In Harry Potter, friendship is extremely important. The friendships between Harry, Ron, and Hermione are central to the series, but they aren’t the only friendships that are important. While the trio might get the most focus, some of their other friends also exemplify the qualities of loyalty and friendship. Other than Ron and Hermione, Neville and Luna are two of Harry’s closest friends. They provide him with a lot of support and help along his journey....

The Triwizard Tournament was one of the most prestigious events in Harry Potter’s Wizarding World - here’s how it began and why it ended. The magical contest took place in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The conclusion of the Triwizard Tournament during Harry’s fourth year at Hogwarts marked a turning point for the series. The first Triwizard Tournament supposedly took place in the late 13th century. The contest involved three wizarding schools throughout Europe: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, and Durmstrang Institute....

HBase architecture consists mainly of four components HMaster HRegionserver HRegions Zookeeper HDFS In this tutorial- you will learn, HBase Architecture and its Important Components HMaster H Region Server HRegions ZooKeeper HDFS HBase Data Model HBase Use Cases Storage Mechanism in HBase HBase Read and Write Data Explained HBASE vs. HDFS The following are important roles performed by HMaster in HBase. Plays a vital role in terms of performance and maintaining nodes in the cluster....

Just a few weeks ago, Pandora became the latest app to receive support for streaming via the Chromecast, as did Hulu Plus just before that. This left a couple of key holdouts, one of which being HBO Go. HBO Go has been rumored as coming to the Chromecast since the device’s launch, with HBO confirming earlier this summer that it was in talks to support the Chromecast in the “future.” It now looks as if the launch is not very far off....

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Downgrading from one OS version to another might cause you trouble in the short run. As most Moto G7 Plus users are facing random boot loops and Hard brocked devices when they downgrade. The process of downgrading is a sensitive task for any smartphone and should be performed by experts only. However, some users try to take things in their own hands and end up with a hard bricked Moto G7 Plus device....

Despite the high quality of the film series and the universal love of the wizarding franchise, we wouldn’t be shocked if we learned that Warner Bros had opted to reboot Harry Potter. The series is one of the most lucrative of all time and, especially with the recent Hollywood trend to remake old classics, there could be lots of money there for Warner Bros if they did decide to remake it....

A deleted scene from Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 put Pinhead and the Female Cenobite in surgical scrubs, but went missing for decades, intriguing fans. When it comes to horror sequels, the general rule is that they don’t measure up the original. To be fair, that’s also true of most movie sequels in general. It’s hard to recapture the magic that made something a hit the first time. Yet, 1988 sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 is, depending on who one talks to, just as good if not better than Clive Barker’s original Hellraiser film....

Apple Podcasts Subscriptions and channels officially launched this week giving both creators and listeners more flexibility. While the two new features can work together, they can also function separately. Follow along for a look at how they work in iOS 14.6 and later. Subscriptions and channels are available to Apple Podcasts creators both big and small. The former brings the ability to offer an ad-free experience along with perks for listeners like exclusive content and early access while creating direct revenue for shows....

The report also mentions about provisional specs of the first Tizen smartphone. It comes with a 4.8-inch 720p (HD) display, powered by a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor. No word on other details like RAM, camera and internal storage. From the leaked image, we can see that the externals look very similar to the existing range of Galaxy smartphones, while the UI is reminiscent of Windows Phone’s square tiles UI....

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/276825728?secret_token=s-gMkwg” params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] New episodes of Happy Hour are available every Wednesday. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: iTunes (web interface and app) may still be propagating the new episode which could take up to 24 hours. Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded. Hosts:...

With the unique Wizarding World of Harry Potter, British writer J.K. Rowling managed to successfully cement herself as one of the most beloved authors of all time. The amount of research and creativity that went into the series is mind-boggling, which explains why, over 20 years since the first book was released, the Harry Potter franchise is as popular as ever. As a book that finally ties the entire Harry Potter story together and provides fans with satisfactory closure, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the most anticipated and lauded installment of the franchise and was subsequently split into two movies....

Warning: SPOILERS Below For Folklore! HBO’s horror anthology series, Folklore, examines Asian superstitions and national folkloric myths - and the endings for each horror segment are just as confounding as the ones before. Created by HBO Asia, Folklore’s six episodes each feature directors from different countries - Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. While Folklore’s collective cast and crew are perhaps unfamiliar to Western viewers, the anthology is very much worth watching, as it allows the audience to engage with the stories, and to understand the conceptual links, including the superstitions that plague each of the aforementioned countries....

Blizzard has announced that the 16.4 update for Hearthstone Battlegrounds has introduced the brand new dragon type minion. Update 16.4 is shaping up to be the largest update in the history of Battlegrounds. Hearthstone has gained massive popularity since it released in 2014. It is a very simple card game, but Hearthstone is notoriously difficult to master. Despite the game’s popularity, it has attracted controversy over the last year because of Blizzard’s treatment of a competitive player....

The Hellboy reboot bombed at the box office during its opening weekend, but why did that happen? Opening in theaters this past weekend, the film looked to give the property a fresh start on the big screen. Guillermo del Toro helmed two Hellboy movies starring Ron Perlman in the mid-2000s, but a third installment never materialized. Instead, David Harbour was brought in to headline a new, R-rated interpretation directed by Neil Marshall....

If you want to be alerted to security breaches of user IDs and passwords, Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) is one of the most useful sites around – and it’s about to get even more so … Background You can visit the site to search on your email address or phone number, and it will list known breaches that included your details. Each one will reveal what data was exposed. For example:...

Microsoft Studios dropped a new trailer for Ninja Theory’s Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga at The Game Awards 2019. The game is a sequel to 2017’s critically-acclaimed Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which featured a young Pict woman, Senua, with a mental illness who is attempting to bring her lover back from the dead. Her journey takes her through the depths of Helheim, where she encounters objects and creatures from Pict and Viking lore....

As a user on Reddit points out, Microsoft has begun to what appears to be pushing the first advertisement of Windows 10 to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. On the pop-up, the company is reminding users about the impending update, and also giving them an easy option to ‘reserve’ an upgrade to the forthcoming operating system when it becomes available. First of all, the ad is showing up on computers that have the optional KB3035583 update installed on them....

News Corp.’s The Daily iPad newspaper is rumored to be dropping on January 19th and today Poynter has discovered what the newspaper application will actually look like on an iPad. The image above was found in some of the website’s source files along with some code hinting at multi-media and social networking options. A Javascript file included in the homepage indicates the presence of an embedded video player. But it is not clear how, or if, the publication is planning to distribute its content on video sharing sites....

Hannah Brown, the former star of The Bachelorette, visited ex-flame Peter Weber on his debut episode of The Bachelor. Hannah revealed to him that she only reconnected with Tyler Cameron because Weber never reached out. Last summer Hannah was cast as the star of season 15’s The Bachelorette. Fans rooted for her as she sifted through the eligible bachelors in search of the love of her life while confronting serious issues like slut-shaming, religion, and lying....