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Netflix releases a trailer for Always Be My Maybe. Directed by Fresh Off the Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan, the romantic comedy stars Ali Wong and Randall Park. For Khan’s ABC series, Wong served as the writer for the first four seasons, and Park stars opposite Constance Wu. In Always Be My Maybe, Wong portrays Sasha Tran, a celebrity chef with relationship problems. When Sasha returns home to San Francisco, she’s reunited with Park’s Marcus Kim....

Alexa.com’s primary products have always been its global traffic and ranking indexes, tracking various stats for more than 30 million websites. Tracking was accomplished via a combination of allied browser extensions and an installable Alexa script that site admins could add to their pages to support tracking. Alexa.com was a well-known tool for keeping track of a particular site’s performance long before search engine rankings became prevalent. Its modern catalogue of services includes options for viewing factors like bounce rates, duration of average visits to a given site, comparisons of the relative popularity of two or more tracked sites, and more....

The first details surrounding American Horror Story season 10 have been released and it was a major announcement confirming the installment’s cast. Series creator Ryan Murphy took to Instagram to share a two-part video revealing the names of his new and returning stars. Before any news regarding the upcoming milestone season 10 was unveiled, FX renewed the series for three more seasons through at least 2023. American Horror Story first kicked off in 2011 with Murder House....

True to its new mid-cycle release schedule, Adobe has upgraded the Creative Suite 5 suite to version 5.5. InDesign, Flash Professional, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro and After Effects were all upgraded with new interactive features to help create rich HTML5 web apps, stereoscopic video and touch-based apps for smartphones and tablets. A new subscription-based model has debuted alongside the suite that lets you rent individual programs for a monthly or yearly fee....

A typo on Apple’s UK website caused alarm when it appeared to show an AirPods Max battery replacement would cost £309 ($410) in the country, while it was $79 in the US. Fortunately, this was soon revealed as a typo, and the actual UK price is £75 ($99). Allowing for the fact that UK prices include 20% sales tax while US ones are before tax, this makes the comparable UK cost £62....

Apple last week announced a new version of AirPods and an accompanying Wireless Charging Case, but AirPower was nowhere to be found. As it turns out, the packaging for the AirPods Wireless Charging Case clearly depicts AirPower, even though it’s still not available. As you can see in an image shared on Twitter by Chris Caine, the box for the AirPods Wireless Charging Case clearly shows the pill-shaped AirPower design on the back....

Adobe’s research team previewed emerging technology today at Adobe MAX 2017 that may one day make the tedious, but increasingly popular work of colorizing black and white photos obsolete. Project Scribbler is a new initiative powered by Adobe Sensei that can interpret any black and white sketch or photo and accurately apply realistic coloring to it. Demoing several different photos and sketches, Lu showed how Scribbler was able to consistently apply not only colors, but shading and even image textures to objects within seconds....

Even decades after its release, Alien holds up as one of the greatest science fiction and horror films of all time. This Ridley Scott classic was a game changer that began a franchise of films that still continues on today. This tightly written and filmed movie knows just how to build up all of the suspense and create the most terrifying mystery that most people could imagine, which results in one of the most memorable movie twists of all time....

Steven Spielberg is renowned for working in a number of genres: suspenseful horror (Jaws), historical drama (Schindler’s List), action-adventure (Raiders of the Lost Ark). But arguably the genre classification that he’s most commonly associated with is science-fiction. Spielberg has told all kinds of sci-fi stories over the years, from the existential tale of humankind’s first contact with alien life to the more intimate coming-of-age tale of a young boy making friends with an alien stranded on Earth....

Get the Furbo Dog Camera for $134 (Reg. $249) with free 2-day shipping. Furbo includes a 1080p full HD camera with a 160° (diagonal) wide-angle lens, 4X digital zoom, and Infrared LED night vision. It also has a microphone and speaker with two-way audio so you can see and interact with your dogs. In addition, Furbo has built-in treat tossing feature that allows you to load and remotely toss treats using your iPhone or other mobile devices....

Fitz has had quite the evolution on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — he started off merely as the comic relief, serving as the grumpy half of his partnership with Simmons, and held no interest in putting himself into unnecessarily dangerous situations for the sake of adventure. But time changes people, and Fitz has changed a lot from the young engineer who followed his best friend into the unknown. A lot of adventures and even more trauma later, Fitz has become a mature and competent agent, as well as a loving and loyal husband, who is arguably at his most emotionally healthy at the beginning of season six....

We have a notable AirPods Pro deal this morning, alongside nearly $300 off Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro, and discounts on official iPad cases. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. AirPods Pro deal brings prices back to $235 Take nearly $300 off Apple’s latest 15-inch MacBook Pro Yale Assure HomeKit Smart Lock has fallen to $152 Take $170 off Pioneer’s 6.2-inch CarPlay Receiver Get 15% off OWC USB-C Travel Dock and 10% off the 10-Port USB-C Dock w/ code 9TO5DOCK....

After 20 years of development, Alita: Battle Angel is finally ready to hit the big screen, but could the movie have been more successful if James Cameron directed as originally planned instead of Avatar? Alita is based on the cult manga Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro, and tells the story of a female cyborg found in the scrap heap of a post-apocalyptic world. She is rebuilt by a kindly doctor but as her memory starts to return, she discovers more about her dark past....

Many critics and film scholars rank Al Pacino as one of the best actors in the history of cinema. With eight Oscar nominations, it is easy to see why. The man was one of the top critically acclaimed actors of the ’70s. He carried that prestige through his career, although some of his later choices left a bit to be desired. With that said, Pacino in a movie makes any film worth checking out, just to see his performance....

Alphabet’s just-released Q4 earnings has seen its stock price rise in after hours trading, resulting in the Mountain View-based company passing Apple to become the most valuable company in the world. The company’s market capitalization was $517.6 billion at close, and while the price is still fluctuating after hours, Alphabet’s market cap will be over $540 billion tomorrow if these prices hold… At market’s close, GOOG Class C stock was trading at $752, but immediately shot up to $813, an 8% jump....

Here’s what to expect from Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD season 7, from when it will premiere on ABC to what story details have been revealed. When it first premiered, Agents of SHIELD was a direct spinoff from the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe and often featured tie-ins to the movies, but it’s since moved away from the films. As it’s continued, Agents of SHIELD has established itself as a compelling MCU property in its own right, earning plenty of devoted fans who’ve tuned in to watch the stories of Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet), May (Ming-Na Wen) and Fitz (Iain de Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge)....

Microsoft has been working on a totally redesigned version of Outlook for Mac since last fall and the public release of the big update is slated for mid-October. The new Outlook for Mac is designed to look and work great with macOS Big Sur, includes speed improvements, new UI, tools, improved customization, and more. Microsoft detailed the improvements and changes it has made with the upcoming version of Outlook for Mac in a press release and blog post today....

Noah Baumbach has become one of the most important personal voices in American independent cinema. The Brooklyn-born auteur has been nominated for an Oscar three times, most recently for Best Picture Original Screenplay for his newest film, Marriage Story. But is that even Noah’s best film? Baumbach has made 10 films over the past 25 years, plus another joint effort made with his romantic partner, Greta Gerwig. Some have been rewarded come award season, while others came and went without much fanfare....

2015 Volkswagon eGolf electric car Volkswagen has announced that almost every 2016 VW model “in virtually every trim” will get support for CarPlay, with the first models arriving in showrooms this week. “Democratization” only goes so far – the company will offer four different head units of varying sophistication, depending on price level … As the people’s car brand, we knew that it was important to democratize these technologies across the Volkswagen line-up, with features like App-Connect ensuring that more consumers can integrate their smart devices in a wide range of trims on virtually every model the company sells […] App-Connect provides seamless smartphone integration through three interfaces: Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and MirrorLink....

What’s the Cost? Airsubs comes in three flavors, each offering the same features with a variance in transcation fees which are based on the income you generate each month. All plans include live classes, the ability to host on-demand classes (which also include recordings of previous live classes), membership facilities, embeds for your website, and premium support. Plan pricing: Pro: $25/mo with a 3% transcation fee, and is recommended for creators who sell less than $2,500/mo Premier: $50/mo with a 2% transcation fee, and is recommended for creators who sell betwee $2,500 and $5,000/mo Unlimited: $100/mo with a 1% transcation fee, and is recommended for creators who sell more than $5,000/mo...