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The Trail Blazers easily took care of the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games in the first round, while the Nuggets managed to advance by topping the San Antonio Spurs in a seventh-game decider. The Nuggets finished with a 3-1 record against Portland in the regular season and have prevailed on six of the last seven occasions the teams have met. “I think we’re well-prepared," Nuggets forward Paul Millsap said, according to quotes in the Denver Post....

The Texas Tribune first reported on the background check data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS), which shows that in June, the FBI ran 150,464 background checks on potential firearm purchases, representing an increase 17 percent compared to May. The shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School on May 24. June also saw more background checks in Texas than any other month this year. However, in June 2021, the FBI ran almost the same number of background checks on gun purchases in the state: 147,120....

The survey from Politico/Morning Consult, released Tuesday, found that 33 percent of self-identified Democrats said lawmakers should pick someone else for the role. A majority of Democrats, 53 percent, said Pelosi should remain as House speaker. On the other side of the aisle, 83 percent of self-identified Republicans opposed what could be Pelosi’s fourth term as speaker. Independent voters supported her reelection to the position by 59 to 22 percent....

A sign that Android 10 may be coming sooner than expected was boosted last month by the news that the One UI beta of Android 10 was available for the Galaxy Note 10, the S-Pen toting sibling of the S10. Now, it appears the Note 10 is getting the second beta version of One UI. Sammobile reports that One UI beta 2.0 is to be released this week for the Note 10 and larger Note 10 Plus....

In one year, CD Projekt Red has managed to make enormous strides in improving Cyberpunk 2077’s quality of life. Numerous patches and hotfixes have been released that address the core issues that plagued the active gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077. While the game certainly runs much better since the initial launch, as one player recently found out, Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t quite free from its technical issues. RELATED: Cyberpunk 2077 Clip Shows What Happens When Players Try to Use Guns Outside of Their Level...

Boasting a fluid display, crazy-fast charging and glass materials that give it a premium feel there’s an obvious appeal to the device. It’s the latest release from a brand that has more than proven its products as worthy competitors to similarly priced smartphones from technology giants such as Apple, Samsung, Huawei and Google. The 8T, which became available to buy in the U.S. market today (October 23), is priced at a fairly competitive $749 and comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage....

The latest OnePlus smartphone is neatly secured behind a transparent package on the right side and the left side displays the key features of the mobile phone. The sleek OnePlus 9 new packaging has no room for a charger or additional accessories. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau took Twitter to share the new OnePlus 9 packaging. The new packaging surely does set OnePlus 9 apart from other smartphones packed in heavy boxes....

OnePlus is not the kind of firm to keep things a secret until launch day, so we pretty much knew everything about the phones via a combination of leaks and a drip-feed of official news in the weeks leading up to the event. As mentioned, the new series for 2021 has three models for the first time starting with the regular OnePlus 9 and moving up to the OnePlus 9 Pro....

For starters, we now know that the launch event will take place on 23 March at 2pm GMT and it will be for the ‘ OnePlus 9 Series 5G’ going by the wording on the invite. The tagline, ‘Your Best Shot’ on another invite, alludes to the Hasselblad camera technology. It’s no secret that while OnePlus phones have been excellent for many years, the photography department has been a little behind key competitors such as Samsung and Sony....

The phones added a distinctive black and orange design and better specs than their regular model counterparts. But a Redditor noticed that OnePlus’ name is gone from the McLaren site (via XDA Developers), leading to speculation that there will be further special edition phones that come of the partnership. OnePlus also worked with McLaren to show its Concept One concept device at CES in January with special glass that blacked out the cameras when they weren’t in use....

OnePlus X vs Nexus 5X price In the past, Google’s Nexus phones have been the best value for money you can find on the smartphone market. However, things have changed dramatically and there are a lot of rivals offering handsets with decent specs for reasonable price tags. OnePlus is a name which immediately springs to mind on this front with its flagship devices both launching at outrageous prices. The flagship OnePlus 2 is just £239 but the OnePlus X is even cheaper starting at just £199 so it’s nearly in budget territory here....

This particular Steam Deck competitor aims to deliver more performance than Valve’s own handheld currently does. OneXPlayer Mini Pro is going to be equipped with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, which features the onboard Radeon 680M graphics and support for LPDDR5 memory, making it an extremely powerful gaming device in a remarkably portable package. Mini Pro is going to be available in several configurations, with pre-order prices starting at $919 for the baseline model....

NEWSWEEK: Why build a company around a chart from a TV show? Rosen: The “L Word” ’ s creator Ilene Chaiken thought that the Chart was ultimately a social network on the show. There hadn’t been a specific social networking site for lesbians heretofore. Obviously, there are lesbians on MySpace and there are lesbians on Facebook. I hope to steal all their business. What happens when “The L Word” ends its run?...

Former England international, Stan Collymore, has said that only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have had better careers than Wayne Rooney over the last decade. The England captain became Manchester United’s all-time highest goal-scorer on Saturday after beating Sir Bobby Charlton’s record, whose all-time England goalscoring record he broke last year, as well. Also Read: Tribute to Wayne Rooney - Manchester United talisman, occasional scapegoat and scoring king “If you take out the big two, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he has had as good a career as anybody in the world over the last decade,” the former England player wrote in the Daily Mirror....

RELATED: Games That Were Bad On Purpose But the character is not exactly quick. This throws off the entire flow of the game. The good news is that, with a few easy steps, every map in Ooblets can be spanned in just a few, quick seconds. Going too fast might also be an issue, but at least players have control over when to turn on the jets. Finding The Sprint Button Shift on PC Right trigger on Xbox/Switch...

This week the European Union will decide when and under what conditions to admit Romania and Bulgaria into that most exclusive club. Governments are almost certain to go along. The odds are that, come New Year’s 2007, Europe will thus be that much bigger. Welcome to the neighborhood? Not quite. Pundits and publics remain deeply skeptical. Critics insist neither country is ready for admission. In these increasingly anti-foreigner times, some hint that they do not really belong–that they’re more Balkan than European....

When I moved into my partner’s 1950s-era house four years ago, I discovered that all but a couple of the windows had been painted shut, thus rendering them useless for letting in anything but light. Many of our friends live in a similar setting, and several commute to a work environment that is just as sealed off from the natural world. Each morning, they hop into their air-conditioned cars and drive to their air-conditioned offices without breathing so much as a breath of fresh air....

The 2016 Major League Baseball season gets under way today as the Pirates host the Cardinals, the Rays host the Blue Jays and the Royals host the Mets in a World Series rematch. The Mets-Royals game will be ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast. Read more about Jessica Mendoza, who will be part of the Sunday night crew for ESPN this year here . 1:50 p.m.: The Pirates’ Gregory Polanco scores the season’s first run, giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second....

Survivor Series is one of WWE’s traditional ’ Big Four’ pay-per-views and is the second-longest running pay-per-view event in history. This year’s event will be based on brand warfare, with superstars from Raw and SmackDown Live battling it out for brand supremacy. Given that recent WWE pay-per-views like Super Show-Down, Evolution and Crown Jewel have been underwhelming, WWE really needs to book Survivor Series according to popular fan opinion....

Now, you’d be forgiven for thinking that next year’s SummerSlam being confirmed in Boston was a very tenuous hint, and it probably isn’t a hint at all - but this weekend’s events usually hold a grand significance for a certain Boss - and one huge sign of Banks’ return HAS hit the news this week in the form of a Becky Lynch interview. As covered by our own Danny Hart, Lynch said that Sasha Banks is “away crying like Ronda Rousey” in the buildup to the hugely anticipated event - seemingly increasing the size of the target on her back that comes with being WWE RAW Women’s Champion....