The latest episode of Arrow season 8 served to shoot down a popular theory regarding Earth-2 Laurel Lance and the Anti-Monitor. With the highly anticipated Crisis on Infinite Earths looming, season 8 - which also doubles as the show’s last - has seen Oliver Queen working for The Monitor. Tasked with very specific missions, Oliver’s journey has taken him to parallel Earths and various familiar locations from his past. Along the way, he has since been joined by John Diggle and, following the destruction of Earth-2, the former Black Siren....

On the day that Apple Pay goes live, SVP Eddy Cue has told the WSJ that the company “has a lot of work to do” on the service, suggesting that initial take-up may be slow – with in-app purchases making up the largest share of transactions in the short-term. Although the list of retailers who have committed to Apple Pay looks impressive, it is far from comprehensive, with some big names missing – including the largest retailer in the US, Wal-Mart … We’re trying to do something that I think is a game changer and it requires a lot of people to play together....

AT&T was officially granted an FCC waiver this week to enable Wi-Fi calling for its customers with supported devices like iPhones running iOS 9. Wi-Fi Calling first appeared during the iOS 9 beta period and remained functional for those who enabled it previously, but AT&T stopped sign-ups for the feature once iOS 9 was publicly released due to requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission. While AT&T has officially turned on Wi-Fi calling for its subscribers, the carrier is doubling down on its position that rivals T-Mobile and Sprint have deployed and marketed Wi-Fi calling features for a while without proper FCC approval....

Ken Segall, a former Apple consultant and subsequent author, recently revealed a couple of anecdotes on the late CEO Steve Jobs while speaking at an event for his tell-all book. Segall remembered a quarrel between Jobs and Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive. He said the pair was “inseparable” and as “close as lovers,” but he also noted they had their disagreements: According to PC Advisor: Walter Issacson’s “Steve Jobs” biography provides a little more background information on the iMac feud:...

Netflix has released a teaser trailer for filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s upcoming limited series about the Central Park Five, When They See Us. DuVernay co-wrote and directed all four parts of the series, which is now officially scheduled to begin streaming at the end of May. The Central Park Five jogger case revolved around five young men of color (four black, one latino) who were arrested and eventually convicted of attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park on the night of April 19, 1989....

Out of the four elements in the world of Avatar, fire has gained a reputation as the most outwardly destructive. It was Firebending that allowed the Fire Nation to industrialize much faster than the other three nations, which gave them a unilateral edge during the Hundred Year War as they supplemented their already powerful techniques with mechanical tanks and ships. In this list, we’ll be ranking 10 of the best Firebending techniques shown across the entire franchise, from Avatar: The Last Airbender to The Legend of Korra, and explaining why these techniques are so useful in the heat of battle....

As always—we keep you updated on notable apps and updates that are released throughout the day. A few to already land in most App Stores today include the new OmniPlan for iPad app from Omni Group, Retina support for the popular IM+ messaging apps, a SoundHound update, and more. OmniPlan for iPad: Omni Group released its OmniPlan for iPad app to fulfill “the company’s two year commitment to bring its core, premium apps to the iPad....

Emiko Queen’s plans for revenge upon Oliver Queen seems to be setting up the post-apocalyptic future of Star City on Arrow. There is an odd resonance to this, as Emiko’s actions in the past were indirectly responsible for facilitating Oliver Queen’s transformation into the Green Arrow. It would be fitting then that she should also take a hand in establishing the future of Star City. The plot of Arrow season 7 was split between two timelines, separated by two decades....

The Arrowverse is expanding once again with The CW developing a Superman and Lois series with Supergirl stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. If ordered to series, Superman and Lois would join the 2020-2021 TV season from DC TV EP Greg Berlanti. With the Man of Steel being eyed for his own series, it raises questions about the Girl of Steel’s future. Hoechlin has portrayed the iconic hero since the second season of the Melissa Benoist drama....

Ashton Kutcher, the star of the upcoming jOBS biopic, a film about the late Steve Jobs and his life before the launch of the iPod, sat down with The Verge’s Joshua Topolsky to talk about all things tech. In their 20 minute conversation, the two talk about Kutcher’s physical and intellectual investment in technology and tech culture. Topolsky starts off the interview asking Kutcher about how his interest in tech originated, to which Kutcher admits that he was tasked with programing Fortran in college, but wasn’t even sure how to use his email....

On an ASUS router, the Parental Controls settings let you enable or disable internet access for each client based on the time of day and the day of the week. This is particularly helpful if your kid has a laptop or tablet that they keep in their rooms, away from your watchful eyes. Setting it up these controls for you or your children is easy. Here’s what you do:...

The Federal Trade Commission has today announced in a blog post that AT&T will soon start refunding more than $88 million to customers affected by unauthorized charges on their monthly bills. Back in 2014, AT&T reached a settlement with the FTC to pay out more than $80 million to affected subscribers, but only now are the carrier and government getting the ball rolling on those refunds. According to the announcement, some 2....

Avengers: Endgame has officially surpassed James Cameron’s Titanic at the worldwide box office, and the director offers congratulations to the MCU. After the massive success of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, it didn’t take a genius to predict that its follow-up, Avengers: Endgame, would prove an even bigger hit. After all, Marvel fans spent an entire year wondering exactly how Thanos’ fateful snap would be undone, and all the dead heroes with films already in development would manage to come back and appear in them....

Some of us have been convinced for years now that ARM Macs are on the way, and there have been increasing indications that 2021 could be the year when it happens. If yesterday’s Bloomberg report is correct, those years of speculation will soon be at an end: Apple is reportedly set to make it official later this month. I argued yesterday that we probably won’t learn all that much about the actual hardware we can expect …...

While Apple Stores across the United States are expected to have significant supplies of the iPad Air, some Apple Stores have been told to allocate a smaller number of devices for purchases handled in the early morning. For example, depending on the store and market size, a few dozen to several dozen units of each model in every color and internet-connectivity option will be allocated for purchases before 12 noon....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-fU-knxT0U&t=1h1m55s&start=3720] American politicians are in a hullabaloo over the 500,000 Foxconn low-wage jobs in China that they claim could be stationed in the United States, but no one seems to pay attention to the booming “App Economy” that created roughly the same amount of decent jobs stateside. Both sides of the aisle have made public statements on how the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company should bring its grueling $0.31-an-hour factory occupations home....

Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie nearly kissed at the end of Avengers: Endgame. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen some characters become instant hits over the years, but has also had a tougher time figuring out other characters. Even though Thor has been around since 2011, he actually fell into the latter category. Hemsworth did what was asked of him to start and eventually grew a bit bored with the character, but then he found a second life through the comedic approach of director Taika Waititi....

Avengers: Endgame has enjoyed even more success than predicted, pushing the worldwide gross of the Marvel Cinematic Universe past the $20 billion mark. The eagerly-awaited superhero movie picks up in the wake of last year’s Infinity War, which saw Thanos turn half of the universe - and half of the franchise’s star-studded cast - into dust. Leaving audiences on that sombre note, the year-long wait for Endgame created an unparalleled sense of anticipation, as MCU fans speculated feverishly as to how the likes of Spider-Man, Black Panther and Doctor Strange could be brought back to a life, and how the purple villain who killed them could be stopped....

Warning: The following feature contains SPOILERS for the Arrow series finale. The Arrow series finale revealed that Oliver Queen took advantage of the Crisis on Infinite Earths to resurrect many people while he was rebuilding the Arrowverse. Virtually everyone who ever died because of Oliver Queen’s failures as a vigilante was reborn in the new Arrowverse timeline, with events being changed to ensure they survived. The revelation that Oliver Queen found a way to save a few more lives using his power as The Spectre was only the latest in a series of changes that have shaped what has become known as the Post-Crisis Arrowverse....

The FBI is again asking Apple to unlock two iPhones belonging to a suspected shooter. The last time this happened, in the San Bernardino case, Apple refused. The current case relates to last month’s shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, where three people were killed… CNET reports that the FBI yesterday wrote to Apple requesting help. The alleged shooter was a Saudi Arabian national and a trainee pilot for the Saudi Air Force who has been in the US since 2017....