Author: Zach_Wilson
German drone delivery trial paves the way to replacing trucks for inter-office deliveries
Drone startup Wingcopter, working with partners Merck and the Frankfurt University of Applied Science, has completed a first flight of a new drone delivery trial designed to show the benefits of using drones instead of trucks or other road faring vehicles for moving small cargo between two physically separate office…
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Google Stadia’s free tier is coming sometime ‘over the next few months’
At launch, Google promised that a free tier of its Stadia cloud gaming service would arrive sometime in 2020 to go alongside its paid tier. The 12-month span of a year is vague, but Google executive Phil Harrison has narrowed down the waiting period to the next few months, per…
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People want Disney+ to match Netflix’s output, but Disney doesn’t care
After The Mandalorian ended, Disney+ subscribers were left wondering what to watch next. The Simpsons is one popular option. There are Marvel and Star Wars movies to watch, but how many times can someone watch Captain America: Civil War? Customers grew restless, and people began talking about how Disney+ had…
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VCs hunt for platform opportunities in ‘hyper-casual’ gaming
There are billions of gamers on the planet, and even as gaming consoles and devices grow more powerful, there’s a good deal of investor attention being paid to so-called “hyper-casual” games that likely could have shipped on decades-old hardware. Simplicity has never been something to take for granted in game…
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YouTube to invest $100M in kids’ content that showcases character strengths, like compassion and curiosity
YouTube in September announced a $100 million fund to invest in new children’s video content, following its $170 million settlement with the FTC over children’s privacy law violations. The fund was meant to help soften the blow for children’s content creators on YouTube, who are being financially impacted by the…
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Google bug sent videos from Google Photos to strangers
Google has begun notifying some users that videos stored in their Google Photos accounts were accidentally shared with others as the result of a bug in another one of the company’s services. The search giant recently began sending out email notifications to users in which it explained that a bug…
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