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TLDR:The Ninja Dragon Alpha Z PRO 4K Wide Angle Dual Camera Drone packs in a variety of flying and image capturing features, all for under $100. With new drone models flying on to store shelves almost as fast as they soar in real life, it can be tough to settle on the right one to fit your flying needs. There’s almost a ratio you have to hit to balance the flight abilities and navigation features with the skills of the pilot so the aircraft isn’t too much or too little for a given flyer....

News broke this week that Woven Planet, a Toyota subsidiary, will acquire Level 5,Lyft’s self-driving unit, for $550 million. The transaction, which is expected to close in Q3 2021, includes $200 million paid upfront and $350 million over a five-year period. Toyota will gain full control of Lyft’s technology and its team of 300. Lyft will remain in the game as a partner to Toyota’s self-driving efforts, providing its ride-hailing service as a platform to commercialize the technology when it comes to fruition....

Windows Phone, previously maligned for its poor sales and lacking feature set, appears now to be enjoying new momentum. HTC, a giant in the mobile space, has made it known that Windows Phone devices now comprise some 30% of its total unit volume. That number is certainly higher than what we here at TNW Microsoft had anticipated. HTC’s massive Android presence implies that it is shipping goodly amounts of WP7 hardware....

It’s starting to look like journalists are going to get bored ofSonyhacks before the hackers themselves do. Sony has been hit yet again byLulzSec— not just once, but twice in a day. During the first attack, LulzSec got their hands on 54 megabytes of Sony Developer source code, and later attacked other Sony systems to procure internal network maps of Sony BMG. This brings that tally of Sony hacks up to six, with #5 and #6 both occurring in one day....

Since it launched in 2003, the Luxembourg basedSkypehas secured itself as the preferred application choice for VoIP global communication. Thenow Microsoft-ownedcompany lets Skype users message, talk and video chat with each other in addition to offering low Skype calling rates. Currently, Skype works on connected devices including computers (PC, Mac or Linux), iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and even Skype-enabled HDTV. Today, Skype is taking one step back from its futuristic phone plans and targeting users who still rely on good old landlines with its FREETALK Connect•Me Home Phone Adaptor, which lets users take advantage of free Skype to Skype calling as well as low-cost Skype calling from their home telephone....