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Albus Dumbledore is a well known and very powerful wizard in the Harry Potter series. Some may even say he is more powerful than Voldemort. Voldemort certainly does his best to avoid dueling Dumbledore directly. And it should be noted that though his demise was ordered by Voldemort— kind of— it was not done by Voldemort himself. Throughout the Harry Potter series, we are led to believe that Dumbledore is one of the only people Voldemort actually fears....

HBO’s Watchmen TV show is on the way, but when will it release? The legendary 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons is still considered the gold standard of comic book storytelling three decades one. Its dark deconstruction of superhero tropes would go on to heavily influence a generation of comic book creators. Indeed, along with Frank Miller’s Batman epic The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen is often considered the point when superhero comic books gained legitimacy by primarily targeting adult readers rather than children....

Henri Lamiraux, Apple’s top Vice President of Engineering for the iOS iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch operating system has left the company, according to a source and corroborated by his LinkedIn profile. Lamiraux confirmed his departure to me via email. He says that he retired from Apple a “couple of weeks” ago, following the release of iOS 7.0.3. Lamiraux decided a “little while ago” that iOS 7 would be his last release…...

The all-new Mac mini with the M1 Apple Silicon has launched today. Like the new MacBook Air and Pro, the Mac mini gains some impressive performance from the M1’s 8-core CPU and 8-Core GPU. But there have also been some I/O changes with the new model. Here’s what’s different… The Mac mini looks impressive with a $100 price drop (now $699 base price) and the gains that the Apple Silicon M1 chip brings....

Hey Arnold! introduced a lot of characters with their own quirks and traits, which made them relatable and funny, but there was one that was considered weird even by the other people within the series: Arnold’s cousin Arnie. Created by Craig Bartlett, Hey Arnold! debuted on Nickelodeon in 1996 and came to an end in 2004 after five seasons and a feature film, appropriately titled Hey Arnold!: The Movie. Hey Arnold!...

Squanch Games, Inc. recently released High On Life as a comedy action-adventure single-player FPS video game where players will have to hunt down aliens from a drug cartel. The best part is that players can use a talking gun with huge comedy and sarcasm to carry on the gameplay. However, multiple players are encountering the High On Life DirectX 12 Error on the PC while launching which is frustrating. Now, if you’re one of the victims of such an error, then follow this troubleshooting guide to fix it....

Did Happy Death Day 2U beat Avengers: Endgame to the punch with its time-displacement story? On paper, the latest low-budget offering from Blumhouse and the epic culmination of the past 11 years of the MCU don’t have anything in common, but if you analyze their stories (or, in the Marvel case, what little is known of the story), there are some intriguing parallels. Happy Death Day 2U continues the time loop narrative trick of the original, only this time introduces parallel universes....

This week we’re talking iOS 9 beta 3. What’s new? Why should you care? We’ll go over all of the new and upcoming features in iOS 9 as well as a new public beta program for iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. Along with that, we discuss Apple’s new watchOS 2 downgrade protocol and some great news for iOS device owners in the UK. The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed....

This week, we’re discussing all things Apple Pencil. Should you buy one? Who is it for? Today, we’ll get to the bottom of Apple Pencil along with our impressions and opinions. The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/234682091?secret_token=s-aIJkp” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”150″ 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....

Fans of Harry Potter and LEGO should get excited, because 5 new building sets inspired by the films are going to be released in 2019. This summer, fans will be able to bring familiar characters and scenes to life with the release of these new building sets. Fans will be able to recreate some of their most memorable moments in LEGO form, taking the magic into their own hands and rewriting the story as they please....

Hasan Minhaj, host of Netflix’s newest talk show Patriot Act, has fired back over Netflix’s decision to pull an episode critical of Saudi dictator Mohammad Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-censored episode took an in-depth look at the Saudi regime’s organized murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the subsequent cover-up, and Minhaj has offered up a withering response in Patriot Act’s midseason return. Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj is Netflix’s response to HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, with each comedian host having previously served up late night hilarity as correspondents on The Daily Show....

Apple earlier today released the first developer beta of iOS 10.2 and included among the handful of changes is a variety of new emoji. New emoji are generally one of the most popular additions with an iOS update and iOS 10.2 is full of them. Read on as we highlight what’s new… There are a variety of new emoji included in iOS 10.2, including new faces, new food and drinks, new characters, and more....

A new set of photos published by Italian site Macitynet, compare Apple’s fifth generation iPod touch to the widely rumored iPhone 6 design. The photos clearly show the design similarities between these devices, but keep in mind, this “iPhone 6” is just a mockup. Don’t mind the screen on this dummy, it’s just a sticker. By now, we’ve seen just about every mockup and comparison possible (even a gold version), making these kind of photos a little less exciting each time....

This week Benjamin and Zac look back at Apple’s 2017, how it compared to our predictions, and what we expect next year. New episodes of Happy Hour are recorded every week. Subscribe to our podcast to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Here’s what we discussed in this episode: Happy Hour Podcast 100 | Everything Apple could unveil, release or discontinue in 2017 Year In Review: Everything Apple released across 2017 Feedback?...

Hermione Granger is one of the most popular characters in all of Harry Potter. She is the most prominently featured female character and undergoes tremendous character development from a “bossy know-it-all” to a strong and intelligent young woman who is confident in herself. By the series’ end, she marries her best friend Ron Weasley and has two children with him. This has caused some division between the fandom, many of whom shipped her with people other than Ron....

The popular theory concerning Jeremy Irons’ role in HBO’s Watchmen has accidentally been confirmed, as the subtitles on the latest trailer for the show have revealed that he’s playing Ozymandias. The Watchmen TV show is a retelling of the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore (who isn’t thrilled with the show), which was a series that deconstructed the notion of the costumed vigilante and reframed it in a more adult context....

Some fan art has imagined what Henry Cavill might look like as The Sentry. A creation of Paul Jenkins, Rick Veitch and Jae Lee, the Sentry first appeared in a limited series and several linked one-shots published under Marvel Knights, an imprint that focuses on standalone stories separate from the primary comic continuity. The story begins when middle-aged man Bob Reynolds suddenly remembers that he is the Sentry, a superhero who possesses a wide assortment of powers, including but not limited to strength, flight, regeneration, teleportation, astral projection, telepathy, shapeshifting, invisibility and energy manipulation, that render him functionally indestructible and virtually omnipotent....

Ahead of Apple’s new iPad launch later this year, a flurry of high-resolution images of Space Gray shells for the upcoming fifth-generation iPad have emerged. These shots show the same detail as our shots from January, but the color is obviously new. These new photos also give a peek at some internal components and a silver model for the future iPad. Apple replaced its “Slate” color for Space Gray with the new iPhone 5s, and it makes sense that it would bring that color across its iOS Device lineup....

Vital Connect, a company working on innovative biomedical and sensor technology, is today officially launching a small biosensor capable of tracking biometric measurements that would normally require a number of larger, clunky accessories or professional medical equipment. You might remember Vital Connect from our report in January when the company’s VP of research and development was scooped up by Apple, likely to work on the company’s highly anticipated iWatch project and health & fitness focused features planned for iOS 8....

Hannibal season 1 episode 9 sees Abigail finally come clean about her role in her father’s killings. The NBC Hannibal series evolved into one of the most unique procedurals on TV. The show charted the relationship between the title character - a supernaturally intelligent and refined psychiatrist who just happens to be a cannibalistic serial killer - and Will Graham, an FBI profiler. Will has an empathy disorder that allows him to get into the mindset of the killers he chases but doing so proves poisonous to his psyche....