Drone pilots looking to capture every aspect of a dynamic flight will have a lot more options according to DJI’s latest release. After months of speculation and rumors, the Avata 360 has finally been shown. What’s truly fascinating is that this new model can effortlessly integrate immersive recording into a traditional FPV experience.
Summer power outages appear out of nowhere, leaving you dead in the water, literally. This is where the Jackery Explorer 240D, priced at $149 (was $209), comes in. This is a small savior that keeps your electronics operating even when the lights go out. Inside, it contains 256 watt-hours of energy from a LiFePO4 battery, which is about comparable to 80,000mAh. To put that in perspective, that’s equivalent to eight ordinary 10,000mAh power banks stuffed into one little container.
Google Maps just released the most significant navigation update in over a decade, and Gemini is at the center of it all. Two new features take center stage: a conversational tool called Ask Maps and a revised driving mode dubbed Immersive Navigation, which finally incorporates super-realistic 3D views with turn-by-turn directions.
Jackson Ryan and Mark Serrels, two experienced journalists who’ve spent years learning about the game industry, have launched CONTINUE, a new print magazine that focuses on long-form articles. The two have watched Australian games media dwindle in recent years, as sites have closed, teams have scattered, and there is little place for serious writing. Desperate to stop the tide, they decided to attempt something tactile, something readers could hold in their hands.
Microsoft has just launched Copilot Health, a completely new feature of its AI assistant that functions as a health hub, deciphering your medical records and fitness tracker data to identify key health trends. Users get started by simply creating a dedicated tab in Copilot and give authorization to import data from the appropriate sources.
Apple’s new entry-level MacBook Neo comes in at $599, which is sure to pique your interest, but the true brilliance happens inside the aluminum body. A teardown video from the well-known Aussie repair channel Tech Re-Nu shows us just how effortlessly this machine takes apart. As it turns out, all you need are normal Torx drivers, no expensive prying tools, no heat guns, and, in most cases, no adhesive at all.
Maker Hyperspace Pirate has created a dive helmet using a 3D printer, tons of fiberglass, and a lot of ingenuity. They transformed an old diving concept into something that works, at least for shallow pool diving. This helmet is modeled like old surface-supplied diving gear. Air rushes in from above and exhaust leaves from below, keeping the diver’s head dry inside a little upside-down plastic bubble.
Robinson Helicopter Co. has taken one of its most popular aircraft and done something interesting with it. The R66 Turbinetruck strips out everything a human pilot needs and turns the turbine powered R66 into a fully autonomous cargo carrier built for the kinds of jobs that are too dangerous, too remote, or simply too repetitive to justify putting a person in the cockpit. Robinson is partnering with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, to make it happen, bringing Sikorsky’s proven MATRIX autonomy system along for the ride.
Metropolis, an iconic silent German production from 1927 directed by Fritz Lang, continues to throw a long shadow over the science fiction genre over a century after its release. Many people consider it to be the foundational work of the genre. Its cityscapes, people, and concepts reappear in subsequent stories, ranging from towering dystopias to gnawing conflicts between humans and robots.
Samsung has equipped the Galaxy S26 Ultra with hardware capable of handling tasks typically associated with desktop computers. At its heart is a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 CPU with two superfast cores clocking up at 4.74 GHz and six additional cores humming along at 3.62 GHz. It’s partnered with a powerful Adreno 840 GPU. Some configurations will include up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, while the majority will have 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage.