For those who are currently too young to remember, or for those who’ve simply forgotten, there was a time when Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code was the literary equivalent (in terms of hype, at least) as was/is E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. Brown’s 2003 novel followed symbologist Robert Langdon as he worked to solve murders linked to rival Catholic sects and their oppositional views regarding the bloodline of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene....

Instagram announced today that it will implement measures to prevent the spread of fake news about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in addition to highlighting useful information for prevention against the virus. The company said users in countries most affected by the coronavirus will see a disclaimer on the Instagram app with links from the World Health Organization. Instagram will also provide local government data about the coronavirus outbreak, so that users can have easy access to official information....

Instagram today has added a fun new way to use its live sharing feature, called “Go live with a friend”. The new option lets users invite one person to join in on their live video. Instagram first started testing this feature back in August, now the platform is making it available to all. Instagram shared more details in a blog post and a promotional video. You can remove guests and add another person at any time....

A Loopback adapter is a testing tool for a virtual network environment where network access is not available. This may come in very handy when you need to test or verify network connectivity. The easiest way to add a Loopback Adapter is to add it virtually using the Windows OS. The following steps describe how to add a Microsoft Loopback Adapter. However, if you need an actual physical Loopback Adapter, you can either purchase one or simply create one on your own....

Overview of containers A container is a process that is running on your host and it is isolated from other processes. Containers provide operating level system virtualization for applications to run in a constrained environment. Containers without taking too many resources, can give an illusion that the applications are indeed running on a full blown operating system. This is achieved by utilizing a few Linux features such as namespaces and cgroups, which will be discussed in greater detail later....

Netflix announces that the frenetically silly early-2000s cartoon series Invader Zim will return this summer in the movie Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. Animator and cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez created and produced the 2002 Nickelodeon cartoon, which starred an alien warlord who attempted to bring Earth to its doom, then frequently failed spectacularly. The show was a hit with critics and fans, winning an Emmy, an Annie Award, and a World Animation Celebration award, but was canceled before its second season was completed....

Here we go. We’re digging through the iOS 11 GM we received this evening to unpack what we can learn about the D22 ‘iPhone X’ and the rest of the lineup ahead of Apple’s big unveiling on Tuesday. It looks like the infamous HomePod leak left a few surprises for us after all. The first discovery is a stunning set of new wallpapers coming with iOS 11 and the first look at the LTE Apple Watch....

The result: the Indian smartphone market dipped by 48 percent in the second quarter of this year. There were some interesting developments even in this slowdown, though. Here are some of the highlights of the report (as the shipment numbers were very low as compared to Q2 2019, with the markets having being closed, we have focused more on change in market shares than on actual volumes sold): A big dip With the economy largely shut down from the beginning of the quarter till mid-May, smartphone brands in India had a really rough time....

A new fan-created poster for a proposed Marvel spinoff tackling the complex relationship between Gamora and Thanos is drawing attention from people online. The one-sheet features a young Gamora and Thanos happily spending time together, evoking emotions from fans considering what happened in Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos’ relationship with Gamora was one of the key plot points in Infinity War and frankly has helped make the Mad Titan more compelling than the average MCU villain....

Not only did we experience severe lockdown restrictions on a global scale, but it felt like the entire world discovered TikTok, Instagram Reels, and dance challenges. Fast forward two years later, and Reels is going strong. The head of Instagram has even announced it’s no longer a photo-sharing app. If you want to grow your Instagram account, learning how to create Instagram Reels and edit videos is your ticket to blowing up on the platform....

First tap gear icon at the top of your Fire then select More. Next, select Device from the Settings menu. Set Allow Installation of Applications to On. Now, launch the web browser and type: https://www.dropbox.com/android into the address bar. Then tap Download App. Give a few seconds to download then tap the notifications next to your Kindle Fire’s name. Then tap the Dropbox.apk. You’ll see a description of the Dropbox app....

iPhone 12 being the first line of smartphones from Apple with 5G has really pushed carriers to step up their rollouts of the next-generation cellular network. However, a notable downside with the iPhone 12 devices so far has been dual-SIM users being automatically reverted to LTE service (except for China). Now that’s set to change as the iOS 14.5 beta has been released to developers. Dual-SIM support on iPhone goes back to 2018 and has become a really useful feature for having two lines with a single iPhone....

When it was first announced that Christopher Nolan was working on an action movie about a team of specialists who enter people’s dreams to steal ideas, a lot of moviegoers were skeptical. For starters, the director was mid-Batman trilogy, so moviegoers were more excited to see his Dark Knight story wrap up than some other movie. Also, it was an original story about a dream heist, so audiences weren’t on board, initially....

There are two methods for changing the streaming buffer in VLC Player. One is permanent, the other is temporary and resets after each stream. You can change either, or both (in which case the temporary fix temporarily takes precedence.) Just follow the instructions below. Permanent VLC Buffer Change Launch VLC and open Tools > Preferences or press the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + P). At the bottom-left of the Settings window click the All bullet to display additional settings....

Is The Incredible Hulk really part of the MCU? That’s a question that Marvel fans have been asking for over a decade at this point, and while it’s certainly one of the most removed entries in the series, the sheer number of references to the movie in later Marvel Cinematic Universe prove how important it is. Distributed by Universal at a time when Paramount handled the MCU, starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in a riff on the 1970s TV series of the same name, and teasing Tim Blake Nelson’s The Leader as a villain in a sequel, it’s not hard to see why so many feel The Incredible Hulk isn’t part of the rest of the Marvel canon....

In the latest entry of our ongoing series, Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the pitch meeting for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In 2008, director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford returned to the Indiana Jones franchise after almost two decades, much to the excitement (and later, disappointment) of fans. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a lot in common with the Star Wars prequel trilogy - starting with the fact that George Lucas wrote the stories for both....

Infinix devices are quite affordable and come with the MediaTek processor lineup. Suppose you’re one of the Infinix smartphone users and want to flash the stock firmware (Stock ROM) on your handset. In that case, you can easily do this by following the Infinix Firmware Flash Guide here and we’ll also share with you How to ByPass MediaTek Protection Easily. It may be possible that somehow your device isn’t running well....

The maker community is filled with people doing exciting things. Many folks enjoy making as a hobby, but making can be incredibly useful in the corporate world as well. Making can forge new pathways, open up new disciplines, connect you to customers in new ways, identify new opportunities and areas of innovation, and give your company new competitive advantages. Plus, it’s cool. A golden age of makerdom It’s hard to pin down exactly what a “maker” is, but most makers come up with an idea and then set out to make it....

To fight this trend, Microsoft have done fast and close proximity with Unix systems in the last years. For instance, Microsoft is promising to dramatically improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. Another clear signal is the new release of Microsoft Defender for Linux environments. Unix is clearly leading. Let’s break it down into the actual OS, because there are many operating systems based on Unix are available in the market....

Chip maker Intel had stressed they, not Apple, own all Thundebolt trademarks. Even though Apple and Intel collaborated on this high-speed I/O technology featured on the 2011 MacBook Pro and iMac families, the confusion arose when Patently Apple discovered that Apple filed for the Thunderbolt brand name trademark, their third since the technology debuted on the new MacBook Pro family in February of 2011. Few were convinced Apple owns the trademark, including Cult of Mac’s Ed Sutherland who asked, “Who the heck owns Thunderbolt, Intel or Apple?...