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One way to track the spread of COVID-19 across a population is through contact tracing. Apple and Google today announced a “joint effort” that leverages Bluetooth on Android and iOS phones to “help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus.” The two companies are launching a “comprehensive solution” for contract tracing that encompasses “application programming interfaces (APIs) and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing.”...

Gossip Girl is a show that is dedicated to relationships and all the drama that ensues with them. What would the series be without its crazy outlandish couples that have developed throughout the seasons? Some of these couples were adorable and inspiring while others were just a complete mess and toxic in every way. Which couples on the show do we still admire? Which couples make us want to throw things at our TV screens with anger?...

During the midseason premiere of Gotham’s third season, we saw the long-awaited return of the cult that had formed in the aftermath of Jerome Valeska’s (played by Shameless’ Cameron Monaghan) death at the hands of Theo Galavan. While Gotham has introduced its own, predominantly younger, versions of classic members of Batman’s rogues gallery, like Riddler, Penguin, Mad Hatter, Hugo Strange and Poison Ivy, the series has not yet officially revealed the grandest villain of them all: The Joker....

Grand Theft Auto has always been a flagship franchise in gaming. After all, it’s the granddaddy of all 3D open world games; no other developers tried such a bold move before GTA 3 came along. As such, every new version of GTA simply had to one-up its predecessors by introducing new features and leaving out old ones that hold back its full potential. Some of these features (regardless of whether they are good or bad) have been a staple in the franchise....

For sixteen years, fans have had the pleasure of seeing Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) accomplish many things. When Grey’s Anatomy first aired, Meredith appeared as an ordinary intern. Now look at her: Chief of General Surgery and winner of the Catherine Fox award. She’s come a long way. But Meredith wouldn’t have gotten to this point in her life and career without taking a few risks. She’s been known to fight with attendings and even cross ethical boundaries to ensure the best for her friends and patients....

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 is all set to feature the Xbox Game Pass on April 8, 2021, which was previously made available between January and May 2020. GTA 5 will make a comeback on Xbox Game Pass for console and Microsoft xCloud gaming service, which means now android users can also play this game on their phone or tablet if they have access to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Also Read...

Drax is one of the most underrated members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but he’s certainly not perfect in his personality. Violent, chaotic and with an odd sense of humor, Drax has put himself in a number of unfortunate situations. He’s done many things that could be considered shameless for a variety of reasons. While the rest of the team isn’t exactly innocent, it is the turn of Drax the Destroyer on our quest to explore 10 of the most shameless things he has ever done....

With advancement in the technology, smartphones have become smarter than ever. Gone are the days when phones had tens of buttons as today, smartphones have fewer than 3 or 4 buttons and that’s too changing. Talking about the available buttons, smartphones have a power button and volume rocker buttons which are used to turn on/off device and control volume respectively. A power button is an essential hardware key as it lets the user turn on and turn off the phone....

HTB is an excellent platform that hosts machines belonging to multiple OSes. It also has some other challenges as well. Individuals have to solve the puzzle (simple enumeration plus pentest) in order to log into the platform and download the VPN pack to connect to the machines hosted on the HTB platform. Note: Only write-ups of retired HTB machines are allowed. The machine in this article, named ServMon, is retired....

Nearly every image you see here on groovyPost has been processed using TechSmith’s photo capturing and editing tool. And although we’ve had our issues with Snagit transparency in the past, it is also a beneficial feature. Below we’ll show you how to do something similar to Photoshops Magic Wand tool to create transparencies. Step 1 – Capture your screenshot and select the Fill tool Alright, the first order of business is to load your image into the Snagit Editor....

Hannah Brown, lead of The Bachelorette season 15, took home the People’s Choice Award for Competition Contestant of 2019. Brown won the category against two of her exes, Colton Underwood and Tyler Cameron, as well as a number of other well known reality television personalities, including Buddy Valastro, Kodi Lee, T-Pain, Tyler Oakley, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. Brown has been the definition of a competition contestant this year, competing not only on The Bachelor season 23, but also leading her own season of The Bachelorette, and finally competing on Dancing with the Stars season 28....

This week Benjamin and Zac discuss the new Apple TV 4K, macOS High Sierra launching, Apple Watch Series 3 and LTE apps, watchOS 4.1 beta and streaming music, and more. New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded as soon as possible....

Celebrating Christmas in the wizarding world is similar to celebrating in the Muggle world. While there are many overlapping traditions, there are also some that vary greatly. Because wizards and witches in the world of Harry Potter have magic, they are able to create some truly fantastical Christmas traditions that Muggles can only dream of. While things, like having evergreen trees, opening presents, and eating a Christmas feast, might stay the same, the specifics of these celebrations are often different....

The relationship in Harry Potter between Ron and Hermione is one that has caused some debate within the fandom. While some fans like their relationship and how it was built up over the books, other people feel that they wouldn’t have been great together. Some fans think that Ron and Hermione might have been better off in the long run being with other people. In fact, even J.K. Rowling herself has said that these two probably shouldn’t have gotten together....

Fifty-six years–that’s how long General Hospital has been on the air. It’s one of the longest-running shows on television and the longest-running American soap opera. There have been over 1400 episodes. It has followed generations of families in Port Charles, New York. There is almost nothing the show hasn’t tried—families have murdered each other and intermarried, people, disappear for long periods, aliens come to visit, serial killers come and go, and paternity tests reveal big surprises....

STX Entertainment releases the second The Gentlemen trailer, the latest heist movie from writer-director Guy Ritchie. Last October, the first The Gentlemen movie trailer accentuated the complexities of the premise. For the second clip, however, a main character literally explains the plot. The Gentlemen explores the touchy relationship between London businessmen and American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), a drug lord who contemplates retiring from criminal underworld activities, like selling lots of marijuana....

iTunes Radio on the Desktop To access iTunes Radio in the iTunes desktop app, you’ll need to upgrade to version 11.1. Which is a rather large download clocking in at over 90MB for the PC version. You can access iTunes radio by clicking the Radio button at the top when you access your Library. Open the iTunes Store and you’ll find iTunes Radio under Quick Links. Create iTunes Radio Stations Established music streaming services like Pandora, Xbox Music, and Spotify allow you to create stations and creating them in iTunes Radio is easy....

Although Lorelai gets all the credit for her hilarious lines of dialogue on the TV drama Gilmore Girls, her mother, Emily, is just as clever and has the same kind of biting wit. In fact, since she has a taste for the finer things in life and is always completely honest, it could be argued that Emily has some even better one-liners and pieces of dialogue than her fast-talking daughter....

Over the last week, the Reddit forum WallStreetBets has helped push stocks like GME (GameStop), AMC, and BB (BlackBerry) to new highs. New data from Appfigures today indicates how this viral retail investing trend has sent apps like Reddit and Robinhood to the top of Apple’s App Store charts. The backstory If you haven’t been keeping up with this story, GameStop (GME) stock has risen by over 1,350% during the last month, driven in large part by the WallStreetBets subreddit....

Deleted scenes for Godzilla: King of the Monsters have been revealed. The cut scenes add a few minutes of content to the movie. The fact that the movie already had a run time of two hours and 12 minutes could explain why the scenes didn’t make it into the theatrical release. Directed by Michael Dougherty, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the third installment in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse. The long-awaited sequel to the 2014 Godzilla movie pits Godzilla against his ancient rival King Ghidorah, with classic Toho monsters Rodan and Mothra thrown into the mix as well....