For years, murmurs of a US TikTok ban have left users and creators furious and terrified that a social media app that had become central to their lives could be taken away. Again and again, the ban never actually materialized, and users continued to enjoy what had, since 2018, become one of the most creative, […]

TikTok has only been around in the US since August 2018, but it’s become the defining social media app of Gen Z. The app once known as Musical.ly was bought by the Beijing-based internet company ByteDance in 2017. Though it relaunched as virtually identical to Musical.ly, TikTok quickly transformed into something more like Vine: a […]

TikTok’s future in the US has perhaps never been in more doubt than it is right now. Since its introduction to the US in 2018, the short-form video app has been fighting increased scrutiny from US lawmakers about its ties to ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns it. Concerns that ByteDance could share TikTok user data […]

Team-Up abilities are thematically appropriate moves in Marvel Rivals, allowing two or more heroes from the Marvel Universe to pair up and kick ass as a group. These unique effects can be extremely powerful, and can even change the tide of battle if you know what you’re doing. Season 1 added a new Team-Up for […]

System requirements for Civilization 7 have been announced ahead of its release by developer Firaxis Games, which also confirmed that Civilization 7 is Steam Deck verified. Firaxis detailed minimum, recommended, and ultra setting requirements for PC, but only shared minimum and recommended for Mac and Linux. Luckily, even if you’re not rocking a top-of-the-line rig, […]