I tried the original AirSelfie drone, a tiny flying camera that attaches to your phone case, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But it still had some issues, including so-so image quality and poor battery life. Now we get the AirSelfie2, announced here at CES 2018, which should be significantly …
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GoPro’s move into the drone market is coming to an end. In the company’s fourth quarter 2017 results announcement, GoPro said it will discontinue its Karma drone and exit the category. It cited “margin challenges in an extremely competitive aerial market” and “a hostile regulatory environment in Europe and the United States” as causes. GoPro was the already facing an …
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We were promised flying cars. Intel said it’s closer than we think. At CES on Monday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich showed off the Volocopter, an autonomous passenger drone, which he called “essentially a flying car.” The Volocopter comes from a Germany-based company that launched in 2012, with its first flight in 2013. Intel brought it to its stage at CES …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. No more droning under the influence in New Jersey? / Getty Images Do you wonder about some of the people who fly drones in your neighborhood and annoy the living being out of you? Do you feel these people might be not all there — …
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DJI already owns the camera drone market by offering better tech than its competitors at aggressive prices. It’s now taking the same path with its camera stabilizers. The Osmo Mobile 2 handheld stabilizer brings the same smooth and steady videos DJI’s drones are known for to your phone’s camera. You get autotracking capabilities, programmed shots, direct camera controls and more …
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To phone users in the UK, it won’t come as much of a surprise to hear this, but now it’s confirmed: Mobile coverage around the country is officially rubbish. Urgent and radical action is needed to rectify the issue, Lord Adonis, head of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), said Monday in a letter to regulator Ofcom. New figures from an NIC …
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A drone operator is to blame for a collision between a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The NTSB said, back in September, a drone pilot flew his drone farther than he could see — Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 101 calls for pilots to …
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Best Buy is hoping that the element of surprise will drive customers hunting for deals in the run-up to the holidays this year. Over the next three weeks, Best Buy will unveil a new “doorbuster” deal each day. The retailer will kick things off Friday, Dec. 1, with an unnamed “Big-Screen Smart 4K TV,” and feature one product each day …
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Black Friday is behind us, and now Cyber Monday brings a whole new set of deals. And the CNET Holiday Buyer’s Guide Live is here to help, streaming live from our New York studios. We have tips on hot deals, how to find the best prices on tech gifts and answer readers’ questions live with a cast of CNET experts. Now playing: Watch …
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