Insights
GamesBeat Decides 163: When will PlayStation 5 preorders begin?
On this GamesBeat Decides podcast, Imran Khan and Blessing Adeyoe from Kinda Funny join to talk about Xbox Series X and PS5...
The RetroBeat: Watch the first trailer for the Console Wars documentary
The documentary about Sega and Nintendo's '90s console wars with SNES and Genesis will be available on CBS All Access on...
AI Weekly: What ML practitioners are doing about climate change
Projects are underway to use AI to address climate change and its impact from groups like Climate Change AI and Climate...
Standalone VR headsets are finally ready to make a big leap forward
Snapdragon XR2 mixed reality chips launched last December, but haven't yet appeared in headsets. That will soon change,...
Tell Me Why review — A parable for diverse perspectives
Tell Me Why is a narrative adventure from Life Is Strange 2 developer Dontnod Entertainment, and it tells the story of...
Gary Marcus: COVID-19 should be a wake-up call for AI
COVID-19 may be a "wake-up call" for the environment and global equality, but Gary Marcus thinks it should serve as a wake-up...
Apple allows game streaming on iOS, but demands approval and a 30% cut
Apple loosened its restrictions in the iOS app store for streaming games from services such as Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia,...
WildWorks’ Animal Jam online playground hits 125 million registered players after a decade
After a decade, WildWorks' Animal Jam has 3.3 million monthly active users and a lifetime total of 125 million registered...
ProBeat: The TikTok acquisition is not going to happen
ByteDance being forced to sell TikTok never made sense, and the reasons against a deal keep mounting thanks to Donald Trump and...
Researchers claim masks muffle speech, but not enough to impede speech recognition
New research investigates the acoustic effects of various mask types, which has implications for speech recognition systems.Read...
NPA News
$800M in funding, Ocean freight delays
I hope your 2024 has started as great as ours! Let’s make it a year to remember!
With that said, we ask all of you to give our NPA team some love via a Google review.
Who needs innovative Power ICs or quick wins
I found this overview of the major Power IC leaders created by Matt Lo from Richtek quite insightful.
Great robotics news and events
The team at MassRobotics announced the launch of the MassRobotics Accelerator, powered by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
Human Cyber Warriors in the making
What a September it was!
For the 6th time, we spent a fun afternoon with friends at the Mass Robotics Robot Block Party.
Amazing Startup Events
Naah, summer is not over, at least not in New England! September is shaping up to be a fantastic month, with the best startup events of the year. I hope we see you there!
Let’s accelerate clean tech
Hi all!
According to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Massachusetts needs 38,100 workers to transition to a clean energy state.
Their webinar forecasts thousands of new jobs by 2030 to meet the state’s decarbonization goals.
Tiny robots and lots of exciting new startups
I hope all my American friends are enjoying their Independence Day Holiday. We are off to a great barbecue with friends.
Barbecue and beer aside for a moment, this is pretty exciting. A group of MIT engineers are developing new Soft Robots made of fiber-based actuators and magnetic elastomer composite helical structures that move when exposed to unidirectional magnetic fields. I can think of some pretty interesting applications.
Summer fun and Boston startups are doing great in exits and raising money
Summer is coming, and we started celebrating it with some of our Boston team. Can’t wait to do it more often and with more of our colleagues.
Big manufacturing investments
Has it stopped raining yet? I am digressing, here is some good US news!
Need funding, look at these Solo GPs
Hi all!
Come and meet the NPA team at the FORGE Spring Startup Showcase on Apr. 13 at 3DEXPERIENCE Lab at Dassault Systèmes in Waltham, MA.
