Dumbledore is one of the most well-known and also controversial figures in Harry Potter. While he started off as a benevolent mentor figure to Harry who likely had a few secrets, he turned out to be a person who used and manipulated Harry to try and help save the world. We also learned of Dumbledore’s past with Grindelwald and his troubling past when it comes to Muggles, making it harder for many fans who like Dumbledore to defend him....

VOCOlinc is a smart home company focused on HomeKit accessories like affordable light strips and the multi-plug power strip. VOCOlinc’s lineup includes the $59 FlowerBud smart diffuser, which is the first and only diffuser that works with Apple HomeKit. FlowerBud lets you burn scented oils to make your home smell like your favorite scent, and the smart diffuser includes a built-in mood lamp. Both the diffuser and mood lamp work with HomeKit and Siri, too, which means Home app and voice control plus much more....

All of today’s best deals are headlined by a rare discount on Apple HomePod mini to a new low of $89, mophie wireless charging stations from $95, and Beats Solo Pro Headphones at $145. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. HomePod mini sees rare deal to new all-time low at $89 Verizon Wireless is now offering Apple HomePod mini for $89. Normally fetching $99, today’s offer amounts to one of the very first discounts of any kind on Apple’s latest smart speaker and marks a new all-time low....

Huawei Honor 9X was launched in the year 2019 which came out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie. It is powered by a Kirin 710F processor. But if you’re one of the Huawei Honor 9X STK-LX1 users and want to find out Test Point to Remove FRP lock, Huawei ID, User Lock, and Firmware Flashing then follow this article. Here we’ll gonna share how you can find out the Huawei Honor 9X STK-LX1 Test Point, or get into the Download Mode (Emergency Download Mode) so that you can perform multiple advanced level tasks by yourself....

Hearts were broken earlier this year when Luke Perry, star of Beverly Hills 90210 and The CW’s Riverdale, passed away at the age of just 52 from a stroke. The season 4 premiere of Riverdale, “In Memorian,” was a tribute to Perry that also said goodbye to his character, Fred Andrews, with Perry’s fellow 90210 actor Shannon Doherty appearing in a guest role. Riverdale season 4 opens several months after the end of season 3, with the town preparing for July 4th celebrations....

Then, it hits you. How do I even choose what to do next? No matter which area of marketing you’ve worked in, you’ve likely dealt with the great white whale of good idea prioritization. A naturally creative endeavor, marketing can be riddled with dreamy ideas that are all reasonably cool or enticing to try, yet it’s naturally impossible to accomplish them all. Simple prioritization (marking things as important vs. urgent) can sometimes be enough to move forward....

I. Three Common Social Engineering Scams Typical Phases Social Engineering is often preceded by reconnaissance activities performed by the criminals. There is a little doubt that the opportunity given to an outsider to target employees, leveraging personal information on them that can be found on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and so on, is an unfortunate by-product of the rise of social media in the past decade. Therefore, companies can only protect themselves from highly personalized social engineering attacks — for example, spear phishing — if they back up their policies on social media usage with effective workplace enterprise security awareness programs....

The Mandalorian brought Star Wars space battles to life, in a cool and unique way, using some state-of-the-art effects. Fans are eagerly awaiting the second season to the hit, Disney+ series. The filming of season 2 is already well underway, and it is reported that James Mangold and Robert Rodriguez will direct parts of it. Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni created the popular show, which has been praised for its phenomenal special effects....

The 2014 version of Thanos knows who the Avengers are in Avengers: Endgame, but how could he? A clash between the Mad Titan and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes has been building in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the end of The Avengers, when Thanos first made an appearance. It wasn’t until last year’s Avengers: Infinity War that this fight really began, and audiences were ultimately shocked that Thanos come out victorious....

In the five years since I first explored the potential impact of a Digital Cold War on the IT industry, tensions with Russia have gotten worse, especially following a series of cyberattacks on systems in the United States. These include Russia’s involvement in the SolarWinds breach, as well as its interference with the 2016 US presidential elections via attacks on the Democratic National Committee infrastructure and the purchasing of tens of millions of ads on Facebook in an attempt to sow discontent among US voters....

Experts have also been alarmed by the number of colonies that have succumbed to colony collapse disorder. This is a phenomenon in which most of the colony’s worker bees die or disappear, leaving the colony without the means to care for its young and its queen. New threats, such as introducing Asian giant hornets (nicknamed “Murder Hornets”) into the United States, are also a cause for concern. The decline of bees has serious economic and environmental implications....

UPDATE 11/17: Apple has delayed HomePod into 2018. With the launch of the Apple Watch Series 3 and iPhone X behind us, there’s still one more new Apple product on my shopping list this year: HomePod. Apple previewed its new smart speaker back in June at WWDC, and now it’s almost time for HomePod to hit the market. Here’s what we know about HomePod so far: What is HomePod? HomePod is the first Apple-designed music speaker since the iPod Hi-Fi (which shipped in 2007 and was discontinued a year later)....

How tall is TV personality and former pro skater Rob Dyrdek? The skateboarding bug first bit Rob Dyrdek before he’d even hit his teens after fellow skater Neil Blender gifted him with a skateboard and by the tender age of 12 he had secured his first sponsorship. A few years later Dyrdek and Blender set up their own skateboarding company Alien Workshop and after moving to California, he nabbed another sponsorship with DC Shoes who he worked with until 2016....

So much of Apple’s history is tied up between two periods: Pre-iPod and Post-iPod. The iPod took Apple from a computer company, and it set them up to become a consumer electronics company that would go on to become one of the most valuable companies in the world. What most people forget is that the iPod didn’t become the iPod until the iPod mini was released. The original iPod was $399, where the iPod mini had a lower price of $249....

A TikTok video of an American embracing the UK pub chain Wetherspoons has gone viral. TikTok is known for creating viral content, although most of the time the content tends to remain within the TikTok community. This time, the video has gone viral thanks to the help of other social media platforms. Namely, Twitter. In the UK, Wetherspoons is a very familiar site considering the ‘pub with food’ can be found in most cities throughout the country....

LinkedIn is a very tempting app for those who network as they breathe. It’s possibly the easiest method to expand your connections. And through these connections, you can also reach out to individuals for other corporate reasons. But is there a cap on how many connections you can have on LinkedIn? Let’s look at how you can best utilize your thirty thousand connections and a few people you must connect with on LinkedIn....

The Great Wall washed up on American shores last week to little fanfare. Following heated discussions regarding the film’s possible status as an example of Hollywood white-washing, the Zhang Yimou-directed action epic opened to a disappointing weekend gross of $17-20m. For a movie of this budget – its $135m price-tag making it the most expensive production shot entirely in China, this would usually be the first sign of a flop. Yet before it even reached American audiences, The Great Wall had grossed close to $225m - $170 million of that in China alone....

Here’s how the mighty Thor fought in the Vietnam War. Marvel Comics has always considered their adventures set in “the world outside your window.” The idea is that the Avengers and the X-Men operate in a world just like ours, albeit one with gods, monsters, aliens, and assorted interdimensional invaders. Naturally, this sometimes means that Marvel writers decide to explore contemporary issues with their stories. That’s why Spider-Man comics had an AIDS sub-plot in the ’80s, and it’s why modern books have seen both the X-Men and the Avengers take on the challenge of climate change....

The late Earl Hindman played Tim Taylor’s down to earth, yet mysterious next-door neighbor Wilson for many years on the popular sitcom Home Improvement. This sagacious and scholarly individual had enough advice to last three lifetimes, which was a big help to Taylor and his family. In many respects, Wilson was the kind of neighbor everyone wished they could move next door to. As much as Tim struggled (with hilarious effect) to understand Wilson’s many important lessons and words of wisdom, he still valued his wisdom....

Controlling window shades and blinds with HomeKit and Siri is easily one of the coolest smart home experiences possible today, but it’s also one of the most expensive. Eve is expanding its line of dedicated HomeKit products to include a new partnership with Coulisse that just might solve that problem. Coulisse is a company dedicated to providing window covers from blinds and shades to curtains and more since 1992. Since Eve spun out of Elgato in 2018, the smart home product maker has focused entirely on creating HomeKit experiences....