Plus: Google beefs up its image search, Lego and Epic lay bricks together, and other consumer tech news from this week.
drones
DJI’s Action 2 Camera and Mavic 3 Drone Are on Sale
Planning to hit the trails this spring? Now’s the time to grab a pocketable cam to document all your adventures.
This Custom Drone Whooshes Closer to the Snowboarding Action
The organizers of a live snowboarding broadcast wanted to create a more immersive viewing experience. So they hacked together a flying rig just for the job.
Polestar’s New EV Concept Comes With … a Boomerang Drone?
The O2 sports car has a built-in “cinematic drone” that deploys to autonomously record your road-warrior skills. And if it’s ever made I’ll eat my driving gloves.
DJI’s Excellent Mavic 3 Is on Another Plane
This will get you the best-looking video footage from a consumer drone. It’s also tons of fun to fly.
1.8 TB of Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage Leaks Online
DDoSecrets published the trove Friday afternoon. Privacy advocates say it shows how pervasive law enforcement’s eye has become, and how lax its data protection can be.
A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won’t Be the Last
An attack attempt in 2020 proves the UAS threat is real—and not enough is being done to stop it.
You Can Now Buy Ring’s In-Home Drone—if You’re Invited
The flying camera from the Amazon-owned company is back.
What It’ll Take to Get Power Back in New Orleans After Ida
It could take weeks to get the lights on in parts of Louisiana, but the playbook on how to do it is clear.
Deepfakes: Microsoft and others in big tech are working to bring authenticity to videos, photos
If you want people to trust the photos and videos your business puts out, it might be time to start learning how to prove they haven’t been tampered with.