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Amid an aggressive escalation of immigration enforcement and country-wide raids that have resulted in mass protests, police brutality, and arrests, young players of one of the most popular video games in the world have taken to the virtual streets to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What first began as …

When it comes to any government clean up job, there’s going to be some dirty work. The work just happens to be dirtier when extra-dimensional ghouls are involved. That’s the premise of Remedy Entertainment’s new cooperative shooter, FBC: Firebreak (out now), and it’s one that the developers have leaned into …

Donald Trump has long presented himself as a master of dealmaking, but in looking to arrange an acquisition of TikTok‘s parent company, he has now given himself three deadline extensions. On Thursday, the president announced an executive order once again delaying the enforcement of a law that would ban the …

Although there are plenty of people on Elon Musk‘s X, Truth Social, and any number of other social media platforms who agree with J.D. Vance‘s transphobic rhetoric, the vice president decided to venture elsewhere for a victory lap following a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that upheld the constitutionality of aTennessee …

I t’s a hot-as-fuck Los Angeles morning. Near 80 degrees at 8 a.m., and Stephen A. Smith is having half of a lightly jellied bagel. We’re near a big-ass private park that abuts a 40-story black glass building rumored to house or have housed NBA super-agents, pop stars, white-hot young …

There’s a great moment in 2012’s Skyfall where Daniel Craig’s superspy, James Bond, is being (very sensually) interrogated by agent-turned-villain Silva (Javier Bardem). Asked what his hobby is, Bond sternly replies, “Resurrection.” It’s a dry, self-aware bit of dialogue that encapsulates the core strength of the Bond franchise that’s kept …

The Trump administration is once again targeting LGBTQ+ youth —this time by ending the contract between LGBTQ+ nonprofit group The Trevor Project and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. A suicide prevention nonprofit, the Trevor Project was founded in 1998 to address the …

Three years after the death of her then-boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday afternoon. The Boston woman faced second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of personal injury and death charges. Jurors in …

What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won’t lie in support of your rancid politics? That’s the question far-right billionaire Elon Musk appears to be asking once again of Grok, the AI model developed by his company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform. …

Bruno Mars is entering the gaming world. On Tuesday, Fortnite announced that the musician will be the next icon for Fortnite Festival, debuting on the Main Stage for Season Nine, which starts June 18. A digital version of the music star will be available as a playable character, with a …