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“I’m Not Picking Up Their Kids”: Dad Puts His Foot Down After Chauffeuring Son’s Smelly Friends

Parents have to juggle a dozen jobs at once. They’re therapists, chefs, chauffeurs, educators, cleaners and more. And despite balancing all of the responsibilities that come along with taking care of their own kiddos, they sometimes have to assist their children’s friends as well.One father, who has been giving his son’s friends rides home, realized that nobody has stressed the importance of hygiene to these boys. So below, you’ll find the full story that the dad posted on Reddit detailing why he refuses to give them…

Nex Playground is picking up where Microsoft’s Kinect left off

Bay Area-based computer vision startup Nex believes the future of TV is all about getting children (and their parents) off the couch.Last year, the company released the Nex Playground, a colorful set-top game console for children 8 years and younger with an integrated camera that captures a player’s motions to control gameplay. “Modern entertainment options have made families more sedentary, more isolated from each other,” says Nex cofounder and CEO David Lee. “We want to change that.”Titles available on the device…

Helldiver 2’s Gun Stats Don’t Tell The Whole Story When Picking The Best Weapon

Helldivers 2 has a great selection of Terminid-exterminating weapons, and opinions in the fandom vary greatly over which one of these weapons is the best at spreading democracy. Is it the shotgun with its close-range stopping power or the grenade launcher for punching through thick armored shells? According to Arrowhead's CEO Johan Pilestedt, the best gun in the game is the one you like the most, so maybe it's time to stop worrying about the numbers--which don't actually reveal the full picture."In…

This might be why FSR 3 isn’t picking up momentum

Inflexion Games AMD’s platform-agnostic FSR 3 is a great feature, but months after releasing, it’s only available in a small list of titles. Now, we might finally have a clue as to why. Developers of the upcoming open world survival game Nightingale posted a development update stating that it was removing FSR 3 due to crashes. “After reviewing crash data from the Server Stress Test, a significant number of them seemed to point to FSR3 integrations, whether or not users had the setting turned on,” a prelaunch update…

Roborock’s Q5 Pro, the best robovac for picking up pet hair, is 25 percent off

Our furry friends are adorable, perfect little angels in every way except for one: they can leave one hell of a mess. Thankfully, the Roborock Q5 Pro is available from Amazon and Roborock starting at $319.97 ($110 off), which is an all-time on the excellent midrange robot vacuum.Thanks to a pair of dual rubber roller brushes and 5,200 Pa of suction power, the Q5 Pro sucks up pet hair and dirt from carpets impressively well — so well, in fact, we named it our top robovac pick for families with pets. Although it can’t empty…

Revolution is a free fan-made mod that’s picking up steam

Portal 2 was released in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Now, 22 years later, there’s a free fan-made mod called Portal: Revolution that perfectly re-captures the joy of the game, albeit with the sad omission of a much-loved character. Released on January 6 2024, Portal: Revolution—developed by Second Face Software—has received positive reviews on Steam. Over 3,000 people have reviewed the mod at the time of this writing, and 94% of those are positive.  One of the reviewers on Steam likened it to the scene in…

Apple and Google avoid naming ChatGPT as their ‘app of the year,’ picking AllTrails and Imprint instead

Both Apple and Google today announced their best apps and games of the year, with the hiking and biking companion AllTrails winning as Apple’s iPhone App of the Year in 2023, while the educational app Imprint: Learn Visually won as Google Play’s best app. Meanwhile, Apple and Google agreed on their Game of the Year, as both picked Honkai: Star Rail as their winner. These year-end “best of” lists aren’t just a way to drive interest in new apps and games, but serve as a way to gauge the status of the app marketplaces,…

Starfield Update Adds DLSS Support, Fixes Naked NPCs, And Finally Lets You Eat Food Without Picking It Up

Bethesda has rolled out a new patch for its sci-fi RPG Starfield, and it has some notable additions. The update introduces Nvidia DLSS support for PC players and the ability to eat and drink food found in the environment without picking it up.This patch, which was previously available to testers on Steam, is available now across PC and Xbox. For the Nvidia DLSS support, players with compatible Nvidia graphics cards can now use things like DLSS super resolution, deep learning anti-aliasing, Nvidia Reflex,…

Indian YouTuber surprises Uber riders by picking them up in BMW X7 luxury SUV worth Rs 1 crore

App-based cab services like Uber and Ola are quite popular among people in India. Many people rely on these taxi services in the metro cities to commute to the office and other places. People usually get small hatchbacks and sedans for their commute, but at times the cab gets upgraded automatically due to unavailability of other vehicles. Here we have a video where a YouTuber actually surprised an Uber rider after she drove up to them in a 1 crore BMW X7 luxury SUV. This type of video has been done by many YouTubers…