Vines are having a comeback but AI is making them terrifying

AI ‘time travelers’ are interrupting classic Vines in the latest trend sweeping across social media, leaving netizens both confused and horrified. If you’ve been scrolling down your For You Page onTikToklately, you’ve likely come across some classic Vines that end in a somewhat disturbing twist. Now, they’re appearing all over TikTok… but they don’t end in the way people expect. Vines that most millennials have memorized suddenly have twist endings that make absolutely no sense, adding a few more seconds onto the short-form videos....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 365 words · Paul Bruce

What happens after finishing the sticker album in Monopoly Go

Are you curious about what happens to the stickers and stars once the album ends in Monopoly Go? Well, fellow tycoons, you’re not alone. Players get to grab awesome rewards, such as free dice rolls, by completing sets of 9 stickers in the album. Byexchanging stickersand piling on Stars, players can finish collections and unlock vaults containing prizes. Moreover, ambitious tycoons can aim for the ‘HUGE REWARD’ by collecting all Stickers in the album....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 324 words · Marie Garcia

Who is ‘Blue Sweatpants Girl’ on TikTok? Viral dancer compared to Tyla

The ‘blue sweatpants girl’ is taking over TikTok thanks to her smooth dance moves as viewers compare her to South African singer-songwriter, Tyla. Her video went mega-viral, racking up an eye-popping 84 million views in just two weeks. Comments poured in comparing her to Tyla, with many arguing that she outdanced the famous singer. “This might just be Tyla in another universe,” one viewer wrote. “Tyla, where have you been?” another asked....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 378 words · Andrea Miller

Woman claims she was banned from Tinder over Call of Duty 1v1 challenges

A woman claimed she had received a ban from dating app Tinder due to her challenging her matches to 1v1s in Call of Duty. On June 16, CoD content creator Terran posted on Twitter, claiming: “I’m banned from Tinder for asking guys to 1v1 me.” Attached was a screenshot of a ban notification from Tinder, which stated: “Your account has been banned for promoting sex work or seeking compensated relationships.”...

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 348 words · Karen Hall

XDefiant devs confirm Prestige system & progression overhaul in the works

XDefiant’s mastery system is getting some drastic shake-ups in response to weapon leveling getting some buffs, making it much harder to truly max out a weapon and get those mastery skins. However, these changes are also meant to pave the way for a Prestige system. Progression beyond weapon unlocks and camos in XDefiant is pretty limited, and something that players have been asking for some big upgrades to keep them engaged....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 355 words · Lauren Jones

XDefiant’s Team Deathmatch finally gets official release date

XDefiant is looking to bring even more of what people love about Call of Duty with the addition of Team Deathmatch coming in the near future. While the game had much of the same systems and mechanics as Activision’s popular series, it was missing one typical game mode that people are used to seeing in titles like this. As a result, it becamea much-requested addition. However, that is changing after the devs have announced that Team Deathmatch is coming toXDefianton June 21....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 331 words · Christopher Bray

xQc defends Kick after ex-staff’s “sinister” allegations against platform

Just a day after a former Kick employee uploaded a video detailing issues they had with the company, xQc defended the streaming site. On June 17, an ex-Kick staff member, Melissa, uploaded a video to YouTube exposing employees of the platform. In the video, she claimed that she resigned from the company because of the “extremely hostile” office environment. “There was a consistent disrespect to other people’s opinions and beliefs. This went as far as consistently hearing the F-slur and not only just in gist as a joke, it was specifically targeted towards people it was supposed to discriminate against,” she said....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 361 words · Jessica Ho

“Pay to win” SMG dominates Warzone with cleanest optic yet

There is a new “pay to win” SMG in Warzone, as one Call of Duty expert believes its new iron sights make the weapon “broken” as players can see much clearer than before. As Call of Duty has gotten deeper into the in-game store side of things, recent games have had to contend with a number of problematic guns, skins, and other add-ons that aren’t supposed to give players a competitive advantage but end up doing just that....

June 18, 2024 · 2 min · 328 words · Anthony Potter MD

90 Day Fiancé southern fans sound off after Happily Ever After grits scene goes viral

Sophie Sierra and her mother Claire tried grits for the first time on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After, and fans from the South were offended by their comments. Sophie Sierra and her husband Rob Warne are starring on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After Season 8, and are settling into life in the US after90 Day Fiancé Season 10. Sophie is spending time with her mom Claire in Austin, Texas to take a break from her husband....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 398 words · Jamie Lee

90 Day Fiancé’s Christian reveals relationship status months after Cleo split

A fan interacted with a man who appears to be Christian Allgood from 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Season 6 on a dating app after his split with Cleo Corraine. 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days Season 6star Christian Allgood became a part of history when he dated British woman Cleo Corraine, who was the first transgender woman on the show. However, their relationship ended badly, and Cleo revealed in anInstagrampost on February 5 that Christian proposed to her, but she felt that he wasn’t being honest....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 371 words · Michele Collier

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead – Everything we know so far

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead release date? A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is the new horror game fromSpace Marine 2andWorld War Zpublishers, Saber Interactive, and takes major inspiration from the movie franchise of the same name. Since the firstQuiet Place filmwas released, the heartbreaking horror story has mesmerized and terrified fans. The inability to speak in a world occupied by deadly aliens with super hearing remains one of the most chilling modern apocalypse stories ever told....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 331 words · Kelly Dixon

AMD patents indicates company is embracing chiplet design

A new patent suggests AMD might be moving away from monolithic designs and towards a chiplet model for its future GPUs. Though most consumer CPUs and GPUs currently on the market use traditional monolithic chip architecture,AMDmight soon be changing direction. Chiplet architecture, more properly known as multi-chiplet module or MCM, has beenused by AMD before. Notably, their line-up of Instinct MI200 AI accelerators used an MCM design that features multiple chiplets in a single package....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 329 words · Ronald Gomez

Amy Poehler wants to join the Below Deck cast, but there’s a catch

Don’t be surprised if you tune into the next episode of Below Deck and see Amy Poehler serving the charter guests. Amy Poehler has been on our screens for years dabbling in some of the most iconic TV shows and movies, fromParks and Recreationto ‘Mean Girls’. She’s even ventured into voice acting, notably her starring role as Joy in ‘Inside Out’ and its new sequelInside Out 2. But now, the actress wants to pursue a brand new career: reality TV....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 344 words · Matthew Lane