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Season 5 of British crime drama Peaky Blinders is almost over, and the show’s many fans – including celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Steven Spielberg – are already clamoring for Season 6. The show’s enduring popularity is a testament to the genius of its creator and lead writer Steven Knight, whose scripting strikes a perfect blend of fact and fiction. That said, Peaky Blinders’ “historical fiction” tag does beg the question: “Just how much of this stuff actually happened?...

Through penetration testing, security experts collaborate with clients to check an organization’s defenses to see if they are operating as intended. With the system owner’s permission to take full control of computers on the network, “white hat hackers” will be able to check for holes that could be exploited and discover potential security weaknesses for which the organization should establish safeguards that will protect devices and critical data before they become compromised and used illegally....

Marvel’s Iron Man VR now has an official release date of February 28, 2020, on PlayStation VR. The game was originally slated for release later this year. While Iron Man has appeared in a number of video games, from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance to Tony Hawk’s Underground, none has really captured the feeling of being Iron Man the way that 2018’s Spider-Man on PS4 did for the beloved web-slinger. Iron Man will also appear in Marvel’s Avengers next year, and that may finally be the game that does him justice....

Plex, the popular DVR, and media streaming service have been including a growing library of free on-demand content. It’s now debuting more than 80 live streaming TV channels that cover news and sports to cooking and kids networks. All channels are free but ad-supported. The company already has a way to allow consumers to record live over-the-air TV but that requires additional investments in equipment and Plex Pass. Now you get free TV with or without Plex Pass....

It’s Saturday, so I am back with another podcast recommendation for you to check out. As a reminder, I post ‘Podcast of the Week’ every Saturday to help promote a show I am currently listening to at the moment. This week’s show is Floodlines by the Atlantic. Floodlines is a look the aftermath of the day the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I remember the days leading up to the Hurricane, but the aftermath changed a lot of people’s lives....

The cast of 8th generation starter Pokemon has been revealed, allowing fans to pick which characters they’ll be able to select in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. As the most profitable media franchise in the entire world, a new entry in the Pokemon franchise is always going to have the immediate attention of any audience it is targeting. Nintendo Switch owners in particular have had a few opportunities to enjoy the series through games like Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!...

Preorders for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus start tomorrow 12:01 AM PT with general availability from September 25th, so its time to decide what size, color and storage capacity you will be buying for this iPhone generation. The iPhone 6s features 3D Touch pressure sensitivity, an upgraded 12 megapixel camera, 4K video recording, Live Photos, a faster A9 chip, improved Touch ID and more. Like last year, the difference between the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus is the larger screen (5....

A Codemasters developer has seemingly confirmed that the recently leaked PS5 development kit design is real. Sony’s last console, the Playstation 4, has shipped over 100 million units since it’s original launch back in 2014 (more than double the 41 million Xbox Ones that lead competitor Microsoft has sold), and the company now seems ready to move forward into the next hardware generation. Earlier this week, a Brazilian patent applied for by Sony led many to assume that an upcoming Playstation 5 dev kit was in development....

If you were of the view that the Pokémon Go hype has gotten completely out of hand, the evidence file just got thicker. Nintendo’s value has more than doubled since the game was launched, notes The Verge. Yep, that makes the games company – which only sees indirect benefits from Pokémon Go – worth more than Sony, at around $40B. And if that weren’t crazy enough, one analyst has even made the unlikely claim that the game could be worth $3B in revenue to Apple …...

Since being introduced in Pokemon Black and White, Darmanitan was always one of the series’ most unique Fire-types - until the introduction of Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Ice-then-Fire-type Galarian Darmanitan, that is. But obtaining a Galarian Darmanitan requires, like many of Sword and Shield’s Pokemon, a little extra work. The advent of Pokemon’s first main-series home console release brought about several features new to the series. Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Wild Area is the franchise’s first experiment with open-world gameplay, allowing trainers to explore a large area in search of new Pokemon....

As Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have started to reach more customers, we’ve been getting more and more reports that users are facing a multitude of issues when pairing with their Bluetooth devices. With every iOS and iPhone release, issues are bound to arise. Though one that stems on the wireless future that Apple has so courageously laid out makes this one all the more impactful. A majority of the reports appear to be coming from users with in-car Bluetooth systems, but we’re also hearing users facing issues from frequently dropped connections, to devices that will show they’re paired even when they’re not....

Power 2 is a brand new Apple Watch app that adds a handy iPhone battery life complication to the watch face. The app’s battery complication allows you to monitor the status of the paired iPhone’s battery without pulling it out of your pocket or purse. While the original Power was based on glances, Power 2 is all about complications. The app also brings a new Time Travel-based battery life prediction function to the table....

Peaky Blinders is one of the highest-rated television series out there. This British drama is full of dynamic and intriguing characters, and the Shelbys are certainly one family that isn’t to be messed with. While fans of the show probably have their favorite Shelby, and even their favorite supporting character, there also must be some pretty big fans of Dungeons & Dragons in the fandom. In case viewers are wondering which character would end up in the same alignment as their own D&D character, look no further....

Wired has been given an exclusive look inside the spaceship ring of the Apple Campus, revealing the ‘pod’ approach that was the brainchild of Steve Jobs. The site has posted a small selection of teaser photos (below), and promises that video is coming soon … The Wired piece is a long-form article that delves into the background to the design in significant detail. For example, the way that a clover leaf design morphed into the circle....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TRz-gNdQFg] Updates out today for Photoshop CC (version 14.1) bring new features for Creative Cloud members including a brand new open source technology that Adobe is calling “Adobe Generator”. The new feature will allow users to automatically create image assets in real-time without the need “of copying, slicing and exporting each layer manually.” Here’s how it works: In Photoshop, Adobe Generator can be turned on by navigating to File -> Generate -> Image Assets and renaming layers with supported tags....

With today’s update, Pixelmator for iOS is replacing its custom gallery with the system native Files document picker. This means the app can now better integrate with iCloud Drive and other file providers, with a common UI seen across the system. As a Pixelmator user, it is now much easier to manage your files, apply tags and interoperate with saved projects in iCloud and other cloud storage services. Rather than managing a separate Pixelmator library, the app can now simply present the Files interface instead....

iMac Pro release date has now been confirmed as December 14. British gadget magazine T3 has an interesting interview with Apple SVP Phil Schiller in which he talks about the ‘gamble’ the company took in dropping the Home button from the iPhone X. He also revealed that the iMac Pro is just days away from launch … Schiller said that the company had to commit to dropping the Home button before it knew for sure that Face ID would be as good as it needed to be to replace it....

Later this year, the Planet of the Apes franchise will return to the big screen with War for the Planet of the Apes, the latest film to follow the story of Andy Serkis’ apes leader, Caesar, and which is shaping up to be one of the most exciting blockbuster films in a year packed to the brim with them. Started in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the franchise has quickly become one of the most critically-acclaimed blockbuster franchises in the industry once again, which isn’t too bad for a franchise that originally began its cinematic journey back in 1968 and since then, has continued to put out new installments, all to varying degrees of success....

Ryoo “SeleCT” Kyung Hyun, a former Terran StarCraft 2 professional player, was offered an internship by the billionaire CEO of Shopify after he put out a call for job leads on Twitter. Shopify is a Canadian-based multinational e-commerce company that has been valued at over a billion dollars, and has a history of hiring candidates based on skills that might be considered extraneous by other potential employers. SeleCT is one of the most popular StarCraft 2 players from the game’s earliest days, when he established himself as an above-average Terran player with charisma and personality that far outstripped most of his contemporaries....

On the heels of a Pokémon GO update last week which included a special Pikachu, and other limited time items, the Pokémon GO team has announced details about the first official live event in Chicago on July 22. The good news is that even those who can’t make it to Chicago for Pokémon GO Fest can still participate and earn global rewards. Pokémon GO Fest will have three phases, Catch Challenge, Mystery Challenge, and Global Reward....