Last Update: January 27, 2020 The 2020 Oscar nominations have been announced, so here’s how cinephiles can watch the nine films up for Best Picture. Another awards season is coming to a close, with the 92nd Academy Awards taking place on February 9. This year, the ceremony is happening earlier than it typically does (the 2019 Oscars took place on February 24, for example), meaning viewers have less time to catch up on any nominees they might have missed along the way....

Leslie Knope established herself as a fan-favorite character on Parks and Rec. thanks to her unrivaled ambition. She saw herself as a future POTUS and modeled herself after popular female political figures like Hilary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Nancy Pelosi. Even though her ambition rubbed her colleagues the wrong way at times, she is never bothered by their perspective of her. Leslie was an expert at blocking any hate and negative energy that was directed toward her....

Pinterest is introducing a new feature for its iOS app called Lens. Rolling out now as a beta feature, Lens lets you point your camera at your surroundings to discover new design ideas based on what it captures. Lens is currently in beta which means it’s not tuned to work with just anything you capture. Pinterest says “home decor ideas, things to wear and food to eat” work best with Lens for now....

Couch co-op has sometimes become a forgotten part of the gaming world, lost among a sea of online, competitive multiplayer games. Pode, from developer Henchman & Goon, bucks the trend and offers up a peaceful, cooperative experience for those who find it. Initially released on the Nintendo Switch, the game has now found a home on the PS4. Pode focuses on Glo, a fallen star, and the rock Bulder, bringing life back to and reshaping a barren world while on a quest to return Glo to the sky....

Pokémon Masters will soon see a fresh sync pair join its growing roster of trainers and pocket monsters: Caitlin, one of the Unova region’s Elite Four, and Reuniclus, the final evolution of psychic Pokémon Solosis. Caitlin and Reuniclus will make their debut on Halloween, October 31st, 2019. Players who want to add the duo to their collection will be able to get their chance with the Spotlight Scout feature. This pair made their debut in Pokémon Black and White as part of the Elite Four, and they even reprised that role in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2....

Definition of port scanning As already stated, port scanning can be used for malicious purposes or for genuine purposes. It is a commonly known fact that there are 65,535 TCP ports and 65,535 UDP ports. Port numbers ranging from 0 to 1024 are well known ports. As an example, port number 80 is associated with HTTP, port number 21 is mapped to FTP, port 25 to SMTP, and so on. Port scanning is a reconnaissance technique which involves scanning the host for open and active ports....

Earlier this month, Beats official unveiled its new Powerbeats Pro totally wireless earphones — a sporty, louder take on Apple’s AirPods that uses the same H1 chip. The early reveal was tagged with a message about pending FCC approval, however, with the Powerbeats Pro launch not planned until sometime in May. As of today, Apple (which bought Beats in 2014) has been granted FCC approval for four Bluetooth headphone products, representing the four colors of the upcoming Powerbeats Pro earphones....

When Steve Jobs announced AirPrint back on that day in early September excitement rang as iOS users finally got the ability to print from their device. Then as a few weeks passed and we learned that this was not the case. AirPrint only works on a few select HP printers which leaves most of us in the dark for one of the slickest features in iOS 4.2. Well, that is where Printopia comes in....

Prison Break is officially back! Season five is underway right now with many familiar faces reuniting due to a surprising turn of events— Michael Scofield isn’t actually dead. It remains to be seen in the weeks going forward why this is the case, and what kind of escape Michael and his brother Lincoln are going to have to pull off this time, but any fan who has watched the first four seasons knows how crazy things can get....

I have discussed this topic in detail in the past. But in this article, I will also discuss popular methods to hide identity on the Internet with their pros and cons. Basically, there are three methods to hide identity on the Internet. Hide behind the VPN, Proxy, and use the Tor network. VPN What’s VPN? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. VPN provides an encrypted tunnel which is great for surfing the internet securely over public wifi....

Phishing is an Internet identity fraud that a malicious actor employs to dupe unsuspecting online users into revealing their confidential information. The term “phishing” originates from the analogy drawn with ‘fishing’. Here a digital net is cast (consisting of emails mostly), sometimes even with the size of a continent-wide trawl, ‘smeared’ with a special software bait, which is, generally speaking, a mush of content tricks designed to make victims rise to it without suspecting that anything wrong might happen....

Oppo launched a new device called Oppo A76 in India which features a 6.56-inch HD+ display with a refresh rate of 90Hz. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 SoC and 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM. The device runs on Android 11 with ColorOS 11.1 on top. It carries a dual rear camera setup that houses a 13 MP primary sensor and a 2 MP secondary sensor. In this post, we will give you a dedicated Oppo A76 software update tracker....

Though at this time of writing this article, the Android 10 version is quite old enough (around six months), some of the smartphone manufacturers are still trying to find ways to push the Android 10 stable update to plenty of its eligible devices and Oppo is one of them. Even the newly launched Oppo F15 device came with Android 9.0 Pie (ColorOS 6.1) out-of-the-box with the Android 10. But no worries....

Because the 92nd Academy Awards have come and past, we thought it was a good time to look at the biggest winners of the latest ceremony. For simplicity’s sake, we won’t be looking at short film or documentary winners in this lineup. Every other film is fair game. It’s also worth noting that movies with the same number of wins will be sorted by their number of nominations. Before we get started, we’re shouting it out to Rocketman, which won for Best Original Song ("[I’m Gonna] Love Me Again") and Judy, which won for Best Actress (Renée Zellweger) and was additionally nominated in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category....

I described the DJI Osmo Mobile 2 as the best-value iPhone gadget available at the time, and I still think it’s an incredibly impressive piece of kit for the money. With the Osmo Pocket, DJI has aimed to shrink down those same capabilities into a truly pocketable device … Look and feel One of the keys to shrinking down the unit has been abandoning the need to use your iPhone (though that statement does get a rider, below)....

Lena Oxton, otherwise known to avid Overwatch players as Tracer, is everyone’s favorite witty, crime-fighting damage heroine. She’s so beloved by the Overwatch regime that plenty of cosplayers have taken to recreating her iconic look to wear to conventions. All of these cosplays hit the bullseye with their impressive detailing and armor craftsmanship. Their stunning handy-work includes some of Tracer’s most well-known attributes, from her coronal accelerator to her pulse pistols....

Starting today, Google and Activision Blizzard have entered what may go down as one of the bigger deals in gaming history, as YouTube will be the AAA publisher’s exclusive streaming partner for Overwatch League, Hearthstone eSports, and more. This is by far YouTube’s biggest move to capture a larger share of the Twitch-dominated streaming market since the launch of the now-defunct YouTube Gaming app. Streaming and eSports have remained in flux as viewers, participants, and corporations continue to scrutinize their sustainability and growth potential....

Nick Offerman’s portrayal as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation has been immortalized in the eyes of viewers. The actor played the character for the NBC sitcom’s seven-season run from 2009 until 2015. Offerman may seem like the only person capable of playing the deadpan government worker but a number of well-known actors also auditioned for the role. Here’s who could’ve been cast and why Offerman eventually acquired the gig....

An Apple patent for the iPad Magic Keyboard shows a slot in the main hinge for an Apple Pencil. This would, in principle, address the concern some have expressed that there is no convenient place to store the Pencil while carrying the accessory. However, while it has been suggested this might be for a later version of the keyboard, I’m guessing otherwise … The patent has the innocuous title ‘Accessories for portable electronic devices,’ and an equally uninformative summary....

Penny Dreadful is being talked about quite a bit lately despite the fact it ended several years ago. Showtime is now working on a sequel series titled Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. The new series will take place in a new time period and setting but some of the same actors will be returning to play new characters. The original Penny Dreadful is still thought of as an excellent gothic horror series....