Apple quietly slipped support for a feature called NVMExpress into the latest version of OS X, which shipped early last week. This addition to the software enables some newer Macs using PCIe-based solid-state drives to achieve greater data transfer speeds. Not every Mac that uses an SSD for storage will be able to take advantage of this new protocol, however. The screenshot above comes from a late 2013 MacBook Pro with a solid-state drive that doesn’t support the feature....

Pokémon GO developers Niantic today announced the latest upcoming in-game event for the title with the Pokémon GO Water Festival scheduled to kick off today, March 22. During the event, players will have increased opportunities to catch water-type Pokémon, which the developers note includes “Magikarp, Squirtle, Totodile and their evolutions around the world,” among others: Alongside the Water Festival in-game event, there is also now a new Magikarp Hat wardrobe item available for avatars....

While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has continued to expand through film installments as well as television series - both current and upcoming - on ABC, Netflix, and other networks/streaming services, the shared universe model has somewhat limited its reach. Conversely, DC Comics characters inhabit a number of different universes, all technically connected by the multiverse, which allows for multiple versions of the same character to exist - Grant Gustin on The Flash and Ezra Miller in the DC Extended Universe....

Now that Detective Pikachu is in theaters, fans are hoping to one day see a live-action Super Smash Bros. movie. As anticipation builds for a followup to this first foray into the world of Pokémon, one of the more interesting comments from the writers behind Detective Pikachu related to how they’d set up a Super Smash Bros. film. It’s a neat prospect to consider, but where would an initiative like this even begin?...

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Endgame. After the events of Avengers: Endgame, what is the future of Iron Man and his alter ego Tony Stark in the MCU? Joe and Anthony Russo’s mega-blockbuster not only concludes the macro story spanning the first 22 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but it also provides a fitting an poignant end to Robert Downey, Jr.’s billionaire superhero who started it all. When Iron Man launched the MCU in 2008, no one dreamed that a vast and diverse universe of billion-dollar hit films would be its result (as Tony Stark’s final speech at the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame alludes to)....

Pretty Little Liars ran for seven seasons between ABC Family and Freeform. The series followed four high school girls a year after their best friend Alison disappeared. At the pilot’s end, Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have all received a message from the mysterious, “A.” Their stalker is excellent at their job, somehow knowing everything about them all the time. The mystery kept fans on the edge of their seats, wondering who “A” was as “A” terrorized the group....

You can opt out of people search sites, but the problem is that there are so many out there. We’ve compiled a growing list of sites and detailed instructions for taking down your personal information. Tap or click here to remove yourself from creepy people search sites. For this week’s entry in our Opt-Out Tuesday series, we’ll show you how to remove yourself from Whitepages. Avoid people search sites at all costs, especially if it costs you Don’t ever pay for any people search service....

Almost two weeks after iOS 14.5 started offering the choice of opting in to App Tracking or opting out, analytics data provides the unsurprising evidence that vanishingly few Americans are choosing to allow it. What’s rather more surprising is that the global opt-in rate is three times higher … Flurry Analytics is posting daily-updated numbers in a blog post. They show that launch day opt-in was just 2% of Americans, and the percentage since then has very consistently sat at around 4%....

Popular science fiction drama Orphan Black contains so many clones, almost all played by Tatiana Maslany, that it would be a huge task to rank them all. There are said to be 274 LEDA clones in total, plus “lost” clones, Sarah and Helena. In the show we see these clones appear in several different ways. A handful are main characters, some make short guest appearances and others are just mentioned in passing....

Older readers might still remember when Macs made the transition to OS X, more recently rebranded to macOS. But if you still kind of think of that as the ‘new’ OS, as of today it’s actually now been around for longer than all the preceding versions – collectively and colloquially known as Classic Mac OS … Jason Snell marked the occasion in a blog post yesterday. As he notes, it does depend somewhat on how you measure these things....

UPDATE: Regina King has won Best Supporting Actor for If Beale Street Could Talk. Last Updated: February 4, 2019 With the Oscars right around the corner, it’s time to take a look at who has the best chance of winning Best Supporting Actress. By now, several of the key Academy precursors, including the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, and various industry guilds, have already handed out their trophies, providing a bit of clarity in what ended up being one of the wildest and most unpredictable awards races in recent memory....

The most mysterious character throughout the series Outlander is hands down Geillis. She is not only patriotic with deep feelings for the Jacobite cause, but she is also a psychopath and a cold murderer too. She is the most interesting character with lots of different shades to offer. Today we are sharing with you ten questions that were never answered. Some would refresh your memory and some would confuse you, causing sleepless nights, thumbing through Reddit fandom threads....

Since Outlander was adapted for television and premiered in 2014, it has become a pop culture phenomenon. It seamlessly weaves historical fiction with a beautiful romance and 18th-Century war-torn Scotland as the backdrop adds to the romanticism perfectly. Add to that combination action sequences that rival Game of Thrones, and it was bound to draw in a huge crowd. With Sam Heughan in the role of our heroic Jamie Fraser and Caitriona Balfe in the role of our gorgeous heroine, Claire Randall, the sparks immediately flew on-screen and viewers were eternally sucked into the ups and downs of the soon-to-be lovebirds....

Panic today has released a notable update to its Prompt SSH and TELNET client for iOS. The update brings improvements to iPad Pro, as well as fixes for iOS 13. For those unfamiliar, Prompt is a powerful SSH client for iOS that includes features like syncing, Face ID support, private key generation, and more. Today’s update brings Prompt for iOS to version 2.6 and includes fixes for iOS 13, iPad Pro use with external keyboards, and more....

Before You Get Started Remember, this only works for fan pages. It doesn’t work for timelines of personal Facebook accounts. Also, you’ll probably have to be at least a Content Creator in order to be able to do this – Facebook has a system of Admin Roles for pages. Pin a Post to your Facebook Page Login to Facebook and goto your Facebook Page. Find the post you want to pin and click the pencil icon on its top right side....

The developers of Pokémon Sword & Shield have talked about the removal of the National Dex in a recent interview and said that they have no regrets about cutting it, as they want to give people a deeper attachment to their Pokémon. The discourse surrounding Pokémon Sword & Shield has been dominated by the removal of the National Dex since E3 2019 when Junichi Masuda explained that not all Pokémon would be appearing in every mainline game going forward....

Ookla’s popular Speedtest iOS app has included fun Easter eggs in the past, and the app currently has quite the epic one hidden right now. The latest surprise continues the legend of Lord Ookla which can be found behind a simple gesture. As previous Ookla Easter eggs have shared, the company was named after a real cat and this latest software surprise continues the legend of the intense feline. The current Easter egg found in Ookla’s Speedtest app can be accessed by pressing and holding the “GO” button on the main screen....

Warning: SPOILERS for Power Rangers: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Tommy Oliver aka the Green Power Rangers is one of the iconic characters in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise. However, despite being one of the most beloved Rangers, he’s not without a few missteps, and sometimes, he can just be, well, the worst. These flaws are in full display in the first issue of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover....

Apple, Microsoft and Intel are locked in a bid for a contract to supply Turkish schools with up to fifteen million iPads. The government-funded project is nick-named “Fatih”, a Turkish word for “conqueror”. The government will require the winner to build the tablets and/or peripherals in the country, however. This little nugget has been officially confirmed to Anatolia news agency by the country’s trade minister Zafer Caglayan. Bloomberg has the story:...

Earlier plugins updates could be automatically applied with the help of additional plugins. One popular plugin is Jetpack that can apply available updates automatically. Now WordPress 5.5 core supports auto-updates out of the box. In this article, we will discuss the auto-update feature of WordPress. For many websites, this feature can be a lifesaver, but there may involve some risks for some. How Auto-update works? WordPress runs any scheduled task using WordPress cron jobs....