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Larian Studios is releasing today ‘Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition’ for the iPad. The RPG game that debuted in 2017 on the Windows platform had already been ported to the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and macOS, and now, it’s on the iPad. ‘Divinity: Original Sin 2’ lets you explore a vast and layered world of Rivellon alone or in a party of up to four players. According to the developer, the game experience is “finally on iPad” and with “no compromise....

Back in 2016, Apple let Nintendo offer Super Mario Run for pre-order via the App Store as the app was featured during the iPhone 7 keynote. Then, in 2017, the company made this feature available to all developers. As of today, developers can offer apps for pre-order on the App Store up to 180 days before the release date. Apple has just announced through its Developer Portal that developers can now offer apps for pre-order on the App Store up to 180 days in advance....

What is Cryptography? Cryptography is used to secure and protect data during communication. It is helpful to prevent unauthorized person or group of users from accessing any confidential data. Encryption and decryption are the two essential functionalities of cryptography. A message sent over the network is transformed into an unrecognizable encrypted message known as data encryption. At the receiving end, the received message is converted to its original form known as decryption....

Naomie Harris stars as police officer Alicia West in Black and Blue, the latest film from director Deon Taylor. As a black cop in the city of New Orleans, West finds herself torn between her loyalty to the badge and her duties to the people of her community. In a world of cops and criminals, lines can blur so easily, and innocent lives are endangered by the inevitable crossfire. Black and Blue is a realistic socio-political drama disguised as a fast-paced crime thriller; it succeeds in both regards, delivering palpable thrills and social commentary in equal measure....

Dish Network has for the first time separated out its Dish TV and Sling TV subscriber numbers. The company revealed the figures in its year-end financials for 2017 … Dish says that Sling TV accounts for 2.212M of its 13.242M Pay-TV subscribers, and told us that this represents 47% growth year-on-year. This contrasts with its legacy satellite TV service, which lost more than a million subscribers in the course of the year....

As previously-announced, Disney+ is now more expensive – and there’s a new ad-supported tier users can select. This comes following a price increase for Apple TV+, as well as the launch of an ad-supported tier for Netflix … which still isn’t available to Apple TV users. Disney first announced its plans to shake up the Disney+ offering back in August. The company hopes that a new ad-supported tier and higher prices for the ad-free tier will significantly help boost the profitability of Disney+....

We detailed APFS earlier this year during our prep for the upgrade to iOS 10.3. Unlike iOS though, macOS is a more complex creature; due partly to its need to support third-party applications that are not as curated and carefully managed as those found in the app store on iOS. The desktop is more exposed, too, with a file manager and more free range to roam, unlike iOS where there are strict guidelines for app developers and behaviors for end users....

Apple surprised announced its new HomeKit and AirPlay Smart TV initiative at CES earlier this month, with the first official compatible TVs launching in the spring. As we reported last night, iOS 12.2 includes the necessary foundations to support these new features. Developer Khaos Tian hacked the HomeKit protocol to simulate adding a smart TV accessory to the Home app. He shared some screenshots and videos of these features ‘in action’ …...

Walt Disney Pictures was busy in the 1950s. Then known as Walt Disney Productions, the company released many classics during the decade including Cinderella, Peter Pan, and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. While there were many hits, there were also many flops — or at the very least, average films that aren’t still treasured today. Because we already looked at the greatest films of the decade, we’re now focusing on the worst....

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that a limited spinoff series based on the MCU’s Loki is officially in development for the company’s upcoming streaming service, Disney Plus. The studio’s new streaming service has been hard at work developing original content for its official release next year, with a lineup that includes characters like Scarlet Witch, Winter Soldier, and Falcon. Considering Loki and Scarlet Witch’s apparent deaths in Avengers: Infinity War earlier this year, it was left uncertain whether or not either of their respective limited series’ would take place before or after the current run of the MCU....

After launching in 2019, to help organizations manage their Apple fleet, Kandji went to work on solving additional problems. Today, Kandji announced its new Device Harmony platform, which is aimed at bridging the gap between enterprise IT and InfoSec teams, so they can truly work together to keep every Apple user secure and productive. Kandji’s Device Harmony platform enables IT and InfoSec capabilities that were previously not available within the Kandji platform: Device Management, Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Detection and Response, Endpoint Visibility, and Endpoint Compliance....

What is Data warehouse? A data warehouse is a technique for collecting and managing data from varied sources to provide meaningful business insights. It is a blend of technologies and components which allows the strategic use of data. Data Warehouse is electronic storage of a large amount of information by a business which is designed for query and analysis instead of transaction processing. It is a process of transforming data into information and making it available to users for analysis....

The Digg iOS client has been updated today to version 5.2.1 and with it comes full support for iOS 7 in addition to the usual performance enhancements and bug fixes. While the design of the app hasn’t been dramatically overhauled like many others, the update brings a few new features made possible by iOS 7. Among them is support for Apple’s new Dynamic Type and Background App Refresh features. Digg version 5....

As the iPhone 13 launch approaches, we are able to learn even more details about Apple’s upcoming devices. A report by DigiTimes says the company will introduce the Wi-Fi 6E standard in this generation. The new Wi-Fi 6E standard, is in fact, identical to Wi-Fi 6, which is available since the iPhone 11. Here, “E” stands for “Extended,” which means Wi-Fi 6 is extended to the 6 GHz band. GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC), and GaAs epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are all poised to log significant revenue gains in the second half of 2021, buoyed by demand for the upcoming iPhones and Wi-Fi 6E related applications, according to industry sources....

Disney+ is already packed with content. At launch, Disney+ has an impressive library of over 300 movies and 7,000 television shows that encompasses properties from Disney itself, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, and 20th Century Fox. Disney+ features content both old and new, which goes as far back as the 1930s. The service will also become the home of a long list of original programming, which includes TV shows from the world of Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Epcot was Walt Disney’s vision of the future and for many modern fans, it’s a favorite theme park that even rivals the likes of Disney’s Hollywood Studios in terms of popularity. It might come as a shock to some, but there’s plenty more to see outside of Spaceship Earth and the Test Track. To some, Epcot might look like Disney’s attempt at edu-taining the masses. To the experienced park-goer, however, it can be a veritable wonderland of possibilities....

After this feature was turned on, a lot of users found their Google Calendar’s to be cluttered up with several Event Invitations. If you don’t need to see all of these Event invite notifications — disable it. Open your Google Calendar and click the Options (gear) menu and select Settings. Scroll down to Automatically Add Invitations to My Calendar and select No, Only Show Invitations to Which I Have Responded....

Disable Windows Defender Service in Windows 1: Click the Start Button and type Services. Click Services once it appears. 2: Scroll down and right-click on Windows Defender, then click Properties. 3: Click the Down Arrow under Startup type: and click Disabled. Then click OK a few times to apply the changes. That’s all there is to it. The next time you reboot your machine, Windows Defender will not start. Looking back, this is what I should have recommended first....

Popcornflix.com is a subsidiary of Screen Media Ventures and lets you watch free flicks on an iPad / iPhone, Roku and on its website. Here’s how to stream them to your Roku. Install the Popcornflix channel from the Channel Store on the Roku. After it’s installed, you can browse through the different categories of films available…similar to the interface for Netflix. A few of the more interesting categories are Bollywood (India’s version of Hollywood), Web Originals and Film-School-Originals....

It seems all but certain that Disney won’t rehire James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after his controversial firing, something which is a bigger and bigger mistake for Marvel. Disney and Marvel’s decision to fire director James Gunn from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was controversial from the start. While Gunn’s history of offensive tweets proved stomach churning for many, so did the bad faith way that they were exposed to the world....