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. Much has been said about the transition from USB-A to USB-C....

After their work together on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson has been “officially” dubbed Mark Hamill’s favorite director. As we closed the final moments of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its cliffhanger ending, many were worried at how Johnson would continue the legacy in The Last Jedi. Well, if we have learned anything from Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017, it looks like Lucasfilm picked the right man for the job....

Reality TV shows have become very far-reaching in recent years. Before, we had rather harmless shows like Disaster Date, but now, with people wanting more of the “reality” aspect in these shows, they have become all too familiar with reality. People like to tune in to watch things that are actually happening as opposed to stuff that is fabricated, and Married at First Sight fits the bill here. While in the eastern side of the world, an arranged marriage is nothing out of the ordinary, the western world finds this idea something impossible to comprehend....

Betty Draper is one of the most interesting characters in Mad Men. Despite the fact she doesn’t work and is always reliant upon her husband, that doesn’t mean she’s useless, as she is part of some of the shows greatest storylines, from both a comedic and emotional perspective. Even after her divorce with Don, Betty continues to be an integral part of the show, as she is a main character. However, despite her sweet nature and beautiful looks, she is often childish, petty, and argumentative....

The newest digital version of Magic: The Gathering, Magic Arena, launched on the Epic Game Store alongside its new Theros Beyond Death card set earlier today. Magic Arena is Wizards of the Coast’s attempt to transform the extremely popular tabletop offering of Magic: The Gathering into an esport and the first year of that effort went quite well, with the digital offering amassing a large following as it became a focal point of Twitch coverage and advertising....

A new mechanical keyboard made for Mac has officially launched with what looks like some compelling features. The Keychron K1 is a slim mechanical wireless keyboard with a RGB backlit Mac key layout and it even includes a Siri button. Keychron saw success on Kickstarter getting its K1 slim mechanical keyboard to production a bit ago, and now the company has officially launched the new product. Even though it has a more blocky look and feel than Apple’s Magic Keyboard, the K1 is more slim and minimal that most mechanical keyboards on the market....

The multi-talented Marc Maron has a career that encompasses stand-up comedy, writing, podcasting, and acting – but how much is he worth? DC fans will soon see Marc Maron play booking agent Ted Marco in Todd Phillips’ hotly-anticipated Joker origin movie but he got his kickstart in the entertainment industry over 30 years ago. Like many comedians, he started out at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles before moving to New York City, and in the mid-1990s he unsuccessfully auditioned for Saturday Night Live but did manage to get gigs on Short Attention Span Theater and HBO Comedy Half-Hour....

Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is a naked and intimate look at the small things that lead up to one big thing; divorce. It’s told from the perspective of each person in the marriage, Nicole and Charlie, who fell very fervently in love once but whose union has become like the ocean shore; consistently, relentlessly, and reliably beat against by every unfulfilled promise, every accusatory look, and every problem not communicated....

The secretive military facility Area 51 has inspired its fair share of pop culture, appearing in television shows like The X-Files, and movies like Independence Day. It even sparked a social media resurgence that failed to produce much of a Naruto Run (which is a good thing, considering it is patrolled by armed guards who are, well, armed). However, Area 51 hasn’t had such a presence in comics, and it’s not hard to see why....

After being touted as a CarPlay partner for over 3 years, Mazda today officially announced its plans to bring Apple’s in-car system to its vehicles. Mazda made the announcement at the New York International Auto Show, which has brought a handful of CarPlay announcements already… Mazda says the 2018 Mazda6 will be the first model to support CarPlay in the United States, starting later this summer. The system will be available as an upgrade to all 2018 Mazda6 variants that are at the Touring trim level or higher....

We have shown you how to enable and use Files On-Demand in OneDrive in Windows 10 before. And starting with 1809 Windows 10 Build 17692 and above, you can make downloaded files from OneDrive On-Demand online-only after a set time of inactivity. This will allow you to keep files you haven’t used in a certain number of days in the cloud and free up drive space. OneDrive Files On-Demand Online-Only To get started, head to Settings > System > Storage and click the “Change how we free up space automatically” link beneath the Storage Sense section....

A convicted killer claims he is responsible for the murder of Teresa Halbach, the homicide featured in Netflix’s riveting docuseries, Making a Murderer. Convicted in 2005 for the murder of Halbach, Steven Avery - and his nephew Brendan Dassey - has spent more than a decade behind bars for the horrendous crime. Released in 2015, Netflix’s Making a Murderer is one of the most controversial true crime documentary series of all time....

You probably know the function well. Anytime you pop in a USB device or even a CD; a dialog comes up, and Windows asks how you want to do with the content. As far as security advice, you should have it turned off by default, even in recent versions of Windows to prevent malware from automatically executing on a PC. We’ve covered how to manage it in previous versions of Windows....

Star Wars icon Mark Hamill shares video of a woman with crazy lightsaber skills, making many fans wonder why Mara Jade hasn’t made it to the big screen yet. Hamill is of course the actor behind the beloved character Luke Skywalker, who appeared in the original trilogy, as well as the first two movies of the sequel trilogy. Hamill will also return for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but it’s unknown how extensive his role will be....

Mad Men gets great mileage out of the subplots involving romantic couplings that should and (mostly) should not be happening. Don Draper, being the show’s centerpiece and a privileged man of means, has more than his fair share of dalliances. The results are almost never pleasant. His affairs ultimately lead to the breakdown of his marriage, awkward situations at the office, and a growing disgust with himself over his hedonistic lifestyle....

Apple yesterday released the first developer beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3. As we detailed at the time, the update includes a variety of new changes and features, such as support for setting stereo-paired HomePods as your default sound output device. As it turns out, macOS Big Sur 11.3 includes a pair of changes for running iPad apps on M1 Macs. For those unfamiliar, M1 Macs allow users to install iPhone and iPad apps via the Mac App Store....

Making The Grade is a new 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. I’ve been deploying and managing iPads since the fall of 2010, so I’ve truly been managing them from the beginning....

Mark Hamill may be a Jedi master, but he became the Padawan when he teamed up with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins for a recent round of Fortnite. Their meeting came after last week’s in-game crossover with Fortnite and Star Wars, which saw the debut of a new trailer for The Rise of Skywalker inside the popular battle royale. As Fortnite has grown into a pop culture juggernaut, it’s had plenty of crossovers with other IP in-game....

Spoilers for Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1 below In the aftermath of Absolute Carnage from Marvel Comics, the Ravencroft Institute must be rebuilt in order to continue housing and rehabilitating the Marvel Universe’s most violent and insane super-criminals. In the Ruins of Ravencroft mini-series, John Jameson, Misty Knight, Reed Richards, and Mayor Wilson Fisk make a shocking discovery that reveals the dark and sinister origins of the Ravencroft Institute and the land it sits upon....

Marvel Studios never made a sequel to The Incredible Hulk, but that can change with the She-Hulk show on Disney+. Just a few months after releasing Iron Man in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe momentarily put its biggest hero front and center. Edward Norton starred as Bruce Banner in the only MCU Hulk-centric project to date, but he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo for The Avengers after clashing with Marvel creatives....