When the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. team announced that Disney Channel star Dove Cameron nabbed a role on the show, fans speculated aplenty about who she might play. A lot of people thought her animated Gwen Stacy would debut in live action. Instead, Cameron played an original character for the series in season five: Ruby Hale. Ruby was not someone to be trifled with. Engineered and raised to be Hydra’s perfect soldier, Ruby lived in isolation and developed a taste for torture and power....

Apple is reportedly planning to begin making some of its AirPods in Vietnam, as part of the company’s wider-scale moves to reduce dependence on China. The report says the initial plan is for a small-scale trial, but the company is already discussing volume production with suppliers… The Nikkei Asian Review cites two unnamed sources for the story. Apple currently has three AirPods suppliers — GoerTek, Iventec, and Luxshare-ICT — but this would be the first time the product has ever been made outside China....

The upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin has proven to be one of Disney’s most divisive and potentially risky projects. Much has been written on Disney’s current state of affairs, from its growing power in Hollywood following the acquisition of Fox, to the might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Much of what fills up the headlines about the studio these days comes from acquired properties like Marvel and Star Wars, but Disney’s own brand remains strong thanks to the past decade of so of live-action remakes of their most iconic animated movies....

THIS PAGE: IS DEKE A TEMPORAL ANOMALY? Was Deke Part of the Original Timeline? The S.H.I.E.L.D. team are essentially stuck in a time loop. Everything they do seems preordained, building towards the dystopian future they’ve already visited. It’s the same principle of time-travel that Fitz posited back in season 2’s “Spacetime,” where he insisted that the future is as immutable as the past. Crucially, though, viewers actually know a lot more about the timeline than S....

Apple has debuted a new “A Day in the Life of Your Data” report today with updated details on its efforts to preserve user privacy. The new report focuses on the behind-the-scenes technology Apple uses to manage the impact on user privacy of targeted advertising. This comes ahead of this spring’s launch of App Tracking Transparency. This marks the second version of Apple’s “A Day in the Life of Your Data” report....

Adam Driver breaks out into song in Netflix’s Marriage Story, and his performance is devastatingly beautiful. The film, directed by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), is finding its way onto a number of best of the year lists due to its sharp, raw take on the struggles of marriage and divorce. Marriage Story follows the tragic journey that a married couple must face as their family is torn apart....

Have you noticed that some of your Active Directory user objects’ Access Control List (ACL) seem to be “resetting” on a continuous basis back to default settings? If so, it’s not a bug in Active Directory…it’s probably due to SDProp. With the release of Active Directory Domain Services in Windows 2000, the AdminSDHolder object and Security Descriptor Propagator (SDProp) process was introduced. It was first introduced as a hotfix with Windows 2000 but later included in Windows 2003 SP2....

Rap fans can now (legally) listen to Eminem’s new album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, a full 4 days before its scheduled release exclusively on iTunes Radio. In the past, iTunes simply provided on-demand playback of the early albums in their entirety from the Artist’s page, but now it’s providing the streams through a ‘First Play’ station on its new iTunes Radio service in the US. The album was recently released ahead of schedule via BitTorrent which may have hastened the move to iTunes Radio....

SPOILERS for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ahead Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. revealed Aida’s plan for Project Looking Glass as the series sets up its season 4 finale, but the endeavor could have farther reaching effects on the show’s reality going into season 5. For the most part, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4 has been broken down into three distinct story arcs. The first introduced Ghost Rider, Eli Morrow, and the Darkhold, ushering in a new realm of mysticism to the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV offshoot; the second followed Dr....

Today’s best deals include Apple AirPods Pro at $235, plus markdowns on Apple Watch bands from $9, and a notable discount for one of LG’s latest UltraWide monitors. Hit the jump for all that and more in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. AirPods Pro on sale and in-stock AirPods Pro delivers a refreshed take of the popular original version, now featuring active noise cancellation, tapered silicone tips, and a water-resistant design. Apple’s H1 chip ensures you have fast connectivity and up to 24-hours of battery life....

Adele recently commented that her physical transformation was never about her losing weight. The English native wanted to work on herself and better her life in a healthy way, showing fans that it is possible to start leading a happier life at any moment. Adele shot to fame after graduating from BRIT School in 2006 where Jesse J also attended. After graduation, she quickly signed a record deal with XL Recordings....

Here’s the Adobe security bulletin summary for this latest patch which fixes 24 other issues, too: To make sure you have the latest secure version of Flash, head to the Adobe help page and follow the step-by-step instructions. Or, you can also check the version of Flash that’s running on your computer at the About Flash Player page. Protect Your Computer from Flash Exploits The best way to protect your computer from Flash is not to install it to begin with or to uninstall it....

Aggretsuko has been teasing this potential office romance out since the beginning, but will Haida x Retsuko ever actually happen? Aggretsuko is a cult anime show from Netflix which was originally based off a series of shorts. The story follows trading firm employee Retsuko, a talking red panda. She’s constantly stressed out at work due to horrible bosses and working conditions, and her only real outlet is singing death metal at karaoke....

Every song featured on the AJ and the Queen soundtrack for season 1 adds to the show’s narrative. The Netflix original series stars RuPaul as Ruby Red, a bold, daring, and unlucky drag queen who sets off on a cross-country tour in a rundown RV. Joining Ruby is her improbable sidekick, AJ (Izzy G), a tough, wise-cracking 10-year-old. Together, the duo travels from city to city, interacting with a cast of quirky characters along with the way....

Disney has delayed the release dates for Ad Astra and Artemis Fowl. The Mouse House announced new dates on through to 2027 today, in the wake of its purchase of Fox’s movie and TV assets in March. Among other things, the House that Mickey Built confirmed it intends to alternate between a new Star Wars movie and Avatar film every year in December, starting with Avatar 2 in 2021 and an as-yet untitled Star Wars adventure in 2022....

After partnering with Apple TV+ on content like The Morning Show and My Kind of Country, Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company was reportedly being eyed by Apple for an acquisition. As it happens, that didn’t pan out, but a firm backed by Blackstone will end up picking up Witherspoon’s company for just shy of a billion dollars. Witherspoon founded Hello Sunshine back in 2016 with the media company behind 18 Emmy nominations for its work on The Morning Show, Truth Be Told, and My Kind of Country on Apple TV+ as well as the HBO hit Big Little Lies, and more....

In this article, we are going to look at how to implement an Ajax solution that uses an ASP.NET page to pull data from a back-end database. In this tutorial, we have a table stored in a MySQL database. You can replace the ASP.NET code on this page with any other server-side scripting languages that you are familiar with such as ASP or PHP. You can refer to the other tutorials in this series for more help using a different server-side scripting language....

Along with Photoshop Touch for iPad 2, Adobe today officially announced ‘Primetime’ this morning. Primetime is a mashup of its video publishing, analytics and advertising platforms which aims to provide end to end video solutions for video publishers. Viewers on all four major platforms: Windows, Mac, iOS and Android will be able to use the output and Adobe specifically mentions that it will work on Apple’s native video, without requiring any tricks....