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Back in September, Google previewed a new AR Translate feature for Lens that takes advantage of the technology behind the Pixel’s Magic Eraser. Ahead of that, Google Translate has replaced its built-in translation camera with Google Lens. Besides visual search that has various shopping, object, and landmark identification use cases, Google Lens is good at lifting text for real-world copy and paste. That “Text” capability goes hand-in-hand with the “Translate” filter that can overlay your translation over the foreign text in the scene to better preserve context....

UPDATE: Read our explainer for what happens in Jurassic World 2’s end-credits scene. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom continues the Jurassic Park franchise, but does the sequel have an after-credits scene teasing Jurassic World 3? Steven Spielberg kicked off the series of movies about de-extinct dinosaurs in 1993 by adapting Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name. The sci-fi action/adventure film was a verifiable hit with audiences and was granted two sequels, though they weren’t as well received....

[WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Suicide Squad and its Extended Cut.] - It wasn’t long after the release of Suicide Squad that movie fans began to realize just how much footage had been left on the cutting room floor, following memorable moments used in the trailers - and apparently a whole lot of Jared Leto’s Joker - were cut from the film for the sake of a central plot and pace....

Apple today officially announced its first major redesign for the MacBook Pro in over five years. During its “Unleashed” virtual event, Apple announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, new AirPods 3, and more. Head below as we round up all of today’s announcements… Apple Music Today’s event kicked off with a pair of announcements in regards to Apple Music. First off, Apple announced that Apple Music is adding “hundreds of new mood and activity playlists” created by the service’s editorial team....

Bethesda confirms that the upcoming Fallout 76 multiplayer game will launch first on the Xbox One when it releases its beta version later this year. Fans of the radroach-swatting RPG have waited years for an online version of Fallout, and 76 looks like it has been worth the wait. Dubbed Break-it Early Test Application by Bethesda, Fallout 76’s beta is studio boss Todd Howard’s way of ironing out the kinks in the game....

The Fire Emblem: Three Houses character recruit system is a godsend for players who don’t want to sink the time into three separate playthroughs but meet students from other houses they want to get to know better. While the game starts players off by letting them choose a Fire Emblem house and dividing them into a pre-determined group of students, customizing a playthrough by focusing on specific stats and swaying characters into joining a different cause is possible....

Apple announced four new iPhone models in September. However, while iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max hit stores last month, the launch of the iPhone 14 Plus has been set for October 7. Now the wait is over. Those who bought iPhone 14 Plus on pre-order are now getting their hands on the product. iPhone 14 Plus iPhone 14 Plus has pretty much the same hardware as iPhone 14....

Apple’s For All Mankind TV show trailer offers a first look at the space race drama. Space exploration has enjoyed a lengthy spotlight in cinema for decades. Well before any nation breached Earth’s limits and ventured into the cosmos, Hollywood was imagining the possibilities of such a journey - as well as the dangers. Films set in space, like those of the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, have certainly captured imaginations in a big way, but films with a more realistic approach have also managed to achieve substantial success....

The Game of Thrones prequel series can finally reveal more of the Night King’s backstory. The Night King appeared in a total of 10 episodes throughout five seasons of the series. Despite being one of the show’s main antagonists, many questions regarding the character have been left unanswered - but the prequel opportunity has the opportunity to fill in the blanks. The pilot for a Game of Thrones prequel series was ordered by HBO in July of last year....

A video has emerged that shows Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke’s reaction to the moment they find out that Jon Snow delivers the fatal blow to Daenerys Targaryen in the final episode of Game of Thrones. With the show now over, fans can gain insight into the journey of the cast members themselves, as they discover the crucial fates of their characters in the season that drew Game of Thrones to a close....

For the past five seasons in Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, we’ve seen Sol and Robert find love, Grace and Frankie become best friends, Brianna taking over Say Grace, Mallory becoming a single mother, Bud becoming a father (and getting married), and Coyote meeting his birth mother. It’s been a wild ride over there in California but we can’t get enough. In the last episode of season five, we see what life would have been like if Grace and Frankie never became the besties that they’ve become....

Warning: SPOILERS for Justice League: No Justice #4 & Green Arrow Annual #2 Green Arrow doesn’t have any powers, but he does have the means to destroy the entire Justice League. DC’s most recent event miniseries Justice League: No Justice ended up changing the status quo in several ways. One of its most unexpected qualities was becoming a terrific Green Arrow story, leaving Oliver Queen as the last hero on Earth....

At San Diego Comic-Con 2017, it was announced that the Skrulls would be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain Marvel. Now we know that fans were almost treated to the MCU debut of the Skrulls years earlier in Guardians of the Galaxy. In an interview, director James Gunn talked about being “incredibly stoked” about the introduction of the Skrulls in the upcoming film, Captain Marvel. Gunn claimed that he had wanted to use the Skrulls in the past but his plans had never worked out “for one reason or another....

Update: A day later and H1z1 on PlayStation 4 is now at 4.5 million downloads and climbing. The Devs had added duos mode to the game via an uppate. Developer Daybreak Games has announced that the H1Z1: Battle Royale open beta on PlayStation 4 has already been a success. In just a 24-hour timespan, the free beta was downloaded over 1.5 million times by players worldwide. The third-person shooter is expected to release later this year, and this was the first step towards bringing it to consoles....

NOTE: This article contains SPOILERS for “Green Lantern” #9 - DC Comics heroes are no strangers to death, and there are few who have seen as much of it as Hal Jordan - better known to the world as Green Lantern. In the 1990s, Hal Jordan was turned from hero to villain, slaughtering all of the vast Green Lantern Corps before eventually sacrificing himself for the sake of the galaxy. Even so, the decision to cast Hal as no longer the greatest Lantern in the galaxy’s history, but its greatest villain left a bad taste in plenty of DC fans’ mouths....

The first proper trailer for Doctor Who Series 11 has dropped, revealing a lot of details about the new season - and Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor. Doctor Who’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 was already highly anticipated; the prospect of hearing the first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and the new showrunner, Chris Chibnall, discussing her casting, was enticing. Then came news that a longer trailer would debut, following on from the very brief teaser that debuted last weekend....

CMON Games has announced a new tabletop game based on Dragon Ball Z, slated for release in 2020. The announcement comes as part of CMON’s larger presence at San Diego Comic Con this year. CMON (formerly CoolMiniOrNot) has been developing and publishing a variety of tabletop games for years, after starting out as a community site in 2001. Many of these projects have been funded through Kickstarter, and have regularly exceeded their funding goals thanks to a number of dedicated backers....

Some have called the Dynasty of the ’80s ‘untouchable,’ saying the updated version can’t hold a candle to the series which caused waves three decades ago. Younger and sassier than ever, the reboot of Dynasty is a show in its own right. There might be Dynasty fans who have been disappointed with the revival of their old, favorite sitcom. But there are those who enjoy the changes and believe they are to be celebrated....

When Apple announced the iPhone 14 line-up, it said that the Emergency SOS via satellite service would be launching in November. It last week reiterated that, providing a little more information. Today, the service is live in the US and Canada. Additionally, Apple has also revealed that the feature will go live in four more countries sometime next month … Emergency SOS via satellite The iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature was one of the headline announcements made during the launch event, and the reason for the Far Out name and space visuals....

Evernote creator Phil Libin has a new company called “Mmhmm” that’s a souped-up video communications service. It works alongside companies like Zoom, and he wants to transform it into a standalone product in the near future. As reported by Bloomberg, the company plans to announce today that it’s raised $100 million. Mmhmm has many differentials that could be its triumph in the video chat war. For example, the video chat client gives a speaker the ability to keep talking in front of slides rather than relying on a screen share feature for presentations....