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Sofia Vergara wows in a plunging top as she continues island vacation
Sofia Vergara wows in a plunging top as she continues island vacation with her husband Joe Manganiello (but covers her modesty with a fish emoji!)
Sofia Vergara and husband Joe Manganiello are still in vacation mode one day after they celebrated Christmas Day on an exotic island.
The actress, 50, looked incredible in snaps shared to social media from their getaway, as she wowed in a deeply plunging dress.
The Colombian-born beauty posted the sizzling snaps but covered her cleavage with a well-placed fish emoji in one of the photos.
Resting and relaxing: Sofia Vergara and husband Joe Manganiello are still in vacation mode one day after they celebrated Christmas Day on an exotic island
Sofia captured multiple selfies with her beau, 45, and uploaded them to Instagram to show her 27.5 million followers.
The beauty dropped in on the app wearing a low-cut brown and black tie-dye tank top.
Her honey blonde-highlighted hair framed her gorgeous visage, tumbling over her chest in a subtle texture.
The bombshell wore a light face of flattering makeup that included some softly smudged eyeliner, blush, and brownish-pink lipstick.
An ice cold beverage in a glass cup with a black straw was set in front of her as she wined and dined with her man.
Peekaboo: The Colombian-born beauty posted the sizzling snaps but covered her cleavage with a well-placed fish emoji in one of the photos
New photos: The 50-year-old actress appeared on social media Monday to share snaps from her island getaway with her spouse, 45
Joe was dressed in a lime green Metallica t-shirt with a pair of glossy black sunglasses tucked into the collar.
He wore a black baseball cap backwards as he displayed a scruffy salt and pepper goatee.
The True Blood actor softly smiled for the photo as he held the couple’s small with dog in one hand.
Several of her followers took notice of the canine and humorously commented on the regular occurrence, with one writing: ‘He is always holding the dog. Cracks me up.’
Another chimed in to ask rhetorically, ‘Is the chihuahua permanently attached to Joe?’ with a laughing emoji.
Attached: Several followers took notice of the couple’s lap dog and one commented, ‘[Joe] is always holding the dog. Cracks me up’
Moving to Instagram’s Stories feature, Sofia also uploaded a mirror selfie in a bold, printed green dress.
The flowing number was complete with a plunging neckline and spaghetti straps, allowing the America’s Got Talent judge to show off some cleavage.
She wore dangling drop earrings with a matching bracelet, showing off the set as she admired her reflection.
Sofia, known for her role on the show Modern Family, included two wine glass GIFs on one side of the image.
Going out: Moving to Instagram’s Stories feature, Sofia also uploaded a mirror selfie in a bold, printed green dress
About one month ago Vergara took to social media to wish her longtime love a happy wedding anniversary.
The duo marked seven years as husband and wife and the star looked back on their wedding day fondly as she shared photos.
She captioned the series of pictures and clips, ‘Love u @joemanganiello ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #7yraniversary.’
Some of Vergara’s famous friends and followers congratulated her on the milestone, including her America’s Got Talent co-star Howie Mandel and Justin Mikita, Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s husband, who wrote, ‘Happy anni! Magical night! ❤️.’
Lovebirds: Sofia and Joe posed together in front of a gorgeous tree as they celebrated Christmas
Rare Mars eclipse by full moon wows stargazers with occultation
On Wednesday (Dec. 7), skywatchers around the world were treated to a celestial show as the full moon eclipsed Mars in the night sky.
The rare event, known as a lunar occultation, refers to one celestial body — in this case, Mars — appearing to disappear or hide behind another — in this case, the moon. This occultation was particularly noteworthy because Mars was at opposition, meaning Earth was directly between it and the sun, making the Red Planet appear particularly bright in the night sky.
Related: See Mars at opposition in these free webcasts tonight (Dec. 8)
Last night’s occultation of Mars by the full moon produced some gorgeous images from observers around the world. The Griffith Observatory in California had a great view of the moon and Mars joining up on Dec. 7 and caught a time-lapse of the Red Planet disappearing behind Earth’s celestial companion as seen in the video above.
In addition, skywatchers around the world have been posting gorgeous images of the lunar occultation of Mars on social media, offering a look at one of the year’s most-watched celestial events.
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy caught Mars and the full moon (opens in new tab) in a beautiful close-up:
This is the moment Mars peeked out from behind our moon after being hidden for an hour. This shot was captured using my largest telescope and a special high-speed camera. Seeing another planet rising on the horizon of our moon was such a surreal experience. pic.twitter.com/8IctbVXuUMDecember 8, 2022
Spaceflight photographer John Kraus caught a stunning shot of Mars (opens in new tab) as it appeared behind the moon following occultation:
Amateur astrophotographer Tom Williams produced a gorgeous image of the moon and Mars by combining multiple photographs, and offered an explanation of how he made the image (opens in new tab) on Twitter.
The 2022 Lunar #Occultation of #Mars!This is a crop of a wider image, and shows the red planet on it’s descent behind the eastern lunar limb captured last night from home. Sinus Gomer is central with Syrtis Major at top. See thread for processing. What an event!#astrophotography pic.twitter.com/IBNiW8mA9cDecember 8, 2022
Amateur astronomer and photographer Tom Glenn produced a breathtaking image of Mars (opens in new tab) rising above the moon by stacking 15 different photograph frames.
#Mars rising above the lunar limb. This is a stack of 15 frames captured within a 2s interval during the end of the occultation by the #Moon. Captured with a C9.25 Edge HD and ASI678mc. pic.twitter.com/xrDiI3d7keDecember 8, 2022
Astronomer and science communicator Phil Plait caught Mars creeping behind the moon (opens in new tab) just prior to occultation.
The Moon and Mars a few minutes before #occultation. I shot this through my bedroom window using my spotting ‘scope and a phonecam (that’s why there’s a strong Moon reflection to the upper left). Look at the color contrast! The occultation was cool, taki… https://t.co/lpxYVpmbmi pic.twitter.com/SUISrvttx7December 8, 2022
The lunar occultation of Mars by the full Cold Moon was particularly noteworthy because the Red Planet only appears at opposition every 26 months, so the next opposition won’t occur until January 2025.
Mars was also especially close to Earth during this event, which occurred while the planet was at perigee, or its closest point to Earth in its orbit. The record for closest approach between Mars and Earth was set in 2003 at just 34.8 million miles (56 million kilometers); according to NASA, Mars and Earth won’t be this close for another 265 years, until 2287.
Editor’s Note: If you snap a great photo of either Mars at opposition or the lunar occultation and would like to share it with Space.com’s readers, send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com.
Editor’s Note: This piece was updated at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT) on Dec. 8 to indicate that the record for Mars’ closest approach to Earth was set in 2003.
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Last Blood Moon lunar eclipse until 2025 wows observers around the world (photos)
The last Blood Moon lunar eclipse until 2025 thrilled observers around the world.
The Beaver Blood Moon lunar eclipse started at 3:02 a.m. EST (0802 GMT), reached totality at 5:16 a.m. EST (1016 GMT) and ended at 8:56 a.m. EST (1356 GMT).
A total lunar eclipse happens when the full moon (in this case November’s full Beaver Moon) moves into the deep umbral shadow of the Earth and receives only light first filtered by Earth’s atmosphere. It was visible from North America and parts of South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Related: Amazing photos of the last Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 (gallery)
The lunar eclipse is not visible to everyone, but thanks to various livestreams around the world, everyone can get a chance to view the Blood Moon lunar eclipse for free.
The mobile observatory team of the website Time and Date livestreamed the lunar eclipse on its YouTube channel (opens in new tab). Time and Date also had a live blog (opens in new tab) featuring real-time reports and background information about the total lunar eclipse. Astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 livestreamed the eclipse from Ceccano, Italy, on the project’s website (opens in new tab). The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona is also offered a free livestream of the lunar eclipse on their YouTube channel (opens in new tab). Unfortunately due to extensive cloud cover the famed Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California had to cut its livestream of the lunar eclipse short.
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The Beaver Blood Moon even made an appearance above NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stack includes an uncrewed Orion spacecraft and is scheduled to launch on Nov. 14. To keep up to date with the latest Artemis action check out our Artemis live updates page.
Observers from around the world also took to Twitter to share their impressive photos and videos of the last Blood Moon lunar eclipse until 2025.
Roger Clark caught the Blood Moon shining over Staten Island.
Pretty cool #BloodMoon over #StatenIsland pic.twitter.com/nP9xUXc3d1November 8, 2022
Observers in Tokyo also managed to see the total lunar eclipse while waiting for their train. Not a bad way to pass the time!
Ohhh.. full lunar eclipse here in Tokyo.. was wondering what ppl looking up at during train ride pic.twitter.com/GInpE2GV18November 8, 2022
Aaron Schwartz captured the total lunar eclipse over Washington Circle in Washington DC.
A total lunar eclipse is seen over Washington Circle in Washington DC on Election Day, November 8, 2022 (Photo by Aaron Schwartz) pic.twitter.com/YgTqAB4WQiNovember 8, 2022
Steven Labkoff caught the Blood Moon right above the Washington Monument in this stunning photograph.
The Full Blood-red, Beaver Lunar Eclipse from Washington’s Capital Mall. About 5:20AM from our Nation’s Capital while at the AMIA 2022 Meeting. This is a single exposure, no blending.#amia2022#fulllunareclipse#lunareclipse#OlympusOM1#getolympus#astrophotography pic.twitter.com/RUX877oDDtNovember 8, 2022
If you want to photograph the moon or want to prepare your gear for the total lunar eclipse, check out our best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography. Read our guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse, as well as how to photograph the moon with a camera for some helpful tips to plan out your lunar photo session.
Has all this lunar eclipse action whipped you up into some sort of eclipse frenzy? Then you’ll be pleased to know that you don’t have to wait too long for the next eclipse event. You can watch the first solar eclipse of 2023 on April. 20, details on how and where to see this rare hybrid solar eclipse can be found in our solar eclipse 2023 guide.
Editor’s Note: If you snap an amazing lunar eclipse photo and would like to share it with Space.com’s readers, send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com.
Super Flower Blood Moon of 2022, longest total lunar eclipse in 33 years, wows stargazers
The moon turned an eerie blood-red color in a total lunar eclipse overnight Sunday (May 15) that was visible to potentially millions of stargazers across four continents.
The lunar eclipse, celebrated as the Super Flower Blood Moon, was the longest total lunar eclipse in 33 years, according to Space.com’s skywatching columnist Joe Rao. It was visible, weather permitting, from a wide swath of the world that spanned the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa and the east Pacific. You can see amazing photos of the Super Flower Blood Moon from skywatchers with clear skies to see it.
During the lunar eclipse, the full moon spent about 85 minutes inside the Earth’s umbra, or darker, shadow, according to Space.com columnist Joe Rao. That’s compared with 96 minutes in August 1989, according to TimeandDate.com.
Even New Zealand, eastern Europe and the Middle East got a subtle view of the penumbral, or lightly shadowed, version of the eclipse. But it was the Blood Moon that caught the attention of people around the world.
Related: Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse: Is it the 1st of 4 supermoons?
Riste Spiroski caught a view of the moon in Macedonia at 4:45 a.m. local time. “It looks like Saturn, with a long thin cloud in front of her, while the partial eclipse is happening — and you can see it clearly. I was amazed by the view,” Spiroski told Space.com in an email. You can see the photo below.
Some Space.com readers commented on the beauty of the eclipse. “Beautiful view of the moon from Tucson, Arizona,” wrote one reader Bod Read.
Michelle Jensen, another reader, used a smartphone to capture the eclipse from New Prague, Minnesota, roughly 45 minutes south of Minneapolis.
“Caught a few neat shots of the beginning of the eclipse. It’s nothing fancy, but I thought it was pretty cool that my phone picked that much up,” Jensen wrote. You can see the photo below.
The timing of the Super Flower Blood Moon depended upon your location. TimeandDate.com said the partial eclipse phase of the moon eclipse began May 15 at 10:28 p.m. EDT (0228 GMT on May 16). It reached the Blood Moon peak May 16 at 12:11 a.m. EDT (0411 GMT). Then the event ended at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0555 GMT). The penumbral eclipse started and ended an hour earlier than the total eclipse.
Several webcasts discussed the art and science of the Blood Moon, for people outside the viewing zone, in cloudy conditions or otherwise unable to see the show in person.
“The things that are awe-inspiring, almost spiritual, don’t require modern technology,” Slooh astronomer Bob Berman said during the astronomy webcaster’s live broadcast.
As the Blood Moon shone live in remotely operated telescopes streaming live to Slooh, the company’s director of curriculum talked about how light around our planet gets refracted and falls upon the moon’s surface. “You’re watching the sunrises and sunsets that are occurring on our planet, right now, with the light from those hitting the moon,” John Boisvert said.
Eclipse scientist Fred Espenak said the full moon was a so-called supermoon, taking into account the variability of perigees (closest approaches) and apogees (furthest approaches) the moon has to our planet.
NASA, however, follows another definition suggesting that a supermoon occurs when the moon is within 90% of its closest approach, which the agency says next happens in June.
Supermoon or no, the full moon turning red for a time attracted a lot of attention around the world.
If you’re hoping to photograph the moon, or want to prepare your gear for the total lunar eclipse, check out our best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography. Read our guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse, as well as how to photograph the moon with a camera for some helpful tips to plan out you lunar photo session.
Totality!Tonight’s #LunarEclipse, seen from Florida’s Space Coast against a beautiful field of stars. pic.twitter.com/7EiO4gH1utMay 16, 2022
From my Samsung galaxy s21Lunar eclipse may 15, 2022 pic.twitter.com/woAZdC77tbMay 16, 2022
A huge crowd turned out for the lunar eclipse! A lovely Montréal park moment ❤️ So happy y’all got to see this pic.twitter.com/ToZwh7jPefMay 16, 2022
Total lunar eclipse! Taken with an iPhone attached to my 8” telescope. 🌕📱🔭 #lunareclipse2022 pic.twitter.com/MBweZp6AvkMay 16, 2022
super blood moon lunar eclipse pic.twitter.com/GRudCig4eQMay 16, 2022
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Lunar Eclipse tonight #EclipseLunar #Minnesota pic.twitter.com/HXF4D5rvaJMay 16, 2022
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Huge, mysterious blast detected in deep space wows scientists
Astronomers can detect powerful bursts of energy from the deep, deep cosmos.
Sometimes, the source of these bursts is mysterious.
Scientists recently observed a giant blast some 130 million light-years from Earth. Previously, they detected a colossal collision here from a well-known merger between two neutron stars — collapsed stars that are perhaps the densest objects in the universe. But that dramatic event, which produced a potent stream of energy, began to fade. Around three and a half years later, something else, something new, created another curious blast or release of energy.
“There’s something else happening now,” Edo Berger, a professor of astronomy at Harvard University and one of the scientists who detected this new cosmic event, told Mashable.
The burst of energy, picked up by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (which detects emissions from extremely hot places in the universe), was intense. Astronomers liken it to the sonic boom made when a speeding plane breaks the sound barrier.
In new research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers propose two possible scenarios that might explain the event, neither of which has ever been observed before, explained Aprajita Hajela, an astronomer who led the research. Hajela is a PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University.
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A “kilonova glow”: A what? In this leading explanation, when two neutron stars (bodies so incredibly dense that a teaspoon of neutron star weighs around a whopping 1 billion tons) collided, they created an extremely bright blast, called a kilonova. Kilonovas may be of great importance to the universe, and our lives: Astronomers suspect important elements and metals are forged in these blasts, like gold and platinum. “It is one of the proposed predominant sites for the heavier elements in the universe,” explained Hajela.
But after this immense kilonova explosion, astronomers propose that debris expanded out into space, generating a shock wave, or blast. The blast heated up anything around like gases or stardust. This is the kilonova glow or afterglow we can detect from millions of light-years away.
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Black hole: Another possibility is the dramatic neutron star merger created a black hole — an “object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it,” explains NASA — and now matter from the collision is falling into the black hole. When debris falls in, it releases bounties of energy as it spirals around the powerful, dark object. This could be the source of this newly detected energy from distant space.
A rocket will crash into the moon. It’ll leave way more than a scar.
An artist’s conception of two neutron stars colliding.
Credit: National Science Foundation / LIGO / Sonoma State University / A. Simonnet
An artist’s conception of hot gas and debris stripped from neutron starts before they collided.
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CI Lab
It’s not surprising that two neutron stars collided in space. In fact, it’s common for stars to orbit near other stars in the same solar system. Many stars aren’t loners, like the sun. “Most stars are actually found in systems with one or more companions,” explained Hajela. Eventually, the stars run out of fuel and collapse. Then, as profoundly dense neutron stars, they can lose momentum and collide, resulting in great mergers and bursts of energy.
Now, the looming question is how astronomers will determine if they’re detecting a kilonova afterglow, or matter falling into a black hole. They’ll continue watching the type of light, or radiation, coming from this deep space location. That will reveal the source. (If it’s an afterglow, they’d expect more radio emissions; but black holes give off X-ray emissions.)
Who knows what else these next observations will reveal about the ongoing events in the deep cosmos?
“This is still not the end of the story,” Berger said.
Valve Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’
The Steam Deck, Valve’s take on a Switch-style portable PC gaming machine, is perhaps the most anticipated piece of portable hardware since…well, since the Nintendo Switch. So it’s understandable that the technology press is champing at the bit to devour every detail about it, even well before its official release later this month. Pre-release units are finally finding their way out of Valve’s clutches, and into at least a few YouTube reviewer’ hands.
While these preview videos aren’t allowed to go into every exhaustive detail of the Steam Deck, they do give us a fairly complete look at the final hardware, and at least some indication of how it will perform on a select range of popular PC games.
Given Valve’s stated goal of getting the relatively low-priced handheld to run “the latest AAA games, and run them really well,” it’s perhaps one of the biggest points of trepidation for those wondering if they should buy one (or those who’ve already pre-ordered one). With some of the same AMD APU hardware going into modern laptops, and tight integration with the Steam platform and service, it’s easy to see how the Steam Deck might be prepared to deliver.
Valve allowed LinusTechTips and Gamers Nexus to poke and prod the Steam Deck to show off that power, provided by the custom AMD-built Aerith APU system running Zen 2 processor graphics, Radeon-powered RDNA 2 graphics, and 16GB of fast LPDDR5 RAM. Both testers found that the system could breeze through low-power 2D games like the excellent Dead Cells without breaking a sweat, easily doubling (or tripling) the hardware’s 60Hz limit. Linus even went so far as to call the Steam Deck “arguably the most innovative gaming PC in 20 years, or more.”
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Steam Deck game performance
More intense AAA games had a lot more variables. Well-optimized games tended to perform quite well on the basic Linux-based SteamOS system (Windows will also be an option, but wasn’t available for testing). Devil May Cry 5, with its non-stop combat action, was a standout, never dropping under 60 frames per second for either tester. Ghostrunner, a similarly intense action game, also had good performance: Gamers Nexus clocked it at 64 frames per second with ray tracing disabled (40 frames per second docked to a full 1080p display), while Linus reported that it sometimes jumped up to as much as 90 frames per second.
Other games were less eager to perform on the portable hardware. Control would dip into the 30 FPS range in areas, and Forza Horizon 5 with its intense lighting engine and open world would show odd physics issues even as it stayed at 60. Even with Valve’s pre-selected collection of games, it’s clear that some will run better than others, and possibly benefit from some driver tweaking — the same situation PC gamers have been in for decades when new games and/or graphics cards are released.
Steam Deck battery life
Of course, with a portable system the games themselves are only part of the equation. Battery life was always a concern with what’s essentially a tiny PC shoved into a controller housing. Valve claims the Steam Deck can handle between 2 and 8 hours unplugged, depending on the intensity of the games (or streaming applications) being run. Of course, that’s running games on the native Linux-based SteamOS installation, not Windows.
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Gamers Nexus found those predictions a bit optimistic, never going beyond 6 hours of battery life, even with low-power games and streaming. Triple-A games got as little as 90 minutes of gameplay with player input, necessitating a full three-hour recharge session. “You’ll want V-Sync and capped framerates while on battery, otherwise you’re not gonna get anywhere close to the numbers that Valve has published in its specs tables,” GN editor-in chief Steve Burke declared. “We think that’s reasonable and makes sense; you need to trade off somewhere for a battery-operated device.”
Linus found an average of 3.3 to 8 hours of life, but that video does not specify that continual gaming input was tested. Between the two, it’s clear that battery life will be highly variable based on what game is being played, and intercontinental flights will all but demand a charger or extra power bank.
Ergonomics and gameplay
So that’s the hardware side of the equation, at least until more people can compare Valve’s homegrown Linux-based SteamOS and the heavier but more flexible (at least in gaming terms) Windows operating system. But how does the Steam Deck perform as a portable game machine? The device is absolutely gigantic in those specific terms, far larger than the Nintendo Switch and even PC-based alternatives like the Aya Neo or GPD Win 3.
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Linus has almost nothing but praise for the physical design of Valve’s 7-inch game machine. The inputs consist of dual sticks plus D-pad, A/B/X/Y, and double shoulder buttons, as would be expected of any modern gaming machine. But it also has four paddle buttons on the back, a la the Xbox Elite Controller and similar premium designs, plus two small haptic trackpads inherited from Valve’s previous work on the Steam Controller. Between all of these varied inputs, and Valve’s software allowing users to customize controls for everything from racing games to shooters to top-down strategy titles.
And for the most part, Linus reports, it’s incredibly effective. He says the Steam Deck’s feel is “right up there with all my favorite console controllers,” intelligently enhanced by Valve’s hardware design that keeps hot spots away from points of skin contact. (Gamers Nexus found that the hardware throttles itself to keep internal temperatures at or below 90 degrees Celsius, calling the thermal design “impressive and executed extremely well for how small the device is.”) That said, Linus did note that people with smaller hands might have trouble reaching the shoulder or A/B/X/Y buttons, depending on grip, but that this wouldn’t be a problem for most. He also praised the screen’s ability to become ultra-dim indoors, and the speaker’s wide range of fidelity (comparing them to those on the MacBook Pro).
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The one downside? Haptic feedback. While console gamers and people who use a controller on PC have more or less come to expect vibration as a subtle way to enhance immersion, Valve couldn’t find space or power in the Steam Deck to include conventional vibration motors, instead leaving only the comparably weak haptic feedback of the touchpads (again, see the Steam Controller). Linus says that this is a notable low point in the design: “At the moment, haptics on this device are a poo stain on an otherwise crisp, white sheet.”
Three weeks left
We still have very little insight into how SteamOS will look on the Steam Deck, handling PC gamers’ libraries of hundreds of games and syncing progress across existing hardware and portable play, to say nothing of how non-Steam games will play, either on SteamOS or Windows. Just today Epic said it’s not interested in creating a Linux version of Fortnite for the Steam Deck, despite fighting for over a year to get it back on mobile game stores.
Even so, these incomplete glimpses of the Steam Deck will surely be enough to convince some to pull the trigger on a purchase, especially if they already have a huge library of Steam games. With a starting price of just $399 — less than half that of competing PC-based portable machines — it’s an incredibly tempting bit of hardware, especially for those who can use Steam’s streaming feature to bolster it for games that simply demand full desktop power.
We’ll have to wait for February 25th, when the first round of final Steam Deck hardware makes its way into the hands of consumers, for a truly complete look at this device. But the initial glimpses show that Valve might just be able to deliver on its big promises, at least in some situations and for some games.
Michael is a former graphic designer who’s been building and tweaking desktop computers for longer than he cares to admit. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and salsa verde, in no particular order.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, wows rivals and teammates in Winter Olympics debut
BEIJING – Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s pristine performance in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Games on Sunday drew pure awe from rivals and teammates who praised her prodigious athletic talent and maturity as the gold medal favorite.
Still only 15, Valieva holds the world records for the short program, free skate and total score.
At Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium on Sunday, Valieva scored 90.18 points, 0.27 below her short program record of 90.45, to help the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to first place in the team competition with three events remaining.
“All the best qualities of a figure skater come together in this fragile girl,” Russian ice dancer Nikita Katsalapov said of his team mate.
“She motivates the whole team … It’s just a pleasure to watch her performances. She improves from one competition to the next.”
Valieva, who clinched the European title last month in a Russian podium sweep, has been reticent to discuss her own success.
When asked on Sunday if she was unbeatable, the teenager simply shrugged and refused to answer.
Valieva and her team mates Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova are all coached by Eteri Tutberidze, known for raising a generation of Russian skaters with stellar but ephemeral careers.
All three Russian female skaters competing at the Beijing Games are known for landing gravity-defying quadruple jumps, raising standards in a discipline where such elements were unimaginable just a few years ago.
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Those new standards mean female skaters almost need to perform a quadruple jump to clinch an Olympic medal.
“I’m not capable of doing what they are doing,” U.S. skater Karen Chen, who finished fifth in the short programme of the team event with 65.20 points, told reporters.
Valieva did not want to speculate why her training group could execute jumps that are unthinkable for most.
“I don’t know how they train elsewhere,” Valieva said in response to Chen’s comments. “But the training we receive is enough to perform these difficult elements.”
Katsalapov did not have any additional insight on why Russian women’s performances were a leap ahead.
“There is a secret for sure,” he said. “I’m wondering, too.”
Salma Hayek, 55, wows in blue bikini as waves crash over her on sandy shore in new Instagram post
Salma Hayek, 55, wows in blue bikini as waves crash over her on sandy shore in new Instagram post
Salma Hayek seemed to be enjoying herself as she sat near the shoreline on an island locale on Monday.
The actress, 55, posted a picture in which she sat, drenched in salty ocean water, while wearing a blue bikini.
Her brown hair was tossed over her left shoulder, her eyes closed to the sun which bore down on her already tan skin.
Sitting back and relaxing: Salma Hayek seemed to be enjoying herself as she sat near the shoreline on an island locale on Monday
She sat with her arms crossed on top of her knees. Her nails were painted as a bright red
Hayek wore a bracelet on her left wrist. She leaned up against a boulder as the waves splashed her lower half.
She captioned the photo in a mixture of English and Spanish, ‘If you forgot to make your new year’s resolutions, it’s still January. I made mine but I’m adding to the list Si se olvidaron de hacer sus propósitos de Año Nuevo, todavía estamos en Enero. Yo hice lis míos pero voy a añadir a la lista #dreams #mondaymotivation #mondaymood.’
Beach day: The actress, 55, posted a picture in which she sat, drenched in salty ocean water, while wearing a blue bikini (pictured 2021)
Family trip? While it’s not clear exactly who took the picture of Hayek, it could have been her husband, businessman François-Henri Pinault (pictured 2021)
While it’s not clear exactly who took the picture of Hayek, it could have been her husband, businessman François-Henri Pinault.
The pair got engaged in 2007 and had their first daughter, Valentina, shortly afterwards. They married on Valentine’s Day in 2009.
Their marriage also made Hayek the step-mother of Pinault’s three children which she has from three previous relationships.
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They are: 24-year-old François, 21-year-old Mathilde and 15-year-old Augustin. They all carry their father’s last name.
Hayek seemed to be enjoying her rare afternoon off from work after a very busy acting year.
The star came out with four movies last year titled House of Gucci, Eternals, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and Bliss.
Jennifer Aniston wows in wavy-haired, makeup-free selfie: ‘Okay, Humidity’
Jennifer Aniston is stunning her fans yet again.
The 52-year-old actress took to Instagram on Thursday and shared a pair of photos of herself fresh-faced and makeup-free.
Also noticeable in the photos was the “Morning Show” actress’s blonde hair, which was surprisingly wavy, considering she’s known for primarily wearing a rather straight ‘do.
“Okay, Humidity…” she captioned the post with a few dizzying emojis. “Let’s go…..”
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She also tagged her hair care line LolaVie.
“Thank you for REAL pics,” a follower commented. “We’re the same age and I respect gracefully aging.”
“I love that look on you,” said another.
“Beautiful with or without makeup,” a third gushed.
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“Sexy bed hair though….” joked Ali Wentworth.
Aniston launched her first LolaVie product in September 2021: a 99% naturally-derived Glossing Detangler.
In an interview with People magazine at the time, the “Friends” alum described the product as “the Swiss Army Knife” of hair products, which she finds helpful because her hair seems to have “300 personalities.”
“There’s not one strand that’s doing the same thing. And it’s just always been a challenge for me, ever since I was a kid,” she recalled. “Well, actually, I feel like [this is] punishment, because I had this incredible head of hair that was long and straight and down to my waist. And I always wanted to cut it, but my mom never let me. She said, ‘When you’re 13, you can do whatever you want.’ And that was the biggest mistake I ever made because I cut it all off.”
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The star joked: “I think I might’ve hit the Dorothy Hamill!”
Aniston’s hairstyles have long captivated audiences, with “The Rachel” becoming a popular style for women while the actress was appearing on “Friends.”
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Surprisingly, however, her hairdo has never been much of a focus for the star.
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“I just love a good blowout. Hairstyles have never been my thing,” she said. “I just want to feel good in my skin at the end of the day, no matter what I am wearing.”