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Destiny 2 has a new mystery to solve, and players are already on the case, as the weekly reset instructs Guardians to head back to the time maze via Osiris’ sundial to explore the Corridors of Time. But that’s the only quest objective, and many are wondering what, exactly, it will take to fulfill it. Bungie has a long history of adding hidden mystery quests to Destiny games. These are quite popular with the series’ fanbase and often lead to powerful weapons....

Announced earlier in the year, it is now official: Discover bank cards will be supported by Apple Pay from September 16th, the same day as iOS 9 is released. Discover joins Visa and MasterCard in the US as supporting card types for Apple’s contactless payments service. To sweeten the deal, Discover is even offering a special cashback promotion to celebrate the addition of Apple Pay. You can get 10% cashback on up to $10,000 of in-store purchases until the end of the year, as long as those transactions were using Apple Pay....

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that a character that Marvel has always wanted to utilize will be in Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness. The highly anticipated sequel to 2016’s Doctor Strange won’t premiere until 2021, but details about the film keep steadily being released. Stephen Strange (portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch) began his story as an arrogant, albeit brilliant, neurosurgeon who loses his most prized possession - the use of his hands - in a car crash....

The latest episode of Doctor Who, “Ascension of the Cybermen,” introduced a mystery character named Brendan, and he could be destined to become the Lone Cyberman. Doctor Who season 12 is coming to a close with an explosive two-parter that has to answer a lot of questions. Who is the Timeless Child, why did the Master destroy Gallifrey, and what does an Irish policeman named Brendan have to do with everything?...

STX Entertainment’s Hustlers tells the true story of strippers-turned-scammers, but does it have anything after the credits? Based on the 2015 New York Magazine article “The Hustlers at Scores” written by Jessica Pressler, Hustlers adapts the true story for a more fictionalized movie. Starring Jennifer Lopez as Ramona, the ringleader of the scamming group, and Constance Wu as her second-in-command Destiny, the film boasts a talented supporting cast that includes Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Lizzo and Julia Stiles....

Unlocked iPhone 4S is priced out of reach of average folks in India. Currently available in 44 countries, Apple’s iPhone 4S is patiently awaited in 26 additional territories as Apple makes good on its promise to have the device available in over 70 markets and on 100 carriers before end of the year. iPhone 4S has been well received in Japan and Singapore and pre-orders sold out in Hong Kong in 10 minutes, but reportedly not so much in South Korea…...

As the creator economy continues to mature and expand, it’s changing what it means to be a social media manager and pushing brands to rethink how social plays into their overall business strategy. From running affiliate marketing programs to formal creator-brand partnerships, creator marketing is an essential strategy in your digital marketing playbook. In this article, we’re breaking down how creators can expand the reach of your social media presence and some key advice for working with digital content creators moving forward....

iMessage is a messaging service available for Apple devices and can only be used for communication between Apple devices. One common question when using iMessage is whether the recipient can have an iMessage delivered when their phone is dead. What does it take for an iMessage to get delivered? With iMessage, you can send individual or group messages, and this guide explains what happens when the recipient’s phone is dead....

Obsidian Entertainment launched its highly anticipated survival video game Grounded on 28 July 2020. Here, players take on the role of any of the four kid-explorers that face against the challenges ahead of them. Unlike many other survival games in the genre, the environment is not set in a distant mythical planet or stranded island, instead Grounded takes place in a typical suburban backyard. Ever since Grounded made it to the public’s ear, players have been eagerly waiting to know about cross-platform supports and crossplay....

Disney has dropped Fox’s Mouse Guard movie, shortly before the film was slated to begin production. Now the the Mouse House has finalized its purchase of Fox’s assets (for the enormous sum of $71.3 billion), the studio is making some big changes. They’re already dismantled the Fox 2000 banner, which produced hits like Love, Simon and Hidden Figures, and are planning to reboot the X-Men franchise for the MCU after Dark Phoenix hits theaters in June....

Brazil’s regulators may slightly hold up the mega-deal between Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox. As soon as the intention to sell Fox became known, Disney quickly became the front runner to buy the vast TV and film assets the studio held. Comcast attempted to intervene and buy Fox themselves, but they simply forced Disney to up their bid to $71 billion in the process. In the months that have followed, Disney and Fox have been seeking regulatory approval from around the world in order to make the deal official....

Disney has a stranglehold on media as a concept these days. Where getting to a point where there’s little under the sun Disney doesn’t own or won’t own by the end of the decade. The Mouse is stronger than ever, and it all it took was a couple of live-action remakes and the acquisition of a mega-franchise to essentially guarantee the success of the Disney dynasty for generations to come. Cultures will rise and fall, but Disney will be forever....

If you are including iframe elements in your HTML pages, you may want to consider displaying a simple “loading” indicator to let your end users know that content is being loaded within the iframe instead of just displayingempty space. There are many ways to accomplish this. In this tutorial, we are going to look at one of the ways to do this using jQuery. This tutorial simply covers how to display an animated image while loading the iframe content....

Or at least, that was the question on everyone’s mind last week when an article from the Wall Street Journal prompted some spirited Twitter discourse. The debate around whether or not to pursue an advanced degree is nothing new, but applying it to the realm of social ignited strong reactions from practitioners and educators alike. — Nathan Allebach (@nathanallebach) July 26, 2021 “As someone who was interviewed for the piece, I felt like the suggestion that social media managers need degrees missed the point of the article,” says Rachel Karten, social media consultant and creator of the Link in Bio newsletter....

Does Last Christmas have an end-credits scene setting up a potential sequel or offering further holiday fun for moviegoers? Based around the music of George Michael and his hit holiday song “Last Christmas,” the movie is directed by Paul Feig and stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. Like many of Feig’s movies, it focuses on well-developed female characters. Last Christmas tells the story the dysfunctional Kate (Clarke) who meets a handsome stranger named Tom (Golding), and starts to get her life back on track just as the two hit a snag in their budding relationship....

Update: a person in the know has pointed out a few problems with Brown’s post: It was taken down and is currently down. If you look at one of the lines of Apple’s code that he uses to allege throttling, it doesn’t even have anything to do with throttling internet speed. It’s just the term, used to talk about how often a phone should ping the network when it doesn’t encounter a signal, or something like that....

Discord is the latest video chat app to add iOS and Android screen sharing support. The feature is rolling out to users starting today and has been optimized for game streaming and remote YouTube/TikTok/etc. viewing parties. Earlier this year, we saw Skype gain the handy iOS screen sharing functionality. It joined others like Zoom, TeamViewer, Facebook Messenger, and more. Notably, Apple still doesn’t offer screen sharing inside its FaceTime app for iPhone and iPad....

Disney has replaced its Disney Channel video app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV with the new DisneyNow app. As announced earlier this year, DisneyNow combines the company’s three kids cable channels — Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior — into a single app that features content from each channel. Disney says the new app also introduces Disney Emoji and a favorites list plus more. DisneyNow also gives cable subscribers full episodes of “Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Andi Mack, and more!...

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....