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Big Voice Actors Call Out AI Copying Them Without Consent

Minare Koda from the Funimation anime Wave, Listen to Me! (which does not seem to be involved in voices used without consent at this time) belting out the greatest line read you’ve ever heard. Voice actors within the video game, cartoon, and anime industries have come out against the use of AI websites that copy

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Gaming

Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer Points To Better Graphics

If you watched the latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom you might have been shocked to hear what sounds like Ganon talking, marveled at Link’s new powers, or completely lost it when you saw him riding a magical lawnmower. Some fans, however, are losing it over a blurry screenshot that

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Gaming

Original Metroid Prime Devs Are Unhappy About Being Uncredited

Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku Metroid Prime Remastered has been out for less than a week, and players are praising how well the Nintendo Switch version holds up to the original. There’s a major difference, though: The developers who worked on Metroid Prime for the GameCube have had their names left off the credits screen. And

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Gaming

AI Explain Why They’re So Bad At Drawing Human Fingers

Image: Dall-E 2 No matter where you sit on the enormous and complex debate regarding AI models and their use of datasets to generate new images, artworks, writing and even movies, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: they’re damned creepy at drawing human hands. But why? Especially when AIs are so capable of recreating

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Gaming

Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Looked Like Smash Bros.

Look, you probably saw the show and noticed it straight anyway regardless, but just in case you didn’t, here are a bunch of people all making the same joke: that Rihanna’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl tonight looked just like a Smash Bros. stage. To be fair, it’s not really a joke. More a

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Gaming

EA Paying $588 Million For The Rights To The Premier League

Image: EA Sports Programming and gameplay be damned, sports games live and die on their licensing. It’s why Madden was able to crush NFL2K, and it’s why EA’s FIFA (now known as EA Sports FC) has been able to grind Konami’s PES into the dust. Not because they’re better games, but because they paid to

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Gaming

‘Mario Rap’ Comeback Stars In Super Mario Bros. Super Bowl Ad

Another new trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie has been released today, part of the onslaught of expensive and lengthy Super Bowl commercials, and while that’s usually enough to rot the brains of even the most online among us, I can assure you, this one is fantastic. Unlike every previous trailer, which are

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Omaha Fashion Week

OFW Spring 2023 Beauty Alliance lead by SOHO Hair Academy — Omaha Fashion Week

⁠SOHO Hair Academy offers personalized opportunities for every student to empower their creative aspirations, master classes with experienced professionals in the cosmetology field, and a comprehensive curriculum with hands-on training. Students at SOHO Hair Academy are equipped with all the right tools and experiences to take their careers to the next level. Our Omaha Fashion

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Gaming

The Saga Of Henry And Sam

Screenshot: HBO / Kotaku Episode five of HBO’s The Last of Us marks the midpoint of our nine-episode journey. That’s right, we’re halfway there, and Ellie and Joel are definitely living on a prayer. Look, I’m sorry for the bad Bon Jovi reference but man, this episode is The Last of Us at its most

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Drink of the Week

Raise a Glass to the Classic Long Island Iced Tea

Welcome to this week’s edition of Now Omaha’s “Drink of the Week” feature! This week, we’re featuring a classic cocktail that packs a punch – the Long Island Iced Tea. This iconic drink is made with a combination of spirits, including vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec, along with lemon juice, cola, and a

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