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The surprise announcement of a solo movie starring Jared Leto’s version of the Joker raises a lot of questions about where the clown prince of crime’s film fits into the DC Extended Universe. Leto first took on the role in 2016’s Suicide Squad, which was a huge financial success, but received middling reviews and was just as polarizing as the other non-Wonder Woman DCEU entries. No aspect of the film was as divisive as Leto’s Joker; taking up the mantle of Batman’s greatest enemy after the late Heath Ledger was never going to be an easy task, but introducing him as a fairly minor presence in Suicide Squad was a baffling choice....

The Meg star Jason Statham has expressed disappointment the movie isn’t bloodier. The Meg is based on a series of novels by author Steve Alten, and a film version has been mooted for well over a decade. Directors like Jan de Bont and Eli Roth (Death Wish) have taken a crack at the project, but it never seemed to move forward until Statham signed on. Jon Turtletaub ultimately helmed the aquatic blockbuster, which sees Statham’s Navy diver facing off with a 75-foot shark....

Batman has had several young men and women carry the title of Robin as the iconic sidekick to Gotham City’s Dark Knight, which DC Universe’s Titans has represented. Following Dick Grayson’s decision to leave Bruce Wayne’s side, the mantle was passed on to Jason Todd who to this day is defined as a major wildcard in the Bat-family. The character’s comic run had a rocky journey as the second Robin didn’t impress many readers at the time....

James Gunn has offered his defense for the delayed introduction of Adam Warlock to the MCU, comparing it to the slow-burn reveal of Thanos. Even without considering all the characters that Sony and 20th Century Fox own the rights to, Marvel Studios still has thousands of characters they’ve yet to adapt to the big or small screen. But when it comes to some of the major faces from the comics, Adam Warlock is one hero fans have been begging to see join the action....

The rescue plan for Japan Display – a supplier of LCD screens for Apple which needed a major investment to boost its move into OLED – is set to be worth a total of 232 billion yen ($2.1B). However, there is a slim possibility that the bailout could be blocked by a US national security review … Reuters reports that the bailout is a much larger one than expected. Earlier speculation had been around significantly lower figures....

Java String indexOf() Syntax The syntax of Java String indexOf() Method is: Java indexOf() Parameters Below are the indexOf() Java String parameters: char – Used to represent a single character value str – Used to represent the string to search for fromIndex – Used to represent the index position to start the search from Java String indexOf() Return Value This indexOf() Java String method returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character....

Apple removed most Jawbone and Nike fitness bands from its retail stores back in March, during the run-up to the launch of the Apple Watch. It was assumed then that Apple was purging products that might be felt to compete with its own wearable. But Jawbone Senior Product Manager Jason Donahue said that its UP2 fitness band will be available in Apple Stores shortly, reports Japanese site Macotakara. The statement was made during a product launch in Japan … Donahue originally stated only that the new wearable would be sold in Japanese Apple Stores from early July, but when asked about other countries, he said that it would be released “even earlier” in U....

Dark Phoenix concept art features Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey looking like Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel. The final film in the main X-Men saga came out earlier this month, marking the directorial debut of long-time franchise writer and producer Simon Kinberg. It’s the culmination of all films in the primary series, but it was poorly received by both critics and fans - scoring the lowest opening day sales of any X-Men film....

Alex Trebek’s name is synonymous with the Jeopardy! game itself. Despite a recent stage four pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the man has refused to slow down and continued to keep contestants on their toes. Longtime viewers of Jeopardy! will note, though, that Trebek is known to throw shade at competitors on a fairly regular basis. Here are some of Trebek’s most notorious moments. Sad Final Jeopardy It’s easy to assume that most people who go on Jeopardy!...

Iconic and perdurable trivia game show Jeopardy! is seeking a replacement for host Alex Trebek. The unique platform, blue box panels, and Trebek have created a formula that’s kept the show in syndication for over thirty-five years. Now, the game show is reportedly preparing for Trebek’s impending exit from the equation. Created by Merv Griffin, the game show consists of presenting contestants with clues in the forms of answers, to which players must phrase their responses in the form of a question....

When it hit theaters earlier this year, Warner Bros’ Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice did a lot of world-building for the DC Extended Universe. Several new characters were introduced during the film, though some were only featured briefly. However, certain main and supporting characters will obviously return in later films, including the upcoming team-up Justice League Part One. While characters like Batman and The Flash are definitely going to be in the superhero team-up, it’s now been confirmed that Jeremy Irons’ Alfred Pennyworth will appear as well....

Jamf, the standard in Apple Enterprise Management, announced today its new plan to help businesses manage and secure their devices. This new plan, Jamf Fundamentals, offers new capabilities for protecting small and midsize businesses while using Apple products. Jamf helps companies deploy Apple devices with enterprise-required technology. Its new Fundamentals plan helps small and midsize businesses manage their Apple ecosystem, making deployment easy and secure. The company’s security tackles malware prevention, password syncing, Self Service functionality for Mac, custom profiles for macOS packages, and more....

Following multiple reports claiming that Apple is holding an event later this month to discuss new media-related services, Clayton Morris shared some tidbits that he has heard from sources. First, Morris claims he heard about the event in September 2011 and the event was originally scheduled for late 2011. Morris said the event has been long in the making and the announcements were close to Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs. Morris again affirmed that we will not be seeing hardware at the event and he expects two “large projects” relating to education to be announced....

Former senior Apple exec Jean-Louis Gassée, who once held the role of head of Macintosh development, says that it would be perfectly viable for the entire Mac range to be powered by ARM chips – even the Mac Pro. This reverses a view he held last year when he called the idea a ‘fantasy.’ He said that while one of the two problems he discussed last year remains a huge challenge for Apple, power is no longer an issue …...

During Universal’s Halloween panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Jamie Lee Curtis left the stage to hug an attendee who explained why the first film saved his life. Universal brought two of their most anticipated releases to Hall H at this year’s Comic-Con: M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass and David Gordon Green’s Halloween. This new Halloween comes forty years after John Carpenter’s film, and nine after Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, and reunites slasher Michael Myers with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in a story that completely ignores all sequels and remakes....

A new set video for Morbius shows Jared Leto’s character flying. Sony has released many Marvel movies over the years, but in 2020, Morbius the Living Vampire will grace the big screen for the character’s first ever movie. Morbius will be the next film in Sony’s Spider-Man villain universe, which started with Venom last year. Michael Morbius first appeared back in 1971 for The Amazing Spider-Man #101 and was a brilliant scientist who suffered from a rare blood disease....

Bloomberg is reporting that shares of NTT DoCoMo are rising on rumors that Japan’s largest carrier will get the iPhone this year. The company’s rivals, KDDI and Softbank (who just bought Sprint) both currently carry the iPhone and saw their share price drop in morning trading. Apple is also working on China’s largest carrier, China Mobile, which also doesn’t currently carry the iPhone. If Apple can hook one or optimally both of these two monster carriers, it will be able to sell significantly more iPhones in Asia....

Apple Sendai Ichibancho will soon close its doors for the last time, according to a message posted on Apple’s Japanese website. The classic store is Apple’s smallest location in Japan and among the tiniest in the world. The city of Sendai welcomed Apple on December 10, 2005 to a location in the Ichibancho shopping district, an outdoor enclosed arcade with a covered street resembling the Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience. At the time, the store was Apple’s 6th location in Japan....

Even without fur, it’s cute. But a new, furry robotic creature is the stuff of nightmares — imagine a headless cat with a tail that wags. It kinda looks like a Roomba that forgot to shave. The good news is once you get past its odd looks, you’ll discover that this robot is built to soothe. In fact, it may actually be a lifesaver. A strange but soothing robot The Japanese firm Yukai Engineering has developed Qoobo, a robotic pillow that when touched wags its attached mechanical tail....

Jeremy Renner had a freak accident during the filming of upcoming comedy movie Tag, resulting in him breaking both his arms, co-star Jon Hamm recalled. Directed by Jeff Tomsic, and co-written by Mark Steilen (Mozart in the Jungle) and Waiting director Rob Mckittrick, the film is loosely based on a Wall Street Journal story from 2013, involving 10 friends who continuously played the game of Tag for more than two decades....