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Wing and Walmart are bringing drone deliveries to Denver and Seattle in 2027

Engadget

Walmart and Alphabet-owned Wing have revealed two more metro areas for their drone delivery service. The companies plan to start operations in the Denver and Seattle metro areas in 2027 as part of a plan to offer air delivery from more than 270 Walmart stores across the US. Currently, Wing and Walmart's drone deliveries are available in five metropolitan areas: Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas–Fort Worth; Houston; and Orlando, Florida. As things stand, they aim to expand to fourteen other destinations, including Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The drones can travel at up to 60 mph and carry a payload that weighs as much as five pounds.


Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead

WIRED

The app now allows men to make the first move, suggesting its women-first positioning was limiting growth. It joins other dating apps now throwing everything at the wall in a bid to stay relevant. Not even 24 hours after dating app Bumble announced it was getting rid of its trademark feature that requires women to make the first move, Robin H.'s inbox was already attracting unwanted attention. "This guy responded to my prompt, and he wasn't a person I would have swiped on. I can't believe some of these men think we're a match," the 53-year-old social worker in Orlando, Florida, tells WIRED.


Disney wants to scan your face at the gate: Here's why

FOX News

Disneyland uses facial recognition at certain entry gates to speed up arrival and prevent fraud. Participation is optional, and data is deleted within 30 days.


Snap ML: A Hierarchical Framework for Machine Learning

Neural Information Processing Systems

We describe a new software framework for fast training of generalized linear models. Theframework,named Snap Machine Learning (Snap ML), combines recent advances inmachine learning systems andalgorithms inanested manner to reflect the hierarchical architecture of modern computing systems.