Uber responds after woman’s own dad shows up as her driver Uber has responded after a woman went viral on TikTok with a video revealing that her own dad showed up as her driver. Since its launch in 2016,TikTokhas been the home for a wide variety of viral videos from users worldwide. Videos that mention a popular brand often spark a response from the company, like Universal Studio’s response aftera marriage proposal in front of the Grinchwent viral....

On the fifth time of trying, SpaceX launched its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket on a mission to deploy an experimental space place for the U.S. Space Force. Mission USSF-52 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida shortly after 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 28. SpaceX had planned to launch the mission earlier this month, but a series of issues, including poor weather conditions, forced it to call off four separate launch attempts, themost recent one on December 13....

Springtime brings with it fresh life, blooming flowers, and in some parts of the country, incredible storms. The old expression that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb holds particularly true in the Southeast and Midwest, where spring storms are accompanied by damaging,dangerous tornadoes. Meteorological science hasadvanced in amazing ways. People now have a much better idea when dangerous weather is on the way, but only if they pay attention — and even then, it can sometimes be hard to hear the alert if there’s a lot going on in the home....

Summary Nicholas Tomnay’sWhat You Wish Foris a thriller from which one cannot look away, even if the overall moral of the story falls just short of flawless. The story follows Ryan (Nick Stahl), a down-on-his-luck chef who travels to South America to meet up with his former roommate Jack (Brian Groh) and escape threats due to his gambling debts. Jack, whom Ryan hasn’t seen in a decade, has everything Ryan could want....

TCL just dropped a bomb on the TV market. Headlininga slate of new product announcementsahead of IFA — the world’s largest consumer electronics show — TCL has announced its new flagship 4K TV model called the X955. This X955 looks and sounds like a mind-blowing TV, with the kind of specs over which TV enthusiasts salivate. I think it is safe to say we have never seen anything quite like it before....

ESPN, ABC, FX, and other channels owned by Disneyhave returned to YouTube TV. But if you reorder your live listings so that the channels you actually watch are higher up than the ones you don’t, you likely don’t see those channels at all. The problem is a bit of a glitch in that not only have the channels in question been pushed to the bottom of the listings in the custom view — they’re actually not even enabled in the first place....

The most challenging aspects of creating smarter, safer cities can be witnessed at any street corner. That’s where, to coin a phrase, the rubber meets the road, because that’s where, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 20 percent of accident fatalities occur every year. And if you want to create a smart city, the best way to start is by saving lives. Cities across the globe are installing technology to gather data in the hopes of saving money, becoming cleaner, reducing traffic, and improving urban life....

It’s been a bit since we’ve had a brand-new 2D Mario title, but one fan has taken it upon himself to provide that to those pining for a new entry in the classic platformer franchise. After seven years of hard work, Twitter userMetroid Mike 64has finished his unofficialSuper Mario Bros. 5usingSuper Mario Maker 2on Switch — and you can play through the entire thing right now. Metroid Mike 64 shared the news with his followers on Sunday, pointing out that he’s been working on the project since 2015 with the goal of creating “a classic Mario game that plays as if Nintendo created it themselves....

YouTuber joins legendary band last minute to play guitar at ‘Tool in the Sand’ festival A popular YouTuber stepped in at the last minute to perform with Mastodon after their band member’s unexpected departure. Atlanta progressive metal band Mastodon welcomedYouTubestar Ben Eller as a last-minute replacement for founding guitarist Brent Hinds during their performance on Sunday, March 9, at the Tool Live in the Sand festival. On March 7, Mastodon announced Brent Hinds’ departure after 25 years with the band....

Summary The career ofRussell Crowehas been an impressively vast and varied journey through countless genres, with so many amazingly rewatchable movies. From grand historical epics to intimate romantic dramas, Crowe has really done it all as he forged an acclaimed acting career over almost 40 years. While certain movies provided a fantastic viewing experience the first time they were seen, they don’t always have the same power upon subsequent rewatches in the way some of Crowe’s very best movies did....

This article contains discussions of emotional, mental, and physical abuse. It also contains descriptions of sexual content Summary TheFifty Shadesmovies make major changes from the eponymous books by author E.L. James. In 2015, theTwilightfan fiction turned novelFifty Shades of Greywas released on the big screen, followed by two sequels in 2017 and 2018. All three films were successful at the box office but critically panned. TheFifty Shadesmoviesare some of the most controversial movies that have come out in recent years due to their explicit sexual content, their inaccurate portrayal of BDSM, and the dangerous romanticization of an arguably abusive relationship....

Shopping for one of thebest graphics cardsis a minefield right now. It’s not that the latest generation is bad (that’s a different subject entirely), it’s that the prices still haven’t gone back to normal, despite it being a few months since these GPUs first surfaced. If you have an unlimited budget, then of course, you may buy any GPU — even the mighty powerful RTX 5090. But if you’re trying to squeeze out the most performance-per-dollar, there are some GPUs I’d recommend avoiding right now....

More and more I am finding myself getting more excited for thePlayStation Plus Extra and Premiumgame announcements than the Essential ones. It always varies, but months like this are some of my favorites. We are getting treated to a day one release, a ton of sleeper hits that didn’t get enough attention, and one influentialPS2 classicthat is great to have available as aPS5 game. Today also just so happens to be the first day of summer, so what better time than now to close the curtains, crank up the AC, and play some great games courtesy of PS Plus?...