China Unicom and China Telecom announced today that they will start selling the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 to customers starting March 27. This is the first time the carriers, two of the top three largest in the country, will offer customers in China the Wi-Fi + Cellular models of Apple’s latest generation tablets. Both China Unicom and China Telecom released press releases today to announce the news....

Alfre Woodard and Chiwetel Ejiofor breathe life into The Lion King, which hit theaters this week, by voicing some of the most important members of Simba’s pack. Woodard commanded respect as the Queen of Pride Rock, Sarabi, while Ejiofor brought chills with his interpretation of Scar. The two renowned actors sat down with Screen Rant to discuss their fond memories of the animated classic, as well as the creative process for Disney’s latest reimagining....

A search warrant issued on behalf of Homeland Security Investigations provides a glimpse into how Apple detects and reports child abuse images uploaded to iCloud or sent via its email servers, while protecting the privacy of innocent customers. The first stage of detection is automated, using a system common to most tech companies… For each child abuse image already detected by authorities, a “hash” is created. This is effectively a digital signature for that image, and tech companies can have their systems automatically search for images that match this hash....

Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 2 ends up with our heroine finally defeating the Dark Lord at a terrible cost, and a new dawn coming to the Church of Night. Here, we’ll break down the big reveals of the season’s final episode, and what they mean for the future of the show. The second season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is as dark and violent as the first, but remains buoyed by Sabrina’s strong circle and family and friends - both mortal and magical....

We may be getting closer to seeing the first Chinese OLED iPhone displays. China’s biggest display maker, BOE, has been chasing Apple’s OLED business for some time but hasn’t yet met the Cupertino company’s quality standards. However, the company now appears confident that it will do so … ETNews reports that the company is investing in OLED production lines intended to be used exclusively for iPhone displays. The company first made the offer to Apple way back in 2017....

CleanMyMac X is one of the more popular utilities for helping rid your Mac of junk by uninstalling apps, deleting old files, and more. In a new update today, CleanMyMac X is adding an all-new menu bar app that lets you control and monitor the health of your Mac right from your menu bar. The latest version of CleanMyMac X is available for free to all users. MacPaw, the company behind the app, says the goal of the menu bar feature is to “increase the longevity of a Mac by adding five detailed monitors....

The first trailer for MGM and Orion Pictures’ upcoming Child’s Play reboot could potentially debut next week. The film is set to arrive in theaters this summer, and while two teaser posters have been released to build excitement, fans have been waiting for a glimpse at the new film, as this will be Chucky’s first appearance on the big screen since 2004’s Seed of Chucky. Despite the reboot, original franchise creator Don Mancini is still continuing his vision of the pint-sized killer doll on cable television - separate from the movie....

An event director, king of the box office and one of, if not the finest living auteur filmmaker today, Christopher Nolan has not got that long of a filmography, yet has a phenomenal. Each one of his feature films has helped build a fantastic career for Nolan and each one has something to be beloved by critics and audiences. An authority on this adoration is Rotten Tomatoes, and even though the Tomatometer is perhaps the more prominent of the site’s two scores, the audience score holds a similar level of importance....

Atomic Blonde star Charlize Theron says she’s hoping Idris Elba will someday play James Bond. With Daniel Craig’s future in the 007 universe uncertain, everybody from casual James Bond fans to diehard devotees to industry heavies have been weighing in on who should be the next person to play author Ian Fleming’s famed British super spy. Since Craig has been wavering in his commitment to Bond 25, several notable actors’ names have been bandied about, including Thor and upcoming The Dark Tower star Elba, Tom Hiddleston (following his turn in The Night Manager) and Jamie Bell; and just this week, Dunkirk writer-director Christopher Nolan endorsed his frequent collaborator Tom Hardy for the role, saying, “He’d be amazing....

The giant merchandise rollout for Solo: A Star Wars Story is well underway, including a variety of Funko products for fans to add to their collections. As difficult as it is to believe, Lucasfilm’s next blockbuster comes out in a little over a month, meaning there’s precious time left for the promotional campaign. Last night, the studio revved up the marketing machine in a big way with the release of a new trailer and poster, which continues to sell audiences on an old school space adventure film depicting Han’s wild youth....

Most people wouldn’t expect that a miniseries about a 1980s disaster in the Soviet Union would become the highest-rated TV show on IMDb, but the HBO miniseries Chernobyl managed to make it happen. And it’s one of the rare instances where the hype surrounding it is completely warranted. Chernobyl creates an atmosphere that flawlessly blends the banal bureaucracy of Soviet life with the apocalyptic horror of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster....

Dark Knight trilogy star Christian Bale has stated he hasn’t seen any modern superhero movies beyond the ones he’s made. By the end of the 1990s, coming off the box office and critical failure of Batman & Robin, the prospects of Warner Bros. making another live-action Batman film were the lowest they had ever been. Many assumed that it’d be a long time before they ever got to see Bruce Wayne saving the streets of Gotham City on the big screen again, and they were right....

Christopher Robin arrives over 40 years after Disney’s classic animated feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and the Hundred Acre Wood has changed. First introduced in the stories of author A.A. Milne in 1926, Winnie the Pooh has captivated and delighted children ever since. Pooh’s adventures alongside his various animal friends and human pal Christopher Robin are legendary among children’s literature, and have also become equally celebrated within the animated realm, thanks to Disney’s various adaptations....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJ-8wsI4Dg&list=PLa23C9cgXXk0MczCBYTMu_4jVxvtWM335&index=1] The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kinds Enhanced Edition (for Mac): Developers of critically acclaimed RPG The Witcher 2, originally released on PC and consoles, announced that an OS X port of the game is now available on the Mac App Store for $20. The Witcher 2 is one of the most sophisticated games ever presented on Mac computers. Prepare to test out the gaming potential of the new iMacs in one of the best looking games for Apple’s computers....

Analyst IDC reports that tablets sales in the fourth quarter of 2021 dipped 11.9% compared to Q4 2020, leaving full-year tablet shipments of 169 million units, 3.2% ahead of 2020. Shipments of Chromebooks, a popular acquisition for many during the earlier stages of the pandemic, declined a massive 63.6% in Q4 2021 year on year, albeit still leaving its full-year growth at 13.5%. The decline in Chromebook shipments is much worse than was predicted by IDC back in June when it expected Chromebook full-year 2021 shipments would reach 43 million units, 33....

Claimed 3D CAD images of the iPad mini 4 supports earlier reports that the upcoming device will adopt a very similar form factor to the iPad Air 2, getting the thickness down from 7.5mm to 6.1mm. A video (below) of the CAD images was posted by @onleaks, a source with a good track-record … The generally-reliable Ming-Chi Kuo had earlier said that the iPad mini 4 would essentially be a smaller version of the iPad Air 2, stating that it would also get updated specs....

YouTuber Otto Climan has turned a GameBoy Color into an Apple TV remote. Yup, you read that correctly. This incredibly cool project was posted about a month ago and shared earlier today by Gizmodo. It’s a really slick hack that takes advantage of the GameBoy Color’s IR sensor and button array. Climan’s custom GameBoy isn’t just an Apple TV remote, it’s also a supercharged modern custom handheld. This GameBoy has a new bright backlit display rather than the original old school dark one I’d play games on with a book light....

Award-winning actor Christopher Walken is joining the Apple TV+ thriller Severance as a lead alongside the previously-announced ensemble of Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower and John Turturro. Severance will be a rare TV role for Walken, whose work has seen him win an Oscar, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award … Variety reports. Hollywood Reporter has a few more details. The series is described as a workplace thriller that introduces Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level....

In the new Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 2 trailer, Kiernan Shipka embraces chaos as the half-witch, half-human title character. Netflix’s supernatural horror series concluded the first half of its debut season last October, before airing a special Christmas-themed episode in December. In pop culture, Shipka is best known for portraying Sally Draper on AMC’s Mad Men. Developed by Archie Comics’ Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is based on the Archie Horror imprint series....

Warner Bros. and New Line are moving forward with an original China-set romantic comedy titled Singles Day. The news arrives hot on the heels of WB and director Jon M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians movie adaptation becoming a box office success this past week, after earning an overall glowing reception from critics. While Netflix has been doing its part to revive the rom-com - a genre that’s been largely sidelined in the modern era of franchise tentpoles and big-budget studio offerings - with recent Original releases like Set It Up, Crazy Rich Asians is the first such film to hit it big commercially since Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck topped the box office over three years ago....