People using video game character creators to make real-world people is nothing new. As character creators get better, people are making nearly 1:1 recreations of celebrities, characters from other games, and digital versions of themselves. That is normally all well and good, but now NBA 2K26 players have started recreating Charlie Kirk, the right-wing commentator who was assassinated at Utah …
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Nick TriggleHealth correspondent BBC Three years ago, a fashion editor friend returned from Milan Fashion Week bursting with a story to tell. Most fashion editors stayed at the same hotel, she explained, and each bedroom had its own mini fridge. After checking out, en route to the airport, a stylist in her party cried out that he’d left “an important …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🌕 The Moon is seen as a potential source for the rare isotope helium-3, crucial for future technologies. 🔬 Helium-3 is vital for cooling quantum computers and has potential as a clean fusion fuel. 🚀 The United States and China lead the race for lunar helium-3 mining, driven by strategic interests. 🌐 The geopolitical landscape could shift …
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages has been working on a system to let you @mention other users in chats. Users who are mentioned in such a manner should see an @ symbol next to the chat. Messages may automatically suggest an @mention when you start typing someone’s name. Being able to get someone’s attention by sending them …
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IN A NUTSHELL 📱 Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, claiming it is the world’s fastest mobile processor. 🚀 The new chip offers 20% CPU, 23% GPU, and 37% NPU performance improvements over its predecessor. 🎥 The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 supports the Advanced Professional Video codec for enhanced video recording. 💻 Qualcomm expands into PCs with …
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Magic: The Gathering has become the Fortnite of trading card games, and as annoying as I find the practice of constantly dumping different IPs together, even God’s strongest soldiers are not immune to propaganda. At MagicCon Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast and Sony announced that PlayStation series are getting seven different Secret Lair drops for various games, and folks, …
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[The following story contains spoilers from the Project Runway season 21 finale.] Veejay Floresca made Project Runway history Thursday night, becoming the first transgender person to win the long-running reality show. Her victory marked an undoubtedly historic moment for the franchise, though Floresca’s journey on the series will be remembered for numerous reasons. Aside from a history-making win, she was …
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When the Steelers took the practice field today in Dublin, Ireland, they weren’t wearing their normal practice jerseys. Instead, the players were wearing t-shirts with their names and numbers, but there was a special twist. The names were all translated from English to Gaelic, done by Aedin Ni Bhrianin, the Irish Language Development Officer for Munster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). …
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LINCOLN—After the first set, Nebraska looked like it was in for a long evening against Michigan. The Wolverines rallied to close their deficit to 22-21 before NU won three of the final four rallies to pull it out. The teams went back and forth for 30 minutes as Michigan out-hit the top-ranked Huskers, .323 to .302 in the first set. …
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