AT&T has announced today that its CEO Randall Stephenson will be stepping down at the end of Q2 with COO John Stankey to fill the role. The wireless executive shakeup comes a bit earlier than expected based on Stephenson’s previous comments. CNBC highlights that after seeing pressure from an activist fund last year for Stephenson to step down, he said back in February that he’d remain in the CEO position through this year....

McHardy was suspended from the Netfilter team in 2016. The Netfilter team released a document on how to deal with his attempts to extract money from vendors. This move by McHardy, who had been a leading Linux developer in the 2000s, came as a complete surprise at the time. Now, years later, the issue has finally been resolved. On January 24, 2022, the Netfilter project announced a legally binding settlement with McHardy....

Exactly how many Aussies usually cruise each year, for how long, and where do they go? The Australian cruise industry is one of the country’s largest and fastest-developing, with the number of ships, passengers and days spent onboard constantly increasing (in pre-pandemic times, of course). We’ve selected the most compelling cruise industry statistics to give you all the info you could want about one of the world’s largest markets. Ready? Let’s set sail!...

WARNING: This post contains MAJOR spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok. - During a Thor: Ragnarok interview with Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, an Australian TV host spoils a major reveal from the Marvel film. Hemsworth made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as the God of Thunder in Kenneth Branagh’s Phase 1 film, Thor. The actor then joined forces with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers - which also served as Ruffalo’s debut as Bruce Banner aka the Hulk....

Aretha Franklin has passed away at the age of 76. The singer and musician has been a staple in the music industry since the 1960s. Growing up in Detroit and teaching herself to play the piano, Franklin went on to become a respected name in music beginning with her iconic 1967 debut, an in-your-face rendition of Otis Redding’s “Respect” that is forever linked to the Queen of Soul. Franklin’s royalty status was hard-earned....

Warning: Contains SPOILERS For Arrow, Season 8, Episode 1, “Starling City.” What is the meaning of the Batman mask in Arrow season 8’s premiere episode? This question was raised by a preview clip which revealed the trademark cowl of the Caped Crusader apparently having been used for target practice by a certain Emerald Archer, on the island of Lian Yu. The anticipation regarding Arrow’s final season has been building since the season 7 finale....

Warning: SPOILERS for Crisis On Infinite Earths Parts 4 and 5. Crisis On Infinite Earths has officially come to an end as the 5-hour Arrowverse event changed The CW’s DC TV lineup forever for years to come. Since the very end of The Flash pilot, Greg Berlanti’s DC franchise on The CW has been teasing the arrival of the iconic DC storyline to the small screen. The network increased the build-up towards it through the Elseworlds crossover back in 2018....

When Apple officially discontinued the Thunderbolt Display, directing customers to look at third-party displays, it naturally led to speculation about whether this was a temporary or permanent state of affairs. Now Reddit users are upping the speculation by pointing to a redirect on the company’s website. Reddit user samuhlarik10 noticed that www.apple.com/displays/ redirects to www.apple.com/mac/, and a second user noted that Apple had used a 301 rather than a 302 code to perform the redirect....

Ubisoft Motion Pictures and 20th Century Fox’s Assassin’s Creed movie is certainly pushing the envelope for video game film adaptations. The project is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders, Macbeth [2015]), a filmmaker more accustomed to the arthouse cinema scene than mainstream tentpole fare; is led by a cast that includes Michael Fassbender, as well as Oscar-winners Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons (Fassbender and Cotillard previously starred in Kurzel’s Macbeth together); and part of the film will be in Spanish with English subtitles....

The Asus ZenPower is said to be the world’s ‘number 1 credit card sized’ power bank with a high capacity of 10050mAh. However, we’re not quite sure what Asus means by ‘No.1’, as this is a different expression than the ‘world’s first’, so maybe it’s nothing more than just a marketing trick. Nonetheless, the gadget weighs only 215 grams, being no bigger than a credit card in width. If you have a smartphone with a battery capacity of 1500mA, 2000mA, 2500mA and 3000mA, then you can charged 4 times, 3 times, 2....

Following the launch of T-Mobile’s new “Uncarrier” strategy alongside the $99 iPhone 5 and new no subsidy pricing plans last month, today the Washington State Attorney General has ordered T-Mobile to change its advertising calling its promise to offer no annual contracts “deceptive”. The result of a court order filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and signed by T-Mobile will ensure the carrier’s commitment to changing advertising in order to properly outline “the limitations of its new no-contract” service plans....

[SPOILERS for Arrow season 6.] - Arrow revealed Vigilante’s secret identity during ‘Deathstroke Returns’ but only one member of Team Arrow was there to see the violent crime fighter unmasked. As luck would have it, Black Canary was probably the only person on the team who would have been able to identify Vincent Sobel, since she used to be his partner and she was there when he presumably died after being shot point blank in the head....

While many are still waiting for Apple to officially announce the iPhone 7 this fall, some have already turned their attention to what the company has up its sleeve for next year’s iPhone. According to a report from Bloomberg, suppliers are already preparing to mass produce OLED displays for next year’s flagship device. The report notes that Applied Materials Inc. has seen a fourfold increase in orders ahead of next year’s unveiling....

For many years, fans of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead trilogy felt the prospects of getting another instalment in the cult horror franchise weren’t looking good. When Raimi ended Ash’s onscreen adventures with 1992’s Army of Darkness, there was certainly room for more, but unfortunately nothing materialised. Not that it wasn’t discussed. Raimi had teased the idea of a fourth Evil Dead film for quite some time – especially once he oversaw production on the 2013 Fede Alvarez remake of the original Evil Dead film....

When Avatar: The Last Airbender began airing back in 2005, the concept of bending the elements was a brand new idea that had never been seen before on television, let alone an entire world centered around it. The art and craft of bending may have been a beautifully constructed vision, but the fights between the benders themselves were what really drew the audience in. It seems only natural that benders would clash with one another, and not just for the cultural differences between the four nations but because the technique of bending is based on several different styles of Kung-Fu....

Things have never been darker for Oliver Queen, and they’ve also never been better for Arrow. All season, the show has been getting back to basics while also exploring a new batch of characters. Despite the increase in Team Arrow members and Star City heroes, however, one lone villain has been able to thwart our protagonists at every turn. The showdown between Oliver and Prometheus has led to some bleak moments for the hero, but has also made for some captivating TV....

Over the last year, Australia has been tightening its laws to regulate Big Techs. Now, the government is considering new laws to regulate digital payment services like Apple Pay. According to a report by Reuters, Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg said “he would ‘carefully consider’ that and other recommendations from a government-commissioned report into whether the payments system had kept pace with advances in technology and changes in consumer demand.” The Australian report recommends the government be given the power to designate tech companies as payment providers and to establish a strategic plan between government and industry for an integrated licensing framework for payments systems to be developed....

Apple’s decision to design its own GPUs for iOS devices rather than license designs from Imagination Tech may have unexpected consequences. A report over the weekend suggests that an equity fund back by the Chinese government is exploring a bid for the company. Concern is being expressed at the potential security implications of Chinese control over chip designs used in a wide variety of technology, including aerospace and defence equipment …...

A survey of how U.S. consumers use their smartwatches produced mostly unsurprising results. Notifications and texts are of course the most frequent use, with activity-tracking number two … But one stat did rather jump out at me: NPD’s data, collated by Statista, claims that a full 26% of smartwatch owners use them ‘daily’ for phone calls. While current Apple Watch models don’t have the ability to handle standalone calls, they do allow you to make or receive iPhone calls on your watch provided that it’s within range....

Taiwan-based OEM AsusTek Computer Inc. is one of the popular tech brands that offer the best in class gaming hardware under the ROG (Republic of Gamers) series for both computer and mobile phones. In 2018, the company has released its first-ever ROG series gaming smartphone with all the flagship-grade hardware specifications. Though the device came with Android 8.1 Oreo, it’s currently running on Android 9.0 Pie. Here we’ve shared a full list of ASUS ROG Phone Software Update Tracker....