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There’s a place for every type of game and while Death Battle: The Game won’t supplant some of its other quick-to-assemble but fun-to-play contemporaries, it stands beside them without any trouble. Fans of basically any pop culture medium that contains larger-than-life warriors and heroes have had the argument before: who would win in a fight? It’s a question that can fill hours of time depending on the willingness of each party to defend their choices, and it can result in some of the biggest galaxy brain takes a friend group ever experiences....

Last November, Rovio introduced a new Angry Birds Star Wars game that brought iconic Star Wars locations and characters from the movies into the Angry Birds gameplay universe. Today the developer is teasing what looks to be an entirely new Star Wars themed Angry Birds game. While Rovio’s initial tweet only mentioned a “Big new game announcement” coming this Monday, it later confirmed on its blog that the announcement will be for “a brand new game” with “the biggest character line-up ever, awesome new powers, and maybe even a few surprises!...

2002 brought us the first major motion picture featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. Since then, audiences have gone on a whirlwind trip. Three different actors have taken on the role in live-action form, Spider-Man has entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Sony has their own slew of Spider-Man themed films set to arrive. That said, there’s a lot of debate on what the best Spider-Man movie is. We’re ranking them all here based on their ratings by the users over at IMDb....

Imagine that you are using Facebook and suddenly recommended games pop up on the sidebar of your screen. How’d that feel? How long will you be able to use Facebook looking at that sidebar where there are dozens of game recommendations to annoy you? Not for long. You will need to remove the sidebar. On Facebook, a dedicated part of the screen is for recommended games and other minor updates, which users see when playing games or scrolling through their daily feed....

Scott Forstall showed Yelp on Apple’s new Maps app during the opening keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference last week, but he neglected to mention Yelp check-ins Those using iOS 6 probably noticed this feature in the Maps app when clicking a location. According to Bloomberg, the Apple developer kit, which the Cupertino, Calif.-based Company distributed to software developers earlier this month, visually depicts how the upcoming Apple Maps essentially lets users alert friends of their location through Yelp without leaving maps or launching a new app....

Apple has so far dabbled with a small array of original podcasts, including the For All Mankind companion show and true crime series The Line. However, rumors have persisted that Apple has bigger ambitions in this space as it looks to compete with the growing podcast libraries from the likes of Spotify. Today, Vox Media’s Peter Kafka says that he believes Apple will announce a new podcast subscription service on Tuesday, at Apple’s April ‘Spring Loaded’ event....

As Apple stands firm against requests to break iPhone encryption, many people have questioned why the FBI needs Apple’s help in the first place. There are plenty of tools available from third-party companies that are more than capable of unlocking the iPhone 5 and iPhone 7 used by the Pensacola gunman. Further emphasizing that point, a new report from Forbes says that the FBI recently used one of those black/gray market tools to unlock the newest — and theoretically the most secure — iPhone that Apple sells....

Various retailers have cut the price of the newest iPhone models in China, according to a new report from CNBC. The price cuts come as part of the major shopping festival in China known as 6.18, which Apple rarely participates in. The actual 6.18 shopping event takes place on June 18, but JD.com says that it will be holding various discounts every day leading up to June 18, including discounts on Apple products....

JBL’s $99 Flip, $99 OnBeat Lightning Dock and $149 Charge When we did our Best Bluetooth speaker mega-review (TL;DR: Overall Winner, Best Value, Best Sound, Best Portable/Sound, Apps/Updates, more) a few weeks ago, we neglected to test JBL’s very capable ($99 Flip) and $149 Charge; something our commenters immediately questioned. Not even a day after the review went up, JBL sent us a box full of their new speakers to test against our recommendations (sometimes this is a great job!...

For many iPhone X owners, two of the most hotly anticipated upcoming Apple products are accessories. Both previewed during last fall’s keynote address at Steve Jobs Theater, the AirPower wireless charging mat and AirPods wireless charging case arrive on the heels of another high-profile Apple accessory – the HomePod. While Apple’s accessory strategy is more ambitious and important to their success than ever before, the company’s assent for accent has a storied past....

Even with the arrival of the newest Star Wars movie, Richard Jewell has taken the film industry by storm this month. While it features terrific performances and is beautifully made, Clint Eastwood’s latest film also comes with plenty of controversy. At its core, Richard Jewell is an underdog story of how Jewell goes from unlikely hero to falsely accused, to finally vindicated. Most of the details on the film’s main character are true, but in the process of clearing Jewell’s name, the film destroys the reputation of one real-life Atlanta journalist and depicts FBI agents in a negative light....

Veronica Lodge probably wishes she never moved to Riverdale at this rate as the town has brought her nothing but trouble. Her father framed her boyfriend for murder, tried to have him killed and then tried to take over the town. Let’s not forget that Veronica has had abuse hurled at her because the notorious crime boss has made a lot of enemies with the residents. However, sometimes Veronica’s ostracization can be justified as the businesswoman has made a few irrational decisions herself....

A new Avengers: Endgame behind-the-scenes video captures the moment Robert Downey Jr. wraps up his work in the film. Playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in the MCU, Downey alongside director Jon Favreau kicked off the universe in 2008 via Iron Man. Since then, he’s become a major player in the franchise being its poster boy. He played the role in 10 films in 11 years, with the character’s journey coming to an end in the latest Joe and Anthony Russo-directed flick....

Apple held its kick off keynote for WWDC 2021 earlier this week. WWDC21 brought lots of improvements to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, but there are also some things users were expecting to see that didn’t ultimately make the cut. New MacBook Pro It’s always risky to get too excited about the potential for new hardware at WWDC, and that was definitely the case this year. While leaker Jon Prosser suggested Apple would announce new MacBook Pros at WWDC, that did not fruition....

Syntax of List in R We can use list() function to create lists in R programming: list(element_1, …) arguments: -element_1: store any type of R object -…: pass as many objects as specifying. each object needs to be separated by a comma What is R List? How to Create a List in R Select Elements from R List Built-in Data Frame in R Select Elements from R List After we built our list, we can access it quite easily....

The malware — which pretends to be Federal Bureau of Investigation — fools the victim into believing that they are guilty of watching child pornography among other criminal activities. As part of which their device has been locked out. Ransomware encrypts all the files it could find on the system and password protect them. Victims are given a time period of 24 to 12 hours in which they are directed to pay up a large chunk of money if they want to have access to their files again....

The popular lyrics and annotation site Rap Genius launched its iPhone app earlier this year, and today it released a big update. The latest version of Genius by Rap Genius, version 1.5, now lets you create annotations to content directly from your phone. Previously you could only view annotations from the mobile app. The update also adds another desired feature: copy and paste support. Now you can finally highlight lyrics, copy them, and paste them somewhere else on your iPhone as you would expect....

That last one is perhaps the more interesting for ZDNet’s readers, as it’s how you can start to feed aircraft location data into a growing network of tracking stations that uses the GPS locations most aircraft transmit to build a global map of air traffic. This approach, ADS-B, is intended to make it easier for aircraft to locate each other and for air traffic control to keep track of them....

Update: Redbox now says the Apple TV app will be ready in the coming weeks. In a statement to BestAppleTV.com: Redbox today officially launched its streaming video on-demand service. Originally known for its rental kiosks, Redbox has suffered from stagnant growth as streaming video has become many people’s go-to for consuming content. The new Redbox On Demand service is accessible via iOS and Apple TV… You may remember that Rebox and Verizon jointly launched Redbox Instant a few years ago, but today’s Redbox On Demand Service is different....

Apple has shared details on this year’s camp program for kids ages 8-12 along with opening registration for the free sessions that start next month. Like last year, there are three tracks to choose from that are made up of three, 90 minute sessions. Similar to last year’s tracks, kids can choose between Coding with Sphero Robots, Beat Making and Songwriting with GarageBand, and Telling Stories with Clips. Notably, this year Apple will be using its Clips app instead of iMovie for the storytelling track....