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Back in 2005 when the world was introduced to the concept of “bending” the elements in the hit animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, they had no idea what they were getting into. A decade and a half later and audiences are still in awe of the martial-art-influenced ability that harnesses a perfect combination of beauty and deadliness. While not everybody in the Avatar universe could bend the elements as they pleased, and only one person could bend them all, there were certainly some benders that stood out more than others in terms of what they were able to do with their respected element....

Aquaman gets the How It Should Have Ended Treatment, and it includes a surprise twist with Batman becoming the king of Atlantis instead of Arthur Curry. The first and only DCEU movie to come out last year, the James Wan-directed flick marked Warner Bros.’ return to the superhero film arena after taking more than a year hiatus following Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Serving as Arthur’s origin story, the film’s events take place after he joined the World’s Finest in their quest to stop Steppenwolf in Justice League....

Images are surfacing on Twitter that depict actor Ashton Kutcher as the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs during his bowtie-wearing days. The biopic is apparently filming now at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., where students are live on scene to capture the action. The last gallery image (via X17 Online) of Kutcher noticeably dressed as an older Jobs is also reportedly from the Los Angeles set. Related articles...

Following a temporary injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, retailers say they aren’t prepared to back down despite legal threats from Apple and will continue selling the device by setting up new entities outside the “jurisdiction of Australian courts”, according to a report from The Sydney Morning Herald. One retailer, dMavo, is even reorganizing their online operations and setting up an entirely new entity elsewhere in Europe to push the tablets, saying they’re ready for a “cat and mouse game” with Apple:...

Despite what Mark Ruffalo claimed, co-director Joe Russo says there’s only one ending to Avengers: Endgame. Prior to the film’s release, Ruffalo claimed to have shot five different endings to the movie. At the time, he also said that his script had some fake scenes in it, while others were missing entirely. Though it would have been easy to think he was making a joke about the movie’s alternate endings, in the same interview he implied that Captain America gets married in the movie....

AT&T has announced that it has come to agreement to acquire U.S. carrier Leap Wireless (which operates the Cricket brand) for $15 per share. The acquisition will cover all of Leap Wireless’s assets, expanding AT&T’s coverage to Leap’s 5 million subscribers. Leap, notably, runs a pre-paid deal for iPhones in the U.S. This move enhances AT&T’s spectrum, retail store count, employee number, and more, so it is likely a positive move for its wireless customers....

Tickets for Avengers: Endgame will go on sale Tuesday, April 2. Arguably the most anticipated movie of 2019, Endgame serves as the culmination of Marvel Studios’ 22-film Infinity Saga, which began back in 2008 with the original Iron Man. Over the past decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the most popular film franchise of its era, making international blockbuster stars out of everyone from Captain America to the Guardians of the Galaxy....

New Avengers: Endgame toys reveal Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) sporting their Quantum suits. Set to debut in less than three months, the MCU’s Phase 3 capper is expected to see the rest original six Earth’s Mightiest Heroes band to take down Thanos (Josh Brolin). Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo with the story written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Endgame will be the culmination of the franchise’s 22-film arc that they have been treading since 2008’s Iron Man....

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Arrow season 7 episode 13, “Star City Slayers.” Arrow finally reveals the real identity of Katherine McNamara’s Blackstar character, who’s appeared in a handful of Arrow season 7’s flash-forward sequences thus far; as it turns out, Blackstar’s name is Mia Smoak, and she’s the daughter of Felicity Smoak (and Oliver Queen?). Arrow was originally envisioned as a five-season series, which is why its flashback sequences only lasted five years....

Aurora HDR, the Mac App Store Editors’ Choice-winning high-dynamic range (HDR) photography tool, is receiving significant updates ahead of the holidays. Released last month by Macphun and leading HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff, Aurora HDR automatically and intelligently merges multiple exposures of an image together, radically expanding details in light, shadowed, and colorful portions of the photo. It comes in basic (regularly $49.99) and Pro ($99) versions, the latter with a free trial....

The experience of a Brisbane woman provides a handy reminder to exercise caution when buying gadgetry via classified ad sites. The Herald Sun (via Gizmodo) reports that the 21-year-old paid AUS$1500 (US$1335) for what she thought were two seemingly-new iPhones, boxed and sealed, without checking inside. Once she got home, she unsealed the two boxes to find each did indeed contain an apple – unfortunately it was the fruit rather than the phone....

Back in 2009, James Cameron revolutionized cinema with Avatar, a sci-fi epic largely considered one of the most technologically advanced and visually impressive films of all time. It was fast cemented as a mega hit, and eight years later it still remains the highest-grossing movie in history with a staggering $2.8 billion worldwide take. It also earned widespread critical acclaim, going on to win three Oscars at the 2010 Academy Awards....

An updated version of the Avengers: Endgame poster is released to include a credit for Danai Gurira after fan outrage online. Marvel Studios surprised everyone this morning with the release of the full Avengers: Endgame trailer for the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It continues an unorthodox marketing approach for Avengers: Endgame, which is hiding as much of the plot as possible, and instead highlighting the characters who will lead the final installment of Phase 3....

Today’s list of apps and updates hitting the App Stores kicks off with a huge sale on Readdle apps to celebrate the publisher’s fifth anniversary. As always, we will update the list when more apps hit the store. Readdle 5th anniversary sale: Readdle, a premier productivity application developer for iOS, has begun a major sale for its suite of popular productivity App Store software. The company is doing this sale in celebration of its fifth-year anniversary as a company....

Traditional networks were designed for data centers where the majority of traffic moved in a “north-south” direction. That is, it would come into the data center, travel through three or more tiers, pass through a core, and then “trombone” back out (meaning through a circuitous, latency-causing path). This made the placement of infrastructure, such as load balancers and security devices, relatively straightforward because they could all be deployed in the core....

Next week, Apple will debut a new element of Tim Cook’s plan to sell more iPhones direct from Apple Retail. The company, on Tuesday, July 23rd, will release an updated version of its Apple Store application for iPhone and iPod touch, according to a source with knowledge of the app. The new app has been redesigned to fit more in line with the user-interface of the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBookstore in iOS 6....

Asus made some headlines with the release of the Asus ZenFone 6 or Asus 6z back in 2019. It was not all the meaty specs that the phone carried that made it to the headlines. In fact, it was the new camera arrangement that Asus went ahead turned all the heads. The company instead of using a punch-hole, notch, or pop-up mechanism, used a rotating hinge mechanism for its camera module....

AT&T is set to release fourth-quarter 2012 financial results Jan. 24, but the carrier announced today that it sold more than 10 million smartphones during the quarter. The company’s sales figure beats its previous record of 9.4 million, set in the fourth quarter of 2011, and includes “best-ever quarterly sales of Android and Apple smartphones.” AT&T Mobility President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph de la Vega noted AT&T saw 110,000 smartphone sales a day, because customers “flocked” to its latest Android, Apple, and Windows devices....

The tech analyst’s latest Future of Jobs Forecast estimates that as many as 12 million jobs could be lost to automation across Europe by 2040, primarily impacting workers in industries such as retail, food services, and leisure and hospitality. Mid-skill labour jobs that consist of simple, routine tasks are most at risk from automation, the report said. These roles make up 38% of the workforce in Germany, 34% of the workforce in France, and 31% of the workforce in the UK....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTj2qatbQdE&feature=plcp] Streamweaver: Just launched, Streamweaver lets you invite friends and jointly record video. When you’re finished, the app automatically stitches the video together to give you a split-screen view with multiple angles. After you can share the video on Facebook, Twitter, email, or SMS. You can see the end result in the highlight reel above. CoPilot Live: One of the biggest updates today goes to the CoPilot Live apps. The update has not hit the U....