Disney shares release periods for 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier,' 'WandaVision,' and 'The Mandalorian’

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Three highly anticipated shows on Disney+ are going to be available soon. Disney CEO Bob Iger shared the news during its latest earnings call. 

The first up is Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which will come out in August. It is Marvel's first Disney+ original series that brings back stars Anthony Mackie as Falcon or Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier or Bucky Barnes as they deal with events post-Avengers: Endgame. 

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You can now reply to Instagram Stories with GIFs

It might not be an essential update, but Instagram now lets users reply to Stories using GIFs. You can already add GIFs from Giphy into Stories themselves. Now, you can use these GIFs to reply to Instagram Stories, too. Maybe sometimes, when words aren't enough, there are GIFs to help you better express yourself.

'Star Trek: Picard' becomes Crave's most streamed series debut in history

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Bell Media announced that the recently released Star Trek: Picard is the most-streamed debut on its Crave streaming service. The company counted total streams of the pilot episode in the week following its premiere on January 23. Crave gets a new episode of the show every Thursday night. Picard also airs on Thursday's on Bell's CTV Sci-Fi channel. 

Star Trek: Picard marks the return of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard. It explores the fallout following the death of Data in Star Trek: Nemesis— which is also the last time Stewart appeared on a Star Trek project—as well as the destruction of Romulus in J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek movie. The show has already been renewed for a second season, giving fans more episodes to look forward to.

TCL will stop making BlackBerry phones by the end of August 2020

BlackBerry phones were still showcased at TCL's booth during CES 2020

Chinese electronics group TCL will halt the production of BlackBerry-branded phones this year. But it isn't clear if this marks the end of the once-dominant Canadian handset brand. According to BlackBerry's official Twitter, TCL will lose its rights to design, make, or sell BlackBerry smartphones by the end of August. BlackBerry licensed its smartphone technology to TCL back in 2016 in hopes of reviving the brand against the stiff competition it faced from Apple and Android-powered devices. BlackBerry retained control over the software and security on smartphones, while TCL made the hardware. 

BlackBerry didn't say what the future holds for its mobile brand, but it said in the post, "The future is bright for both TCL Communication and BlackBerry Limited, and we hope you will continue to support both as we move ahead on our respective paths."