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Just in time for Easter, Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee is releasing on home video in a matter of days and we have an exclusive deleted scene from the Blu-ray release to share. Introduced by Hailee Steinfeld who plays our hero Charlie in the film, Screen Rant’s exclusive Bumblebee deleted scene features Charlie and her little brother Otis (Jason Drucker) talking about the … state of Bumblebee in his old, dirty, Generation 1 inspired VW Beetle form....

Facebook is once again taking swipes at Apple, this time in regards to new legislation in the European Union that focuses on how Apple runs the App Store and its preinstalled, first-party apps. In a statement to Reuters, a Facebook spokesman said that the company “hopes” the new legislation will “set boundaries for Apple.” As we reported this morning, there are two parts to the proposed EU legislation. First is the Digital Markets Act, or DMA, which could force Apple to change how its own apps show up in App Store searches and allow users to uninstall all preloaded applications....

Facebook is slowly but surely beginning its public rollout of Dark Mode support on iPhone and iPad. A handful of users have noticed a new Dark Mode setting in the Facebook app, and the company has confirmed that the feature is rolling out. Users have (ironically) taken to Twitter this week to show that they now have a new setting in the Facebook app to enable Dark Mode. This is accessible by opening the Facebook app, tapping the three lines in the lower-right corner, and looking for the “Settings and Privacy” section....

Facebook is reportedly spamming some users by text, using a cell number they provided only for use in two-factor authentication. In common with many services, Facebook allows you to protect your account by requiring a code when you first login from a new device. That code is texted to a cell number you provide for the purpose – but a number of users have reported it being used without their permission for notifications about posts by friends …...

iPhone selfies can do more than just provide Instagram fodder, suggests filmmaker Jason Reitman. Even the most basic use of a smartphone camera helps people to gain an instinctive understanding of principles that can help anyone with ambitions to create YouTube videos or more … Reitman – whose new movie The Front Runner tells the tale of the sex scandal that ended Gary Hart’s presidential campaign back in 1988 – told Recode that an iPhone is all you need to shoot a movie....

Dip your toes into the wondrous world of affiliate marketing and use the social media giant to drive more traffic to your links. Now that you can autopost your content to Facebook, it’s time to consider dipping your toes into the world of affiliate marketing. Facebook affiliate marketing is a fantastic way to boost your income. With billions of people accessing the site every month, your target market is most likely on the platform....

Specifically, is Facebook listening to you through your microphone and then serving you up ads based on your conversations? The episode is excellent, and I highly recommend you listen to the whole thing. The hosts of the show think they come up with a definitive answer that matches Facebook’s official answer: No, absolutely not. But even then, they have trouble convincing people like you and me—and perhaps even themselves—that Facebook isn’t truly listening in....

The app was developed together with online gaming operator Gamesys, and as I mentioned, will only be available to users 18 years and older in the UK starting today. Apparently regulations in the UK allow online gambling vs. the USA being one of the most restrictive nations in this respect. The App, called Bingo & Slots Friendzy, began to appear today. Additional games like slot machines will be added to it soon....

This means it’s a great place for your business to have a presence. However, you need to understand how to create a Facebook marketing strategy that will succeed. In this article, we’re going to touch on various Facebook marketing tactics you should employ within your overarching social media strategy, and how to get started. Let’s dig in. What is Facebook marketing? Facebook marketing is the act of promoting a business and its products/services on Facebook via a business page....

As iOS 13 is rumored to add long-awaited system-wide Dark Mode, Facebook is seemingly testing a dark interface for its Messenger app. As spotted by a user on Reddit, there’s a hidden way to enable Dark Mode in the Facebook Messenger app. Here’s how to do it. There’s no setting of any sort for Dark Mode in Messenger by default. Instead, what you have to do is go to a chat thread, and send the person the 🌙 (moon) emoji....

Fallout 76 hasn’t received the best reception from the community when it comes to the Fallout franchise. However, Bethesda has been pretty active in bringing updates to the game and making sure the player base remains intact. Recently, the game got the Wastelanders update, and that has turned things around the game. The update brought a number of features in the game which fans had been asking for. People even started calling it “Fallout 4....

The scene that many believe to be the best World of Warcraft cinematic of all-time has been given new life thanks to some talented fans, who have recreated it with significantly improved graphics while preserving the emotional weight of its story. World of Warcraft has been around since 2004 but many remember it for its second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, which told the story of the slow downfall of a once-noble paladin named Arthas....

Actor and director Aisha Tyler will host the 45th annual Saturn Awards at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywoodthis Friday the 13th of September, Screen Rant can exclusively report. For the first time ever, this years Saturn Awards show will be broadcast live in a simulcast across Cinedigm, Nerdist, the new launched Pluto TV Sci-Fi Channel, Shout Factory TV, Twitch, WatchMojo.com, and via YouTube on the Saturn Awards channel making the new and revitalized ceremony available to millions of fans across the world....

A new Apple patent application suggests that the company has boosted the security of Face ID in order to defeat the attack method demonstrated in 2017, when a specially-designed 3D-printed mask was able to unlock an iPhone X. The attack was a sophisticated one, meaning that ordinary users didn’t have much to fear, but the security researchers did suggest that high-profile targets – like company CEOs – might want to avoid using Face ID …...

WhatsApp shared the updates in a blog post today and said that it has done so to comply with the EU’s upcoming GDPR that will go into effect next month. In the overview, WhatsApp reiterated that it is not sharing account information with its parent company, Facebook at this time. The full updated terms of service can be found here and the updated privacy policy here. WhatsApp in Europe: WhatsApp has established an entity within the European Union to provide your services there and to meet the new high standards of transparency for how we protect the privacy of our users....

Everyone knows that reality TV is a more of a genre than an accurate description of the shows themselves. Producers fake shots and even re-stage dramatic moments that happened when the camera’s weren’t rolling– pretty much everything is actually plotted and planned out like normal scripted show. Most reality shows still retain a basic level of truth, however, depicting events that really did happen, even if they’re staged again for the cameras....

Fedora 21 has just been released, featuring the latest stable GNOME 3.14 along with other interesting changes. Fedora 21 Workstation ships with GNOME 3.14 which, compared to GNOME 3.10 that was available with Fedora 20, includes many changes for both GNOME Shell and the core GNOME applications:support for system-wide multitouch gestures (for touchscreen devices only);new interactive inspector for GTK+ (can be invoked using Ctrl+Shift+I);improved support for Wi-Fi hotspots – when connecting to a Wi-Fi portal that requires authentication, GNOME will now automatically show the login page as a part of the connection process;network-based sharing (WebDAV, DLNA, and VNC will now remember which network you want them to be active on);enhanced geolocation framework with the use of Mozilla’s Location Service for 3G and network-based positioning;new design for Evince, Videos (Totem) and Gedit, which are now in line with the other GNOME apps (they now use header bars, redesigned tabs, etc....

Prior to the Final Cut Pro X unveiling and release last year, Apple showcased some of the new features to a small group of professional videos editors. This was in order to prepare these editors for Apple’s drastic change in their direction for professional video editing. Those meetings were off the record, but today, Apple held on-the-record meetings with some of the industry’s noted professional video editors in order to describe more new features coming to Final Cut Pro X....

A sloth carefully searches for its next meal in a preview clip for NatGeo’s upcoming docuseries Hostile Planet. Hosted by Bear Grylls, Hostile Planet is a six-part event that takes a look at how various animals around the world have adapted to their harsh environments, continuously battling for survival. Each installment explores a unique habitat, with the first episode (airing today, April 1) showcasing the mountains. Sloths are one species featured prominently during Hostile Planet’s run, a series that take an unprecedented approach to its intense visual storytelling thanks in part due to Oscar-winning cinematographer Guillermo Navarro serving as Executive Producer....

Facebook today reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2019, revealing that it has set aside $3 billion in anticipation of a fine from the Federal Trade Commission. The company reported revenue for the quarter of $15.08 billion with earnings of 85 cents per share. The FTC started investigating Facebook in March of last year, and a report over the weekend said the two parties are nearing a settlement. Facebook is anticipating the fine to between $3 billion and $5 billion, it revealed today....