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But does OPSO’s cheaper cable actually work? Absolutely, in our testing there were no differences in charging between Apple’s charger and OPSO’s in terms of charging time or heating (both get warm). OPSO advertises as Apple MFi Certified which means it is part of Apple’s official Made for iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch program and meets Apple’s performance standards. A few things to consider however. First, OPSO’s charger is white plastic like the versions included by Apple in the cheaper Apple Watch models....

The plot of Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo: Last Blood is finally revealed by the movie’s international trailer. Released back in 1982, First Blood introduced the now-iconic character of John Rambo, a traumatized Vietnam vet pushed too far by a small town sheriff who calls on his special forces skills to wage a one-man war against those trying to hunt him down. After the film proved a success, Rambo returned for 1985’s Rambo: First Blood Part II, a genuine blockbuster with $150 million at the box office, and then again for 1988’s Rambo III....

Pretty Little Liars is one of the few shows out there with an entire main cast composed of female characters. As such, we get to experience a lot of complicated and interesting friendships between women. One of the central relationships on the series is that between Alison Dilaurentis and Hanna Marin. But are they really friends? Alison manipulated Hanna, encouraged her eating disorder and many other terrible things. In return, Hanna never knew the real Alison, at least not for many years after she returned into their lives....

There are a handful of movies that receive cult classic status, and The Princess Bride is definitely among them. Despite being created in the 1980s, it remains a beloved film for people of all ages. It seems that it has also stayed a beloved film for the cast and crew, who have had reunions and written about the experience. At the time, many of the actors were relatively unknown from a young Fred Savage as the grandson to Robin Wright as Princess Buttercup....

Production by Samsung of the A9 chip destined for next year’s iPhones and iPads is underway, according to a report in Korea’s Electronic Times. It had been reported back in July that Samsung had received some orders for the chips, which the company effectively confirmed in October when the president of the company’s chip-making division said that profits would improve once it began supplying its latest-generation chips to Apple …...

[Update: Apple has just released iOS 11.2 beta 2 exclusively for iPhone X. The release notes for this second beta are the same as 11.2 beta 1. If the update isn’t showing on your device yet, it can be downloaded from Apple’s developer portal.] As the 11.2 beta isn’t available for iPhone X for now, users won’t be able to restore from a backup done on the latest developer or public beta....

A conspiracy theory being spread on Facebook and other social media platforms this week claims that iOS 14 widgets are actually serving as key loggers, tracking everything you type on your iPhone. This is unequivocally not true, and there are technical limitations and protections in place that prevent widgets from accessing your data. The viral post on Facebook has been screenshotted and shared to other social media platforms. On Twitter, a tweet with a screenshot of the original Facebook post has over 7,000 retweets and 8,000 likes....

Many of us don’t want our computer screen to stay on around the clock. We just want a few extra minutes to do what we need to before our computer goes dark on us, like fix that midnight snack we all crave now and again. Thankfully you can change how long your screen stays active easily in your PC’s settings. This will differ depending on whether you own a desktop or a laptop, but we’ll detail a quick fix for both....

I thought, hmm, that’s strange. Maybe the setting wasn’t confirmed, or it’s a glitch or something, so I enabled it again. Shutdown, start the machine, there it is again, this picture I took at the beach and my most recent Facebook profile picture on it. Immediately something started adding up. I checked the Lock Screen settings again, nothing related to Facebook but it kept defaulting to photos. I then checked the privacy settings and turned off Facebook in background apps, yet I still kept seeing this picture as my lock screen....

A number of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users are now reporting that iOS is showing a random error message related to the iTunes Store. According to some reports on social networks, the error message appears unexpectedly after opening any app installed on the device. The iTunes Store error simply pops up on the screen for several times. “The iTunes Store is unable to process purchases at this time. Please try again later,” says the message....

Apple’s ResearchKit platform has received a significant amount of praise since its launch earlier this year alongside iOS 8.2, and now researchers are looking into new ways to take advantage of the platform. BuzzFeed News today published an interesting report detailing how Purdue Pharma is investigating using ResearchKit to aid in its drug R&D efforts, in the first for-profit use of the platform. The company has looked into the platform, but has not yet decided to build on app or decided what kind of data to collect....

pWeb Suite (formerly known as pCrack Suite) is a set of Perl-based penetration testing tools primarily focused on web application security and vulnerability testing. This tool is brought to you by Douglas Berdeaux, a.k.a Trevelyn, who is the founder of Weaknet Laboratories and the lead developer of known open source security projects and tools like WEAKERTHAN Linux (a penetration testing distro aimed for wireless penetration testing and web application security), Warcarrier OS (Live DVD for WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and Radio hacking), WiFiCake-NG, WardriveSQL, GPS-Parser-ng, WPA Phishing Attack for EAP Phishing, SSWR (Scripted Security for Wireless Routers), Catchme-NG, Perlwd (Perl UNiX MD5 HASH Cracking application), and many more....

It feels like Apple is embroiled in battles from all sides at the moment. As well as managing expectations following a dramatic cut to revenue guidance earlier this week, Apple is also tied up with court battles around the world with Qualcomm. Today, Qualcomm formally enforced the iPhone ban in Germany by posting a $1.6 billion bond. If the appeal rules in Apple’s favor, this fund will compensate Apple for lost sales....

An Apple Watch can often provide useful heart-rate data on its owner, but one quick-thinking Apple intern actually strapped his watch onto a fellow passenger when she collapsed during an airline flight … The incident actually persuaded the intern that he wanted to go to medical school – where he went on to create an ebook for brain tumor patients … Central Michigan University shared the story of Brian Shear....

A prototype of Apple’s first portable Macintosh has just been posted for sale on eBay. The device is said to have not been intended for sale and is clearly marked as a prototype unit with a label stating “this device is a demonstration unit only. Production units will comply with all applicable Federal Rules and Regulations.” The device itself is in “perfect condition” but does not power on. By perfect the seller means the outside as the inside contains a defunct acid battery....

Update: Fitbit rolled out a fix for the iOS app a few hours after users started seeing the issue. Fitbit users have taken to social media today to share about a problem with the iOS app. After trying to open it on iPhone, some users are seeing the app crash in a matter of seconds. One user report noted the crashing issue and mentioned she didn’t want to delete and reinstall the app at the risk of losing data that hadn’t been synchronized yet....

PUBG Mobile Finally Gets ‘Extreme’ Frame Rate For HDR Graphics!! Well, if we look around, we will find that PUBG Mobile is right now the most played and best battle royale game. In fact, PUBG Mobile has given a massive boost to the battle royale genre. The game is available on Android’s Google Play Store and iOS App Store and its massively popular amongst mobile gamers. For those who don’t know, PUBG Mobile is a battle royale game where you need to fight against 99 players on an island....

Here’s something interesting that appeared in our inbox this evening. According to our tipster SulfoDK, the middle iPhone antenna below will be the new ‘iPhone 4S’ antenna band. It appears to simply be the current CDMA antenna with a SIM card tray cut out in a similar spot as the GSM iPhone 4 (and as such could be faked or prototyped fairly easily). With the amount of advertising on these images and the easy in which it could be faked, we are wary....

Since the rebooted Queer Eye premiered on Netflix in 2018, we have all fallen in love with Jonathan van Ness. The quirky hairstylist, comedian, and television personality has managed to make us laugh, cry, and jump for joy throughout his tenure on Queer Eye. While van Ness is a very funny individual who never fails to make us laugh, he is also a very well-spoken, thoughtful, and politically astute individual (which is partly why many fans of the show refer to him as gay Jesus)....

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan blame the Royal Family’s bad blood for their split from conducting regular duties. The resulting break is being called “Megxit” and has left people from the UK to the US split over who’s right and who’s wrong. According to People, much of the reported rift between Harry and his brother Prince William stems from some ill-received advice about Meghan Markle. William warned his brother to slow down the trajectory of his relationship with Markle....