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Tom Felton thinks Harry Potter will be rebooted someday, wants to play Lucius. The Harry Potter film star was a definite highlight as Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter’s Hogwarts nemesis, in the hugely successful eight-film franchise. As son of Lucius Malfoy – the notorious Death Eater and dedicated servant to Lord Voldemort – Felton took on a character that many despised throughout J.K. Rowling’s seven Harry Potter novels. At the same time, however, his inclusion in the series was essential and Felton’s portrayal did exactly what the character was best at – namely getting under people’s skin in a very smug and arrogant manner....

Click to enlarge Last evening, a tipster sent us some pictures of what he now thinks is the iPhone 5. He caught what he said was likely an Apple employee hunched over the device on the way home from work in San Francisco earlier this week. He told us he was able to get a very good look at the device but the pictures he snapped “didn’t do it justice”....

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Watchmen season 1, episode 6. HBO’s Watchmen brought back a classic idea from the comic - Nostalgia - but with a twist that turns it into something lethal. The series, created by Damon Lindelof, expands the complex mythology of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel by pushing the story 34 years later into present-day Tulsa, Oklahoma. However, the sins of the past continue to haunt the superheroes of today, and that’s just what happened to Detective Angela Abar AKA Sister Night (Regina King) when she literally confronted the memories of her grandfather Will Reeves AKA Hooded Justice (Louis Gossett, Jr....

macOS High Sierra is chock full of refinements and improvements, but one of the biggest changes comes with support for virtual reality. Combined with the new Metal 2 graphics engine, macOS High Sierra will support virtual reality, a move that Apple says is part of its efforts to double down on the pro market. macOS High Sierra is the first version of macOS to include virtual reality support. Apple says the new virtual reality capabilities will integrate with Valve, Unity, and Unreal engines....

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is full of—or well…contains some highly qualified professors dedicated to either enriching their students’ lives or ending them. But does their magical expertise translate into the real world? What kinds of jobs might these people have gotten if they hadn’t landed a gig at a prestigious school of magic. What if we plucked these characters straight out of the Harry Potter universe and forced them to get real jobs?...

In the Harry Potter series, Albus Dumbledore and Sirius Black were allies. Both were part of the Order of the Phoenix and dedicated their lives to getting rid of Lord Voldemort — even if many thought Sirius was his most loyal follower for a number of years. Although they had a common cause and it often seemed in the series as if they were on the same wavelength when it came to the greater goals, they weren’t truly friends on a personal level though — and there are a number of reasons for the fact that they weren’t truly compatible....

HD Moore is Chief Security Officer at Rapid7 and Chief Architect of Metasploit, the leading open-source penetration testing platform. HD founded the Metasploit Project in the summer of 2003 with the goal of becoming a public resource for exploit code research and development. Prior to joining Rapid7 and continuing his work on the Metasploit Framework, HD was the Director of Security Research at BreakingPoint Systems, where he focused on the content and security testing features of the BreakingPoint product line....

Noise-cancelling headphones are great when you just want to eliminate all outside noise, as you might on board a plane, but there are times when you want to be able to block most outside noise, but not all. Being able to hear car engines while cycling, or announcements while on a train, for example. That’s what the Here One wireless earbuds are designed to do. The company says it uses smart noise filters to provide what it calls ‘layered listening....

[vodpod id=Video.11315741&w=670&h=411&fv=] iOS Simulator is a handy tool for developers and especially great for testing out your latest iPhone or iPad app on a computer, without having to sync the application package to your device. What makes the iOS Simulator even better? Running it on a huge touch display, of course. Check out the above clip, showing iOS Simulator running on a 21-inch Dell ST2220T multitouch display that talks to OS X via the Touch-Base driver....

With over a billion iPhones in the hands of customers, the smartphone’s ringtones and sound effects have become well-known all around the world. Now a sharp a cappella group has impressively covered some of the most popular iPhone ringtones with amazing accuracy in a new video. Spotted by the Verge, South Korean a capella group Maytree posted a really fun performance of iPhone sounds to its YouTube channel today. The one-minute run through some of the most recognized iPhone sounds is a follow-up to the same for Windows sounds from back in January....

One of the biggest differentiators between the new M1 Macs and their Intel predecessors is that any M1 Mac can run iPhone and iPad applications. Through the Mac App Store, you can now download M1 versions of popular iOS and iPadOS applications, though developers do have the ability to opt out. Here’s what the experience of running iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac is like in the real world....

I spent way too much time playing with the iPad today. In fact, I’m still thinking about it and here’s why: The browser is better than the browser on my MacBook. It might be the best browsing experience out there. By a lot. Not only is the browser really (MacBook Pro type) fast, but it is a much more natural way of “surfing”. Instead of hitting your trackpad you just point to what you want on the screen....

Queuing up at a hotel check-in desk is often the last thing you want to do after a long flight. Starting next year, you’ll be able to bypass the front desk altogether in Hilton hotels, your iPhone serving as as your hotel room key. We’ve seen the same thing in smaller hotel groups, but Hilton’s adoption of the technology moves it very much into the mainstream. The group told the WSJ that it will begin introducing the new door locks next year, and expects to complete the global roll-out by the end of 2016....

Apple’s iPad Pro is finally here, but what makes it so special? Today we’re getting into our first impressions with the iPad Pro and figuring out if it’s worth the hype. The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233638404?secret_token=s-ydwlI” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_commenhttp://9to5mac.com/2015/11/11/happy-hour-040/ts=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....

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303692023″ 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 week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded as soon as possible. Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Here’s what we discussed in this episode: Apple launches Logic Pro X 10....

Ever since we saw Hagrid buy Harry an elegant white owl in Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling knows that she’s already hooked us in her make-believe world where every ten-year-old gets their own magical pet. Suffice to say, it was what everyone wanted and the pets of the Wizarding World made dogs and cats look boring (never thought I’d say that). Hagrid, meanwhile, has a broader idea of which creatures in the Wizarding World can be tamed; he’s like everyone’s spirit character in that regard....

In the Harry Potter series, there’s no denying that Gryffindors and Slytherins get all the fame and infamy. While Gryffindors get most of the good attention for being good and daring, Slytherins get talked about just as much but often for being the evil house. However, among fans, Slytherin and Gryffindor are often the two houses people want to be in most. But, this is a real shame because there are just as many great things about Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw....

Another piece of Baby Yoda merchandise has come to light for The Mandalorian, as Hasbro’s first Baby Yoda toy, which releases in May 2020, has been revealed. Disney+’s The Mandalorian, written and produced by Jon Favreau, focuses on a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. However, as a lot of fans are aware, arguably the most talked about and popular element of the new series is Baby Yoda, who has captivated the internet by being turned into memes, Jurassic Park viral videos, and even fan art that was shared by Dwayne Johnson....

In some ways, the premise of DC’s He-Man and The Masters of The Multiverse is almost so obvious, it’s no surprise it hasn’t been attempted before. What if the famous Crisis on Infinite Earths event happened… but inside the He-Man universe? And if you’re not on board with seeing that question answered, then this new series is probably too much fun for you anyway. The six-issue series has officially begun, sending the evil Anti-He-Man traveling from one parallel universe version of Eternia, slaying his heroic doppelgangers, and claiming their power swords – meaning only HE has the power....

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, the recently announced sequel to developer Ninja Theory’s hit 2017 game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, will also be coming to PC. The game was only announced a few short weeks ago with a dramatic trailer as part of Xbox’s showcase at The Game Awards 2019, but now it seems Hellblade II will be released for PC as well as the new Xbox Series X, presumably next year to coincide with the debut of the new console....