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DJI Mavic 3 Classic review: the affordable king of the skies

DJI Mavic 3 Classic MSRP $1,600.00 “The DJI Mavic 3 Classic keeps almost everything that made the original Mavic 3 great, but at a much lower price point.” Pros The best camera on a consumer drone Excellent performance Bundled controller has a built-in screen Bug-free and feature-complete user experience When the DJI Mavic 3 launched…

Kenya's Uncover raises $1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa • TechCrunch

Kenya’s Uncover raises $1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa • ProWellTech

Africa’s beauty and personal care market is growing accelerated by its growing young and fashion conscious population, increasing spending power, and urbanization. The market’s potential has in recent years attracted major brands, with Fenty Beauty by Rihanna and LVMH being the latest entrants. Niche local brands are also emerging to offer tailored beauty and skin…

Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision • TechCrunch

Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision • ProWellTech

An automated status updater for Slack isn’t the only thing Mozilla acquired this week. On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica, a Vancouver-based startup developing a “web-based metaverse.” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source…

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The Callisto Protocol review: more than a Dead Space throwback

The Callisto Protocol MSRP $69.99 “Despite some cumbersome combat systems and performance issues, The Callisto Protocol successfully builds on Dead Space’s legacy” Pros Excellent atmosphere Memorable setting Visceral combat Fantastic visuals Cons Derivative story Awkward dodging system Inconsistent performance It’s a testament to how much games have changed in the last 15 years that I’d…

Tesla reveals long-awaited Semi Truck and begins first deliveries • TechCrunch

Tesla reveals long-awaited Semi Truck and begins first deliveries • ProWellTech

Tesla delivered Thursday evening the first production versions of its long-delayed electric semi truck five years after CEO Elon Musk revealed the commercial vehicle. The first Tesla Semi trucks were handed over to Pepsi at an event at the company gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. Pepsi placed an order for 100 trucks back in December 2017, when…

Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models • TechCrunch

On the secondary market, shares are discounted 40% on average, says industry pro • ProWellTech

Earlier today, we talked with Phil Haslett, the cofounder and now chief strategy officer of EquityZen, a 10-year-old, New York-based secondary marketplace that connects accredited buyers with privately held company shares that their owners — including founders, employees, and VCs — are looking to sell. It’s a tough business to be running right now, competing…

Boundary Layer pivots from container ships to hydrofoiling personal watercraft • TechCrunch

Boundary Layer pivots from container ships to hydrofoiling personal watercraft • ProWellTech

Boundary Layer, which was gunning for local air freight, and announced a slew of launch partners earlier this year, today announced a shift in strategy, with some high-performance foiling personal watercraft. Think low-flying SeaDoo, and you’ve got the right idea. The new product is called Valo, and will be able to carry a couple of…

Now anyone can build apps that use DALL-E 2 to generate images • TechCrunch

While anticipation builds for GPT-4, OpenAI quietly releases GPT-3.5 • ProWellTech

Released two years ago, OpenAI’s remarkably capable, if flawed, GPT-3 was perhaps the first to demonstrate that AI can write convincingly — if not perfectly — like a human. The successor to GPT-3, most likely called GPT-4, is expected to be unveiled in the near future, perhaps as soon as 2023. But in the meantime,…