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Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 finale - The season 2 finale of The Handmaid’s Tale once again inspired hope that June might be able to escape Gilead - only to dash that hope when June decided to stay behind to rescue her firstborn daughter, Hannah. Handing off her second daughter, Nicole, to her friend Emily, June decided not to get into the van that would take her across the Canadian border, and the season ends with her walking away, alone, in the rain....

Google is developing a new iOS app called “Switch to Android,” which should be able to copy the most important data from your iPhone and bring over your apps. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features....

With the launch of the new Gmail earlier this year, many questioned the future of Inbox, the company’s experimental email client. Today, Google announced that Inbox by Gmail will be discontinued next year. According to Fast Company, Inbox will shut down by March 2019. Google has since confirmed, adding that it’s taking a “more focused approach” with just one email solution for all users. This is in contrast to what Google said just this past April, following the unveil of a revamped Gmail....

Earlier today during Re/code’s Mobile Code conference, Apple’s Greg Joswiak took the stage to talk about several recent announcements from the Cupertino company, including the botched rollout of iOS 8.0.1 and the Apple Watch. During the interview, Joz also talked about stores that have opted against supporting Apple Pay, Apple’s market share, and much more. Video from the interview (though not the entire thing at the moment, it seems to be coming in pieces) is now available from Re/code, and we’ve embedded it for your convenience:...

Special offers on GRID frames During the GRID anniversary celebration, the store is offering the GRID 4S (which is the frame with a disassembled iPhone 4S) for just $99, down from the regular price of $139. Customers can also choose a package with three pieces for $299 instead of $537. For those who like classic game consoles, there’s even a Nintendo Game Boy Pocket for $129. However, if you are interested in other frames, there are other products in the store that are being sold with offers of up to 40% during the company’s anniversary....

After launching for a limited amount of users back in June, Guardian Firewall + VPN for iOS has now been made available to the public. The popular app features both intelligent firewall and VPN functionality, gives alerts when companies try to track you, and more. If you’d like to test out the app before paying for a subscription, there’s also a free lite version. Guardian announced the public launch in a press release today:...

Popular iOS camera apps Halide and Spectre have been updated today with a mix of small new features and have made the move to Swift 5. Halide announced the news today, with co-founder Ben Sandofsky noting that both Halide and Spectre are running on Swift 5, which notably cut down their app sizes by 50% for devices running iOS 12.2. Halide now features Siri Shortcut settings in the app, a 3D Touch shortcut, an Apple Watch fix, and more:...

UPDATE: Deadline has alleged that Bettany isn’t replacing Williams, saying he is a totally different, human character (Williams was going to be part-CGI). The original article follows. Paul Bettany has been tapped by director Ron Howard to replace Michael K. Williams in the young Han Solo movie. It’s been a roller coaster ride for the second Star Wars anthology movie since it began earlier this year, hitting a low with the firing of co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the production earlier this summer, and quickly getting back on track with the hiring of veteran Lucasfilm actor and director Howard to finish principal photography on the movie, as well as its reshoots....

[Major SPOILERS ahead for the Gotham season 3 finale.] - Despite the young age of Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) on FOX’s Gotham, the series hasn’t hesitated from establishing many of Batman’s iconic rogues gallery of villains, including Penguin, Riddler, Poison Ivy, (possibly) the Joker, and now the season 3 finale is promising Solomon Grundy. While Batman’s villains being so much older than him certainly doesn’t jive that well with previous continuity, Gotham clearly exists in its own take on the DC universe, and many fans have come to accept and appreciate that fact....

Graphical Network Simulator (GNS3) is an open source project that allows you to download the source code and read it for any kind of educational purposes and / or contribution purposes. It works for multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X), and the most beautiful thing is that GNS3 now is integrated to both VMware and Virtualbox. All versions before 0.8 don’t support Virtualbox, so take care about which version you will use if you deal with Virtualbox....

Grey’s Anatomy has been on the air since 2005. Throughout fifteen seasons, it has captivated audiences and been a constant in several viewers’ lives. The series is the longest-running medical drama on TV and overall, one of the most famous shows ever. Everybody knows of Grey’s Anatomy, even if they haven’t actually seen it. This series is completely iconic, and still manages to be extremely successful, even after many of the original main characters have long since been written out of the show....

In the aftermath of GT Advanced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the sapphire maker reached a $439 million settlement with Apple in which the supplier will repay the iPhone maker up to $290,000 per furnace sold. GT Advanced creditors aren’t happy with the proposed settlement, however, arguing that the sapphire company may have received too little in the deal. Reuters reports that “holders of GT Advanced’s notes, including Aristeia Capital and an affiliate of Wolverine Asset Management, said in court papers that the ‘extraordinary allegations against Apple … call into question the adequacy of the settlement agreement....

You need at least a bar on the network icon on your phone to make calls or send messages but what if the phone is facing lost network issue or if the network is too weak that it can’t establish the basic functionality of a phone. It could be difficult if the network is lost since most of our tasks in day-to-day life happen when we are connected to the carrier/operator....

The cybersecurity company said it discovered the effort in October, finding hackers taking over prominent accounts and demanding a ransom. The people behind the attack start by sending a message pretending to be Instagram, notifying Instagram users of a purported instance of copyright infringement. There is a link in the message that takes victims to a website controlled by the hackers. From there, the user is asked to enter their Instagram login information, giving the attackers full access to their accounts....

In this tutorial, you will learn- What is a Join in MapReduce? Types of Join How to Join two DataSets: MapReduce Example What is Counter in MapReduce? Types of MapReduce Counters Counters Example Types of Join Depending upon the place where the actual join is performed, joins in Hadoop are classified into- Map-side join – When the join is performed by the mapper, it is called as map-side join. In this type, the join is performed before data is actually consumed by the map function....

Halide has been gaining a ton of momentum in 2018 with constant and aggressive updates to the popular camera app over the year. Today, Halide is starting a special donation campaign. As announced on the company’s blog, starting from today through December 26, 10% of all sales from Halide will be going to charity. The company has decided it will be splitting that 10% evenly between three charities: App Camp for Girls, the American Red Cross, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation or EFF....

Hyper just launched two new products to help keep your iPhone, iPad, and MacBooks charged. The HyperJuice 245W USB-C GaN Charger is great for quickly recharging multiple devices, even multiple MacBooks, simultaneously. While the HyperJuice 245W USB-C Battery Pack is perfect for charging multiple devices on the go in an airline-safe form factor. Watch our hands-on video for the details. My first impression is that both of these devices are impressive methods for keeping all of your devices charged, either at home or on the go....

In addition to the iOS update it rolled out yesterday, Google today has announced another new feature for Google Maps on iOS. In a blog post this afternoon, Google announced the addition of a new feature called Your Timeline, which allows you to keep track of the places you visit. The new Timeline feature is accessible from the slide out menu in Google Maps for iOS and staring today, you should see the new “Your Timeline” option in the menu....

If you’re looking for something to entertain kids aged 8-12 over the summer, and the chance for them to learn some useful tech skills into the bargain, you may want to register them for this year’s Apple Camp. Apple holds annual workshops at its retail stores intended to help kids make creative use of technology. This year’s workshops are focused on coding & robotics, movie-making and story-telling. Campers can work with visual blocks and solve puzzles while programming Sphero robots....

Grand Theft Auto 3, the 10 Year Anniversary edition, for iPhone and iPad gets a nice update today that brings iPhone 5 widescreen support, as well as the ability to save games using iCloud so you can pick up playing where you left off on any device. The update also now lets users create a custom playlist by simply titling an iTunes playlist “GTA3”. What’s New in Version 1.30 iPhone 5 widescreen support iCloud save game support for seamless progression across all your iOS devices....