Warning: SPOILERS for Fantastic Four #13 Every Fantastic Four fan knows that The Thing’s rock-like body is strong enough to resist almost any attack. But have you ever wondered what he would look like… if that stone was removed? Hopefully not. But either way, Marvel has revealed just what exists under The Thing’s orange stone skin. And once you see it, it can never be unseen. When the question is raised, there’s a good chance that plenty of comic fans may realize they’ve never stopped to consider the answer....

Matt Smith says is is not starring in J.J. Abrams’ still-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX. The conclusion to the Skywalker saga will arrive in theaters before the year ends with a slew of brand new actors boarding the franchise including Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, Naomi Ackie, and Dominic Monaghan - all of which have their respective characters tightly under wraps. But apparently, despite previous reports that the former Doctor Who star is among those who will debut in the beloved space opera, Smith will not be in the film....

Boardwalk Empire is a critically-acclaimed HBO drama that focuses on the Prohibition Era. While most of the show occurs in Atlantic City, New Jersey, focused on the life of businessman and political figure Nucky Thompson, the action spans multiple cities and countries, from New York to Philadelphia to Cuba. While the show makes many important statements about political corruption, it’s also a haunting, well-acted character study of evil men and the lives they ruin....

From 9to5Toys.com: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgeG_fbxus&feature=youtu.be&hd=1] MacUpdate has one of the best bundles we have ever seen on a wide-ranging set of Mac software. You are breaking even with the VMware Fusion 4 headliner, but there are great apps up and down the lineup including Drive Genius disk utility, PDFPen 5 PDF editor, Snapheal photo editing, Forklift FTP/Finder Utility, Typinator 5. These are all great apps. VMware Fusion 4 ($49.99) Drive Genius 3 ($99....

LastPass 2FA Authenticator If you’re a regular reader, you know how much we preach the importance of enabling 2FA on every online service that offers it. You can learn more about this essential extra layer of security in our Two-Factor Authentication Guide: Secure Your Online Life. Not everyone has set up 2FA on their online accounts yet, though, with the main reason being it makes logging into your accounts too difficult....

Last Updated: January 29, 2020 Disney put together an impressive Maleficent: Mistress of Evil cast to help continue their retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent released in 2014, starring Angelina Jolie as the titular bad fairy. The original movie took audiences through Maleficent’s early years, and her love for the young King Stefan, who went on to father Aurora. After Stefan cut off her wings, Maleficent turned to dark magic and became bent on revenge....

John Wick squares off against Baby Yoda of The Mandalorian fame in a new fan-made poster. When Disney announced a new Star Wars series for their streaming service Disney+, featuring a bounty hunter character in Mandalorian armor in a story set after the fall of the Empire, fans anticipated an action-packed show filled with classic Star Wars-style elements. What they didn’t expect was the arrival of a new character who would immediately capture the hearts of not only hardcore fans but pretty much everyone around the world (including Mandalorian actor and legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog)....

For a guy whose films are consistently highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes, Martin Scorsese actually hates the site. He also hates CinemaScore, and used Darren Aronofsky’s mother! as a case in point a couple of years ago; he even wrote an op-ed about why the movie deserved a better response (and, to be fair, he’s right – it was a misunderstood masterpiece that will surely be re-evaluated in years to come)....

Director of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese, has wanted to put actor Al Pacino in a movie for nearly 50 years. Opening up to a limited theatrical run prior to its streaming release later this month, the crime epic has garnered nothing but praise from critics and audiences alike, with many calling it another Scorsese masterpiece. Many are drawing attention to the all of the de-aging work which was necessary in telling the ambitious real life story of Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, played here by Robert De Niro, and his life throughout WWII and beyond, to a life serving a crime family and the famous Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) before his unexplained disappearance....

Marvel Comics is bringing back the Marvel 2099 imprint, which means it’s time for fans to learn everything there is to know ahead of the event. The confirmation comes courtesy of Marvel’s November 2019 solicitations, outlining the publisher’s plan to relaunch their Marvel 2099 range. A time travel epic will kick off in Amazing Spider-Man #33, focused on Peter Parker and Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O’Hara. The event will serve as the springboard for a full range of comics, with Marvel already confirming Fantastic Four 2099, Punisher 2099, a new Spider-Man 2099 book, Ghost Rider 2099, Doom 2099, and Venom 2099....

In a mysterious tweet last Friday, the recently-awakened Marvel Unlimited Twitter page heralded an upcoming announcement bearing the date “February 5” plastered across a series of images featuring The Mighty Thor, Spider-Man and the X-Men, Iceman, Hawkeye from various periods of Marvel history. The tweet provoked comics fans and subscribers to the Marvel Comics digital subscription service to speculate on the nature of the announcement, though no further updates have emerged to clarify the intriguing social media bulletin....

Marvel Studios knew Loki could be a great villain for the Marvel Cinematic Universe early on and tasked the Thor team with making him as great a foe as Magneto. One of the biggest criticisms of the MCU has been its villains, and that was especially true early on. While there were a few exceptions, audiences and critics found the antagonists of early MCU films to be one note or lacking proper motivation....

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When it comes to enterprise device management, every platform company (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc....

If you are using an Android smartphone, you might be using the GPS based location services. Location services can be sometimes very useful and sometimes very useless. It all depends upon the consequences like you are using Maps then location services are useful. Or while travelling, you can track yourself that where did you visit at that time. For a general user, it might be useless other times except the few mentioned above....

The cast for Eternals indicates that Marvel Studios may be taking steps to make sure its upcoming movie doesn’t feel like too much like Thor, which is understandable considering that both movies are centered around a race of superhuman individuals who are viewed as gods to the people of Earth. The first Thor movie introduced audiences to the Asgardians and the gods of Norse mythology, including Thor, Odin, Loki, Heimdall, and more....

When the Annihilation event came to Marvel Comics in 2006, it changed the landscape of the company’s cosmic heroes forever. The Guardians of the Galaxy were reborn, Richard Rider’s Nova became the universe’s greatest hero, killing the supervillain Annihilus to end a threat never before seen. But starting in December, Annihilus is returning to Marvel Comics… running scared from a NEW threat on its way. The publisher previously teased a return of the supervillain at SDCC, but now they’ve made it official: the prior event was merely precursor to the next Annihilation - Scourge....

While your Mac should automatically alert you to updates downloaded from the Mac App Store, you may not be aware of updates available for software purchased elsewhere. MacUpdate Desktop 6 alerts you to updates on thousands of software titles, as well as enabling one-click installation of new apps. The software and corresponding MacUpdate account are free – for up to five updates a month. Unlimited updates will cost you $20 a year....

Mouse without Borders As well as being a virtual KVM switch, there’s also a setting that sets the Logon Screen background as the Bing image of the day. For more on its main function, check out our article on the full details of Mouse without Borders. To make the Bing image your Lock Screen background, right click the Mouse without Borders icon on the system tray and go to Personalize Logon Screen > Bing....

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When rolling out school-wide software applications, it’s very rare to get universal praise for something....

Following on from John Gruber’s video podcast with Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak, a Marques Brownlee podcast is next in line, talking through iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur with Federighi. I’ve only had time to listen to parts of it so far, but it’s definitely an interesting discussion. Brownlee starts by sharing my view that the pre-recorded keynote format worked really well, and asking whether this might be a permanent change …...