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BYD Seagull EV puts global auto execs, politicians on edge

A BYD Seagull small electric car is on display during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai)Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesLIVONIA, Mich. – A small electric vehicle is having a big impact on the global automotive industry.It's not the EV itself that's making waves but its price — and its potential to disrupt domestic auto industries around the world.The China-built BYD Seagull, a small all-electric hatchback, starts at just 69,800…

“I Was Livid”: Man Puts Himself In Financial Jeopardy With $87K Truck, GF Refuses To Move In Anymore

There’s definitely more than one way to destroy a relationship. Classics involve cheating, lying, immaturity, and, probably the best of them all—stupidity.More can be thrown in there, but, regardless, it would be a tad bit difficult to categorize throwing $87,000 into a truck without consulting your partner of 2 years right before you’re due to move in.While it is tempting to buy a new toy to drive around in, it’s important to not lose sight of one’s financial priorities tooShare iconImage credits:…

Lincoln puts EVs on the back burner amid Ford’s shift to affordable

After Ford announced a surprising shift to more affordable EVs, its luxury Lincoln brand is putting electric on the back burner. Lincoln backtracks on EVs as Ford shifts to affordable In an interview (via Detroit News), Lincoln President Dianne Craig said that the company is “listening to what customers really need.” According to Craig, since “Navigator customers tend to tow more,” electric vehicles don’t “make as much sense.” “That’s how we think about this transition — whether it’s…

Steam Families puts game sharing and parental controls in one place

Steam is introducing a new way for your clan to play games together. The platform has announced Steam Families, a collection of game-sharing (and monitoring) features for parents and children currently available in beta. It takes the place of Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, rolling in some of their existing features alongside updates.Each member of a Steam Family will have a section called "family library" in their games list where they can access shareable games. Ownership remains with the purchaser, but each…

Nvidia’s AI game demo puts endless dialogue trees everywhere

Nvidia Nvidia did what we all knew was coming — it made an AI-driven game demo. In Convert Protocol, you play as a detective trying to track down a particular subject at a high-end hotel. The promise is sleuthing through conversations with non-playable characters (NPCs) to get what you need. Except in this demo, you use your microphone and voice to ask questions instead of choosing from a list of preset options. I saw the demo with a few other journalists in a small private showing. As the demo fired up and Nvidia’s…

Check out this Resident Evil 2 mod that puts fixed camera angles into the remake

The remakes of the older Resident Evil games are exceptional reimaginings of some iconic entries in the survival horror genre. But with all this modernizing of such classics, it’s easy to forget how we used to play games back in the day. That’s probably why this one modder has injected some nostalgia into the RE2 remake. In order to mix up the contemporary with the retro, Nexus Mods user alphaZomega has brought back the fixed camera angles, putting them into 2019’s Resident Evil 2. From what I can tell, the game is still…

“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…

Column: GOP State of the Union response puts women in kitchen

A woman’s place is in the kitchen, even if she is a U.S. senator delivering the most important speech of her career.Intended or not, that was the message conveyed by the GOP’s opposition response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, when Alabama‘s Sen. Katie Britt spoke for Republicans from a setting associated with centuries of female servitude.Sharing the shot with a refrigerator and a fruit basket, the rising GOP star spoke in dramatic, hushed tones about the nightmarish condition of the…

WB Puts Faith in Live Service Model Despite Suicide Squad’s Failure, Hints Shift Away From Triple-A Games

Warner Bros. Games remains undeterred by the sub-par critical and commercial performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and plans to further lean into the live service model for its games going forward. J.B. Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games at Warner Bros. Discovery, laid out the company's games strategy at a recent Morgan Stanley speaking event, reiterating the studio's intentions to invest more in 'games as a service' model, free-to-play games and mobile titles, and expressing doubts…

Apple’s rambling response to EU’s $2 billion fine over abusive App Store rules puts the blame at Spotify’s door, but it…

Apple, no friend of the European Commission at the best of times, has released a strongly-worded press release in which it explains why it isn't happy about a $2 billion fine levied by the EC. The fine comes after the Commission found that Apple's "abusive App Store rules" unfairly affected music streaming apps like Spotify and others, preventing them from pointing users toward cheaper prices outside of the App Store. It also impacted users by making them pay more, too, the EC suggests. And Apple really isn't happy about…