(A screenshot from a McDonald’s ad) They adjusted to your new ways during the pandemic. They’re still trying to adjust to the different ways you’re behaving as the pandemic becomes one of life’s constant presences. It doesn’t always go so smoothly. The fast food business is fascinating in so many ways, but the sudden preference for drive thru and delivery over actually eating in a Burger King or McDonald’s has caused fast food companies considerable heartburn....

Earlier this month, there were reports that the move for changing the name company’s name is to build a metaverse. Zuckerberg said privacy and safety should be built into the metaverse. At the company’s Connect Event, Zuckerberg said, Facebook is Now Known As ‘Meta’ According to Mark Zuckerberg, the name Facebook doesn’t fully confine everything the company is now doing. It is still linked to one product. But in the future, we will see it as a metaverse company....

It’s a triumph of design and component choices over price, really. After all, what on earth would compel any self respecting smartphone fan to pay £400 for a 4.7”, 720p-screened, Snapdragon 410-powered phone in late 2015? Because this is arguably the best music-phone in the history of the industry. A dedicated Wolfson sound card, twin headphone jacks, analogue(ish) volume control and some of the loudest and definitely the most high quality stereo, front facing phone speakers I’ve ever heard....

Marvel Television is seemingly everywhere on TV these days. It exists on ABC in the form of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the upcoming Inhumans, among others. FX just scored a winner with Legion, an eye-popping, inventive new series - albeit one that takes place outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Inside the MCU, however, is Netflix’s deep catalog of compelling (and ultimately interconnected) Marvel Television series like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and the upcoming Iron Fist and Defenders....

If you’re single and tired of swiping on photos or browsing endless profiles in the hope of the perfect match, a dating app is now using an AI algorithm to do the work for you … Engadget reports that Hinge uses what’s known as the ‘stable marriage’ algorithm to present daily recommended matches. The stable marriage algorithm is designed to solve a classic problem of ensuring the best matches between two sets of elements....

Following Tim Cook sending a letter to all Apple employees earlier today regarding the issue, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has today expressed his support for Apple in its ongoing battle with the FBI. Speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Facebook CEO stated that he doesn’t believe that building back doors is the way to handle situations like the one being debated (via NY Times). “I don’t think building back doors is the way to go, so we’re pretty sympathetic to Tim and Apple,” Zuckerberg said....

One of Disney+’s biggest hooks is that it will bring Marvel TV shows that will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and even though they’re still in development, Disney+ is already avoiding Netflix’s biggest MCU mistakes. After the events in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and with Spider-Man: Far From Home closing the Infinity saga, the MCU is now preparing for a new era of content that includes not only films but also TV series, though these last ones won’t stream on Netflix anymore....

The new X-Men lineup of Marvel Comics continues to grow, but the latest top secret team and series has finally been revealed. The Hellions will surely live up to their name, now that Marvel has united some of the strangest X-Men villains (and a few heroes) - to be led by the former supervillain, Mr. Sinister. The reveal of the Hellions series follows the mysterious introduction of the team’s first cover art, keeping the roster of mutants secret, shown in silhouette and filled in one by one....

Marvels X-Men comics are finally getting serious about diversity. The X-Men have traditionally been viewed as a metaphor for diversity; the campaign for mutant rights has been designed as a parallel to the battle for racial equality, and in the ’90s, in particular, it was extended to serve as a metaphor for the LGBTQ+ movement. In spite of that, the X-Men comics have been strangely slow to embrace true diversity. There are only a handful of LGBTQ+ characters, and their relationships have seldom been in the spotlight....

Set during the early days of the South African apartheid, Master Harold And The Boys is a powerful film adaptation of a disturbing play about racism. South African born playwright and novelist Athol Fugard is probably best known as the writer of Tsotsi, which was published in 1980 and later adapted into a 2005 film directed by Gavin Hood that went on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film....

As one of the last big car companies not yet offering Apple’s CarPlay in its vehicles, Mazda this week confirmed that it will soon roll out the system, including updating older models through software and possibly hardware updates. Cars.com reports that Mazda made the announcement during the launch of its new 2017 CX-5 model, and the publication also cites a spokesperson that confirmed all of the company’s vehicles using its Mazda Connect in-dash system will be eligible to update....

Filming on Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight show for Disney+ will reportedly begin this fall. Once Phase 3 concluded last summer, Marvel Studios finally began confirming what their plans were for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Movies like Black Widow and Thor: Love and Thunder were officially announced, while the studio also revealed the first wave of MCU Disney+ shows. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and WandaVision will be the first to arrive in 2020, but many others are in development....

The worst thing a horror movie can do is create characters that are so flat and boring, they might as well be paper cutout dolls. Unfortunately, this is a common problem in the horror genre where there is not enough concentration on character development, and therefore the audience doesn’t care as much about whether or not the characters live or die in the film. Luckily, there are a handful of excellent horror movies where the characters shine through and are given colorful personalities that only add to the suspense of the film....

The Irishman may be the Netflix’s most buzzed about movie of 2019, but it’s Marriage Story that’s actually the streaming service’s best film this year. It’s been another landmark year for Netflix’s original movies, having won a number of Oscars for Roma back in February, and they’re now well set to repeat that success (and perhaps even expand on it) with both The Irishman and Marriage Story. Directed by Martin Scorsese, The Irishman is a $160 million crime epic, charting the life of Robert De Niro’s Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran across various decades, with a heavy use of CGI de-aging tech....

Apple continues its annual tradition of devoting its home page to celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a single-sentence quote. This year’s quote is from Stride Toward Freedom, King’s memoir of the Montgomery bus boycott. The bus boycott began with a simple action by Rosa Parks, and ended in a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court ruling … True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice....

Back in 2015, when Fox still had the rights to the Fantastic Four characters, the studio made a last-ditch attempt to hold onto them by rebooting the franchise with Fant4stic. This was a dark take on characters that arguably didn’t suit a dark tone. Josh Trank directed it as a body horror movie, then Fox recut it as a more conventional comic book movie. Trank disavowed the film and audiences quickly swept it under the rug....

While he only made a blink and you’ll miss it appearance in the final cut, Matthew Fox’s World War Z character was originally a villain. World War Z is based on the acclaimed horror novel by author Max Brooks, which detailed accounts from survivors of an apocalyptic war between humans and zombies. The book featured great characters and vivid accounts of the conflict and the movie rights were quickly snapped up....

With the highly anticipated update to Mavericks 10.9.2, users gained the ability to block contacts in FaceTime and iMessage. This has been a long-awaited addition, since iOS 7 received this feature five months ago. If you previously blocked people in iOS 7, the block list syncs over from your iOS devices to your Mac through iCloud. Make sure Documents and Data is turned on in order for that to occur....

When Garden State hit theaters in 2004, the story of Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) going back home after his mom dies captivated audiences. Along the way, he reconnects with quirky friends, like Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), and falls in love with the strange but charming Sam (Natalie Portman). The movie has become a cult favorite among hipsters and Portman’s character is considered one of the “Manic Pixie Dream Girls” who tend to show up in indie films....

Marvel Comics remembers the original Captain America in this week’s Ruins of Ravencroft: Sabretooth #1. Marvel has always treated the title of “Captain America” as something of a legacy, passed down from one generation to the next. That’s why there have been countless heroes who’ve wielded the shield, including the likes of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes. To most readers, Steve Rogers is the first - and definitive - Captain America....