Edward Snowden probably needs no introduction, as long as you’ve been following the news at any point for the last couple of years. The former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower revealed to the world the advanced powers of government agencies when it comes to conducting smart mass-spying operations.

Evidently, someone made a movie about it. And when Snowden, the movie, is made by none other than Oliver Stone and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the film becomes all the more appealing. Sadly, Snowden isn’t hitting theaters on Christmas Day, as had been planned, and is instead being pushed back to 2016. As Variety explains, the movie is now out of the 2015 awards season race.

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Sadly, the fourth-generation Apple TV is not going to shake up the game industry as many fans and bloggers predicted before Apple’s ‘Hey Siri’ event last week, but it’s still a noteworthy upgrade over the previous model. It features an updated UI, a new operating system and, perhaps best of all, comes with an incredibly neat looking remote.

But is Apple too attached to the remote?

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You have so many different devices in your home now that you might have a tough time keeping track of security for them. This is where CUJO, a new IndieGoGo project created by many longtime industry security vets, hopes to come in handy. CUJO is a small device that sits on your desk and that aims to secure all the devices in your home, including laptops, tablets, smartphones and more.

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Stephen Colbert’s transition to network late night television is off to a good start. On the premiere episode of his new CBS show, Colbert delivered monster ratings. And while things have leveled off a bit since, Colbert is still performing much more ably than his predecessor David Letterman was.

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Prior to Wednesday, Apple was not in the stylus market… but then came the Apple Pencil. FiftyThree had the market nailed down with its innovative take on a stylus, the Pencil. And now you can grab a Pencil by FiftyThree Digital Stylus designed for the iPhone and iPad for up to $20 off from Amazon.

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Most Game of Thrones fans are anxiously waiting to see whether a certain character will return for more adventures with The Watch in the upcoming season, but there’s not that much Game of Thrones action going on right now. The sixth season of the show is months away, so until then we’ll just need to get our Game of Thrones fix by looking at fan-made creations like the following hilarious Tinder profiles that some of your favorite characters from the series would make if they had access to online dating.

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Apple has already disrupted major industries with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and it might be eying the car as the next major consumer product that needs reinventing. Many reports claimed in the past months that Apple’s secret Project Titan team – which has around 1,000 employees, including former Tesla talent – is making an Apple car rather that improving the company’s mapping and navigation products, and new reports seem to indicate that’s exactly the case.

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Unless you live in California, it can be difficult to imagine just how dramatic the effects of the drought have been. Recent reports are calling this the worst drought in 500 years, and the implications reach much further than simply forcing Californians to limit the amount of water they use to keep their lawns green.

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Think the iPhone 6s is just a boring upgrade to the iPhone 6? Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks you couldn’t be more mistaken. In an interview with BuzzFeed, Cook goes into detail about why we should be excited about the 3D Touch feature that he says is the biggest addition to the iPhone this year.

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The Galaxy S6 edge is one of this year’s most striking smartphones but it looks like it might be a mere warmup for what Samsung has planned for next year. G for Games directs our attention to a new rumor posted on Weibo that claims Samsung is planning to unveil its first foldable smartphone this January after years of teasing us with foldable display prototypes. According to the rumor, the phone will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM and an SD card slot.

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