Flying Antigravity’s A1 drone is like no other

Antigravity, which spun out of action camera company Insta360, now has its first drone on sale. With 360-degree cameras that capture 8K and give you a truly unlimited view of the skies, the A1 is a drone unlike anything else out there. Sorry, DJI.

Instead of typical drone joysticks, you get a motion controller that lets you point and shoot like gesture controls in a video game, while sharp FPV goggles put you directly inside the cockpit.

It’s easy to fly after takeoff, but the A1’s countless parts are often difficult to sync with each other, and transferring video to the companion app is even trickier. Taking into account specifications alone, such as speed and camera sensor size, it doesn’t hold up against cinematic drones from the likes of DJI.

Still, it is not intended to be a cinematic drone. It is a hybrid combination of flight experience, FPV drone and a camera drone that doesn’t miss a thing. It’s truly unique and fun.

-Mat Smith

The other big stories (and deals) from this morning

Ridiculed by everyone.

Amazon has quietly removed its terrible AI-generated English dubs for several anime shows on Prime Video, following widespread ridicule from viewers and the industry. Recently added AI voiceovers to Banana Fish, There is no game, Lifeless and Vinland Sagawhere they were labeled as “AI beta” in the Languages ​​section of the app.

For shows that lacked English dubbing, it was a seemingly cheap way for Amazon to consume anime. However, it quickly became clear that the dubs were pretty bad. Damn.

Voice actor Daman Mills called the AI-generated dubbing Banana Fish a “huge insult to us as artists” in a post on X.

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The company continues to invest heavily in its own maritime transport network.

A double from Amazon today. According Washington PostAmazon is considering dropping the US Postal Service and building its own shipping network to rival it. The e-commerce giant spends more than $6 billion a year on the mail service, nearly 8 percent of the service’s total revenue. That’s up from just under $4 billion in 2019. That split could be due to a breakdown in negotiations between Amazon and the USPS rather than Amazon proactively withdrawing its business.

Amazon has invested heavily in all kinds of delivery methods, including shipping logistics, purchasing its own Boeing planes, launching its own electric delivery vans, and slowly building a drone delivery network.

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December 10, just in time for the holidays.

A hat trick? I’m sorry. Amazon didn’t have a specific release date to share beyond “later this year” for its latest Scribe lists. And talk about brinksmanship! Here we are in December. The company says the devices will be available on December 10. This is the third generation of the Kindle Scribe line of E Ink writing tablets – the first time Amazon has three versions of Scribe. At the entry level, the Scribe without a front light starts at $430, while the model with a light starts at $480. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will start at $630. You always have to pay more for color.

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A highly capable film camera at a reasonable price.

The Nikon ZR could be a breakthrough for content creators, largely because it incorporates technology from RED, a company now owned by Nikon. The combination of professional-grade video quality (specifically RED RAW) and autofocus costs a fraction of the cost of dedicated cinema equipment. There are some compromises in battery life and the lack of a viewfinder, but the ZR arguably offers the best video quality for the money.

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