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“We have also stopped allowing new sign-ups for AWS in Russia and Belarus. Our biggest customers using AWS in Russia are companies who are headquartered outside of the country and have some development teams there.” Microsoft similarly said in a blog post last Friday that it will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia. “In addition, we are coordinating closely and working in lockstep with the governments of the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and we are stopping many aspects of our business in Russia in compliance with governmental sanctions decisions,” Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote....

After 4 seasons and 40 episodes, A&E’s Bates Motel is preparing to finish up world-building and get downright Psycho. With Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) now…indisposed, the door is open for budding serial killer Norman (Freddie Highmore) to become more and more like the charming hotel owner that Anthony Perkins brought in life in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic. Norman is now on his own - mostly - and for the first time 100 percent responsible for the chaos that tends to happen around him, whether he always realizes it or not....

Warning: SPOILERS for Batman Beyond #40 The mystery surrounding the unknown Batwoman in the future of Batman Beyond has finally been solved! In the process, adding a new generation to the Batman Family legacy… now that Dick Grayson’s daughter Elainna is the future Batwoman. The question has plagued comic book fans since the unidentified woman made her debut in Batman Beyond #36, appearing in the empty Batcave to claim the Batsuit for herself....

Marvel’s latest MCU blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War is doing so well that it was just granted a rare extension of its Chinese theatrical release. With a current worldwide total gross of nearly $16.8 billion over the course of 19 films, it’s no secret that Marvel Studios’ interconnected superhero franchise has staked its claim to the top of the box office mountain. Not even Star Wars - Disney’s other mighty franchise - can boast that kind of cumulative haul, although to be fair, there’s only been 10 theatrical Star Wars films made to date, 11 if one counts the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars....

While our readers are already talking about Avengers: Infinity War in the comments section of our Avengers: Infinity War review, this is the place where you can discuss spoilers, post-credits scenes, and plot twists/reveals without worrying about ruining Marvel Studios’ adventure for those who haven’t see it yet. If you’re posting comments here, assume that anyone in the conversation has seen Infinity War already. If you haven’t seen the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet, then we would recommend that you don’t read the comments here until you have....

The Mandalorian, the new Disney+ Star Wars live-action TV series, is three episodes in, and already has a breakout star: Baby Yoda. The puppet – which is so adorable that its mere presence made Werner Herzog weep – has a distinct visual similarity to another Disney property: Muppet Babies. In an ideal, felt-made world, The Mandalorian would be a backdoor pilot a new cross-over series, and what better place for The Muppet Babies than on the Jedi Council?...

Larian Studios’ rendition of the long-awaited Baldur’s Gate 3 looks quite promising, but its past-tense, internal-first-person dialogue system is a weird choice that breaks immersion. Larian first showed fans the dialogue choices as part of the Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay reveal, and it stood out as one of the game’s only glaring flaws so far. Although Larian Studios earned renown for its critically-acclaimed Divinity: Original Sin RPGs, there’s extra pressure on Baldur’s Gate 3 for of its use of the Dungeons & Dragons property....

When the Department of Homeland Security implemented a ban on laptops and tablets being carried in hand baggage on US-bound flights from a number of international airports, it seemed obvious that this was going to hit airlines hard. This has now been confirmed by an AP report … We speculated that many people would abandon travel plans in response. Some business travel would be made less financially viable with employees unable to work during the flight, and tourists were likely to likely to change or cancel plans rather than risk loss or damage to their expensive equipment in hold baggage systems....

Action figures and toys are notorious for spoiling blockbuster movies, so fans looking for clues as to what to expect from Avengers: Infinity War should check out images of several new LEGO sets for the film that feature the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thanos, the Black Order, and more. Avengers: Infinity War, a film that’s been hyped as the biggest MCU movie to date, is expected to serve as “the final chapter” for many MCU characters as they face off against Josh Brolin’s Thanos, a character who has been described as the “biggest and baddest” villain in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Marvel showed footage from Avengers: Infinity War at their SDCC 2017 panel, teasing the epic showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Mad Titan Thanos. The panel featured information on a whole slew of Marvel Studios productions, including Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp, but by far the crowning jewel was Avengers 3. The film was kept until last, with Kevin Feige and the cast doing a bit where the super-producer pretended to wrap up the show, only to be forced to show some footage from the highly-anticipated Infinity War....

The cast of Avengers: Endgame sings a special Marvel-themed version of the hit song “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” After 11 years and 21 films of build-up, the culmination of the MCU’s industry-redefining Infinity Saga is almost here. The movie had its world premiere yesterday, earning rave reactions following the screening. While fans still have a few more days to wait before watching Endgame for themselves, it sounds like directors Joe and Anthony Russo delivered a product that lives up to the uncontrollable hype....

The Bachelorette’s Mike Johnson might not be seeing Demi Lovato anymore, but that doesn’t mean his dating life is boring. This past weekend, the reality star escorted one lucky fan from the University of South Carolina to her semi-formal dance. Documenting the experience on Instagram, Johnson said the unconventional evening was full of fun memories. Johnson first made a splash in Bachelor Nation during Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette. Fans immediately fell for his brutally honest personality, as well as his charming smile....

The filmmaking industry is going through a phase where remakes, reboots, and superhero movies dominate the big screen, and adaptations of any kind of pre-existing IP– whether a book, video game, or even a toy – seem to immediately have a spot. Adaptations of books are very common, and adaptations of video games are slowly but surely getting a spot in the industry. After the success – both critical and commercial – of The LEGO Movie, studios are opting to develop projects based on toys, so it’s not a big surprise that Sony and Mattel are bringing Barbie to the big screen....

The world of Batman: The Animated Series is coming back this April with Batman: The Adventures Continue. Paul Dini and Alan Burnett, the original producers of the Batman: The Animated Series, are returning to write, and Ty Templeton will be illustrating in Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski’s style that made the 90s-show famous. Batman: The Adventure Continues takes place in the same world and shortly after the events and cover some gaps in the stories told in the animated series....

NOTE: The following post contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Batman v Superman - After a nearly three-year wait, it’s finally here – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the launching-off point for the entire DC Extended Universe. With its two-and-a-half hour running time, myriad plot threads, and copious amounts of Easter eggs and cameo appearances, there are many and more scenes to pick from that sent chills down our spines and got us excited for future installments in the shared cinematic universe....

Avengers: Infinity War tells an action-packed story, but surprisingly it missed a lot of key moments. The film opens just minutes after Thor: Ragnarok’s post-credits scene, and from there it takes viewers on a whistle-stop tour of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Thanos is coming, and the entire cosmos trembles before his might. But several concepts and themes actually go unexplored. In several cases, major events actually happen off-screen and are explained instead by dialogue....

The Russo brothers confirm how and when Thanos uses certain Infinity Stones in Avengers: Infinity War. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building towards Thanos’ arrival for ten years. Along the way, Marvel slowly but surely planted the seeds for what he ultimately wanted: all six Infinity Stones. There were some surprises along the way (like holding the Soul Stone’s reveal until the film itself), but as Thanos filled out the Infinity Gauntlet, his power continued to grow....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Avengers: Infinity War - Arguably the most surprising survivor of Avengers: Infinity War was Nebula. When Thanos completed the Infinity Gauntlet and killed half of all life in the universe, Nebula was someone most fans assumed would be a goner. In fact, it wouldn’t have shocked anyone if Thanos had killed his adopted daughter even before he claimed all six Infinity Stones. But when the Mad Titan snapped his fingers and fulfilled his dream of universal genocide, Nebula escaped death....

Organisations were digitalising rapidly and building applications that required huge amounts of data to be processed, and quickly, as these moved across networks. It was driving the need for distributed computing models to improve performance and efficiencies, said Olivier Klein, AWS’ Asia-Pacific Japan chief technologist. The US cloud vendor on Thursday announced plans to launch 32 Local Zones over the next two years, which would include 10 in six Asia-Pacific markets....

The animated movie adaptation of Batman: Hush finally has a trailer. The film was announced last year, and will be the latest in a long line of Batman animated films. Back in March, the voice cast was revealed, bringing back Jason O’Mara as the voice of the Caped Crusader. Written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Jim Lee, Batman: Hush was a major comic book storyline in the early 2000s. It introduced a new, deadly villain named Hush, who seemed to know all about Batman....