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Actor Marchánt Davis makes his feature film debut in The Day Shall Come, a provocative new comedy from director Chris Morris. The Day Shall Come is the long-awaited follow-up to Morris’ previous film, the controversial and hilarious terrorism satire, Four Lions. Davis stars as Moses, a street preacher with wide-eyed ambitions of the violent overthrow of society’s status quo. He’s a charismatic visionary with radical ideas and the will to carry out his lofty goals....

Maxon is out today with the news that its popular Redshift rendering software is launching for macOS. Along with the debut comes support for Apple Silicon Macs and Apple’s Metal API. Notably, early testers are reporting “crazy results.” German developer Maxon announced the news in a press release today: Maxon says that bringing Redshift to the Mac was a priority since 2019 when the program joined its portfolio. Today, Maxon announced the immediate availability of Redshift for macOS including support for M1-powered Macs as well as Apple’s Metal Graphics API....

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® is an instrument used to categorize different personality types. Obviously, we all have different quirks, strengths, interests, and traits that make us all unique and wonderful. And these different factors have been divided up into specific groups, meaning we should all relate to one MBTI result over the others. Oh, and the characters from SATC should, too! Yes, this popular show about Carrie Bradshaw, her friends, her writing and her relationships in New York is a thrilling one....

Yesterday, Apple announced that 30-year company veteran Deirdre O’Brien has been named senior vice president of Retail + People at Apple, a newly created role that merges employee relations responsibilities with retail experience management. Angela Ahrendts, the company’s current senior vice president of Retail, will depart in April after five years at Apple. News of Ahrendts’ departure came as a surprise to the industry, leading Apple watchers and enthusiasts to speculate on the terms of her departure and Apple’s retail health....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t even begun to scratch the surface of Marvel’s most dangerous places. Until the 2000s, Hollywood generally considered comic book adaptations to be a waste of time. Nowadays, of course, everyone knows better; those adaptations - and particularly DC and Marvel superhero films - are the biggest business going. Marvel Studios has seen the greatest success, with the MCU grossing over $8.5 billion in the global box office over the last 11 years....

The first episode of Marvel’s What If series for Disney+ will imagine a world where Peggy Carter becomes Captain America and Steve Rogers turns into the original Iron Man. Thanks to popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, Marvel Studios has brought many now iconic characters to life on the big screen. The closely tied continuity has helped build an incredible universe, one that fans have latched on to. But, the canon of the MCU can also prevent some stories from possibly ever being told....

SyFy often received criticism in the past for straying from their core mission of serving quality content to science-fiction fans, and for often canceling quality series that had a diehard following. Things have picked up for the network lately, with strong numbers for The Magicians, Z Nation, and The Expanse. The network has also renewed more of its sci-fi/fantasy/horror line-up with space dramas Dark Matter and Killjoys, plus vampire hunter reboot Van Helsing....

In 2004, we were given the present of a movie that made us laugh, recognize ourselves and our classmates and friends, and realize that being popular just isn’t worth it. Sure, maybe other films had made us feel those emotions and think those things, but nothing was quite like this. Yup, we’re talking about Mean Girls. The comedy, written by the amazing Tina Fey, has so many witty lines that it almost seems like nothing else has been so easy to quote....

When word got out that Idris Elba would be starring in a new Netflix series, interest in Turn Up Charlie soared through the roof. While critics were largely disappointed in the show, audiences still strongly enjoyed the tale of the hot DJ turned manny for his old friends. The series is a hot mess; most characters don’t have their act together, and once Charlie even gets what he’s after he tends to mess it up with terrible choices....

Apple has announced that macOS Sierra will be released to customers on September 20, as part of its media event currently going on. The update is (naturally) free and incorporates several new features, like Siri for Mac, Apple Pay for websites and more. Owners of compatible Macs can upgrade for free by checking Software Update when the new OS is available. For those completely out the loop, macOS is Apple’s new branding for OS X, Apple’s desktop and laptop operating system....

Mad Men was an incredibly successful television show and gripped audiences from start to finish. With plenty of different storylines taking place and lots of details to focus on, the audience picked up on absolutely everything, as they were encouraged to do. This is why it left many fans confused when certain storylines weren’t wrapped up when the show ended. On the whole, Mad Men’s ending was very well received, however, fans still had certain questions about some of the main characters....

As an IT Director, I am always on the lookout for ways to allow our students to use technology in new and interesting ways. We teach some basic coding skills (I love it for the problem-solving aspect as much as anything), we have an active STEM lab, and we’re always looking to expose our students to different ways of learning. Last fall, I was sent a review unit of the Makeblock Neuron Explorer Kit that is only available at the Apple Store....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0k-ZAicEek&w=640&h=385] We recently reported on the removal of VLC Player for iOS from the App Store and today the makers of the app responded to the removal. Romain Goyet from Applidium provided us with the following statement: It appears that Apple is one sided with Rémi Denis-Courmont (the man behind the open source project) and is really putting both parties against each other. Hopefully something gets resolved between all parties and we can back to enjoying VLC Media Player on our iOS devices....

Disney+’s Marvel TV shows will play an important role within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they will be especially important to Captain Marvel 2. The MCU is preparing for a new era of films and TV shows now that the Infinity Saga officially came to an end with Spider-Man: Far From Home and most of the original Avengers have either retired or died. Because of that, the upcoming phases will introduce new characters, such as Shang-Chi, and carry on with the stories of superheroes that have already had their debuts in the MCU....

Marvel Comics has assembled a talented group of diverse creators to tell tales of adventure and ambition in Marvel’s Voices, a fresh collection from celebrated storytellers commemorating Black History Month. In a new one-shot anthology based on the acclaimed Marvel podcast, artists and writers from across the creative spectrum bring their unique perspectives to more than a dozen new superhero tales starring X-Men, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Black Panther, and more....

There were plenty of revealing clues in The Masked Singer’s season 2 premiere. The night was packed with hints, and some were a bit more obvious than others. The Masked Singer is a top-secret singing competition where celebrities from all walks of life face off against one another while performing in elaborate costumes and masks that conceal their identity. On season 1, viewer’s watched as stars like Terry Bradshaw, Rumor Wilson, and T-Pain were unmasked....

Configuration Options Despite SSH being very secure by itself, there are still various configuration options that can be used to harden SSH security. Most common security options related to the sshd2 daemon running on port 22 are read from /etc/sshd/sshd_config and are presented in the table below. Table 1: Configuration options in /etc/ssh/sshd_config Harden SSH Access Systems in the public cloud are usually accessible from anywhere on the Internet. When SSH access is enabled (most of the time it is), an attacker might use a dictionary or bruteforce attack to try to get access to the system....

Apple today released macOS Big Sur 11.1 to the public after a month with beta releases. The update adds support for AirPods Max, the long-awaited App Store privacy labels, and Apple News widgets. macOS 11.1 is the first major update of Big Sur since Apple released macOS 11 to all users last month with a redesigned interface, Control Center, new Messages app, Safari enhancements, support for the new M1 Macs, and much more....

The upcoming Magic: The Gathering MMO and action-RPG title Magic: Legends will have card-based gameplay and deck design as part of its features, according to a new report that unveils more details behind the upcoming game. Magic: Legends was announced during The Game Awards 2019 at the end of last year and was quickly touted as a title with the potential to ensnare a lot of different players. The Magic: The Gathering property has strong player retention already and, coupled with MMO feedback loops and compelling gameplay, there’s a lot to like about what Magic: Legends is trying to do....

A real life prince created the ultimate marriage proposal via a clever reworking of an iconic scene from the Disney classic film, Sleeping Beauty. Lee Loechler cleverly re-animated the scene where Prince Phillip kisses Princess Aurora to make it look like he was the prince waking up his girlfriend with true love’s kiss and a real life engagement ring. Sleeping Beauty was released in 1959 during the golden era of Disney movies....