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Even 150 years later, slavery remains America’s greatest shame. Before The Civil War, wealthy southern aristocrats owned human beings as property. The practice remains so controversial, there are still people who insist the war wasn’t fought over slavery directly, but over the more abstract notion of “states’ rights,” using impressive mental gymnastics to downplay the role of slavery in the South, thus glossing over the treatment of innocent black people who were forced to live their whole lives in bondage....

A new prediction from reliable supply chain analyst Ming Chi-Kuo of KGI Securities expects one of the iPhone X‘s defining features to join the iPad Pro lineup in the next upgrade. KGI expects the TrueDepth camera system which enables Face ID facial recognition to next appear on the iPad lineup. KGI expects the TrueDepth camera to only be offered on the iPad Pro models and not the cheaper priced models. This makes sense as the 10....

[kickstarter url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swipecases/paradock-game-changing-dock-for-iphone55s5cipadand width=700] A new Kickstarter campaign launched today to fund the Paradock, a new type of dock that can support multiple devices simultaneously, with or without cases. The Paradock is made up of four parts. The largest part is the body, which houses everything. Any charging cable can be fed through the bottom of the body to the device, allowing compatibility with just about any mobile device, from iPhones and iPads to a variety of Android devices....

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has offered his assurances that Josh Brolin playing two comic book movie roles is not a problem for him. The news that Josh Brolin is playing Cable in the upcoming Deadpool 2 came as a surprise to most, not least of all because Brolin is already portraying Thanos in the Marcel Cinematic Universe films (including, next year’s Avengers: Infinity War). For those not in the know: the X-Men movie franchise is owned by 20th Century Fox, so the characters from that series - including both Deadpool and Cable - cannot currently appear in the MCU movies....

A weekend report from KGI is shining some last minute details on the iPhone 7. As well as reaffirming everything we’ve already heard, such as the design resembling the iPhone 6s with tweaked antenna lines, the report includes some specific details about certain changes. KGI says that the iPhone 7 will include the new Apple A10 SoC, which will be CPU clocked at up to 2.4GHz, a dramatic increase over the existing A9 silicon....

The upcoming Judge Dredd TV show titled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One won’t just focus on Dredd. The character of Judge Dredd first appeared in the magazine 2000 AD back in 1977, but he has also been featured in a number of other comic books, movies, and video games over the years. In 1995, Sylvester Stallone stepped into the role for a PG-13 adaptation, but his film was mostly panned by critics....

A new Justice League image from Zack Snyder’s version of the film reveals Batman (Ben Affleck) looking for Aquaman (Jason Momoa). The conversation surrounding the Warner Bros. and DC film continues even after two years from its theatrical debut, thanks to the Release the Snyder Cut movement demanding Warner Bros. roll out the original cut of the film with Junkie XL’s (the initial composer before Danny Elfman stepped in) score. The latest detail to come out with regard to the much-clamored cut is a still from the original version of Bruce Wayne’s voyage to search for Arthur Curry....

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige explains why the title of Avengers: Endgame was considered a spoiler. The fourth Avengers movie was initially titled Infinity War: Part Two when it was first announced in 2014. However, years before 2018’s Infinity War released, Marvel changed the movie’s title and kept the new name a secret from the public. The reason for Endgame’s secrecy was explained away by saying it would give away too much of Infinity War’s plot....

While we’ve heard tales of gloom and despair from other Apple suppliers, leading analysts and media alike to suggest that the iPhone market might be contracting for the first time ever, it’s rather a different story with key Apple chipmaker TSMC. Focus Taiwan reports that its 2015 earnings were the highest in its 29-year history. Profits and earnings per share were also record-breaking … The company posted NT$306.57 billion (US$9.15 billion) in net profit for 2015, a 16....

Although there are a few unofficial apps in the App Store that allow you to access content from the Khan Academy, the online education portal just launched an official iPad app. Available free in the App Store now, the app provides access to the organization’s 2,700-and up educational videos. The videos cover a range of subjects from K-12 math and science to history and finance. The biggest difference between the new official app and those from third-party devs is that you can now log in to your Khan Academy account; get credit for watching videos, and track goals and achievements from within the app....

Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Joker. Arthur Fleck’s final moments in Joker are skewered by a punchline that goes unsolved, leaving audiences wondering what it all means. Directed by Todd Phillips, the ambitious and controversial Warner Bros. production seeks to inject an origin story onto the Dark Knight’s most celebrated and mysterious foe. Joaquin Phoenix stars as the titular character, an original iteration of Gotham City’s Clown Prince of Crime, headlining a strong-armed cast which also includes Robert De Niro as late night talk show host Murray Franklin, Zazie Beetz as Arthur’s neighbor and love interest Sophie, and Frances Conroy as Arthur’s mother Penny....

KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a good track record on what if not when, says that Apple’s new 4-inch iPhone will “resemble an upgraded iPhone 5s,” but will get some new internals. Externally, he suggests the main visible difference will be similar curved-edge glass to the iPhone 6/6s. Beneath the hood, he says the phone – expected to be dubbed the iPhone 6c – will get an A9 processor and NFC chip to support Apple Pay....

The new service’s website – me.ga (a pretty clever one, I guess) is already up. If you hover the mouse cursor over the logo, you’ll find out that it will “change the world” starting January 20. What’s different from Megaupload, though, and what makes Kim Dotcom so sure that this one won’t be closed by authorities, too? First of all, the website says that data will be encrypted and decrypted in the browser, and the user holds the decryption keys....

You’d think putting three electric motors into a sportscar to generate a total of 697bhp would be pretty impressive in itself, as would a 1085bhp 5-litre V8 gas engine, but no: Koenigsegg had to combine the two. The exclusive Swedish supercar manufacturer’s new Regera hybrid delivers a total output of 1782bhp. With all that power, it might be a little hard to hear the stereo over the engine noise and tire screeching, but Koenigsegg has fitted a CarPlay unit to the car for those times when you’re taking things a little easier … As you’d expect from Koenigsegg, the Regera isn’t going to be cheap....

EA has banned YouTuber and FIFA Pro Kurt “Kurt0411” Fenech from playing any of the company’s games and from accessing any of its online services. The harsh punishment was doled out after repeated incidents involving Fenech that involved not just harassment of EA as a company but also threats targeted at developers of EA games. Fenech has spent the past year or so channeling his anger at EA developers going so far as calling them “cowards,” as well as posting videos of spitting on EA scarves....

Johnny Depp has filed a lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard over abuse allegations. Back in December, Heard wrote an article for The Washington Post claiming to be a domestic violence victim during their short marriage, but Depp stated that the charges against him are erroneous and is seeking retribution. Depp and Heard met on the set of the film The Rum Diary, and the couple eventually married on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas in 2015....

Kelly Marie Tran shares a cut scene featuring Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker final battle. Debuting in 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi from Rian Johnson, the freedom fighter makes her big screen return in Star Wars 9. Directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams, fans were ecstatic to see her back in action, only to realize that she’s barely in the movie. To say that The Rise of Skywalker had its work cut out for him would be an understatement....

For 1H FY22, overall gross sales grew 9% to AU$698 million. Of that, Kogan.com contributed AU$602 million, which was a AU$16 million decline from the AU$618 million reported during the same period last financial year. Mighty Ape accounted for the remainder of gross sales after achieving just over AU$95 million, a 380% increase on last year’s result of AU$20 million. Kogan noted that Might Ape was purchased in December 2020, and therefore the 1H FY21 results only reflected one month of performance, being December 2020....