With a focus on parts of the world that have slower connectivity, Google updated Photos today to have faster backup and sharing, while the Duo video chatting app received an audio-only mode. Faster initial backup and image sharing in Photos is achieved by Google first uploading a “lightweight preview” of pictures when on slower connections, like 2G. Once on a better network, the high-quality version will be backed up to permanently replace the low-resolution copy....

Disney+ is now available in the U.S. If you want to sign up for Disney+, while also supporting Screen Rant, you can do so through our affiliate partnership link. In case the internet’s explosion of excitement towards Disney Plus (stylized as Disney+) wasn’t apparent, it’s finally here. Disney reported 3.2 million users launcher their Disney+ app within the first day. That’s quite a few people. Disney, as one of the biggest and most respected entertainment giants, has doubled down on creating a perfect streaming service for everyone....

First, install the app from the Google Play Store, here. The link is for the free version, which is ad-supported. A paid version, without ads, is available for $0.99. After you’ve installed the app, go to Settings and decide after how long an interval it will consider an app “useless”, which I’ve set to 45 days. You can also set the time of the day when you want notifications to pop up when it’s cleaning time....

Following the Ghostbusters 3 reveal trailer, fans are now anticipating a proper sequel in the franchise, but the reality is, a version of Ghostbusters 3 already happened in 2009 - and it was perfect. The possibility of seeing Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, and Ernie Hudson back in the iconic ghost busting garb is a tantalizing prospect for many. Despite the excitement surrounding the new film, it’s hard to forget that a strong followup to Ghostbusters 2 already happened back in 2009 – albeit in video game form....

Despite lackluster support from major carrier partners, Apple’s carrier-agnostic Apple SIM demonstrated its potential today with the announcement that GigSky — “the first global mobile network designed for travelers” — will offer short-term iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 cellular data plans in over 90 countries and territories. “Now there’s no need to pick-up a local SIM, hunt for Wi-Fi, or travel in fear of excessive data roaming charges,” GigSky explained....

What is the digital skills gap? According to the research, the digital skills gap means there are not enough people with the right digital skills to power companies’ digital transformation now and in the future. There is a low supply and high demand for digital skills, and the gap continues to widen due to factors like: Tech talent is outpacing an already short supply (in fact, 54% of American workers believe technology will advance faster than workforce skills) Emerging technologies that amplify the need for digital skillsHigh costs and disorganized approaches to traditional education that increase barriers to learningAccess to digital infrastructure and skills limited by socio-economic status What is the cost associated with the digital skills gap?...

[SPOILERS for those not caught up on Game of Thrones ahead.] - Despite the presence of a massive dragon, the big final battle in this week’s Game of Thrones included a lot of practical effects. In previous seasons of the show, the huge battles have been saved for the penultimate episode. But with a shortened season and a ticking clock until the series is at an end, Game of Thrones has been switching things up this year....

Released next week, Good Time is a drama-thriller flick from The Safdie Brothers, with Robert Pattinson, Barkhad Abdi and Jennifer Jason Leigh amongst the leading cast. Pattinson stars as Constantine ‘Connie’ Nikas, a man who jumps through hoops to try to get his brother Nick (Ben Safdie) out of jail following a botched bank job, while trying to evade the authorities himself. Having already picked up some huge critical acclaim, expectations are high....

Recently the web giant introduced a few new search options at their Inside Search event. Some new Mobile features were implemented, but the desktop search ones are the grooviest. Nearby location shortcuts First of all, let’s talk about the new mobile search feature. Google is focusing in on local, and they’ve made the Google mobile search page more convenient. You now get shortcuts to Restaurants, Coffee Shops and Bars on the home page, allowing you to search for these locations faster....

The event will be a joint effort between Google and Samsung, the Korean hardware giant. We expect Google/Samsung to today show and soon ship the first Android 4.0 phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — and we expect Motorola Wireless, at an event in New York just hours before, to announce at least one new phone — the LTE-capable RAZR –on the docket to ship with Android 4.0 soon after. HTC and LG are expected to unveil Android 4....

Google has quietly launched a new iOS app today called Ivy that it describes as an experimental big number calculator. The minimalistic UI offers users arbitrary floating point formatting, big number logarithm, trigonometric functions, and exact ration arithmetic, according to the app’s release notes. Google says the app “uses exact rational arithmetic so it can handle arbitrary precision. Values may be input as integers, rationals, or floating point values.” Google has yet to make an official announcement for the new app that went live on the App Store earlier today....

In the world of video game shooters, the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon franchise is one of the elder-statesmen of the genre; pioneering a focus on realistic hardware and present-day settings well before doing so became standard procedure for the industry. The series has been relatively quiet of late, but is now coming back in a big way with the newest installment, Wildlands, which will pit players’ covert-ops team against a brutal South American drug cartel in one of the most expansive settings yet seen in the franchise....

Warning: SPOILERS for Glass. M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass has received brutal reviews (it stands at 37% on Rotten Tomatoes) but in the critics’ zeal to shatter the end of the Unbreakable trilogy, they are largely failing to appreciate its virtues. A sequel to 2000’s Unbreakable and 2017’s Split, Glass is the reunion of Bruce Willis’ hero David Dunn, Samuel L. Jackson’s villain Mr. Glass, and James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb in a comic book-inspired movie 19 years in the making....

The Godzilla: King of the Monsters credits reveal that, in ancient times, humans tried to enslave Titans, which adds new layers to what’s already been said about the relationship between Man and Titans in the MonsterVerse. While the first two installments in Legendary’s monster franchise suggested that humans only recently found out about Titans, it turns out that civilizations from thousands of years ago knew and tried to control them....

Godzilla vs. Kong is the latest in a long line of big screen showdowns, although some of its similarities to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are getting bizarre. The fourth movie in the emergent MonsterVerse after Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Adam Wingard’s 2020 tentpole will pit Gojira against the King of the Apes just as Zack Snyder’s film did Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent four years early....

Digging into the details The binary file is introduced as “Goodwill encryptor,” and a lot of information is extracted from the binary for a first look. Two interesting details are the “signature” and “compiler-stamp,” which tell us about the creation date of the ransomware — 29 March 2022 — and that it is compiled in .NET (C# v7.0). [CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE] Figure 1: Goodwill description, signature, and compiler-stamp attributes. Part of the binary is packed with UPX packer, as shown in Figure 2 below....

Want to check out what’s new in the latest Mac release like Stage Manager, Continuity Camera, upgrades for Safari, Mail, and Messages, the Weather and Clock apps landing on the platform, and new System Settings? Here’s how to get macOS Ventura early with the free public beta or developer beta. Update 7/11: The macOS Ventura public beta is now available. Apple made the first macOS 13 beta available after unveiling the software at its WWDC keynote....

Want to test out everything coming with the latest watchOS release like the new watch faces, advanced running metrics, enhanced sleep tracking, and more? Follow along for how to get watchOS 9 on your Apple Watch early with the beta. Update 7/11: The first watchOS 9 public beta is now available. Apple unveiled the next major version of watchOS at its WWDC keynote and made the developer beta available to test on Apple Watch....

Warning: SPOILERS for Marvels X #1 Johnny Blaze has worn a lot of hats in the Marvel Universe. He’s been a stunt rider, a Ghost Rider, and currently, the King of Hell. In the Earth X prequel Marvels X #1, however, Johnny Blaze showed he has taken a surprising career move - to that a semi-truck driver! Marvels X #1, written by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger with art by Well-Be and covers by Ross, is set a decade before the events of Earth X, which presents a dystopian future where everyone in the world has powers....

What is Ghostery? The plug-in is available for Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. You can pick it up from the link below for all browser types. Download Ghostery – As goes with all plug-ins, installation is so simple that we won’t cover it. Once you get it installed, it will start working right away. Whenever you visit a site that has trackers on it, Ghostery will display a small purple pop-up in the top-right corner of the page....