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Apple said yesterday that its legal battle with the FBI has such far-reaching consequences that it should be settled by Congress rather than by the courts – but if that tack is unsuccessful, Bloomberg reports that the company will be putting forward a rather unusual argument in court. Apple will argue that the digital signature it uses to validate code is protected by the First Amendment as free speech, which cannot be compelled in law....

When it comes to the relative intelligence of characters in animated series, the bar can be pretty low. Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin aren’t going to be winning the Nobel Prize in Physics any time soon. Homer did beat a group of grade school kids a designing the nuclear power plant of the future, though. But on Bob’s Burgers, the relative intelligence of the characters seems higher than other series. The key word in that sentence is seems, in part because many of the characters are so ridiculous that its hard to tell how smart they actually are....

While we wait for Valorant to re-launch, you can try out these other exciting games in the market. Let’s take a look at some of the interesting alternatives for Valorant that we have selected for you. In the highly competitive video game industry of contemporary times, there are several battle royale games available. Now that the open beta edition of Riot Games’ Valorant has been officially closed, fans are frustrated at being unable to play the adrenaline-fueled shooter for an uncertain number of days....

In the realtor’s heaven that is beachy Monterey, California, appearances matter. If someone is late to pick up their kid from school, it’s a big little deal. Big Little Lies centers around the goings-on of ritzy public school Otter Bay Elementary, where lines are drawn in the sand so much, the sandbox looks more like train tracks. Stay-at-home moms vs. career moms; households that earn over $150K/year vs. under. Admittedly, this suburban pettiness is much easier to take with a view of the ocean....

Biomutant is an adventure-driven open-world game released by Experiment 101 in late May. Initially announced in 2017, the game has seen countless delays, so many fans are finally excited to explore the game. The main character of the game is a mutated animal. As you explore the world to make progress, you learn more about your backstory. I’ve been playing the game on Mac via NVIDIA GeForce Now… At the beginning of the game, you get a wide variety of options to customize your character’s look and play style....

Following Spotify’s acquisition of The Joe Rogan Experience earlier this week, a new report from Bloomberg today details Apple’s own plans to ramp up its focus on podcasts. The report explains that part of Apple’s goal is to help promote its Apple TV+ service. The report explains that Apple has begun acquiring two types of original podcasts. The first category is audio spinoffs of its TV+ movies and shows, while the second is “original programs that could eventually be adapted into future TV+ video content....

When it comes to the show Big Brother, you’ll oftentimes find male winners at the end of the game. It wasn’t until Big Brother 18 that a woman beat out a man in the finals. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a ton of women who could smoke any and all of us who would dare try and go against them in this game. Today, we’ll be going over the top ten female players of Big Brother....

Big Brother, which just wrapped up its 21st season, sees cunning and manipulative players from across the U.S. come together in a massive house to compete against one another for a half-million dollars. The houseguests are completely isolated from the outside world, only able to communicate with one another. This can understandably drive some players stir-crazy, while others get seriously paranoid. But some people thrive in the game, and know how to align with the right people and quietly pull strings to eventually emerge victorious....

Alongside the brand new Mac mini and MacBook Air, Blackmagic Design has launched a new external graphics chassis with a faster Radeon RX Vega 64 inside. The Blackmagic eGPU Pro provides a significantly faster GPU than its non-‘pro’ predecessor, along with the addition of DisplayPort connectivity. Specifications Compatible with any Thunderbolt 3–enabled Mac Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics processor with 8GB of HBM2 memory Two Thunderbolt 3 ports Four USB 3 ports HDMI 2....

Last night, Apple released a statement warning investors that it would miss its quarterly revenue guidance, making it the second revenue warning in only two years. Apple said that business outside of China was strong, but production bottlenecks would affect worldwide supply and domestic Chinese demand was also down. Bloomberg says that Apple has been readying the lower-cost ‘iPhone SE 2’, which will resemble an iPhone 8 with an A13 chip inside, despite coronavirus disruption to factories....

Bill and Ted want to play the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl, an event scheduled six months after the release of Bill and Ted Face the Music. Presumably, that means stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter would perform in-character as the goofy duo in front of a sold-out crowd of thousands. Of course, the whole thing could merely be a smart marketing move to get people talking (and writing) about the upcoming sequel....

Succession might have a case but no TV show touches on the topic of finance better than Showtime’s Billions. The show revolves the billionaire hedge-fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) and his love-hate relationship with US attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) who is trying to take him down for financial malpractice. Billions is partially based on the real-life battle between former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and billionaire Steve Cohen who was once found guilty of insider trading....

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) ticket presales outsold Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman on its first day. The highly anticipated DCEU movie featuring beloved comic book anti-heroine Harley Quinn (played with award-worthy aplomb by Margot Robbie) is set to premiere officially next week. Fresh off her breakup with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins an all female band of confident superheroes with the mission to protect the young Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) from Ewan McGregor’s villainous crime lord Black Mask....

A new featurette for Marvel’s Black Widow makes the movie’s delay part of the marketing. Directed by Cate Shortland, the highly anticipated superhero film marks the first solo outing for Scarlett Johansson’s character Natasha Romanoff. Set between the events in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, the story centers on Natasha as she confronts her past with the Red Room program that trained her to be an assassin. Alongside Johansson, Florence Pugh plays another Black Widow from Natasha’s program named Yelena, Rachel Weisz plays a Black Widow named Melina Vostokoff, and David Harbour plays Alexei Shostakov, otherwise known as Red Guardian....

During an interview on CNN this morning, Bill Gates touched on his thoughts on Steve Jobs. Gates praised Jobs’ design sensibility and how he was able to save Apple from collapsing. As detailed by Bloomberg, Gates had an interesting way of praising Jobs’ work at revitalizing Apple: In terms of Jobs’ design sense, Gates said he’s yet to meet anyone else like the late Apple co-founder: Even when he failed, he succeeded, Gates said, citing the 1988 introduction of NeXT, the computer that “completely failed, it was such nonsense, and yet he mesmerized those people....

Billie Eilish and Apple have been collaborating for a few years now, and the company announced today the artist is going to perform live on Thursday, February 25, in the Apple Music app, the Apple TV app, and on YouTube. This comes before the premiere of her documentary on Apple TV+, The World’s a Little Blurry. This event will include an exclusive performance and conversation with the artist, a discussion with director R....

Chuck Rhoades and Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod aim to leave their enemies with nothing as the two form an unlikely alliance in the new teaser for Billons season 4. There are few television series that are as flat-out entertaining as Showtimes’ star-studded series, as the show makes great use of its cast as its creators’ knowledge of and obsession with popular culture, which often results in memorable quotes and references to everything from movies to sports to music, and when Brian Koppleman and Davie Levien need to make a particularly serious point, they can always turn to history, as they do here when Chuck (Paul Giamatti) threatens Bryan Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) by saying he’ll “roll over you like it’s Tiananmen Square....

The upcoming DC superhero adaptation Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is set to smash into theaters in February 2020, and while little is known about the film’s plot, it’s clear the story revolves around one key character in the Batman universe: Cassandra Cain. Created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott in July of 1999, Cassie Cain is one of several DC comic book characters to take on the mantle of Batgirl....

New Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) footage saw the former sidekick’s abilities get an almost superhuman boost - thanks to cocaine. Harley Quinn originated on Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Arleen Sorkin. Harley proved so popular, however, that she made the jump to the comics in 1993. She has since been adapted multiple times - most noticeably by Margot Robbie in 2016’s Suicide Squad and, recently, by Kaley Cuoco in DC Universe’s animated comedy series, Harley Quinn....

WhatsApp is a platform where you can communicate with people directly via messages or calls. Still, you can create or join an existing WhatsApp group to discuss with other members. When you’ve joined different groups, it can get annoying whenever you keep getting new notifications for every message received. Hence, knowing how to block these messages from WhatsApp without exiting the group is handy. This post explains why you may want to block messages from a WhatsApp group....