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Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for NCIS season 16 finale Ziva is back in NCIS. Cote de Pablo’s fan-favorite agent dropped by to see Gibbs (Mark Harmon) in the last couple of moments before season 16 officially wrapped up, teasing fans that there’s more to her return than a simple catching up. The actress was last seen in the procedural in 2013 when she opted to return to her native of Israel rather than return to service after a snafu that involved her boss....

Attempts to fight the net neutrality repeal continue as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been ordered by a court to examine the impacts of repealing the protection. One incident that may prove significant is when Verizon throttled data service to a fire service vehicle in a way that hampered its ability to fight wildfires… Engadget reports that although an appeal against the repeal of net neutrality failed, the court did order the FCC to determine whether the loss of the legal protections had had any negative impacts, including any safety issues....

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) removed net neutrality protections, the Trump administration took an unusual additional step: it made it specifically illegal for states to introduce their own net neutrality laws … Several states ignored this and decided to act to restore net neutrality locally. New York found a workaround, withholding state contracts from violators, while Oregon, Vermont, Washington state and California decided to simply implement their own laws in defiance of the FCC ruling....

CNBC details Netflix’s actual numbers for the quarter, compared to analyst expectations: Earnings per share (EPS): $1.59 vs. $1.81 expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $6.15 billion vs. $6.08 billion, according to Refinitiv Global paid net subscriber additions: 10.09 million vs. 8.26 million expected, according to FactSet Netflix’s guidance for the third quarter of the year came in at $6.33 billion in revenue and earnings-per-share of $2.09, compared to analyst expectations of $6....

Netflix’s stalker thriller YOU season 2 gets a December release date and poster. The series stars Penn Badgley, of Gossip Girl fame, as Joe Goldberg, an intense bookstore owner in NYC who lives something of a double life. In the first season, viewers meet Joe, who on the outside comes across as an intelligent, kind and handsome young man just looking for love. But when he falls hard for Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail), a customer turned girlfriend and utter obsession, things grow increasingly violent and dangerous for all involved in his life - even the one he claims to love the most....

Enterprise analytics company Thinknum, which aims to provide investors with information directly from company websites, has shared its newest report highlighting Apple’s job openings. The company shows that Apple has dramatically increased its hiring of designers, with open positions rising at a steady rate since October… Thinknum’s data shows that Apple design job openings have jumped from an average of around 40, and often much lower, to as many as 70 on January 12th of this year....

Owners of the Apple Watch Series 4 Hermès editions will be in for a treat with the upcoming watchOS 5.2 update, currently in beta. The new Apple Watch update will bring a few new watch faces exclusive to the Hermès Series 4 Apple Watch. As discovered by French blog WatchGeneration.fr (via Google Translate), owners of the designer Apple Watch will see a new gradient style Hermès watch face in two colors: Cherry/Sakura and Bleu (pink and blue)....

A brand new trailer for Rian Johnson’s highly-anticipated whodunnit, Knives Out, pays homage to classic murder mysteries from the past. Johnson’s latest is led with an all-star cast that includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, and Jamie Lee Curtis amongst a variety of other famous faces. Ever since its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film has been met with plenty of rave reviews and is currently sitting at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes....

MacTrast claims that Apple is set to unveil major upgrades to their MacBook Pro line of notebooks including better displays, better battery life, and updated designs. First the report claims that the entire line will become 15-20% lighter due to a new “stronger, lighter, and more scratch resistant” aluminum material. The new laptops are said to be made through a new build process also that is “similar to injection molding.”...

A ton of recent rumors all but confirm Apple plans to enter the TV market with a full-fledged Apple-branded HDTV, but today a patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office details an advancement of high refresh rate LCD technology known as “fringe field switching.” As described by PatentlyApple, Apple’s patent offers advancements in the technology that would allow FFS for use with large screen HDTVs. The report noted, “Previous versions of FSS couldn’t accommodate such large displays....

With the recent departure of longtime iOS chief Scott Forstall, many expect some big changes in iOS 7. Not only is Jony Ive taking over design responsibilities related to iOS, but also Apple is increasingly coming under criticism for its aging core iOS apps and highly requested features already available on other platforms that it has yet to implement. We discussed some of the big software features iOS 7 might have in store, but today we present a roundup of the best iOS 7 concepts we could find starting with a new one from the creator of jailbreak tweak Auxo....

Filming has wrapped on Star Wars: Episode IX. The final installment in the Skywalker Saga is set to be the return of J.J. Abrams after he directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. Just like his prior film in the galaxy far, far away, the production has been shrouded in secrecy ever since Abrams announced it had officially begun. Production on Star Wars 9 has continued for more than five months and has seen the crew journey all over the world to do so....

Just days after Apple Store employees started their internal training of Apple’s upcoming iCloud and iOS 5, Apple’s global carrier partners have begun their own version of the process. According to participants, the training largely mirrors the training that occurred soon before last year’s iOS 4 launch alongside the iPhone 4. Interestingly, these major carrier partners’ support divisions are also being trained on iCloud. This iCloud training demonstrates Apple’s push of both iCloud and iOS 5 as integrated products....

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launched in 2015 to widespread acclaim, and now four years later, it’s getting a huge boost in players after the premiere of The Witcher TV series on Netflix. Reaction to The Witcher from fans and critics has been mixed, but it’s clearly hitting the right notes for existing fans of the video game and book series. When The Witcher debuted on Netflix on December 20, it immediately became a huge topic of conversation....

A selection of new teasers has been released for the Arrowverse’s upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. The ambitious adaptation was officially announced by Arrow star Stephen Amell in December of last year. Set to air over five hours, the crossover event will see Oliver Queen (Amell) and the members of Team Arrow once again unite with the heroes of The Flash and Supergirl to halt the malevolent machinations of the Anti-Monitor (LaMonica Garrett)....

According to multiple users expressing their frustration through Twitter, come New Years 2011 (where ever you are) your iPhone alarm clock won’t function correctly. You may recall a similar bug in iOS when daylight savings time switched on but this is exactly the opposite. This New Year’s 2011 iPhone alarm clock bug shows its face to users without recurring alarms. This means that anybody who sets an alarm just for tomorrow won’t be woken up by the iPhone’s built-in alarm clock application....

Netflix has hit a home run with their successful British comedy series Sex Education. Starring the likes of Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, and Emma Mackey, the show has become a success in the eyes of audiences and critics alike. Sex Education has been praised for its acting, writing, dialogue, themes, LGBTQ+ representation, and more. To figure out the cream of the crop for the series through the show’s history, it’s worth taking a look at the ratings given to episodes on IMDb and ranking them based on it....

The second-gen Apple TV 4K has arrived, and it comes with a number of upgrades, including the A12 chip, HDMI 2.1, Thread, high frame rate HDR, a totally redesigned Siri Remote, and more. Follow along for a look at the new Apple TV 4K vs. the old Apple TV 4K. The original Apple TV 4K launched back in 2017 with the A10X chip and almost the exact same Siri Remote included with the 2015 Apple TV HD....

The new Doom movie now has an official title, synopsis, and a fall 2019 release date. It’s been almost fifteen years since the last feature length Doom film arrived. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 2005’s Doom was not quite what most Doom fans had been hoping for, and the sci-fi action/horror film was a huge box office flop, bringing in only $15 million globally on a $60 million budget. Such a poor performance was odd for the franchise, which had grown considerably since its introduction as a first person shooter game for IBM-compatible computers in 1993....

The transition to using an iPhone without a headphone jack is one that is taking some people awhile to get used to, but Beats is taking advantage of the situation. In a new ad released today, Beats touts its latest lineup of wireless products, including the Beats Solo3, Powerbeats3, and BeatsX. The ad is packed to the brim with celebrity cameos, each wearing a pair of Beats headphones. The ad focuses primarily on the fact that we’re moving towards a world where wireless headphones are the go-to options....