If you or the Batman fan in your life screamed in excitement today, it’s probably because not only did Matt Reeves officially sign on to direct The Batman starring Ben Affleck after a week of “will he or won’t he?” suspense, but that, in a surprise move, DC Films and Warner Bros. announced a new movie joining the DC Extended Universe: Nightwing! To be directed by Chris McKay, whose The LEGO Batman Movie has dominated the last few weeks of the box office, and written by Bill Dubuque (The Accountant), Nightwing expands the Gotham side of the DCEU....

If you’re running OS X El Capitan, it’s possible to hide the menu bar on your primary display. Hiding the menu bar works very much like a hidden Dock in OS X, in that when you move your cursor to the edge of the screen, the menu bar reappears from its hidden state. In this post we’ll show you how to hide your menu bar, and why you might consider doing so....

Update: On June 22, Apple started to sell HomePod mini in New Zealand as well. During the first Apple event of the year, in April, the company said it was going to expand its HomePod mini smart speaker to a few more countries. Today, it’s arriving in Austria and Ireland. After discontinuing the original HomePod three months ago, Apple said it was going to focus on the HomePod mini. Here’s what the company said back then:...

As past reports have indicated, Apple has a growing interest in the health care industry. The company has made notable hires in the field and is continuing to turn the iPhone into a home for medical records. A new report from CNBC this week explores how Apple is aiming to succeed in the crowded medical industry… For Apple, as the report explains, this means leaning heavily on things like privacy, consumer trust, and design....

Influencer marketing in sports is very much a tale of two halves, however. The large big-name sports companies tend to work with the household names of sport. However, these superstars often come with a price tag to match their celebrity status. That’s fine for a multinational sports apparel firm, for instance, but out of the reach of a small neighborhood fitness brand. However, many lesser-profile sporting influencers can help brands of any size while remaining within their marketing budget....

This is the latest how-to as part of our new series: For some people, the font sizes on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are too small. Sometimes, these small fonts prevent people from using or purchasing the iOS devices. Thankfully, there are multiple solutions to this potential issue. Below, we’ve rounded up the fixes: Pinch to Zoom. This is probably what most are familiar with and comfortable doing. This will work in Mail, Photos, Safari, PDFs in iBooks, Apple Maps and Google Maps....

Belkin’s Linksys brand has confirmed that it is now rolling out support for HomeKit integration to users of the Linksys Velop Tri-Band mesh routers. This gives Velop users additional security controls over the smart home accessories connected through HomeKit. The benefits of HomeKit-enabled routers are primarily related to additional security features, including the ability to firewall off accessories to prevent them from accessing your entire network. Apple describes it as the ability to “enhance security by monitoring the network activity of your Home accessories and preventing unsafe connections....

Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 1 episode 9 found a way to make pizza - of all things - emotional. Brooklyn Nine-Nine arrived in 2013 and stars Andy Samberg (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) as detective Jake Peralta. Jake is a great cop, but he’s also quite childish and utterly obsessed with Die Hard, which clashes with the style of stern new Captain Holt (Andre Braugher). Early seasons found Jake trying to gain Holt’s respect with the two eventually becoming friends, while the supporting cast also got to share the limelight....

The Verizon Data Breach report states that more than 70 percent of attacks exploited the known vulnerabilities with existing patches. Moreover, the results show that hackers take benefit of vulnerabilities within minutes of their public exposure. However, due to the lack of security professionals and the wide-ranging challenge of dealing with big data sets in security, it is not unexpected that vulnerability remediation hard work is not keeping up with cyber enemies....

Thanos is old. The Warlord of Titan beats super-powered centenarian, Captain America by a few centuries. But he is a baby compared to a few other powers in the universe. The MCU may be only a decade old, but the history built into its worlds and characters goes back to basically the dawn of time. And that time existed before Thanos, or his home planet of Titan, and thus long before his beef with The Avengers....

Just how tall is stand-up comedian and actor Brad Garrett? After starting his career as a comedian in various clubs, Brad Garrett’s distinctive voice led him to voice-over work in several high-profile cartoon shows, including 1985’s Hulk Hogan’s Rock ’n’ Wrestling - where he voiced the title character - and an episode of The Real Ghostbusters. He would continue to work steadily in the years that followed, including guest appearances on TV shows like Roseanne, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air and Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman....

At some point in the future, creating pixel-sharp screenshots, UI videos, and game recordings from your Apple TV may be as easy as hitting a button or two on the Siri Remote, but right now, the only obvious technique is a workaround. Thankfully, the workaround doesn’t require the use of Apple’s Xcode or another developer tool — all you’ll need is OS X’s built-in app QuickTime Player and a USB-C cable of your choice…...

As standard, Apple offers a single static Home app launcher complication for the Apple Watch. HomeRun is an Apple Watch app that lets you set individual scenes as complications, just tap to run a scene. We first covered HomeRun when it launched last year. Today, HomeRun 1.2 adds a handy new dynamic: you can set up complications that automatically change based on time. With some scheduling, you can make a single complication slot contextually relevant across the entire day....

Using GarageBand, you can create a custom ringtone out of any portion of any track you have in iTunes. This article will walk you through the process of making a custom ringtone and syncing it to your iOS devices, as well as assigning it to a certain contact or as your default ringtone. Create a Ringtone Project in GarageBand Open GarageBand on a Mac and choose “iPhone Ringtone” on the left....

Nest Weave, the communications protocol that Nest uses to make its connected home devices talk to each other, definitely isn’t new. But as of today, Nest is making it part of its Works with Nest program so that third-party hardware makers and developers can use the protocol in their own products… Before now, developers could use Nest’s cloud API to connect to Nest products, which — while it’s easy implement — is more restricted because it requires that devices have a Wi-Fi connection....

HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. Apple added support for sprinklers and faucets in HomeKit as part of iOS 11, and now the first accessories with support are starting to hit the market. This week we’re going to take a hands-on look at Elgato’s Eve Aqua, a smart accessory that adds HomeKit control to your existing sprinkler system....

Update: Refinery29 has updated its article to say that calendar notifications are not supported: Uhm, so the original story has been updated saying that HomePod will NOT support calendar notifications after all 🤔 pic.twitter.com/LGMVw80orm — Federico Viticci (@viticci) January 26, 2018 The article also says that the HomePod has some awareness of whether its owner is at home and Siri will not speak about calendar notifications, text messages, reminders and other personal alerts if the user is out of the house....

With over 320 million monthly active users, LinkedIn stands off alone at the top of a professional networking site. LinkedIn basically is a networking social media platform where you are not supposed to share your fancy pictures. This platform is for those who want to expand their professional network and are serious about making their career better. Each year number of members are increasing who join LinkedIn. And that’s the reason it has over 722 million members network....

Looking back, it seems How I Met Your Mother season 1 had a big clue for how the series would ultimately end. After nearly a decade of teases and near-misses, Ted Mosby finally met the love of his life on How I Met Your Mother, but she didn’t turn out to be the woman he ended up with. After revealing Ted’s relationship with the “Mother”, aka Tracy McConnell, the hopeless romantic went back to his former flame, Robin Scherbatsky....

The Philips Hue Sync app lets you transform your smart lights into a truly immersive entertainment experience. Whether you’re listening to music, watching movies, or just using your computer, your Philips Hue lights can transform your room into part of that world. This is what the Internet of Things is all about! In this article, you’ll learn how to set up Philips Hue Sync and how to set up entertainment modes for everything you do....