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Received β€” 20 October 2026 ⏭ The Verge - All Posts

Antigravity just halved the price of its drone β€” by swapping its headset for wristwatch control

20 October 2026 at 15:00
A wristwatch screen controls a drone flying right above the person’s hand.
The Antigravity A1, with the new Follow Me Kit. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Last year's Antigravity A1 is the best beginner drone I've ever tried. I put a friend who'd never flown into its virtual cockpit and didn't worry one bit. The A1's also nice for people who'd prefer to think about flying rather than filming, because you can reframe its 360-degree footage after.

But until today, that meant wearing the company's FPV goggles and spending upwards of $1,599 on the complete set. Now, Antigravity is halving the price of entry to $799 in the US with a new "Follow Me" kit that replaces the original headset and motion controller with a wristwatch and ring instead.

The idea is that Antigravity can be your robot cam …

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Received β€” 13 October 2026 ⏭ The Verge - All Posts

Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

13 October 2026 at 20:31
UAV Pilot Training In Ukraine

Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms," Zelenskyy said Monday. "There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations."

Zelenskyy isn't the first to assert that the drone operation, which targeted data centers belonging to the Russian technology company Yandex, has cut down on spam and disinformation campaigns fomented by Russian bot farms. Social media users have claimed they've noticed less traffic on posts by MAGA-affiliated a …

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