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Daimler CEO and chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche is returning home from a trip to Silicon Valley where he met directly with several companies, but without naming them specifically. Though he didn’t disclose the companies he met with, Zetsche commented on the car industry effort of some Silicon Valley-based tech firms, namely Apple and Google. While talking with German weekly Welt am Sonntag (via Auto News), Zetsche admitted being surprised by the companies efforts:...

Marvel fans have begun a campaign to convince Netflix to renew Daredevil for a fourth season. Anyone who has been following the streaming service’s Marvel lineup got a shock this year as both Iron Fist and Luke Cage were cancelled. While Daredevil got a third season, there has been no word yet if Netflix will renew it for a fourth. Netflix typically renews its shows shortly after the previous season ended....

Dark Noise is a popular iPhone and iPad app that lets you play ambient noise to sleep, focus, and relax. A new update for Dark Noise today brings a variety of new features, including iCloud syncing, new sounds, iPad cursor support, and more. One of the headlining new features of Dark Noise 2 is support for creating custom mixes. Essentially, you can mix multiple sounds together to create a personalized mix with multiples of the same sound or completely different sounds....

Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman won’t be returning in Supergirl season 4. Introduced in Supergirl season 2, Hoechlin’s version of the Man of Steel has become a firm fan-favorite. This latest season has seen The CW expand his world significantly, introducing Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane and Jon Cryer as Superman’s arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor. The “Elseworlds” crossover saw Superman and Lois Lane announced their engagement - and revealed that Lois is pregnant. They headed offworld to visit Argo City, the last surviving Kryptonian city, so that Lois could give birth under a red sun....

1. The worst hacks of 2021 Here’s WIRED’s retrospective on the year’s worst breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital mayhem. With no sign of a reprieve in 2022, watch your back and stay safe out there. Read more » 2. How secure are smart devices? As the holiday season concludes, it’s likely that many of us recieved smart devices as gifts. Smart devices are becoming more and more common, and many of our appliances even have “smart features”....

Damien Chazelle’s Babylon gets a 2021 release date from Paramount, with Emma Stone and Brad Pitt in talks for starring roles. The acclaimed young director became an instant sensation when his big-screen sophomore effort Whiplash arrived in 2014, garnering three Oscars, including Best Original Screenplay. Whiplash was so successful that many critics wondered if Chazelle could match it with a follow-up. Any doubts on this front were quickly extinguished when Chazelle dropped the 2016 musical La La Land....

He’s one of the most acclaimed actors of all time, but what is Daniel Day-Lewis’ estimated net worth? Despite a relatively small number of credits compared to some of his contemporaries, it’s the sheer quality of Daniel Day-Lewis’ work that defines his filmography. Day-Lewis is renowned for his all-encompassing method acting, where he practically transforms into his character for the duration of the shoot. The results speak for themselves, especially when it comes to his exceptional work in projects like There Will Be Blood and In The Name Of The Father....

In addition to the already announced films in Universal Pictures’ Dark Universe, the studio plans on tacking on at least two more reboots to the list. It’s no secret that shared universes are all the rage in Hollywood these days. Marvel Studios popularized the concept with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Warner Bros. has followed suit with the DC Extended Universe. Now, Paramount is gearing up to expand its Transformers franchise beginning with Transformers: The Last Knight later this month....

How to Create a Batch File to Delete IE7 Browser History and Temp Files 1. Right Click on your Desktop and Click New, Text Document You should now have a new Document on your Desktop that looks like this: 3. Double Click the Document to open it. Type or Paste the following text into the empty document RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255 It should now look like this: 3a. Click File, Save then Close the Document Ok, now it’s time to convert the document into a Batch file....

In this article we’ll lay out why creator marketing is a must for marketers over the next year. We’ll also give you tips on how to craft a creator marketing strategy and answer frequently asked questions. What is creator marketing? Creator marketing is when brands partner with content creators to drive awareness and engagement for specific campaigns or initiatives. It goes beyond simply publishing one post with the help of a creator....

It seems that the Indie game developer or publisher ‘Knuckle Cracker’ has done a really good job with the Creeper World 4 real-time strategic action game that’s winning hearts with its impressive gameplay, graphics, controls, etc. Though the game has been overwhelmingly rated on the Steam platform, some of the unfortunate players are having issues with the Creeper World 4 Crashing at Startup, Won’t Launch, or Lags with FPS drops on their PCs....

Actress Anna Kendrick will star in the upcoming crime thriller Unsound. Last year, Kendrick headlined the hit black comedy A Simple Favor, and will soon appear as Santa Claus’ daughter in the Disney+ holiday film Noelle. In pop culture, Kendrick is best known for portraying Beca Mitchell in the Pitch Perfect franchise. Given her triple-threat skill set, she’s been able to diversify her filmography over the years, and even landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress thanks to her performance in the 2009 Jason Reitman dramedy Up in the Air....

The 2019 Arrowverse crossover Crisis On Infinite Earths stands poised to forever alter its reality, and challenge the rules regarding what can and cannot be done with superheroes within the context of several television series. Fans who are only familiar with the TV shows may not know the story of the original Crisis On Infinite Earths comic books, which inspired the event and had a major effect upon DC Comics and the comic book industry at large....

Responding to rumors about Cyberpunk 2077’s delay being due to issues with the current console generation, God of War director Cory Barlog has come to the defense of developer CD Projekt Red. It’s always captivating when developers pull back the curtain on the complicated process of game development to help gamers and critics understand what it’s really like, and Barlog’s support for the Cyberpunk 2077 team is as wholesome as it is informative....

Father and comic book enthusiast Chip Reece has created a superhero with Down Syndrome so his son can have a character to look up to. Upon finding out that his son would be born with Down Syndrome, Reece scoured through his comic book collection hoping to find a hero that his son could connect with. His search, sadly, was fruitless. The comic book medium has moved forward in a lot of ways in recent years, but there was a clear lack of characters with Down Syndrome when Reece completed his research....

As reported by Larry Dignan last summer, a backlash to cloud migration may be starting to brew based on growing expenses. We’ve heard anecdotes from technology providers like Vertica that some of their largest clients were actually repatriating workloads from the cloud back to their own data center or colocation facilities. So what’s on tap for this year? We’re dividing our 2022 outlook over two posts. Here, we’ll focus on trends with cloud data platforms; tomorrow, we’ll share our thoughts on what will happen with data mesh in the coming year....

OK, how many of you recognized the lyrics to the Zombies’ “Time of the Season”? But is that time again: to announce the CRM Watchlist 2019 winners, to explain some of my findings, and to explain why I did what I did. So, let’s begin with some observations about this year’s award – and some of my gleanings from the submissions that might be of interest to you all reading this....

Dangerous Minds may have slipped into movie obscurity but Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” video is still iconic today. Released in 1995, Dangerous Minds told the tale of a white teacher who gets a job at an inner-city high school in Palo Alto and inspires the at-risk minority teens she teaches. The film is based on the autobiography My Posse Don’t Do Homework by U.S. Marine-turned-teacher LouAnne Johnson who is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred alongside Courtney B....

With a new year comes resolutions (green juice, gym time, and kale) and something slightly more exciting — the premiere of new TV shows. Along with the constant content that is available on streaming services, there is one show that people can’t stop talking about, and it’s called Dare Me. The series premiered on December 29, 2019 on USA Network and this cheerleader murder-mystery drama definitely has our attention. So what should you know about Dare Me before tuning in?...

It takes two to make a thing go right. Well, that is, in the context of superheroes teaming up to face the dark forces of the world at large. Marvel has been a big proponent of mixing up superhero stories, just like in the comics, creating interesting duos that are so wrong they’re right. Take the case of Deadpool and Cable, who will be teaming up for Deadpool 2. A merc with a mouth plus an all-business soldier from the future taking on a mission bigger than themselves allows for plenty of comedy, and also ample opportunity to learn from each other’s strengths and weaknesses....