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The Blackmagic eGPU is an external graphics enclosure sold exclusively (for the time being) at the Apple Store. It’s a notable product for several of reasons. First and foremost, it’s the first time that Apple has sold an external graphics enclosure in its store. This makes sense, considering that macOS was recently upgraded with official eGPU support in version 10.13.4 back in the spring. Another reason to take note is that the Blackmagic eGPU is the first external graphics chassis to include official support for the LG UltraFine 5K display (hands-on), a monitor that Apple recommends as a replacement for its now discontinued Thunderbolt Display....

Back in August, I posted my review of the LifeTrak Move C300. In short, I couldn’t get enough of the Bluetooth-enabled fitness band with a long-lasting coin battery set to live for over a year. Now, Salutron (the company behind the LifeTrak brand) has released the Zone C410, which includes not only all of the great movement tracking and heart monitoring, but also automatic sleep tracking. I’ve had the pleasure of testing out this device for about a month now, and despite my best efforts to fool the “automatic” tracking, it is the best technology available in the industry....

How did the REvil ransomware attack happen? On July 2, 2021, REvil launched a massive ransomware attack on approximately 1,500 businesses and encrypted them all in one fell swoop. REvil’s attack focused on Kaseya VSA, a remote management solution used by managed service providers, or MSPs, to manage their customers’ services and support. Kaseya can be deployed both as a cloud-based SaaS or via an on-premise server. REvil focused on the on-premise servers, using a zero-day vulnerability to infect 60 MSPs....

Original Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star Rick Moranis is returning for Disney’s upcoming sequel, Shrunk. Released in 1989, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids starred Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, an eccentric scientist who invents a shrinking machine only to inadvertently shrink his children (and the kids next door) down to a quarter of an inch in size. After the film became a success, Moranis would go on to reprise his role in both the theatrically-released 1992 sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and 1997’s direct to video followup, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves....

Rounding up a few leaks of forthcoming Apple products, the Twitter account @L0vetodream has shared various predictions about Apple products recently, with details on Apple’s March and April releases turning out to be spot on. One interesting thing he said in March was that Apple is developing its own game controller, and that there will be a future iPad with a mini-LED display and Apple will use under-screen Touch ID to achieve the slim bezel design, rather than Face ID....

Robert Downey Jr.’s new take on Doctor Dolittle gets its first poster, and changes titles from The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle to simply Dolittle. The titular physician first made his debut in the 1920 book The Story of Doctor Dolittle, and would go on to appear in 14 further works of children’s literature. What makes Dr. John Dolittle different from most medical professionals is of course his ability to converse with animals, a power that enables both his understanding of them and the reverse....

Rockstar Games has added a new piece of original artwork to their official site that resembles the aesthetic of Grand Theft Auto Vice City but with robots. With rumors circulating that Grand Theft Auto VI may bring the series back to Vice City, some have been speculating that this image could be foreshadowing an imminent reveal. Rockstar is no stranger to using cryptic images to tease game reveals. In 2016, the company used their own logo to tease the reveal of Red Dead Redemption II....

How to install rTorrent? ​The installation of rTorrent in Arch Linux is the same as any other package, just a simple sudo pacman -S rtorrent, however, there are some configuration steps that have to be completed before rTorrent actually becomes usable. As per the Arch Wiki, you’ll want to copy the system-wide default configuration from /usr/share/doc/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc to your user-specific location of ~/.rtorrent.rc and go ahead and make whatever necessary changes that are mentioned in the Arch Wiki....

The Harry Potter novels may have been completed in 2007, and their movie adaptations may have wrapped up in 2011, but that hasn’t stopped the juggernaut from even remotely slowing down. New short stories, theme park lands, a stage play called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and, even, a brand-new spinoff film series - that’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which just started this past November - have all released over the course of the past six years, with even more on the way over the next seven (when Fantastic Beasts’s fifth and final installment is currently scheduled to drop)....

A Reuters report suggests that Apple and more than 60 other tech companies have ‘backed away’ from fighting Trump’s second travel ban. The claim is based on the fact that the companies have not yet signed an amicus brief opposing the ban, despite doing so with the first one. Apple, Google and Facebook are among more than 60 technology companies that appear to have backed away from the legal fight against U....

That’s probably because the majority of users probably don’t miss it with the top number row suffice for occasional number input, so it’s understandable why Apple doesn’t pay much attention to it. But I personally like and miss the speed of using a keypad for quick commands in pro apps like Logic and punching in numbers in spreadsheets (it’s tax time…), so I’ve been testing Satechi’s new Aluminum Wireless Keypad that recently arrived....

I’ve been interested in iBeacons — proximity-based wireless transmitters — ever since they were first announced by Apple alongside iOS 7 at WWDC in 2013. The idea of walking into a store, restaurant, or other public space and receiving (opt-in) wireless notifications based on proximity to a Bluetooth sensor struck me as a potentially compelling next step forward for both retailers and smartphone users. Even more exciting was the opportunity to receive incentives, such as coupons or free apps, just for being in proximity to the store....

Wonder Woman: Warbringer might have started out as a novel, but Louise Simonson and Kit Seaton, joined by Sarah Wooley and Deron Bennett, bring this Wonder Woman story back to it comics origins with their own distinct style. The graphic adaptation, a homecoming of sorts, succeeds in not only providing a warm welcome to new Wonder Woman fans, but also delivers a story that longtime fans can enjoy as well. The current popularity (and relevance) of Wonder Woman should be clear to any superhero fan, but even among her current and upcoming stories, Warbringer certainly holds its own....

Satechi’s new Type-C USB Hub announced in October at first glance looks like the perfect solution for using single-port Retina MacBooks with wired accessories and SD cards. It adds three traditional USB 3.0 ports like MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros so you can plug in flash drives, Lightning cables, and most other USB accessories. It also reads SD cards and Micro SD Cards, just not at the same time. And the sleek hub is offered in Mac-matching colors that look almost official…...

At the annual Star Wars Celebration, Rey cosplayers got together to reenact the famous mirror scene from The Last Jedi. Over 20 Reys participated, and did the hand gesture in perfect sync. The mirror scene is referring to a rather strange sequence in the The Last Jedi. Rey enters a cave on Luke Skywalker’s island to learn about her heritage. One of the biggest mysteries of the new movies was Rey’s parents, and this scene appeared to be leading to some kind of reveal....

It is just not any network; it is an anonymity network whose prototype has been developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). It is promised to be both bandwidth and computation efficient which will allow clients from low bandwidth to connect and will allow servers to serve more clients. One problem that exists in Tor is that a malicious user can flood a node in the TOR network with own crafted messages destined to a predefined node and observe the path of a single message which is to be tracked....

A recent trademark filed by Riot Games has revealed the title of their highly anticipated competitive first-person shooter previously titled Project A. The trademark calls this project Valorant, and suggests that Riot is eager to push it forward as highly competitive and eSports driven product. Project A was originally teased during Riot’s 10th-anniversary celebration livestream, along with Riot’s upcoming TCG, Legends of Runeterra, and the League of Legends console and mobile game, Wild Rift....

After getting a free-to-play tag, Psyonix’s Rocket League game becomes more popular and currently, it’s widely used by players across the globe. However, it seems that more and more players are encountering issues with connectivity while playing this online multiplayer game. Now, if you’re also going through Rocket League Connectivity Issues and found that all in-game icons are missing or not loading properly or game rewards not appearing well then make sure to check out this troubleshooting guide to fix this issue....

In January, we reported that the upcoming 4-inch iPhone 5se would be released in the same colors as the iPhone 6s: Silver, Space Gray, Gold, and Rose Gold. That is still the case, according to sources. This weekend, reports have emerged with claims that the new device will be offered in a new “bright” or “hot” pink color option, but sources say that the iPhone 5se’s coloring is identical to the iPhone 6s’s in appearance....

Mark Gurman: I think the September 10th event will be an iPhone and a software event. At WWDC, Apple set the stage for several major software launches to occur this fall, but did not share final details or specific launch information. The company announced iOS 7, OS X Mavericks, iWork for iCloud, and announced (but did not demo) all new releases of iWork for Mac and iOS. I think the first part of the event will discuss software, while the second half of the event will talk iPhone hardware....