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In recent weeks, TikTok teens and general gremlins have been “speedrunning” the Church of Scientology. Dressed in costumes, sometimes as Minions, they storm the doors of the church, zip past as many members and security officers just to see how deep they can penetrate the secretive chambers before being ejected. Just like their gaming counterparts, the runners are iterating and improving on each other’s attempts. They’ve even recreated churches in Roblox to improve their strats. The trend reminded me of the nascent days of “Anonymous,” the online hacker collective who initially targeted the same contentious organization. I thought of the…

“Now I’m being taught how to do it the right way,” Ryan says. “And I’m being paid to do it.”Ryan hopes Enhanced can pave the way for a separation of truly “clean” events and transparently juiced competitions. He even calls on events like the Olympics to increase testing strictness.“What we’re doing is completely separate,” Ryan said during Friday’s media availability. “It’s marketing, it’s show business. And it should be separate.”The financial argument and the idea of helping aging athletes prolong their careers make up the most compelling case I hear for Enhanced on its face—at least in terms of athletes’…

There are plenty of regular people who have become internet legends through their video game exploits. Elden Ring’s Let Me Solo Her, World of Warcraft’s Leeroy Jenkins, and that dude killed Lord British in Ultima Online; all regular joes who have captivated the hearts by transcending the faceless boundaries of multiplayer games. However, those three are all loved by their respective communities, which is why the legend of Forza Horizon 6’s Bowie Knife99 is a unique example, as this person has become so hated that even the official Xbox–sorry, XBOX–social accounts are talking smack about them. If you’re not familiar…

Filling out that blank character sheet with a vision for the identity I wanted to inhabit was by far my favorite step when I played D&D, GURPs, Traveller, Shadowrun, and other tabletop RPGs when I was younger. To me, the overriding point of a role-playing game is defining your role and inhabiting it. It’s creating my own alter ego to meet a certain fantasy, and seeing where inhabiting it takes me. The Witcher 3 puts you in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a man with decades of history, the subject of multiple games, books, and a TV show. Geralt…

Hard enough to explain to a kid what happened to their goldfish Bubbles, but imagine sitting them down for a lecture about why their Tamagotchi had to go farm too. Seems you can take the digital pocket pets out of Y2K, but you can’t get the Y2K bug out of your digital pets. This week Bandai Namco gave fans a heads up about a peculiar aging glitch that could rob Tamagotchi of a second chance at life. According to Automaton Media, Tamagotchi Paradise owners are being warned about an emerging glitch stemming from pets of a certain age. While original…

Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a range of startups in exchange for equity in the companies. Those could be make-or-break investments for many companies that are likely years away from a product that could see widespread use. But a member of the US Congress is now arguing that those deals are illegal, as Congress did not allocate the money for this purpose—instead, it was meant to support public research in semiconductors. But the biggest chunk of money would go to a company that likely wouldn’t exist…

I don’t know if you heard the news, but Mark Zuckerberg is a real piece of shit. One of many recent examples is the news from Futurism that the dead-eyed Meta CEO boasted to his employees that their intelligence and elite skills were unknowingly being used to train his AI model at the same time as they waited to learn if they’d be one of the 8,000 laid off from the company. On April 23, Meta announced it would be firing 10 percent of its workforce. But not who, and not right away—no, in four weeks time. In what employees called…

It’s the end of the road for Windows 10—at least, in terms of its official end-of-life point, as determined by Microsoft. The operating system will keep working, but it will be much less secure, and won’t get any more updates or security patches (unless you pay Microsoft to extend support for another year).If you’re still on Windows 10, and you don’t meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11—which many older PCs don’t—then there is a potential solution in the form of Tiny11. This unofficial, stripped-down version of Windows 11 cuts out the clutter for a leaner, more lightweight experience, and…

There is a split happening across Samsung, as one side of the company’s workforce is reportedly revolting due to another division’s employees receiving massive bonuses. If the DX (Device eXperience) division of Samsung starts holding strikes like the DS (Device Solutions) division was recently, then the Galaxy phones could see postponed launches.The recent DS division strikesSamsung’s DS division’s union recently went on a massive strike, demanding higher salaries and more bonuses. The workers claimed that the current success that the company is seeing during the memory crisis should translate to benefits for Samsung’s workforce as well.These strikes and protests greatly…

Last week, Stephen Colbert signed off from CBS’s The Late Show for the last time following an ongoing feud with the Trump administration. Just 24 hours later, he made a surprise appearance on the Only in Monroe public access TV show in Michigan. The episode included celebrity guests like Jeff Daniels and quickly went viral. Then CBS started issuing copyright strikes against accounts sharing the episode online. “Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of ‘Only in Monroe’ from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV…