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The early reactions have arrived for Disney’s animated sequel, Frozen 2. 2019 has already been a massively successful year for the Mouse House at the box office, with no less than five of their movies grossing over $1 billion worldwide. Most notably, Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation). However, they’ve still got a pair of highly-anticipated tentpoles arriving over the next two months: Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

A partnership with Apple has seen all Gallaudet University students and faculty members receive an iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard Folio and Apple Pencil. The university is a specialist higher education faculty in which all programs are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students … Apple made the announcement today. The university expressed its appreciation, while Apple said it was an honor to be involved. Gallaudet University has always been a center of advanced learning and teaching approaches....

George R.R. Martin reveals why he turned down the opportunity to follow in Ed Sheeran’s footsteps and make a cameo appearance in Game of Thrones season 8. HBO’s acclaimed fantasy drama, which is based on Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novel series, is set to return in April after over a year on hiatus. Martin meanwhile is supposed to be hard at work writing The Winds of Winter, the next chapter in his very long-running cycle of books....

Instead of someone winning the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones season 8, if Westeros is truly to change and the wheel to be broken, then the best thing would be for the Iron Throne to be destroyed - both literally and figuratively - as it’s a representation of an era that’s close to being left in the past. Despite the fact that winning the Iron Throne has become a defining theme of the show, both Game of Thrones and the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series have painted a picture of a deeply flawed and corrupt political system, in which its symbolic head is Aegon the Conqueror’s throne forged from the swords of his enemies....

Fans missing Game of Thrones can rest easy, as HBO today shared a likely release date for Targaryen prequel series House of the Dragon. The original series went off the air last May, with many fans disappointed by its final season and series finale. However, thanks to strong past seasons and a loyal fan base, many are still eager to revisit that world. In fact, another prequel series for Game of Thrones was also in development....

One of the highlights of the bitingly funny, cleverly-written sit-com Frasier was following the interpersonal relationships of its main cast. Though fans initially tuned in to watch the familial rows, romantic woes, and professional shenanigans of the fussy psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, they soon became enamored with the relationship between his younger brother Niles and his father’s physical therapist, Daphne Moon. The initial unrequited nature of their slow-burning romance provided a simmering sexiness to the series....

With Apple TV+ and Disney+ both set to launch in November, Netflix seems to be trying a new marketing tactic: free Netflix episodes for non-subscribers… TNW spotted that the streaming service is letting non-subscribers see the first episode of a new series. As the site notes, it’s not the first time free Netflix episodes have been aired. The company said the free offering is only for a limited time: “At Netflix, we try different ways to bring people closer to great stories....

Update: Apple is now officially advertising its app promo celebrating the App Store’s 5th birthday with a link on the Apple.com homepage and a new section in iTunes. You can access the new section featuring 5 apps and 5 games free for a limited time from iTunes on your Mac or the App Store on your iOS device. As noted on 9to5Toys and the Verge, a group of premium games have free at the iOS App Store this morning....

While these romance scams are on the rise, there are many ways for those looking for their better half to stay cyber safe including: Proceed with caution when connecting with someone who is always ‘out of town’ or from abroad. These fronts can often serve as the perfect excuse for scammers to justify their distanced requests or strange forms of payment like gift cards. Be wary of anyone who makes excuses on why they can’t video call or meet you in person....

Friends is an iconic sitcom, just look at the outcry when Netflix almost lost the rights to it last year. Friends is soon going to actually leave Netflix to move to the new Warner Brothers streaming service known as HBO Max. In the meantime, you should binge-watch Friends to your heart’s content while it remains available to you. The series is all about the relationship between a tight-knit group. One of the cast standouts, Jennifer Aniston, has gone on to have an A-list career but her original character, Rachel Green, is iconic in her own right....

Out of all the Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) is the one who stands out the most. She’s funny, quirky and the most supportive member of the group. She is also the only member who gives the great advice. So why don’t they give her the same courtesy? There have been many instances where the gang has let Phoebe down. Sometimes they have failed to be supportive friends and turn up at special events....

Disney+ launched yesterday to much fanfare, but the entire thing risked being overshadowed by the announcement of a Friends reunion being in the works for HBO Max. Disney and WarnerMedia are now two of the big players in the streaming wars, with the latter’s HBO Max set to be a competitor to Disney+ when it goes live next year. There are some obvious battle lines to be drawn between the two - mostly Marvel vs DC - but this is a little more unexpected....

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman posts a hilarious behind-the-scenes video from the set of Marvel’s highly anticipated film. Similar to Tom Holland’s beloved new take on Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Boseman was introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as T’Challa/Black Panther for the first time in last year’s Captain America: Civil War. That’s no easy task either - finding a way to stand out and prove yourself as an iconic character - when you’re in a film that features appearances from a majority of the MCU’s other, already established heroes....

Some interesting background within Futurama is that the staff writers of the show held 3 Ph.D.s, seven masters degrees, and collectively had more than 50 years of learning at Harvard. Needless to say, they were some pretty intelligent people, and this is pretty helpful when you are writing a show involving science fiction concepts. Futurama is basically a parody of all thing’s science fiction. But science fiction tends to have different ranges in how much it attempts to be accurate....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Game of Thrones season 8, episode 1, “Winterfell” The Night King left a grim message in the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere, featuring a spiral design that we’ve seen in the show before. In one of the final scenes of “Winterfell,” Tormund and Beric rendez-vous with Jon’s old friend “Dolorous” Edd Tollett at Last Hearth, the ancestral home of House Umber. Unfortunately, the only Umber they found was young Ned Umber, who was impaled on a wall in the center of a grisly spiral of made of severed limbs....

After Bloomberg reported the news citing anonymous sources last week, the US Federal Trade Commission has confirmed this morning that it has an open probe looking into Facebook’s privacy practices. Here is the official statement from the FTC’s acting director, Tom Pahl: After news of the probe broke last week, the #DeleteFacebook campaign began picking up steam as WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton joined the movement. As the fallout has continued over the last week, more lawsuits have been filed, along with Apple’s Tim Cook sharing his thoughts....

If you take your iOS games seriously enough to make it to the top of the Game Center Leaderboard, it can be annoying to see someone cheat their way past you with a Leaderboard hack. Previously, all developers could do about it was ask Apple to deal with the issue – but new features in iOS 7 make it possible for developers combat cheaters themselves. We previously told you about all these new anti-cheater features for developers, but today Apple reminds devs in an update that they now have the ability to delete fake scores and block known cheaters altogether....

Sansa Stark has had one of the most complicated journeys of any character on Game of Thrones. She’s been both a (near) princess and a prisoner, suffered awful abuse and turned the tables on her enemies more than once. That she’s survived this long feels like something of a miracle, given everything she’s been through and all the things she’s lost. By the conclusion of Season 7, Sansa certainly seems to have grown into a competent, thoughtful leader who puts her family and her people first....

To the surprise of many, Game of Thrones’ season 8 finale ended with Jon Snow not on the Iron Throne, but instead returning to join the Night’s Watch as his punishment for killing Daenerys Targaryen. It’s a fate that brings Jon’s story full circle, as Game of Thrones began with the “Stark bastard” choosing to take the black and head to the Wall, with the ambition of protecting the realms of men....

Forensic toolkits These are multipurpose forensic toolkits that can carry out a number of detailed digital forensic tasks. 1. SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Based on Ubuntu, SIFT has all the important tools needed to carry out a detailed forensic analysis or incident response study. It supports analysis in advanced forensic format (AFF), expert witness format (E01) and RAW evidence (DD) format. It comes with tools to carve data files, generate timeline from system logs, examine recycle bins, and much more....