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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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Catching Up With Summer 2018 IBM Cloudy Software Defined Storage Announcements

Storage IO Blog

Summer 2018 IBM Cloudy Software Defined Storage Announcements Time for some catching up with summer 2018 IBM cloudy software defined storage announcements that were made earlier this week. The Share Event (Mainframe centric) is occurring this week in St.

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Nintendo just released the first Wii U update since 2018

The Verge

Nintendo has released a software update for its languishing Wii U console, its first in nearly two and a half years. The console has made the big jump from version 5.5.3 The patch notes are frustratingly vague, so it’s hard to tell exactly what changed.

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Game developers could make the next Pokémon Go with new widely available Google Maps tools

The Verge

Niantic, once a startup within Google, has its own developer toolset for making AR games that use live camera and 3D mapping data, called the Niantic Real World Platform.). To actually plug the Maps data into games, Google offers a software development kit for the popular Unity game engine.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Interactive Workbooks for Schools

Kitaboo

Adding 3D models/images to your workbook adds a lot of excitement and fun to the learning process. A 3D model allows students to click, enlarge, and move it around as if they’re right there with it. The best way to create an interactive workbook is by using a professional interactive workbook creation software. .

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The Nintendo Switch still keeps selling well

The Verge

That’s impressive growth for the company, since this quarter last year was a strong one — it saw the launch of the cheaper Switch Lite variant, boosting Nintendo’s shipments by more than 50 percent on 2018. Super Mario 3D All-Stars’ sells more than 5 million. Super Mario 3D All-Stars , a collection of Super Mario ports, had sold 5.21

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

CIO Business Intelligence

Similarly, clothing brand Under Armour recently produced an ad that used AI-generated 3D models of the British boxer Anthony Joshua, based on videos they took of him in the past. Helping software developers write and test code Similarly in tech, companies are currently open about some of their use cases, but protective of others.