Roland Emmerich, who has helmed many big-budget blockbusters in his career, returns to theaters with Midway this week. The director takes a crack at the most decisive naval battle in World War II with his latest film, and Screen Rant spoke to him about his goals in dramatizing such an important piece of American history. Amazing job on this film. What was it about Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway that inspired you to direct this film?...

Image: UAG Civilian and Rugged Apple Watch cases We got news today that Apple is considering a ruggedized version of the Apple Watch that could arrive as soon as later this year. This potential new variant could help Apple better compete with more durable options from Casio, Garmin, Samsung, and more. What do you think? Let us know in the poll below whether or not you’d pick up a rugged Apple Watch Explorer Edition....

Corsair’s recently released a new Thunderbolt 3 dock, the TBT100. This dock aims to deliver a lot of the same features found in the Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock in a more affordable package. Read below for my thoughts. Design The TBT100 is designed very similarly to the Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock, except this time around, you’ve got much more angular edges and sharper curves, giving it a much more aggressive design....

Huawei Watch is beautiful. I know that’s a rather odd way to start out this review, but this is hands-down one of the best looking smart watches on the market. I suppose that opinion is somewhat subjective depending on your taste, but every little detail about Huawei Watch’s design is proof that there’s light at the end of the tunnel for beautiful smartwatch design… Huawei Watch is one of the first new Android Wear devices rolling out in this new iOS-compaible world and I believe it’s one of Apple’s biggest competitors in this space in terms of design and detail....

The New Trent Travelpak 4000mAh plug in adapter makes a handy replacement to your iOS device AC USB adapter. I’ve been using the Travelpak 4000mAhfor about 3 months now and find it to be the perfect travelling companion for my phones, tablets and other USB-charged devices. At 4000mAh, you’ll get about 2 full iPhone charges. At 5V/2A, you’ll also get a speedy charge on your iPad, though not as fast as possible....

Over the past month, I’ve used the Sony’s poorly-named but pretty incredible WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds for gym workouts (recommended) and bike rides (at your own risk). These $228 earbuds fall between Apple’s $159 AirPods and $259 PowerBeats Pro but offer something both don’t: active noise cancellation. In fact, I reviewed the PowerBeats Pro last month and thought I was done with my search for the perfect wireless earbuds. Turns out I was wrong…...

I prefer to start iPhone case reviews with a photo showing the iPhone within a case, so you can immediately see how your device would look inside. For Speck’s new iPhone 6 Plus versions of the super-popular CandyShell, I’m doing something different, because the magic here is hidden inside the case. CandyShell’s one-piece, co-molded design — textured rubber inside with hard plastic outside — has been copied (and admired within the accessory industry) more than almost any case feature in the past five years....

Product: For the past couple of weeks, I have been using Vaja’s premium leather Grip Hardshell Case and Executive Leather Flip Cover for the iPhone 5. These cases are built-to-order and handcrafted in Argentina. Vaja’s website allows customers to completely customize both the inside and outside designs of the cases. The process takes 20 days, according to the company. However, a series of in-stock, pre-chosen configurations are available. Performance/Features: Both cases are very structurally sound, and compared to other cases that I have tested in the past, putting the iPhone 5 in and out of the cases is a simple task....

Season 6 of Rick And Morty recently aired, bringing back the much loved characters and all of their eccentric ways, which Rick is no exception to. The titular character is definitely not in the body he started out in on the very first episode of the show. He’s been transferred to Federation employees, Ricks from the Citadel, and multiverse Ricks from Operation Phoenix. Over the course of the series, he’s made a few jokes alluding to his many body modifications that make him “Basically Inspector Gadget....

Robin may be coming to the big screen sooner rather than later, with fresh whispers emerging that the character will make an appearance in The Batman before jumping to a solo Nightwing film. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the character also known as Dick Grayson debuted on the pages of Detective Comics #38 back in 1940. In 1984, however, he opted to define himself out from within Batman’s considerable shadow....

In 2016, Walt Disney Pictures was undisputedly the biggest movie studio. The year saw several big budget productions fall short of their ultimate aspirations, but most of the Mouse House’s releases found a great deal of critical and commercial success. By the time the books officially close on the 2016 box office, Disney and their affiliates will be responsible for five of the 10 highest-grossing films domestically, including the three top spots....

After the grand launch of iPhone 8 today, we are waiting for another giant Nokia, to launch its most awaited flagship Nokia 9. Yes, we are already expecting the smartphone to be featured with all top features and specifications, but we only thought it to be on Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS. But according to rumors Nokia 9 Android 8.0 Oreo is under developer testing mode. It basically means that Nokia 9 has its own Oreo update neared functioned down since the provider’s software team is right now testing the Android 8....

The popular language translation app iTranslate has been completely reimagined for iOS 7. Just like iOS 7, the app is heavily gesture-based. Because the new version features so many new gestures, a tutorial has been added that walks users through all of the new ways to interact with their translations. At first glance, iTranslate does not feel as intuitive or as easy to use as the previous version. It takes a while to get acclimated to the changes, and to understand how to properly trigger the gestures, which can be a bit difficult at first....

Today we’re taking a look at two iOS device accessories from Inateck- the Bluetooth Audio Receiver and 1.2m Micro USB Cable with Apple Lightning Adapter. Bluetooth Audio Receiver Upon initial inspection, the Bluetooth Audio Receiver might not look like it’s capable of much. The entire unit measures only 40x40x11.5mm. However, this device is capable of driving Bluetooth 3.0 audio through any speaker system with a standard 3.5mm connection. The receiver is very lightweight, and made entirely of plastic....

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actors John Boyega and Oscar Isaac are not interested in reprising their characters for a Disney+ TV show. Once The Rise of Skywalker premieres later this month, Disney is putting the Star Wars movies on a short hiatus, but the franchise isn’t going away completely. The galaxy far, far away is set to have a sizable presence on streaming service Disney+. In addition to The Mandalorian (which already has season 2 on the way), Lucasfilm is working on a Rogue One prequel with Cassian Andor and an Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries....

For the last week or so I’ve been playing with a new OtterBox product called the uniVERSE case. It’s a modular system that allows users to swap in and out various accessories that are made to slickly mount to the case. The company has partnered with makers of various smartphone products— camera lenses, speakers, tripods, card readers, battery packs, etc— and each has made a module that easily attaches to the new uniVERSE case....

[Ed. Note: My wife liked this one so much she insisted she review it] In many ways, my work is old school: unlike my other half, I work in an archive and write about the past. You might call my professional aesthetic “19th century schoolhouse.” Or at most “1920s Paris bookshop.” In other words, Pad&Quill. So when the Minnesota-based makers of the luxurious, leather notebook-style iPhone wallet case sent a new top-shelf work bag to our house, I claimed it....

Backpacks have always been a source of frustration for me when carrying around my laptop and the various tools I need with me throughout my day. I don’t carry a ton with me at any given moment, but finding a bag that can carry and handle everything has been difficult. Enter Tylt’s new Energi Pro Backpack. While not only being incredibly spacious, Tylt’s new backpack’s attention grabber is the fact that it includes an impressively large battery in the bag....

In this paper I’ll introduce you code obfuscation and how we can deal with obfuscated assemblies when talking about reverse engineering. As previously said (for more information please check the references section), every high level .NET based language is translated to the same low level language which is the Common Intermediate Language. With the help of some reverse engineering tools, we can easily translate this low level language to any high level one that should embarrass any software vendor, because at this point we are not talking about protecting a software from being tampered or reverse engineered; we are talking about protecting the whole source code of our work....

There are absolutely no shortage of battery case offerings for iPhone 6. Even though we’ve covered the best iPhone battery cases here, it’s sometimes overwhelming sorting through them all. The real winners are the ones with maximum battery capacity and some extra features to spice things up. Recently, I came across Dyconn’s i6 Power Case and was pleasantly surprised to find that it fits most of what I was looking for, but is it enough?...