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Actor Robert Downey Jr. has defended his role in Tropic Thunder, a satirical take on Hollywood blockbusters, in which his character appears in blackface. The Avengers: Endgame star appeared on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss his career and promote his new film, Dolittle, when the controversial host brought up the twelve-year-old film. In the 2008 satire of the film industry, Downey plays a white, Australian actor who undergoes cosmetic surgery so he can play a black army sergeant....

Good News for all Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 8/10 users. Today we will guide you on how to install TWRP Recovery on Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 8/10. TWRP recovery is considered to be one of the important contributions from the active developer community that Android has. This open-source custom recovery is in wide usage around the world. TWRP recovery helps to install Custom ROM, Kernel, Mods, Root or even backup and restore any ROM....

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has written to Apple CEO Tim Cook to urge the company to create “world-class working conditions” for low-paid contractors like security guards, requesting a meeting with Cook to discuss the issue, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The paper reports a growing debate about the widespread use of contract workers by tech companies for low-paid roles, contract staff having none of the protections or perks afforded to direct employees … The contrast with often highly-paid tech employees is, says the paper, stark....

The fight between AV companies and malware authors is getting bigger and bigger every single day. Both good and bad guys dedicate a lot of time to researching and implementing ways to detect and ways to avoid detection ( depending on which side these people are). Most of the malware research is usually concentrated on the infection mechanisms of the malware. Other points of focus include techniques used for the malware to communicate with its creator and completely surpassing the anti-virus evasion techniques used by the malware in the first place....

Lacie’s Rugged RAID Pro is an external portable RAID-enabled HDD that’s primarily aimed at photo and video editors who often find themselves on-the-go. Donning an unmistakable bright orange shock-resistant rubber sleeve, it fits right in with the Seagate-owned company’s other storage-centric options. On paper, the Lacie Rugged RAID Pro won’t light up the scoreboards. Even in the RAID 0 performance mode, it features a rather pedestrian 250 MB/s max read speed....

Feral Interactive has announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, ‘the definitive edition of the acclaimed action-adventure,’ will be coming to macOS and Linux this spring. The company says all the downloadable content will be bundled with the game, which includes both action and puzzle-solving … No details on exact timing, pricing or system requirements have yet been revealed. Players will become the young archaeologist Lara Croft as she seeks the lost city of Kitezh to recover the Divine Source, an ancient artifact with the power to grant immortality....

You lazybones (and other profane adjectives), are you trying to save space by writing one huge review instead of three? Perish the thought. This is the Web so unlike print, space is not the final frontier. We just did not want to risk your wrath by writing the same thing again and again, and believe us, that increasingly seemed like the case. You mean to say…these three Android One phones are THAT similar?...

Rogue Amoeba is known for making quality audio tools for macOS, and its latest release Farrago continues that effort. Farrago is a super polished soundboard app for Mac created for podcasters and theater techs. The Mac app features an intuitive grid that lets you rearrange and stack audio clips and create collections of soundbites for different uses. Farrago also lets you assign sounds to global hot key combinations so you can invoke any clip with a keyboard shortcut, and the app even stores your soundbites in a library so you don’t have to manage them elsewhere....

Lucasfilm ventured into new ground last December with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story marking the first non-Skywalker story to be told in theatrical form. This is only the beginning for the studio as well with them hoping to alternate between saga films and these anthology tales on a yearly basis. The studio will be relaunching a familiar character in a brand new way next year, however when the young Han Solo movie hits theaters....

A new report from ETNews claims that Apple will adopt OLED displays in some iPad models, which has actually already been rumored by reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. While this may seem unlikely considering Apple’s current efforts to push mini-LED in the iPad Pro, the rumors may not be wrong. Earlier this year, Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple was working with both Mini-LED and OLED displays for its future iPads. Part of his prediction has become true with the M1 iPad Pro, which comes with a Mini-LED display in its 12....

Whether it’s your daily carry or a longer trip, Apple accessories can quickly become troublesome to keep organized and easily accessible. Native Union’s Stow Organizer is designed specifically with Apple users in mind to tame your cables, dongles, power adapters, and more. It even has Apple Pencil storage and a zippered interior pocket for small items like SD cards and flash drives. Read on for a closer look at this handy Apple accessory organizer....

If you’ve been looking for high quality in-ear headphones, RHA has a very special treat for you. The T10i headphones pack unique characteristics when compared to others. The presentation is excellent and it won’t be easy to find similar in-ear headphones in this price range… Whenever I’m looking into a new product, presentation is everything. It’s one of the first things that wins me over. RHA’s T10i headphones are beautifully packaged and include anything you could possibly need to get set up....

Riverdale, currently airing its fourth season on The CW, is a teen drama that serves as a darker take to the Archie Comics. With the same characters that are slightly revamped for modern times, it’s thoroughly entertaining TV if you’re into that kind of thing. Through the seasons, the story has focused on the four main characters you know from the popular comics: Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead. But there are other characters, like Josie (from Josie and the Pussycats), Cheryl, Reggie, and more....

Marketing for Godzilla: King of the Monsters continues, this time showcasing security footage of Rodan. The giant monster blockbuster is arriving later this month. The final trailer recently premiered, showing plenty of new action-packed footage. Rodan is one of the Titans in King of the Monsters. The character has been around for over 60 years, first appearing in TOHO’s 1956 film, Rodan. The Pteranodon would appear alongside Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah in the 1964 film, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster....

The Apple TV has been available for a week now and the tvOS App Store is estimated to include over 1,000 apps, with more coming online every day. There’s a pretty good selection of titles, with a heavy focus on gaming. Developers are still figuring out how to use the touchpad Siri Remote in interesting and new ways but the initial launch is promising for sure. We’ve rounded up our favourite apps and games for the new Apple TV so far …...

File this one under the highly improbable drawer because there’s little chance Samsung will let Apple get their hands on its active-matrix organic LED technology, better known as AMOLED, which is an important differentiating hardware feature of their Galaxy S smartphone series…especially now that Apple has sued them. However, The Korea Herald heard from sources that Apple is actively courting Samsung to build AMOLED displays for a third-generation iPad. It’s allegedly a high enough priority for Apple’s operations chief Timothy Cook, who has been running the company in Jobs’ absence, to discuss the possibility with Samsung’s top brass during a recent trip to South Korea:...

Traveling can disrupt even the best laid plans, and with today’s connected lifestyles, the stress of an unexpected situation is only exacerbated if you’re worrying about keeping your devices powered up. Combine that with the chaos and and spectacle that is the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and you’ve got the perfect storm for a travel headache. Earlier this month, I spent 5 days in Las Vegas for CES 2018. With me came The Carry-On, modern and thoughtfully designed luggage with USB power sent over to try out by Away....

Last week, Parallels launched the upgrade to v10 of their software and today, you can now get the full version online. Parallels Desktop has long been one of the go-to applications for using your Mac to virtualize a wide variety of operating systems, and many considered its previous version 9 as more than sufficient for getting this job done. While the software shining point has always been its ability to run Windows truly parallel to the standard Mac OS X desktop, this version of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac takes multiple strides forward, making it even easier than before to incorporate Windows-only applications—or applications from other x86 operating systems including Android, Chrome, Linux, etc....

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is finally here; the last installment in the saga that has been keeping us all enthralled since 1977. Understandably, most of us will want to watch as soon as we can, but can you take your kids to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? The Skywalker saga has been a staple of childhood for many people; either watching each new Star Wars release at the movies or at home on VHS many years later....

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, the flagship attraction of Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort, finally opens this week. The delayed experience makes its debut on the East Coast on December 5, 2019 before also opening at Disneyland Park in California on January 17, 2020 and we’re here to join the resistance. Before opening its hangar bay doors to the public, Screen Rant was invited to return to planet Batuu to explore Galaxy’s Edge once again, meet with Disney Imagineers, and experience Rise of the Resistance and all it has to offer....