Finally, someone used Pareto’s economic theories to find the best Mario Kart 8 racer
April 19, 2024TS & G bloggerComments Off on Finally, someone used Pareto’s economic theories to find the best Mario Kart 8 racer
Who hasn’t spent sleepless nights pondering what would happen if we applied Vilfredo Pareto’s (the early 20th-century Italian economist) theories to Mario, the Mushroom Kingdom’s Italian high-jump champion and part-time elephant cosplayer? Data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz, PhD, tackled that age-old question, and the resulting work provides an objective way to…
Qualcomm’s satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren’t interested
November 10, 2023TS & G bloggerComments Off on Qualcomm’s satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren’t interested
Back in January, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Satellite, a project that aimed to let Android users send texts via satellite when they don’t have cell service. It would have been the company’s answer to Apple’s emergency SOS feature that debuted in the iPhone 14 lineup. However, the initiative hasn’t worked out…