When a book series gets made into movies, there are always going to be changes. Books and film are two very different mediums, so changes have to be made and things have to adapt to make sense. The Harry Potter books are full of many details and moments, so the movies had to cut many things out or change them to make more sense in a visual medium. Some of these changes were to the plot while others were to the actual characters themselves....

While Slytherin gets a bad rep in the Harry Potter series, the students that have come out of Slytherin aren’t are evil. The setup of Slytherin as a mostly evil in the house is kind of problematic, but there are many Slytherin traits that are admirable. Considering that Slytherin’s are known for being cunning and ambitious, it’s no wonder that many of the students were good students and highly skilled. Even some of the worst people to come out of Slytherin house were extremely smart....

When growing up, many were hoping to receive their invitation to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After reading all about Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger’s adventures at the magical institution, who could blame fans for wanting to go? Not only would they be learning about real enthralling stuff, but they’d also get to learn under the likes of Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, who both became really likable teachers throughout the series....

iOS 10 officially launches to the public tomorrow and one of the standout features of the update is an entirely new Messages app. In addition to interface tweaks, built-in GIF search, and new message sending effects, third-party apps can now build extensions for Messages. One of the first apps to hop on the Messages bandwagon is popular lyric annotation service Genius. Genius announced in a blog post today that with an update to its iOS app coming tomorrow, users will be able to send “Genius Lyric Messages” right from the Messages app on iOS....

Get 2TB storage + pCloud Crypto for $72/year (Reg. $143.76) or start a free trial with up to 20GB. pCloud has quickly become a popular option for cloud storage among iOS and Mac users, offering up to 20GB for free and options for up to 2TB at low monthly, yearly and lifetime rates with no limits on file sizes or upload and download speeds. The optional Crypto service adds an additional layer of client-side encryption that has made the secure Swiss cloud storage company attractive to many users....

Several years after the revelation of GhostNet, a massive case of cyber exploitation directed mostly against the Tibetan community, in terms of originality, this contribution appears as an interesting survey of the events happened pre and post that period. In GhostNet part I, the reader can learn more about the process of investigation —researchers and investigators responsible for bringing this case to light, affected parties, attack vector, methods employed, technical data resulting from all the efforts, etc....

What happens when you don’t have the initial deposit to get a traditional mortgage or home credit for a new house in Australia? No need to find out, since with a bit of help from your family, you could always apply for a gifted deposit home loan. Find out all about it below! What Is a Gifted Deposit? When your close family helps you with a cash gift to put towards the initial funds needed to get a home loan, you are accepting what is known as a gifted deposit....

One of the most polarizing shows of the 2010s has to be Girls. Lena Dunham’s semi-autobiographical series about millennials struggling through adulthood wholeheartedly accomplished the goal of protagonist Hannah Horvath — it captured the voice of a generation. Many found that voice cloying, whiny, and entitled. But buried in the muck of Hannah and co.’s ridiculous behavior were nuggets of raw relatability. While Generation Z has Euphoria, we doubt that any other generation has a series so distinctly theirs as millennials have with Girls....

Screen Rant is giving away two sets of amazing audio gear from Blue, and we’re doing so just in time for the holidays! We partnered with our friends at Blue to celebrate the recent release of the brand new Yeti X USB microphone and what better way to share our love of this device than to let YOU try it yourself. So, that’s what we’re doing. If you’re looking for cleaner audio at home for your podcast, stream, gaming, etc....

The show was written by Gaiman, who also acted as executive producer. It’s incredibly close to the original source material and follows the story of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley, a pair of unlikely friends. They must work together to prevent the coming of the Antichrist and the beginning of Armageddon. Throughout the story, we meet many characters with very different personalities. Now their story is over, our minds turn to what’s next....

On Monday, the tech giant said the public preview of Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) is now available in the Security Command Center (SCC). The SCC is a platform for detecting threats against cloud assets by scanning for security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Timothy Peacock, Product Manager at Google Cloud, said that as organizations continue to migrate to the cloud, workloads are often handled with VM-based architectures. Cloud environments are also a prime target for cyberattackers seeking out valuable data, as well as those intending to execute cryptocurrency mining malware....

According to the official Google blog iOS users will now be able to create, share, edit and format text in documents via the Google Drive app. Also, you’ll be able to see other collaborators instantly when they’re made. iOS users will also be able to create folders, move files between them and upload photos and video from their device. Here’s a full list of new features for Google Drive 1....

Google is hosting its big fall event today with the company officially taking the wraps off a new lineup of Nexus smartphones from various manufacturing partners, its new second-gen Chromecast that we revealed previously, a revamped Google Photos experience, and much, much more. For the new Nexus lineup, Google is introducing a new Nexus 6P manufactured by Huawei, a 5.7-inch device with a QHD AMOLED display, a 12.3MP f/2.0 Sony camera sensor, and a Snapdragon 810 processor....

It’s the world ruled by smart devices all around us. Smartphones, smart TV, smart watches, everything is turning to be much smarter every day. But what makes them smarter? Of course the new technology. But think about a situation when you have the smartest device in your hand but you don’t have an internet connection available in it. Can you imagine a day without a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection in your handest?...

Hisense smartphones are getting more powerful internally while they are getting slimmer and slenderer externally. But there are issues. You might get depressed when a tiny button ruins specific function of their smartphones, especially the power button not working problem. Manufacturers have started replacing physical buttons with its on-screen digital counterpart, but the power button has stayed and will probably stay for a long time as it is responsible for booting/rebooting, allow the phone to boot into safe mode, take a screenshot, allow to light up the screen and turn it back off and other numerous functionalities....

Fans were more than excited for Suicide Squad to bring the love story of Harley Quinn and The Joker to life on film. But like most other aspects of the movie, it ended up confusing or turning off as many fans as it pleased. But for those who tried and failed to understand their twisted, traumatic love story, you’re certainly not alone – even Margot Robbie had trouble wrapping her head around it....

Warning: Spoilers For Old Lady Harley #5 DC continues to reveal more of Harley Quinn’s (alternate) future in this week’s final issue of Old Lady Harley, as a bombshell is dropped: the newest villain in town isn’t the Joker, it’s the grown-up son of the Joker and Harley Quinn. The series, an homage to Marvel’s Old Man Logan, takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, where Harley is an older woman (still rocking her skimpy black and red outfits), recently returned from years in self-imposed exile after a new villain calling themselves the Joker has appeared....

Evercoss is an Indonesian based handset company who is trying hard to win over Samsung in the Indonesian smartphone shipment share in which the former succeeded in the year 2015. Even though Evercoss’s overall market share is billed by feature phones, a good number of smartphones are also available in the market from the company. However, smartphones have a nice bunch of really smart features, we got to face with some issues at times related to them....

Gigi Hadid threw shade at The Bachelorette’s Tyler Cameron with her “Boys Lie, Goodbye” sweatshirt. Hadid, however, is a woman known for making bold fashion statements. Hadid and good friend Hailey Bieber were instrumental in getting fashionistas on board with the dad sneaker craze. Hadid and her supermodel sister Bella were also early adopters of the tiny sunglasses fad. She even made her 24th birthday party its own fashion statement by requiring attendees to show up in their best denim ensembles....

It may not be Halloween yet but it’s never too early to plan ahead, nor is it ever out of season to cosplay, especially with WonderCon and Star Wars Celebration just around the corner. That’s why we’re partnering with our friends at Fun.com again to give away something special on this front, so special that YOU (one lucky Screen Rant reader) gets to pick what costume you win. And we aren’t talking about any ordinary costume....