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New Samsung PENUP challenge is live and all about brushes

Last updated: January 19th, 2024 at 14:18 UTC+01:00 Samsung's PENUP app started the year with the “Let's Draw Road” challenge, which lasted two weeks. Now, a new challenge for PENUP users is live. The PENUP drawing challenge for the next couple of weeks is all about brushes — the tools artists use to create their paintings. Samsung PENUP encourages participants to employ different brushes for the “Let's Draw Brush” challenge. “Take on the challenge by using a variety of brushes in your work, from actual brushes to…

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Brushes the Sun on Its Way to New Asteroid Target

New mission, who dis? The spacecraft formerly known as OSIRIS-REx had an impromptu close encounter with the Sun as it follows a newly crafted route to a second asteroid, using one of its solar arrays for shade.Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerYou may remember NASA’s diligent spacecraft that snagged a sample from an asteroid and dropped it off in the Utah desert in September 2023. That same spacecraft is on a bonus mission to a different asteroid, but in order to get there, it’ll need to fly 25 million miles closer to…

Mom Brushes Daughter’s Friend’s Hair, Is Told She’s Responsible For A Salon’s Cancellation Fee

Parents will do anything they can to help their children, and sometimes, that means extending a hand to their kids’ friends as well. But how far should they go in helping someone else’s child?Below, you’ll find a story that was recently shared on Reddit, detailing how one mother found herself in hot water after simply trying to help her young daughter’s friend, as well as some of the replies readers have shared.This mom didn’t hesitate after her daughter’s friend reached out asking for help with her hairImage credits:…

Dianna Agron brushes off old Taylor Swift rumor: ‘If only!’

I don’t know about you, but it seems Dianna Agron might not have inspired the song “22.”The former “Glee” star addressed years-old rumors about her and Taylor Swift in a new interview with Marlow Stern of Rolling Stone. During their Q&A, Stern noted that Agron appears in the “22” liner notes “as one of the inspirations for” the Swift hit.“Me?” Agron replied. “Oh, if only! That’s more because of a friendship than being the inspiration for the song. But I would not be the person to ask about that. I cannot claim…

Jonathan Majors brushes off scathing ‘Quantumania’ reviews as nothing but ‘data’

via Marvel Studios Not much managed to escape from the wreckage of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania unscathed, but Jonathan Majors’ performance as Kang the Conqueror was at least one of them. Sure, the screenplay may have instantly watered down the threat of the Multiverse Saga’s big bad after he was thwarted at the very first hurdle, but the bizarre mid-credits scene did at least give audience a taste of what’s to come from the rising star as we continue on the road towards the Avengers double-header of The…

Kindle Scribe update adds new brushes and better organization

Amazon is adding new features to the Kindle Scribe. A new update gives the e-reader / digital notebook new brush types, including a fountain pen, marker and pencil — each with five thickness settings. The new tools respond to various pressures and angles, and you can use them anywhere you can write on the device. The update is scheduled to roll out today. The Scribe update also enhances notebook organization, now letting you create subfolders you can move in and out of standard folders. After receiving the update, you’ll…

A Record-Breaking Historical Epic Brushes off Controversy to Fight for Independence on Netflix

via Studio Kembara Sdn Any historical epic runs the risk of inciting controversy depending on how the story is told, with the real-world events at the center of the narrative often being interpreted differently by the various parties involved. In the case of Mat Kilau, the backlash didn’t stop the blockbuster 19th Century tale from breaking box office records. The retelling of the titular Malay warrior’s rise to spearhead the fight against the British colonialists who came to Pahang in 1890 evidently struck a…

Tether Stablecoin Brushes Off U.S. Tornado Cash Sanctions

Tether has basically said if the U.S. actually wants them to stop trading with sanctioned crypto wallets, then they can send them a note.Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP (Getty Images)The company behind Tether, the world’s most popular and widely used stablecoin, wants to have its bitcoin-shaped cake and eat it too. More accurately, it has previously claimed it works with U.S. financial regulators, but at the same time mentioned it doesn’t facilitate U.S. customers, so it doesn’t have to comply with orders.Which is why when the