Drone

Airbus shows off uncrewed AI-powered Wingman for fighter pilots

Updated I feel the need, the need for ... a Euro-made military drone

AI + ML05 Jun 2024 | 27

Amazon Prime Air delivery drones allowed off line-of-sight leash

Sky shipping can now go beyond visual range of operators – starting in Texas and then maybe airspace near you

Personal Tech30 May 2024 | 7

Kaspersky hits back at claims its AI helped Russia develop military drone systems

Ready, set, sanctions?

Security03 May 2024 | 15

Politicians call for ban on 'killer robots' and the curbing of AI weapons

Video 'This is the Oppenheimer moment of our generation'

AI + ML30 Apr 2024 | 56

Japan to draw up routes for roads dedicated to robot trucks

Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last

Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 9

IT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!

Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 10

US insurers use drone photos to deny home insurance policies

Of course, it helps if you don't live in a potential disaster zone

Security08 Apr 2024 | 136

Flying car biz Alef claims 3K preorders, still hasn't done a proper demo

What will happen first by 2026? Model A in production or end of the world?

Personal Tech04 Mar 2024 | 32

US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes

People still make the final decision, but recent raids in Iraq and Syria had help

AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 25

US agencies warn made-in-China drones might help Beijing snoop on the world

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s a flying menace out to endanger national security

Security19 Jan 2024 | 17

Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery unit, designs bigger bird to deliver pasta, faster

Aerial delivery kit doubles payloads

Personal Tech18 Jan 2024 | 15

Royal Navy flies first mega Mojave drone from aircraft carrier

Pilotless plane said to be next generation of naval air power

Offbeat20 Nov 2023 | 27

We're getting that fry-day feeling... US Army gets hold of drone-cooking microwave rig

Look, in the sky - it's a, oh, never mind

Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 80

Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy

Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years

Science19 Oct 2023 | 52

San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests

Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 30

DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip

Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully

Security28 Sep 2023 | 3

Another thing AI is better at than you: First-person drone racing

May as well give up already

AI + ML31 Aug 2023 | 10

Controversial Chinese drone maker DJI debuts a cargo carrier

For dropping stuff in remote locations. Just don't mention the war in Ukraine, where DJI kit repeatedly appeared

Offbeat22 Aug 2023 | 25

Orkney islands look to drones to streamline mail deliveries

Unmanned aircraft trial will skip delays caused by boat-battering weather

Edge + IoT03 Aug 2023 | 51

Chinese companies evade sanctions, fuel Moscow’s war on Ukraine, says report

PRC semiconductor exports curiously rose 19% y-o-y for first 9 months of 2022

Security28 Jul 2023 | 38

US Air Force's Angry Kitten turns Reaper drone into fierce feline of electronic warfare

Hardware from a decade ago? More like grumpy old mog

Offbeat21 Jul 2023 | 21

Fire-resistant drones promise to help rescuers in a hot spot

NASA space suits provide inspiration to Swiss and Brit boffins

Science28 Jun 2023 | 2

No-no cop: Illinois bans drones from using facial recognition or weapons

But police are allowed to fly them for 'public safety' missions

AI + ML17 Jun 2023 | 29

OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions

Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards

Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2

Cardboard drones running open source flight software take off in Ukraine and beyond

'CORVO' ships with tape and glue, gives defense orgs just-in-time drone capability for a song

Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 86

Drones aim to undo Ukraine's landmine problem

Feature Draganfly aims to help clear invaded nation of deadly devices

Defense Tech Week05 Apr 2023 | 36

China aims to pair J-20 stealth fighter with 'loyal wingman' battle drone

Reports suggest Beijing may speed past rivals with supersonic helper for its air superiority weapon

Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 28

Japan Post closer to replacing snail mail with autonomous drones

As Alphabet's Wing wants to fly millions of small packages by 2024

AI + ML14 Mar 2023 | 11

Beijing grants permit to 'flying car' that can handle 'roads and low altitude'

X2 eVTOL doesn't have wheels but paves the way for sedan-like X3

Offbeat31 Jan 2023 | 38

BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere

Bet is to use UAV to plug not-spots in mobile coverage with 150Mbps across 15,000 square km

Networks31 Jan 2023 | 49

FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators

What's the WiFly password again?

Legal05 Jan 2023 | 5

Swiss drone-busting eagle squadron grounded permanently

Pilot project in Geneva ends potential danger to welfare of the birds

Offbeat08 Nov 2022 | 41

Now you can't even scale Mount Everest without a drone buzzing overhead

Video No chance of any peace, not even at 8,900 metres

Bootnotes14 Oct 2022 | 17

How Wi-Fi spy drones snooped on financial firm

Check your rooftops: Flying gear caught carrying network-intrusion kit

Cyber-crime12 Oct 2022 | 36

Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage

Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts

Edge + IoT30 Sep 2022 | 42

Spotted at industry confab: Quadcopter equipped with Brit missiles Ukraine is so fond of

Updated BAE falls over itself to stress it's only a hypothetical serving suggestion

Offbeat26 Sep 2022 | 19

Teams of aerial drones might one day help to build houses

Wasp-like technique could be used to 3D-print structures in that remote place you plan to retire in

Science23 Sep 2022 | 19

Actual real-life hoverbike makes US debut at Detroit Auto Show

'I feel like I'm literally 15 years old and I just got out of Star Wars and jumped on their bike,' says test driver

Offbeat16 Sep 2022 | 62

US Army drone crashes hours ahead of breaking flight duration record

Airbus's solar-powered Zephyr nosedives after more than 64 days aloft

AI + ML23 Aug 2022 | 52

UK lays world's longest autonomous drone superhighway

And guess which ACDC classic will blare at the 2024 ribbon cutting?

Offbeat21 Jul 2022 | 38

Microsoft's metaverse is for training autonomous drones

Project AirSim can allegedly run 'millions of flights in seconds'

Edge + IoT19 Jul 2022 | 5

North Koreans spotted harassing SMBs with malware

In brief Also: Lawyers told to dissuade clients from paying off ransomware crooks, and more

Security16 Jul 2022 | 16

Elon Musk’s brother buys Intel’s fireworks-replacing drone biz

Yet another sign x86 giant has moved past Krzanich era to focus on core chip businesses

Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 13

Behold this drone-dropping rifle with two-mile range

Confuses rather than destroys unmanned aerials to better bring back intel, says Ukrainian designer

Bootnotes27 Jun 2022 | 39

Nothing says 2022 quite like this remote-controlled machine gun drone

GNOM is small, but packs a mighty 7.62mm punch

Edge + IoT16 Jun 2022 | 44

DARPA wants to refuel drones in flight – wirelessly

Boffin agency seeks help to shoot 100kW through the air with lasers, but contributors don't have long to deliver

Edge + IoT14 Jun 2022 | 24

Majority of Axon's AI ethics board resigns over CEO's taser drones

Flying weapons offered as solution to US school shootings

Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 77

Taser maker offers electric-shock drones to stop school shootings

For $50,000 annually plus building work, budget-strapped teachers can (maybe) zap gunmen, for the kids

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 192

Drone ship carrying yet more drones launches in China

Zhuhai Cloud will carry 50 flying and diving machines it can control with minimal human assistance

Bootnotes29 May 2022 | 29

Chinese drone-maker DJI suspends ops in Russia, Ukraine

First Middle Kingdom company to take a stance says it doesn't want anyone weaponizing its flying machines

Security27 Apr 2022 | 12

China rolls out bots to enforce ‘temporary closed-off management’ of Shanghai

Drones, delivery-bots and robo-sprayers at work in locked-down megacity

Personal Tech06 Apr 2022 | 17

Wing launches drone deliveries in the US where people actually live

Everything's bigger in Texas, even the flying package-slinging robots

Personal Tech04 Apr 2022 | 45

Scientists repurpose hoverfly vision to detect drones by sound

Video It's a bug's life

Science02 Apr 2022 | 18

Chinese drone-maker DJI denies aiding Russia's Ukraine invasion

German retailer stops selling flying cameras from firm the US labels an arm of China's government

Personal Tech29 Mar 2022 | 24

Alphabet's Wing drone unit inks supermarket delivery deal

Payloads stuck at just 1.5kg, but noise has been reduced

Personal Tech03 Mar 2022 | 30

India bans drone imports to help local manufacturers take off

Amid much droning on about self-sufficiency, components will still be able to cross the border

Personal Tech11 Feb 2022 | 24