Year: 2022

Apple TV+ renews ‘For All Mankind’ for Season 4

Apple Inc July 25, 2022 1

The series is set to begin production on the new season of the alternate reality series next month. The news was announced during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con, featuring series stars Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, Casey Johnson, Coral Peña, Wrenn Schmidt and Edi Gathegi, along with executive producers Moore, Nedivi, Wolpert and Maril Davis.

Described by critics as “one of the best shows currently on TV,” “For All Mankind” explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended. The series presents an aspirational world where NASA astronauts, engineers and their families find themselves in the center of extraordinary events seen through the prism of an alternate history timeline — a world in which the USSR beats the US to the moon.

The propulsive third season of the alternate reality series, which premiered to rave reviews on Friday, June 10, takes viewers to a new decade, moving into the early ’90s with a high-octane race to a new planetary frontier: Mars. The Red Planet becomes the new front in the Space Race not only for the US and the Soviet Union, but also an unexpected new entrant with a lot to prove and even more at stake. Our characters find themselves going head-to-head as their ambitions for Mars come into conflict and their loyalties are tested, creating a pressure cooker that builds to a climactic conclusion.

“For All Mankind” is created by Emmy Award winner Moore, and Emmy Award nominees Nedivi and Wolpert. Nedivi and Wolpert serve as showrunners, and executive produce alongside Moore and Davis of Tall Ship Productions, as well as David Weddle, Bradley Thompson and Nichole Beattie. “For All Mankind” is produced by Sony Pictures Television.

Season four of “For All Mankind” will join an expanding offering of global hit Apple Originals that have been recently renewed, including “Loot,” “Schmigadoon!,” “Severance,” “Pachinko,” “The Afterparty” and “Slow Horses,” as well as award-winning comedies “Ted Lasso,” “Mythic Quest,” “Dickinson” and more.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 250 wins and 1,115 award nominations and counting.

Via: Apple.com

Travelers deploy Apple AirTags to track lost luggage amid airline baggage chaos

CompuScoop Staff July 25, 2022 0

Smart travelers are deploying Apple AirTags to track their luggage which is being delayed and lost at alarming rates amid baggage chaos at airlines.

Airlines are losing more bags than ever: In May, 238,000 suitcases were mishandled in the US alone, an 80% increase over the previous year, according to the monthly Air Travel Consumer Report from the US Department of Transportation. The bedlam appears worse in Europe, where technical snafus and staffing shortages are bedeviling airports in Paris, London and Scotland, leading to some spicy social media posts and startling photos of piled-up bags at airports.

This is where AirTags come in. They’re so-called “Bluetooth Low Energy” devices, which send encrypted signals to any nearby iPhones, iPads and Macs. That allows users to see their item on a map in the “Find My” app on their iPhone or other devices. If it is in the vicinity of an iPhone 11 or newer, they can generate arrows on their screen that point to the direction of a misplaced item. The app can also ping the AirTag to make a sound—admittedly not helpful when it’s tucked inside a suitcase at a busy airport.

Proponents of the technology say that tracking checked luggage with AirTags and their ilk is a good way to relieve travel stress. “Trackers are especially useful for discovering if someone mistakenly took your bag off the carousel instead of their own,” wrote the Times. Henry Harteveldt, an online and travel industry analyst at Atmosphere Research, said he would use an AirTag if he had no choice other than to check a suitcase. “The end result is knowledge, and knowledge can increase peace of mind,” he says, adding: “2022 is not a year where you want to take chances with your checked bags no matter where you are traveling.”

Via: Bloomberg

How to make the Mac Cursor Bigger

Dan Uff July 25, 2022 1

While the size of the Mac Cursor is good for most, sometimes, other people need it bigger for one reason or another.

Here's how:

Go to the  Apple menu -> “System Preferences” -> Settings.
Choose “Accessibility”.
Go to “Display”.
Adjust the slider next to ‘Pointer Size’ to the desired setting, you will instantly see the difference of the cursor sizes.
Exit out of System Preferences when finished.
That's it.

The world’s most advanced Wheelchair

Dan Uff July 24, 2022 0

As a person with a disability, I am always looking for new technologies to assist me in everyday living.

Last evening, I came across the below video from JerryRigEverything that shows the world's most advanced wheelchair that not only lets a person raise the chair to get something off a high self, but it also climbs steps!

Watch below:

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