and enjoyable until the user comes across the server downtime issue. The problem is commonly phrased as the server is down. Naturally, for people who cannot do without social media, it is a disaster. Snapchat is a popular platform to make connections with people all over the world and send/share media. With so many active users waiting to use the app, server downtime is a killjoy. Yet, this problem has been recently affecting Snapchat users....

Xiaomi is known for making quality smartphones in a budget segment Their last flagship with stock android, and a dual-camera setup was a huge hit. So Xiaomi is planning to launch another version of it with the name Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite. Since both the device have the same hardware, the specs are pretty much the same. Since most of the customers of Xiaomi are looking for the best smartphone under a budget, so users want to know whether Mi A2 is waterproof or not....

Every episode of a TV series (apart from the pilot) is technically a sequel, following on from the previous episode. But TV shows occasionally come out with episodes that directly follow on from the plot of another episode. In It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the sequel episodes occasionally even have numbered sequel titles. With running jokes spanning several seasons and characters who refuse to change, It’s Always Sunny has done more sequel episodes than the average sitcom....

When Samsung unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S5 yesterday, the big news was the inclusion of a fingerprint scanner and heart rate sensor. The fingerprint scanning of course brings it up to par with Apple’s TouchID functionality, the standout feature and big selling point for the iPhone 5s. The heart rate sensor, however, is something not included in the current iPhone lineup and something Samsung will spend a lot of time marketing as fitness and health wearables like its new smartwatch lineup become big business in 2014....

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has given players a game that unveils more Star Wars lore than expected, including the new planet called Zeffo that contains a lot of interesting historical precedent for fans of the franchise. The Zeffo are introduced early in the game, giving players a chance to explore a desolate and dangerous world. Zeffo is the second planet that players have access to and is the only path that leads to the Tomb of Eilram....

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’s star JWoww invited Jen Harley to the strip club without Ronnie. The roommates were playing with fire when they decided to let JWoww extend an invite to Harley. JWoww and Ronnie have had their ups and downs thanks to both reality stars not communicating well with one another. Ronnie had openly said in many confessionals that he did not agree with JWoww not sharing her personal divorce drama, while all the roommates felt it was OK to speak on Ronnie’s drama....

Joker lands 11 Oscar nominations, the most for a comic book movie ever. Premiering at the 2019 Venice Film Festival last August, Joker quickly emerged as the year’s most polarizing awards contender. Critics and viewers were divided on its merits, with some believing it was a work of art that transcended its genre, while others felt it was a dangerous film that could incite real-world violence. All of the controversy surrounding Joker did not deter audiences from flocking to the theater to see it, as the gritty origin story became the first R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide....

Jon Hamm is one of those actors who’s impossible to not like. Hamm got his big break on Mad Men, playing the brilliant, flawed, and mysterious advertising executive, Don Draper. While that is his most famous role, he has put together a pretty impressive film career as well. Hamm has the leading-man talent but isn’t opposed to taking supporting roles in interesting projects. He is also an actor who seems comfortable in any genre....

When working with jQuery, it is a good idea to wait for the document to be fully loaded, prior to executing jQuery code on the page. One of the first things you should learn about jQuery is the ready event. Most of your jQuery code will be contained within this handler. This will ensure that the jQuery code does not run until the DOM is ready. It will confirm that any element being accessed is already loaded and accessible, so the script will not return any errors related to missing elements....

Just Shoot Me! was a popular NBC sitcom that ran from 1997-2003. The workplace comedy revolved around the office of a fictional fashion magazine called Blush, a sort of Vogue analog. It was created by Steven Levitan, who’s had a hand in creating other successful comedies like Modern Family. The series ran for 148 episodes over the course of seven seasons. While never much of a critical darling the show was still a ratings hit, despite its regularly shifting timeslot....

Ray Fisher shares a behind-the-scenes video of Victor Stone’s football scene that was cut in Justice League. After a brief appearance in 2016’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Cyborg made his official introduction in Warner Bros. first superhero team-up film from 2017. But the project had a convoluted production with rumored script rewrites, last minute director changes and extensive reshoots that left a lot of the scenes filmed during principal photography on the editing room floor....

Apple’s monster iPad Pro is coming, but exactly how much will it cost you? It ranges from $799 to $1079 and will be available in November. Details below: iPad Pro will range $799 to $1079 depending on storage capacity and radios 32GB Wi-Fi model costs $799, 128GB Wi-Fi model at $949, 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model costs $1079 iPad Pro available in Space Gray, Silver, and Gold Coming in November Those exclusive iPad Pro accessories also announced are sold separately as add-on options....

Employees of Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn went on strike late last week in Brazil with protests outside the company’s Jundiai factory continuing into today. We received several tips about the strike and translated reports from local news sources such as Globo.com claim all production lines at the factory stopped when the strike involving around 3,500 employees began last Thursday. The strike, which isn’t the first at the Foxconn facility in Jundiai, hits as Apple takes a record number of preorders for the new iPhone 6 just days ahead of the device’s official launch on Sept 19....

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking to have Apple drop the “4G” from the advertising/website of its new iPad products with cell modems… Optus and Telstra do not use the compatible LTE radio frequencies as Apple’s iPad; therefore, new iPads are not compatible with the LTE 4G networks in Australia. Both mobile carriers already dropped the “4G” naming on the new iPad on their websites. However, Apple does display “iPad +4G” on the Apple....

The sudden release of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 came as a shock to many people in the Apple IT community, but Jamf announced earlier today that they were ready to support the new software. Jamf will also be ready for macOS Big Sur when it is released later this fall. This year, Apple has released a number of new APIs for mobile device management vendors. Some of the improvements this year include more control over the setup screen during device activation, shared iPad enhancements (user-level configuration profiles), VPN configuration enhancements (per-app VPN and VPN for default apps), and allowing the end-user to remove managed apps from their devices....