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Metro Area City Relative Suggestions Depending on where you are, you’ll probably be searching for different things. For example, if you are in Washington DC, a search for “Capitals” isn’t likely looking for a list of state or country cities, but rather you want to know about the DC NHL (hockey) team. Corrected Name Spelling When you are looking up the name of your favorite doctor, lawyer, writer, etc., Google will now offer you a corrected spelling of the name....

From psychic mediums to energy healing and hallucinogenic mushrooms, there are quite a few weird things in Netflix’s The Goop Lab. The new series had its first season release in January 2019, with six episodes that dive into supposed treatments and cures that are actually deeply rooted in pseudoscience. Netflix had partnered with Gwyneth Paltrow to deliver a series that brings her lifestyle brand Goop - particularly, the weird products and treatments her website shills to wealthy and curious customers - to the general public....

Caution: Spoilers ahead for Gotham season 5, episode 7. Gotham season 5 delivered a huge twist this week, revealing that Bruce Wayne himself is partly responsible for creating the show’s version of the Joker. Despite being the most iconic villain in Batman history, and arguably the entire comic book medium, Joker’s status in Gotham has always been unclear. Viewers initially suspected that a menacing young character by that name of Jerome Valeska would ultimately prove to be Gotham’s Joker, but despite numerous teases, Jerome’s twin brother Jeremiah eventually took on the mantle and adopted even more Jokerisms, including the famous pale make-up, a penchant for deadly practical jokes and a female assistant that calls everyone “puddin’....

One of the reasons why Netflix’s Grace and Frankie is approaching its sixth season is due to its raw honesty and familiarity among different audiences. Grace and Frankie is much more than that ‘show about two husbands who leave their wives for each other.’ It’s a show about age, friendship, change, and family. A person’s relationship with family members and friends changes with age and Grace and Frankie portrays that beautifully....

Power button not working problem is not a rare issue on a smartphone, however, it is impactive. The thing is, the power button helps to reboot the system, booting into recovery mode, safe mode, and using it to soft reboot, force reboot, and more. However, once you discover that the power button which is one of the only three physical buttons you have on your phone, it becomes a tad bit difficult to use your phone....

From 9to5Toys.com: Guitar Hero Live has hit iOS today in what is being billed as essentially a full-on port of the console game. The highly-anticipated virtual band title also launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this morning. Activision has opted for an in-app purchase model for this title. The iOS version is available for free to download, but only includes two songs. If you’re after the full catalog, you’ll have to purchase the full game or grab the new iOS bundle that includes a guitar controller....

Today, Lifehacker and Gawker confirmed the rumors that have been circulating since Saturday afternoon: a hacker group known as Gnosis has breached Gawker’s servers, harvesting over 200,000 usernames, emails and passwords along with, according to the torrent file posted on PirateBay “an additional million or so easily decryptable” usernames and passwords. Lifehacker and the rest of the Gawker blogs, which includes Fleshbot, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Deadspin and io9, have responded in classy fashion, posting a comprehensive, frank and measured response to the security breach....

There is no shortage of Thunderbolt 3-enabled docks for the Mac; nearly every popular Mac peripheral maker has one, and they all seem to have various strengths and weaknesses. Recently, CalDigit, who has produced a number of Thunderbolt-3 Mac-centric docks of its own, launched its latest hardware, the CalDigit TS3 Plus. The TS3 Plus features a build quality and design that’s nearly identical to its previous dock, but comes with a lot more port options, and maintains its strong USB Power Delivery....

Clean cable management with smart speakers can be challenging, especially with small speakers that you might place in space-constrained areas. The new Echo Dot makes this harder than the first two generations due to the power supply switching to an all-in-one brick and cable solution from the old Micro USB cable and run-of-the-mill USB brick combination. The solution? Mounting the Echo Dot. Mounting the Echo Dot does two things. You can reclaim that counter space by lifting the Echo Dot up, and the mount neatly tucks away the excess cord without trying to hide it behind something else....

ProCam 4, an advanced photo and video app for iOS, has been updated to support the iPhone 7 Plus iSight Duo camera. Not only will users find basic support for switching between the wide angle and telephoto lenses, but you’ll also find a new 3D Photos mode. This mode allows users to wield both cameras to take faux “3D” wigglegram photos and save them as GIF animations or videos. ProCam 4 8....

Throughout the Harry Potter film franchise, audiences are shown the wizarding world’s government arrangement, also known as the Ministry of Magic. From the Sorcerer’s Stone to the Deathly Hallows, the Ministry of Magic is rarely shown in a positive light. They are generally perceived as egocentric, power-hungry leaders who use propaganda for their own agenda. We catch an initial glimpse of Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when Harry accidentally blows up his Aunt Marge....

While Ron and Hermione might be one of the main couples from the Harry Potter series, there are many people that don’t think they would have worked well together. Some fans find their relationship cute, others feel like they wouldn’t have worked out together in the end. In fact, even J.K. Rowling herself has mentioned that the couple doesn’t make a lot of sense in hindsight. While Ron and Hermione have some things about them that make them a good couple, they also have some toxic traits in their relationship....

J.K. Rowling has… certainly been an interesting source of information lately. To say the least. The Harry Potter books ended years ago but between movies, plays, and Rowling’s extremely controversial and often bizarre Twitter account, the Potterverse has been kept very much alive. When the books ended it, fans prayed for the magic not to die, but most of them are regretting that wish. This wasn’t quite what they went....

Of all the many supporting characters in Harry Potter, Fred and George are definitely some of the most loved. They might be some of the most favorite characters from the books overall even though they aren’t a huge part of the plot. Their mischievous natures and wit make them really likable. While the pranks that Fred and George pull are often really funny, there are also times where they take things too far....

When the FBI discovers potential criminal activity, they issue an “Emerging Intelligence Report.” One recent report looks at a new form of health insurance fraud that uses cardiovascular genetic tests as a basis for the scam. What are healthcare fraud and abuse? Before jumping into the latest discovery of healthcare fraud by the FBI the question must be asked, what is healthcare fraud? Healthcare fraud is committed by many people, including healthcare providers, patients and professional scammers....

Earlier this week, SR published a round-up of the so far uniformly positive reviews that the new racially-charged horror/comedy Get Out - the directorial debut of Key & Peele co-creator Jordan Peele - had received over on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. At the time of that article’s writing, Get Out still only had about 30 reviews posted, and it’s not too uncommon for a highly praised film to start out at the 100 percent mark based only on early reviews, then have that score drop by the time said movie has actually arrived in theaters....

God of War Ragnarok is out for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The much-anticipated game is back with its puzzles to blow your mind. The game is entirely based on its previous version of 2018, God of War, and the game mechanics are also quite interesting. The new iteration of God of War Ragnarok has a lot of puzzles included to make the game much more interesting to play. The previous version of the game also had a few puzzles, but this time the puzzles are much more advanced and will take much more effort to complete....

Google has decided that future versions of its Chrome Web browser will not support H.264, citing the ‘proprietary’ nature of the Apple-preferred standard. Proprietary, non-open, buggy Flash, of course, will be supported. Explaining the decision, the company said, The hypocrisy of abandoning a popular format while retaining support for the deeply proprietary Flash format wasn’t explained — though the tech press didn’t miss this. “Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies....

[ooyala code=”BrOWh4NTpclZ6spl7Lv0IUL4nC19XOSe”] Google UK Marketing Director Dan Cobley briefly spoke with Bloomberg TV today on Apple’s decision to remove Google Maps from iOS 6, but the most intriguing part about his statement concerned how people could continue to use Google Maps after updating. Cobley noted folks on iOS 6 can still “use Google Maps by downloading them or going to the Google Maps website.” This is an interesting comment, however, as there is no Google Maps-related app from Google available in the App Store aside from the Google Earth app....

Go ahead access the new Google History webpage and you will be able to see there your entire search history, download it or choose to remove it. As you can see, you can customize your search to see queries by hour or day, and you can also ‘go back in time’ by clicking on the older button. But that can prove to be a little annoying, so just modify the web address as you can see in the screenshot from below and include the year and month you like....