Apparently, big game producers are quite happy with the plateau console development has hit, and big names in the industry like Frank Gibeau, of EA said there’s not any kind of urgency for Microsoft or Sony to develop a new gaming system. His exact words were “It’s hard for me to conceive what you would do on a PlayStation 4,” according to our source. “The displays are already 1080p, you’re already connected to the Internet. … You could make it faster, you could have more polys and you could up the graphics a little bit … but at what cost?”

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Commuting to work is rarely a fun exercise, but it’s easier in some places than others. IBM’s annual Commuter Pain survey of 8,042 commuters in 20 cities spells it out: Roadway traffic has largely improved over the past three years, but people around the world say that road traffic is negatively affecting their stress levels now more than ever. As it stands, commuters in clogged cities like Moscow and Mexico City sometimes get stuck in traffic for hours on end. But there are solutions.

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Oh, Winter. We really wish you’d go away, but you come back every year. Snowing on us. Wintry mixing on us. So we’re out in the cold, scraping the ice off our cars and of course, our phone rings. Then the following sequence of events happens:

1. Stare at phone.

2. Swipe at screen with gloved hand, out of reflex.

3. Say words Mother doesn’t appreciate.

4. Attempt to hold phone with one hand while removing glove from opposite hand with teeth.

5. Repeat step 3 when the call goes to voicemail because you took too long.

Don’t let your gloves keep you away from your smartphone! Digits are mini conductive pins that convert the gloves you already own and love into smartphone-compatible gloves. They’re made of conductive silicone with a metal pin on the back for attaching to your glove. They’re super easy to install and each set comes with four pins so you can either have four fingers on one set of gloves, or two fingers each on two pairs of gloves.

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This tool calculates the approximate value of a guest’s stay, based on the rent of the house and the length of the stay. Just fill in the form on the left and hit ‘Calculate’ to learn about the cost of couch-surfing!

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Honestly, bodies aren’t supposed to work like that, much less look graceful doing it. This footage was taken at the Braun Battle of the Year USA qualifier in Los Angeles on August 20th.