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Avengers 4 directors Joe and Anthony Russo have confirmed that X-Men and Deadpool will definitely arrive in the MCU... ... and it's all thanks to that Disney-Fox deal. "I’m sure of it," Joe Russo said during Business Insider Ignition (via Deadline). "The acquisition of Fox is showing us where the future of the business is going to go." Joe went on to say that Disney CEO Bob Iger has had a "historic" run, adding: "We haven’t talked to him about when he is going to do it." In September, Iger addressed whether Marvel is going absorb the X-Men franchise, and if Kevin Feige will oversee everything. "I think it only makes sense," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "I want to be careful here because of what's been communicated to the Fox folks, but I think they know. It only makes sense for Marvel to be supervised by one entity. There shouldn't be two Marvels." When asked if that meant Deadpool could one day b...

HIGHLIGHTS A team of scientists have detected the gravitational waves They resulted from the biggest collision of black holes ever observed The fusion was detected more than nine billion light years away A team of scientists have detected the gravitational waves that resulted from the biggest collision of black holes ever observed and which formed a new black hole about 80 times larger than the sun. This and three other  black hole  fusions were detected by an international team of scientists formed by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Efe news  reported on Tuesday. In July 2017, the fusion of the black hole binary system was detected more than nine billion light years away and resulted in the largest black hole known, the ANU said in a statement. "This event also had black holes spinning the fastest of all mergers observed so far. It is also by far t...

Avengers fans who were waiting with bated breath for the trailer of the fourth installment are in for a big disappointment. Many reports claimed that the trailer will drop on Wednesday. However, it has now been revealed that due to George H.W. Bush’s funeral tomorrow, the makers will not be releasing the trailer. All the prime time networks will be covering that since morning. Fans have been speculating about the cast and have also come up with what they believe will be the film’s title. After the success of Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4 is one of the most awaited films of 2019. Fans are also speculating about the movie’s theme and are waiting in anticipation for the trailer release. The film is set to release in the first half of 2019 and Marvel President Kevin Feige revealed recently that the trailer will drop before 2018 ends. The trailer was reportedly going to be unveiled on Good Morning America on December 5. Marvel has kept all the details of the film under wraps. Howev...

The second  Captain Marvel  trailer has arrived and has enough to leave the Marvel fans in awe. Riding high on woman power, the film stars Oscar-winner  Brie Larson  in the title role and she owns it with her gravity-defying stunts and killer confidence. We get a glimpse of the most powerful superhero in Marvel universe, someone Avengers need desperately in Infinity War sequel after Thanos’ finger snap. The actor plays Carol Danvers in the film that is being considered a prequel to the other superhero films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She returns to Earth as a pilot with superhuman powers who finds herself in a galactic war between two alien races.  The trailer shows Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury digitally de-aged as he meets Danvers. The last we saw Fury was in Avengers: Infinity War, desperately sending a message to Captain Marvel before he turns into dust. In the trailer, Captain Marvel returns to live longer, stronger and superior with flashes...

Story Highlights World Bank said it has doubled funding of its current five-year plan Southern hemisphere countries pushing counterparts for firmer commitments Nations set to make good on commitments made in 2015 Paris accord Katowice :  The World Bank on Monday unveiled $200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding. The World Bank said the move, coinciding with a UN climate summit meeting of some 200 nations in Poland, represented a "significantly ramped up ambition" to tackle climate change, "sending an important signal to the wider global community to do the same." Developed countries are committed to lifting combined annual public and private spending to $100 billion in developing countries by 2020 to fight the impact of climate change -- up from 48.5 billion in 2016 and 56.7 billion last year, according to latest OECD data. Southern hemisphere countries fighting the i...

At long last, we can finally put all the  speculation, rumors and false reports to rest , as we now have the date for when Marvel will reveal the very first trailer for  Avengers 4 , and presumably break the internet in the process. Slowly but surely, the window has been narrowed down and just yesterday, we  were told that this week would be it , though it seems that plans have somewhat changed. You see, the  Infinity War   sequel was set to debut its first footage tomorrow night during  Monday Night Football , with  Captain Marvel   getting a  Good Morning America  trailer premiere on Wednesday. Now, for some reason that’s currently unknown, the studio’s swapped the two releases. Which means that Brie Larson’s heroine will actually be taking the spotlight tomorrow night while  Avengers 4  looks to send fans into a frenzy a few days later, on Wednesday. No word yet on when exactly during  Good Morning America...

Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi recently surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for scoring most UEFA Champions League (UCL) goals for one club after netting the opener for Barcelona in the UCL match against PSV Eindhoven. Now, the Argentinian forward has said that he is delighted with his new stat. Barcelona won 2-1 against PSV as Messi and Gerard Pique scored the goals for the Blaugrana. It was Messi who assisted Pique’s goal, however, the Catalan maestro has said that he didn’t mean to assist Pique and they were lucky to score off his free kick.   After rattling the net for the first goal against PSV, Messi surpassed Ronaldo’s 105 goals, that he scored for his former club Real Madrid. The 31-year-old now has 106 Champions League goals to his name and also the most goals for a single club. "I am delighted, I have just found out now. I am happy for this new stat," Messi told the Barcelona’s official website. Meanwhile, Messi also said that they didn’t p...

Washington:  NASA chief Jim Bridenstine elaborated this week on the reasons why the US space agency launched a safety review of SpaceX and Boeing, which are building spaceships for astronauts, including their workplace culture and drug-free policies. Although NASA initially declined to confirm media reports that the review was prompted by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's appearance on a filmed podcast in which he was smoking a joint, Bridenstine admitted Thursday, during a roundtable with reporters, it "was not helpful." He added that he was the one who called for the safety review, announced November 20, of the two companies tasked with building the spacecraft that will enable Americans once again to send people to space -- a capacity the US lost in 2011 with the retirement of the space shuttle program. "We've had a number of conversations," Bridenstine was quoted as telling The Atlantic magazine. "I will tell you, he (Musk) is as committed to safe...

Actor Kit Harington found it emotional to finish TV series  Game of Thrones  but he would never go back and do more episodes. The British actor has portrayed Jon Snow in the hit fantasy drama since 2011 and earlier this year wrapped his final scenes for the show's last season, which will air in 2019. And while it was hard to end that chapter of his life, Harington is not sad about moving on with his career and has vowed to never return to the show. "It  was emotional to leave the job definitely," Harington told bbc.com.He  added: "But I wouldn't say I was sad: if like me you go all the way back to the pilot of 'Game of Thrones' that's almost 10 years of your life - that's really unusual in an actor's career. It was a huge emotional upheaval leaving that family. But would I want to go back and do more? Not on your life. " Spin-offs from the main series are currently in the works, with Naomi Watts already confirmed to star in   Th...

We knew Thor had received a power upgrade in Thor: Ragnarok after losing Mjolnir (his hammer) to his half-sister Hela and realising that the strength was inside him all along. But it was in Avengers: Infinity War we saw why he is called a god. Sure, the God of Thunder got a beating by the hands of Thanos in the beginning, but we did not know how he was captured. Maybe he was outnumbered by the Black Order. And after he forged himself a new weapon, Stormbreaker (a battle axe) with the help of Eitri, he became even more powerful. He turned the course of the Battle of Wakanda, in which the Avengers and their allies were on the verge of being overwhelmed, immediately after his arrival, destroying outriders by the scores and saving his comrades. Even Thanos, with the power of all the six Infinity Stones in his hand, was unable to stop Thor and Stormbreaker. The weapon buried itself into Thanos’ chest. The Mad Titan was successful in snapping his fingers, but it was still a hum...

Motorola is preparing to launch 4 devices under the Moto G7 brand this year: the  Moto G7, Moto G7 Plus , Moto G7 Play, and Moto G7 Power. Motorola has previously released “Play” and “Plus” variants of their G series devices which are generally lower and higher-end models of the standard device. The new “Power” variant seems to be between the “Play” and the standard model in that it sports mid-range specifications, but it’ll also have a massive 5,000mAh battery that dwarfs the battery capacity of the other 3 models. One model number for the upcoming Moto G7 Power has appeared on the  FCC , revealing the battery capacity, device dimensions, rear design (as shown in the feature image above), and connectivity information. We have also been holding onto information from a reliable source detailing some of the other specifications of the device that we now feel comfortable in sharing. First, here’s what we’ve learned about the device from the FCC. XT1955-4, One of Fo...

HIGHLIGHTS The Asus ROG Phone has finally been launched in India Asus ROG Phone price in India set at Rs. 69,999 The Asus ROG Phone comes with a 3D vapour-chamber cooling system   Asus ROG Phone has officially been launched in the Indian market on Thursday. The gaming smartphone was first unveiled globally by the company's gaming brand Republic of Gamers (ROG) at Computex 2018 in June this year. The highlight of the smartphone is that it is claimed to be the world's first smartphone with a 3D vapour-chamber cooling system, and also features a carbon pad and copper spreader for additional cooling. At the launch event in India, Asus officially announced the ROG Phone price in India, release date, and launch offers. The smartphone is amongst the first gaming smartphones in the current crop, with others being the Xiaomi Black Shark, Xiaomi Black Shark Helo, Nubia Red Magic, and Nubia Red Magic Mars. All of these smartphones tout features like special cooling, controls, ...

HIGHLIGHTS Moto X4 has reportedly started receiving Android 9.0 Pie update The update brings the November Android security patch It comes with software version PPW29.69-26 Moto X4, which was launched with Android Nougat, has now reportedly started receiving its stable Android 9.0 Pie. The latest development comes weeks after Motorola kicked off a soak test of the Android Pie update. The new software version also comes bundled with the November Android security patch. It is also likely to bring the core Android Pie features, including the gesture-based system navigation as well as App Actions and Slices, Adaptive Battery, and Adaptive Brightness. The Moto X4 notably received Android 8.0 Oreo as the first major software update back in December last year - after debuted with Android 7.1 Nougat. The stable  Android 9.0 Pie  update for the  Moto X4  is rolling out in Brazil,  reports  XDA Developers. The screenshots confirming the new update reveal...

The popular battle Royale game, PUBG is back in news headlines, after the new map was leaked ahead of the official rollout. The new leaked map has surfaced on the internet before the actual release. The map is called Vikendi and is supposed to have a snowy terrain. With winter approaching, every gamer is excited about the new winter based map. A YouTube channel by the name of Allthenewsisgoodnews, has datamined and digitally recreated the map showcasing how it will look. The map has been uploaded to the server, which means that Tencent Games might soon make it live. The new PUBG Mobile Season 4 Update (Version 0.9.5) is now live. The new update features a new weapon (the M762 automatic rifle), a new vehicle (the Scooter), new skins, and a whole lot more. PUBG Mobile has become one of the most popular online games among smartphone users and while PUBG Mobile was first launched in March, 2018, its season 3 has already come to an end with the PUBG Mobile Season 4 being released....

Apple said Monday it will offer new resources to open thousands of free “Hour of Code” sessions at its Apple Store facilities across the world to bring coding education to students. The Cupertino, California-based company said customers can register for coding education, made available through the Everyone Can Code programme, at the Apple Store locations from Dec. 1 through Dec 14, Xinhua news agency reported. For the sixth year, Apple said it will host Hour of Code daily coding sessions through Today at Apple , which will provide opportunities for people at a variety of skill levels to learn coding. Kids Hour sessions will help children aged six to 12 explore coding with robots, while those aged 12 and above can attend sessions using Swift Playgrounds and iPad to learn coding concepts, Apple said. The sessions are part of Apple’s several programmes being unveiled to help more people learn coding skills both inside and outside the classroom. Also on Monday, Apple en...

HIGHLIGHTS Vivo Nex successor has been leaked in images The images suggest dual displays on the successor Vivo Nex 2 is also seen sporting a triple rear camera setup The Vivo Nex series first launched in June this year, and now leaks of its successor have already started to crop up. In case you've forgotten, the Vivo Nex grabbed a lot of headlines for its true full-screen display and its motorised pop-up selfie camera setup. Now, the successor Vivo Nex 2 has been leaked in images, and it seems that the Chinese giant has taken a leaf out of ZTE's sub-brand Nubia's notebook, and has decided to put a second display on the back of the smartphone - similar to what Nubia did on the Nubia X smartphone. The Vivo Nex 2 images have  leaked  on Weibo and the photos show the smartphone from the front and back. The front is an all-screen bezel-less display with little to no chin on all sides. At the back, there is a triple camera setup up top, and a display on the rest ...