David Benavidez - David MorrellCredit: GettyIn a boxing world suddenly filled with crossover fights and most every major boxing match taking place in Saudi Arabia, its rare to see a major bout happen between champions in their prime in the United States.Thats what we have on Saturday, February 1 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The David Benavidez (29-0, 22 KO) will take on David Morrell (11-0, 8 KO) in a massive fight for the 175-pound division.Benavidez comes in ranked No. 2 by the Ring Magazine in the light heavyweight division and Morrell is No. 8. The winner of Saturdays fight would seemingly be in line to face Artur Beterbiev for the undisputed light heavyweight titleif he defeats Dmitry Bivol on February 22.If Bivol wins, there could be a third fight between the two pound-for-pound contenders. In any case, Benavidez-Morrell is a big-time fight. Heres how you can watch.Date: Saturday, February 1Time: 8pm ETLocation: T-Mobile Arena in Las VegasTV/Stream: Amazon Prime and PPV.comTheres been no shortage of tension between the two men throughout the build. Benavidez and Morrell got into a scuffle at a photo shoot which resulted in Morrell throwing his championship belt at Benavidez.At Thursdays presser, there was even more bad blood. Quite honestly, the fight looks so good on paper, the extra-curricular activity wasnt necessary for purists. However, it might have pushed a few casuals to push the purchase button on PPV.com or Amazon Prime.MORE FOR YOUIn addition to Benavidez-Morrell, the undercard is solid as well. Benavidezs brother, Joseph Benavidez Jr., a former world-title challenger is on the card fighting Danny Rosenberger.Undefeated prospect Curmel Moton is back in action against Frank Zaldivar. Jeison Rosario faces Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr., Isaac Cruz faces Angel Fierro and in the co-main event, Brandon Figueroa will rematch Stephen Fulton.Figueroa will be looking to avenge the only loss of his professional career, a majority decision defeat in November 2021. Fultons only loss was a eighth-round TKO defeat against Naoya Inoue. In the rematch, Figueroa and Fulton will be battling for the formers WBC featherweight title.Be on the lookout for fight and event coverage on Saturday night.Upcoming Boxing ScheduleSaturday, February 1, 2025Adam Azim vs. Sergey LipinetsLocation: OVO Wembley Arena, London, GBTime: 1:00 PM (ET)Sunday, February 2, 2025WBO World Heavyweight Championship: Claressa Shields vs. Danielle PerkinsLocation: Dort Federal Event Center, Flint, USTime: 8:00 PM (ET)Saturday, February 8, 2025Dereck Chisora vs. Otto WallinLocation: Co-Op Live Arena, Manchester, GBTime: 2:00 PM (ET)Friday, February 14, 2025WBO World Lightweight Championship: (c) Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn DavisXander Zayas vs. Slawa SpomerVito Mielnicki vs. Connor CoyleJared Anderson vs. Marios KolliasAbdullah Mason vs. Manuel JaimesLocation: The Theater at MSG, New York City, USTime: 8:00 PM (ET)Saturday, February 15, 2025Jack Catterall vs. Arnold BarbozaLocation: Co-Op Live Arena, Manchester, GBTime: Noon (ET)Oscar Duarte vs. Regis PrograisHonda Center, Anaheim, California, USTime: 8 PM (ET)Saturday, February 22, 2025The Ring, WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF Light Heavyweight Championship: (c) Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry BivolIBF Heavyweight Championship: (c) Daniel Dubois vs. Joseph ParkerWBC Lightweight Championship (c) Shakur Stevenson vs. Floyd SchofieldWBC Middleweight Championship (c) Carlos Adames vs. Hamzah SheerazVergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Israil MadrimovJoshua Buatsi vs. Callum SmithZhilei Zhang vs. Agit KabayelLocation: Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, SATime: Noon (ET)Monday, February 24, 2025WBC World Bantamweight Championship: (c) Junto Nakatani vs. David Cuellar ContrerasLocation: Ariake Arena, Tokyo, JPTime: 2:00 AM (ET)Saturday, March 1, 2025WBA World Lightweight Championship: (c) Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr.Location: Barclays Center, New York City, USTime: 8:00 PM (ET)Friday, March 7, 2025The Ring Welterweight Championship: (c) Natasha Jonas vs. Lauren PriceLocation: Royal Albert Hall, London, GBTime: 1:00 PM (ET)Saturday, March 15, 2025WBA World Featherweight Championship: (c) Nick Ball vs. TJ DohenyLocation: M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, GBTime: 1:00 PM (ET)Sunday, March 16, 2025Callum Walsh vs. Dean SutherlandLocation: The Theater at MSG, New York City, USTime: 9:00 PM (ET)

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Public media in FCC crosshairs Trumps FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them Brendan Carr described as "Trump's Censorship Czar" as he launches media probes. Jon Brodkin Jan 30, 2025 5:31 pm | 106 Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr testifies at a Congressional hearing on March 31, 2022. Credit: Getty Images | Tom Williams Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr testifies at a Congressional hearing on March 31, 2022. Credit: Getty Images | Tom Williams Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreFederal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS in a move that Democrats described as an attempt to intimidate the media."I am writing to inform you that I have asked the FCC's Enforcement Bureau to open an investigation regarding the airing of NPR and PBS programming across your broadcast member stations," Carr wrote in a letter yesterday to the leaders of NPR and PBS.Carr alleged that NPR and PBS are violating a federal law prohibiting noncommercial educational broadcast stations from running commercial advertisements. "I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials," Carr wrote. "In particular, it is possible that NPR and PBS member stations are broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements."Carr's letter did not provide any specific examples of underwriting announcements that might violate the law, but said the "announcements should not promote the contributor's products, services, or businesses, and they may not contain comparative or qualitative descriptions, price information, calls to action, or inducements to buy, sell, rent, or lease."Carr: Defund NPR and PBSCarr pointed out that NPR and PBS member broadcast stations are licensed by the FCC. He also stated his opposition to government funding for NPR and PBS, though he acknowledged that isn't up to the FCC. Carr wrote:For your awareness, I will be providing a copy of this letter to relevant Members of Congress because I believe this FCC investigation may prove relevant to an ongoing legislative debate. In particular, Congress is actively considering whether to stop requiring taxpayers to subsidize NPR and PBS programming. For my own part, I do not see a reason why Congress should continue sending taxpayer dollars to NPR and PBS given the changes in the media marketplace since the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.To the extent that these taxpayer dollars are being used to support a for-profit endeavor or an entity that is airing commercial advertisements, then that would further undermine any case for continuing to fund NPR and PBS with taxpayer dollars.The FCC's Democratic commissioners, Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks, issued statements denouncing the investigation. "This appears to be yet another Administration effort to weaponize the power of the FCC. The FCC has no business intimidating and silencing broadcast media," Gomez said.Starks said that "public television and radio stations play a significant role in our media ecosystem. Any attempt to intimidate these local media outlets is a threat to the free flow of information and the marketplace of ideas. The announcement of this investigation gives me serious concern."NPB and PBS: We follow the lawAn NPR article noted that corporate underwriting spots "are supposed to stop shy of a 'call to action' telling listeners and viewers to buy a product or service." NPR and PBS both say their underwriting spots comply with the law."NPR programming and underwriting messaging complies with federal regulations, including the FCC guidelines on underwriting messages for noncommercial educational broadcasters, and Member stations are expected to be in compliance as well," NPR CEO Katherine Maher said. "We are confident any review of our programming and underwriting practices will confirm NPR's adherence to these rules. We have worked for decades with the FCC in support of noncommercial educational broadcasters who provide essential information, educational programming, and emergency alerts to local communities across the United States."PBS CEO Paula Kerger said the organization "is proud of the noncommercial educational programming we provide to all Americans through our member stations" and that "we work diligently to comply with the FCC's underwriting regulations and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that to the Commission."Carr echoed Trumps complaints about mediaCarr has frequently echoed President Trump's complaints about the media and took action to revive three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against Trump. The complaints against CBS, ABC, and NBC stations were dismissed under former Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, but Carr reversed those dismissals in his first week as chair.Media advocacy group Free Press criticized Carr's latest move in a press release titled, "Trump's Censorship Czar Orders NPR and PBS Investigation.""This unjustified investigation isn't based on any genuine concern about whether there's too much advertising on public media. It's a blatant attempt to undermine independent, rigorous reporting on the Trump administration," Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron said.Aaron called the investigation "part of Carr's far-right, Project 2025-inspired agenda." Carr wrote a chapter for Project 2025 detailing the changes he wants to make at the FCC."In a healthy democracy, we would be investing enough in our public-media system that it wouldn't need to seek any corporate underwriting," Aaron said. "Unfortunately, Carr's cronies in Congress and the Big Media barons they serve have instead for decades tried to zero out funding for public media. They have repeatedly failed because millions of viewers and listeners opposed them."Public fundingCorporate sponsorships are the top contributor to NPR funding, accounting for 38 percent of revenue between 2019 and 2023. NPR gets another 31 percent of its funding in fees from member organizations. Federal funding indirectly contributes to the latter category because the publicly funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting provides annual grants to public radio stations that pay NPR for programming."On average, less than 1 percent of NPR's annual operating budget comes in the form of grants from CPB and federal agencies and departments," NPR says.PBS says that the CPB "receives a congressional appropriation each year of about $500M. CPB allocates the appropriation mostly to public television and radio stations, with some assigned to NPR and PBS to support national programming."Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge called Carr's investigation "a nakedly political attempt to undermine public broadcasting under the guise of regulatory oversight." Carr is "manufacturing a pretext to defund public media institutions that serve local communities across America, not to improve or support them," Public Knowledge Legal Director John Bergmayer said."Chairman Carr appears intent on using his position to pressure broadcasters, whose political coverage he has been critical of... The FCC must remain an independent regulator focused on serving the public interestnot a tool for political intimidation of disfavored media outlets," Bergmayer said.Jon BrodkinSenior IT ReporterJon BrodkinSenior IT Reporter Jon is a Senior IT Reporter for Ars Technica. He covers the telecom industry, Federal Communications Commission rulemakings, broadband consumer affairs, court cases, and government regulation of the tech industry. 106 Comments

Nature, Published online: 29 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08471-0A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene ISG15 that aid disease resistance in bats, including to coronaviruses.

Nature, Published online: 29 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00280-3US scientists are reeling from a Trump-administration freeze on federal grants. Plus, fast radio bursts are even weirder than previously thought.

Tired of working on your 3D assets in Blender alone? Then invite your colleagues and friends to collaborate and create something grand together with the Multi-User add-on by Swann Martinez.While it is not new, the tool works with fresh versions of Blender, as demonstrated by the CG artist called hidamabu, who used it with Blender 4.3.2.The creator says it is really fun to work on scenes with friends, and Im sure it saves a lot of time as well. The add-on can be invaluable for teaching beginners the wonders of Blender right in the software.Multi-User has been in development for several years but still lacks some functions. For example, NURBS surfaces are not supported, so curves are not available for replication over the wire, as well as particles, libraries, and some other features.The add-on and documentation be found on GitLab. Here is how to install it:Enjoy the fun and join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Build 3D Scenes Together with Friends with This Blender Add-On appeared first on CG SHARES.

Work on Path of Exile's next seasonal update is largely on hold until after a major update for Path of Exile 2 has been delivered, developer Grinding Gear Games has announced.In a video message, Path of Exile 2 game director and Grinding Gear Games co-founder Jonathan Rogers explained the situation. Last summer, much of the PoE 1 development team was shifted to PoE 2 in order to help the developer hit its planned early access release date. Grinding Gear Games had promised to keep updating the original PoE after the release of PoE 2, and internally slated a new "league" (PoE's version of seasons) for February. Rogers said he believed the team had time to both get PoE 2's endgame ready for early access while preparing the new PoE league for February. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. Rogers said they "were fooling themselves" thinking that plan would work. After PoE 2's early access release was delayed several weeks, the PoE 1 team continued to work on the sequel. Even after PoE 2 launched, it continued to run into problems, and Rogers said he couldn't justify taking the PoE team off the project until the fires were put out.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Geoff Keighley has confirmed that the next Summer Game Fest showcase will take place on June 6.Summer Game Fest is an annual event Keighley started in 2020 in lieu of E3. Since 2021, there has been a kickoff showcase each June, and it serves as a console-agnostic showcase where developers can announce or debut new trailers for their upcoming games. We knew that Summer Game Fest would return sometime in 2025, but we didn't have a specific date until today. Keighley confirmed all of this on X and debuted Summer Game Fest 2025's brightly colored key art.Mark your calendar for Friday, June 6 @SummerGameFest returns to @youtubetheater in LA to showcase whats next from the entire video game industry. Streaming live everywhere.Followed by SGF Play Days from @iam8bit for media + Influencers in downtown LA. pic.twitter.com/mfViX89hDu Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) January 30, 2025 Summer Game Fest will return on June 6, although a specific time for the showcase isn't confirmed yet. Summer Game Fest 2024 took place 2 p.m. PT on June 7, 2024. It will be livestreamed for viewers at home, but people can also attend the event in person at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. No specific games or studios have confirmed their involvement in Summer Game Fest 2025 at this time, with Keighley simply saying that it will "showcase whats next from the entire video game industry."Continue Reading at GameSpot

Windbloom is one of the many flowers Nikki can collect while exploring the Miraland in Infinity Nikki. Players will only see this material growing on high hills and cliffs. It is generally used to make makeup products that will feel so light on the skin, it will be like Nikki is not wearing anything.