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Larry Page’s air taxi startup is buying former DJI rival 3D Robotics

The Verge

Image: 3D Robotics. Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is buying what’s left of one-time DJI competitor 3D Robotics. As part of the acquisition, 3D Robotics co-founder Chris Anderson will become Kitty Hawk’s chief operating officer. Kitty Hawk is shifting its focus after recent turmoil.

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Samsung imagines how its first AR glasses might look in these leaked concept videos

The Verge

Samsung has been toying with AR glasses for years , most recently trotting out an extremely basic set of image-projecting goggles on the CES 2020 stage , but I’ve never seen the company suggest it might like to build an actually ambitious augmented reality wearable computing device — until perhaps today.

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Chrome 94 beta tests some next-gen tech for gaming in your browser

The Verge

The soon-to-be-released WebCodecs could help make cloud gaming easier and faster, while the experimental WebGPU could make it easier for developers of games that run in the browser to tap into your computer’s power. Both pieces of tech are open standards though, developed by the W3C, and other browser makers have begun testing them as well.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

GeekWire

The delegation of six companies includes robotic barista maker Artly — a Seattle-based startup founded in 2020 in a bid to use tech to make the perfect cup of coffee — and others. Owl Technologies The Seattle-based company is building an AI-powered 3D video maker that empowers people to express their creativity and inspire others in AR/VR.

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Analysis: Animal Crossing fuels a record year for Nintendo, even with Xbox X|S and PS5 launches

GeekWire

Nintendo’s latest financial highlights covers its software and hardware sales for the nine-month period that ended on Dec. Between its records in both hardware and software, Nintendo’s profits surged to 376.6 Between its records in both hardware and software, Nintendo’s profits surged to 376.6 billion yen ($3.6

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Next-gen console analysis: Sony to challenge Microsoft with higher prices, more exclusive games

GeekWire

Now that we know most of the details about both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, the tale of the tape says that, on a hardware level, the two systems are very similar. One big difference, though, comes from the changes between versions of the hardware. The Xbox Series S, left, and the Xbox Series X. Microsoft Photo).

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How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

Vox

Nvidia was founded to design a specific kind of chip called a graphics card — also commonly called a GPU (graphics processing unit) — that enables the output of fancy 3D visuals on the computer screen. For most of Nvidia’s existence, game graphics were Nvidia’s raison d’etre.