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A look at Amazon's struggle to clear technical and regulatory hurdles for US drone deliveries, like not being certified to fly over active roadways and people (Wired) 05-04-2023

Wired: A look at Amazon’s struggle to clear technical and regulatory hurdles for US drone deliveries, like not being certified to fly over active roadways and people  —  The tech giant dreams of filling the skies with package-bearing drones.  But it has repeatedly failed to clear technical and regulatory hurdles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto says “mobile apps will not be the primary path of future Mario games” after two moderately successful but dwindling iOS games (Ethan Shanfeld/Variety) 05-04-2023

Ethan Shanfeld / Variety: Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto says “mobile apps will not be the primary path of future Mario games” after two moderately successful but dwindling iOS games  —  As Nintendo takes its shot at the box office with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the first animated film featuring … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Strivacity, which helps companies build secure customer login flows and identity management, raised a $20M Series A2 led by SignalFire (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 05-04-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Strivacity, which helps companies build secure customer login flows and identity management, raised a $20M Series A2 led by SignalFire  —  Identity and access security issues are increasingly top of mind for companies.  According to a recent Verizon survey, 61% of all breaches now involve credentials … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google claims its 4th-gen TPU-based supercomputers it uses for AI training are up to 1.7x faster and 1.9x more power-efficient than Nvidia's A100-based systems (Stephen Nellis/Reuters) 05-04-2023

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Google claims its 4th-gen TPU-based supercomputers it uses for AI training are up to 1.7x faster and 1.9x more power-efficient than Nvidia’s A100-based systems  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday released new details about the supercomputers it uses to train its artificial intelligence models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vannacht lichte vorst. Overdag veel zon. Donderdag regen KNMI : 05-04-2023

Vannacht lichte vorst. Overdag veel zon. Donderdag regen Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Vannacht is er vooral in de kustprovincies hier en daar kans op mist. Het blijft droog. De minimumtemperatuur ligt tussen plaatselijk -5°C in het oosten en +1°C aan zee. Er staat weinig wind. Vanochtend is er in de kustprovincies plaatselijk kans op mist, maar die lost snel op. Verder is het zonnig. Vanaf het einde van de ochtend kan er vooral in het westen en noorden plaatselijk bewolking ontstaan. Er staat weinig wind.Vanmiddag is het zonnig met plaatselijk wat wolken. Het blijft droog. De middagtemperatuur is… Lees verder »Vannacht lichte vorst. Overdag veel zon. Donderdag regen KNMI : 05-04-2023

Twitter's new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab) 05-04-2023

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Twitter’s new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive  —  Access to Twitter’s API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade.  So how does $210,000 a month sound? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Everstream Analytics, a provider of predictive insights for supply chain management, raised a $50M Series B co-led by Morgan Stanley's 1GT Fund and StepStone (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 05-04-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Everstream Analytics, a provider of predictive insights for supply chain management, raised a $50M Series B co-led by Morgan Stanley’s 1GT Fund and StepStone  —  Just short of a year after raising $24 million from backers including DHL, Everstream Analytics, a company that provides predictive insights … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Piper Sandler survey of 5,690 US teens in February 2023: 29% owned a VR device, but of those, 14% used it weekly, flat vs. fall 2022, and only 4% used it daily (Kif Leswing/CNBC) 05-04-2023

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Piper Sandler survey of 5,690 US teens in February 2023: 29% owned a VR device, but of those, 14% used it weekly, flat vs. fall 2022, and only 4% used it daily  —  – Virtual reality hasn’t caught on with American teens, according to a new survey from Piper Sandler released on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme