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Updated: Oct 19, 2026 7:45pm UTCTwo weeks ago, a Tekken player created a mod that allowed users to play the game online with rollback netcode, sparking a community-wide debate between Western players and competitors based in Japan and Korea. The mod, made by a community member named Ekspym, became an instant hit among Tekken players, reaching more than 10,000 players as of October 17 and a recorded 4,547 downloads as of October 15. According to the mod’s readme, “the package contains neither the PS3 firmware nor the game,” though it acts essentially like an emulator. It sparked a viral conversation regarding the current state of Tekken 8 (with many players seeming to prefer Tekken 6 out of the two games), but perhaps more surprisingly, received massive pushback from players in Japan and Korea. One of the loudest voices speaking out against this mod was celebrated fighting game pro Dogura. “The pirated version of Tekken 6? That thing crosses the line way too much, and I'm horrified that no one overseas is raising negative voices about it,” he wrote in a post on Twitter/X. “When our fundamental values and sense of morality differ this much, we probably can't even have a conversation.

Trade WarUpdated: October 19, 2026 at 6:58p.m. EDTPublished: October 19, 2026 at 7:00a.m. EDTCTV News is your Alberta Referendum headquarters. Live results. Expert analysis. Everything you need to know is here. Voting is now underway in the Alberta referendum as people head to the polls to answer 10 questions, including whether the province should stay in Canada or have another vote to separate. More than one million people have already voted via mail-in ballots and advance voting. Polls were originally scheduled to stay open until 8 p.m. MT / 10 p.m. ET but Elections Alberta says some polls will stay open until 10 p.m. MT / 12 a.m. ET because of delays earlier in the day. The first five questions ask about immigrants to Alberta and their access to health care, education and citizenship. The next four ask about Alberta’s constitutional and judicial power in the country. The final question asks if the province should stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separating. It is referendum day in Alberta Monday is referendum day in Alberta. Former premier Jason Kenney says the outcome is not guaranteed, despite the appearance of polls.

Published: October 19, 2026 at 5:25p.m. EDTCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced the state will receive a US$6 million settlement payment in 23andMe’s bankruptcy, resolving California’s legal claims related to a 2023 data breach that exposed 6.9 million customers’ genetic and other personal information. California had unsuccessfully tried to block the US$305 million sale of 23andMe assets to TTAM Research Institute, a nonprofit controlled by 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki. The state had argued that the bankruptcy sale violated California’s Genetic Information Privacy Act, and it had said consumers did not give express consent to the sale. Once a trailblazer in DNA testing kits, 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March 2025, seeking to sell its business at auction after a decline in demand and legal fallout from the data breach. A U. S. bankruptcy judge ruled against California’s objections to the sale, and later ruled that the state could not sue to recover money from the bankrupt company’s successor.

Trade WarUpdated: October 19, 2026 at 5:19p.m. EDTPublished: October 19, 2026 at 7:00a.m. EDTCTV News is your Alberta Referendum headquarters. Live results. Expert analysis. Everything you need to know is here. Voting is now underway in the Alberta referendum as people head to the polls to answer 10 questions, including whether the province should stay in Canada or have another vote to separate. More than one million people have already voted via mail-in ballots and advance voting. Polls were originally scheduled to stay open until 8 p.m. MT / 10 p.m. ET but Elections Alberta says some polls will stay open until 10 p.m. MT / 12 a.m. ET because of delays earlier in the day. The first five questions ask about immigrants to Alberta and their access to health care, education and citizenship. The next four ask about Alberta’s constitutional and judicial power in the country. The final question asks if the province should stay in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separating. It is referendum day in Alberta Monday is referendum day in Alberta. Former premier Jason Kenney says the outcome is not guaranteed, despite the appearance of polls.