Update: Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways have also announced partial bans. As with the FAA rule, affected models are banned from both cabin and hold baggage unless verified as having had the battery replaced. A new safety precaution has seen all MacBooks banned from checked baggage on Virgin Australia flights due to fears over battery fires. They are still permitted in cabin baggage. While some might consider the blanket ban an overreaction, it’s actually a pretty sensible approach that is unlikely to inconvenience many…...

macOS Mojave previously introduced two new dynamic desktop wallpapers that charge appearances throughout the day. Now macOS 10.14 developer beta 5 has introduced even more new desktop picture wallpapers in addition to the appearance-changing options. You can download and use the new wallpapers below. macOS Mojave includes several variations of Abstract, Abstract Shapes, Chroma, Desert, Flower, and Reflection wallpapers. As you can see below, these range from high quality desert landscape shots and very detailed flower photography (similar to what we’ve seen on iOS) to color movements made from various materials....

Last Updated: February 23, 2020 Despite 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road becoming an instant classic and fans clamoring for more, planned sequel Mad Max: The Wasteland has been trapped in limbo. Following the release of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, series creator George Miller felt the series was done. It took fifteen years before he conceived of the idea that grew into Fury Road and, as is the way of life in Hollywood, it took another fifteen for the movie to be released....

UPDATE: Apple has taken Group FaceTime offline in an attempt to address the issue in the interim. A significant bug has been discovered in FaceTime and is currently spreading virally over social media. The bug lets you call anyone with FaceTime, and immediately hear the audio coming from their phone — before the person on the other end has accepted or rejected the incoming call. Apple says the issue will be addressed in a software update “later this week”....

We have shown you how to make phone calls with the Google Home speaker powered by Google Assistant and make phone calls with an Echo powered by Alexa. Today we’ll look at doing the same with the Invoke smart speaker powered by Microsoft’s Cortana. Make Phone Calls with Cortana on Harmon Kardon Invoke In addition to Skype-to-Skype calls, with Invoke, you can make free outbound calls to mobile and landline numbers based in the U....

This article will explore the dropper type of malware and examine what droppers are, how droppers spread, how droppers work, persistent versus non-persistent droppers the dangers of low-cost devices and other valuable information that will give you a better picture of this misunderstood malware. What is a dropper? Droppers are a type of Trojan and are so distinct that they are their own breed. Their signature purpose is to install other malware once they are present in a system....

While director Sam Raimi was initially working on a fourth installment in his Spider-Man franchise, starring Tobey Maguire as the iconic hero, it wasn’t meant to be. After several creative differences with Sony Pictures, it was decided that the Raimi-verse wouldn’t continue. With Spider-Man 4 scrapped, the studio proceeded with a reboot in the form of The Amazing Spider-Man with director Marc Webb. Andrew Garfield was picked to bring Spider-Man to life in this newest incarnation....

One of the best things to come out of an up and down 2016 for the DC Extended Universe was the first appearance of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. Her debut in Suicide Squad quickly established her as a fan favorite character, inspiring interest in her being given a solo series. Robbie herself has taken a major interest in the character and was the one to pitch the idea of a Harley-led film to WB....

Upcoming series The New Pope has added Sharon Stone and Marilyn Manson to its cast. It’s being described as a sequel to Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope, which aired back in 2016 on HBO. The original series followed Jude Law’s character, Lenny Belardo, after he became the first American pope. Diane Keaton also starred as Sister Mary, personal secretary to the Pope. The Young Pope netted a Golden Globe nomination for Law, as well as nominations for Outstanding Cinematography and Outstanding Production Design at the Creative Arts Emmys....

Apple OS X devices have seen a considerable increase in malware attacks throughout 2019. In the past, Mac computers have been targeted by considerably fewer cyberthreats as their rivals, Android and Windows. This difference, possibly due to a lower overall user base, has eroded as of late. Cyber threat is an umbrella term used to describe anything digital that may seek to infect a device and do all manner of nasty things....

In January, we reported that Apple will stop selling its current generation Mac Pro in Europe on March 1st over new product regulatory standards. Today, Apple’s Mac Pro desktop computer is showing as “currently unavailable” from several European Apple Online Stores. In line with the regulatory standards only affecting Europe, the computer is still available from the United States online store. It is unclear why the machines have been removed today if the new regulatory standards only go into affect in roughly two weeks....

Y Media Lab, which creates smartphone and tablet apps for thousands of clients, says that major brands showed no interest in smartwatch apps prior to the announcement of the Apple Watch. The company’s clients include big-name brands like the BBC, Sesame Street, eBay, Disney and Bank of America, reports Business Insider. Marketing director Robbie Abed said that he couldn’t recall a single client request a smartwatch app before the Apple Watch debut, but some have “already decided” they want an app for Apple’s wearable, while others are asking whether it should form part of their marketing plans....

Last week, it was reported that Mac and iOS users in China were the target of new malware called WireLurker that resulted in Apple confirming the security issue and blocking the affected malware apps. Just days later, mobile security research firm FireEye reports it has uncovered a major iOS security flaw that it claims poses a much bigger threat to Apple users than WireLurker. According to FireEye, the new so-called “Masque Attack” security flaw was uncovered in July and exists because iOS does not enforce matching certificates for apps with the same bundle identifier....

But be careful — if you hold on to too many of these cards, you may lose or forget some and wind up wasting free money. But these days, there are apps to help you keep track of them. Here are a few apps we like to help manage that pile of gift cards. 1. Organize the easy way If you receive traditional plastic gift cards, you can stuff them in a wallet or purse to ensure they’re on hand when you need them....

Apple has confounded industry watchers who expected the rumored noon launch time and the Mac App Store is available immediately, with over 1,000 apps available to download. Fire up Software Update and go grab it, people…(and read this while you wait). Update: No iWork 11, but you can get the individual apps and Aperture here. Press Release after the break. “With more than 1,000 apps, the Mac App Store is off to a great start,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO....

If you’ve ever wondered how a black MacBook Pro would look, new MacBook Pro clones from Samsung give us a pretty good idea. Samsung’s new 13-inch and 15-inch Notebook 7 laptops look very familiar indeed … The Verge said they are ‘so similar that you don’t even need to squint,’ and that’s a fair assessment. There’s the same ‘solid metal’ construction, with the same bevelled cut-out to make it easy to lift the lid....

HotPrints recently announced a new deal that allows users to create custom photo books for absolutely free through their service. Not only is the service free but HotPrints will also print, assemble, and ship the book to your house for free too. Typically, this service would run you around $2.99 per photo book plus $.80 or so for shipping (still not bad.) However Free is Free which is why I wanted to make sure all you groovy readers heard about it!...

The reason why we are talking about iPhone’s price today is because someone had just build iPhone 6s entirely from spare parts. Well, the Youtuber Scotty Allen bought all the required spare parts from Chinese marketplaces. According to Scotty Allen “I’ve been fascinated by the cell phone parts markets in Shenzhen, China for a while. I’d walked through them a bunch of times, but I still didn’t understand basic things, like how they were organized or who was buying all these parts and what they were doing with them....

Last Updated: February 23, 2020 Netflix’s French horror series Marianne ends with a chilling cliffhanger, but unfortunately, there won’t be a season 2. Created and directed by Samuel Bodin, the 8-episode first season of Marianne dropped in September 2019, and was written by Bodin and Quoc Dang Tran. French actress Victoire Du Bois (Call Me by Your Name) stars in Marianne as horror novelist Emma Larsimon, who achieved fame and success by writing about her nightmares of an evil witch called Marianne....

The Apple Mac Pro launched with an emphasis on modulation, giving owners a variety of methods to customize a tower to their needs, but it has a rolling problem. The desktop computer possesses a steel space frame to enable access to the tower’s interiors and is advertised with several exterior additions. Some add-ons, like the $400 stainless steel frame with wheels, emphasize mobility, but the frame doesn’t have a locking mechanism....