Amazon suspends drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona to fix the drones' software after two of its latest models crashed in rainy weather at a testing facility
- Deliveries halted in Texas, Arizona, pending a software repair — Drone program suffering setbacks 11 years after its unveiling
Investigation: 22M+ flight coordinates show how the US' first police drone program, in Chula Vista, California, impacts residents and raises privacy concerns
In Chula Vista—based on analysis of more than 22.3 million coordinates from flight paths—police drones subject poorer residents to more surveillance and the drones are used to respond to minor potenti...
The FAA approves Amazon's Prime Air program to fly drones beyond a pilot's line of sight, letting Amazon expand its delivery area in College Station, Texas
Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Air drone program has been cleared by US regulators to fly devices beyond the visual line of sight of pilots …
A look at the disparity between Amazon's drone delivery claims and the mundane reality, as only some small objects are delivered in perfect weather conditions
Amazon's much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone. Threads: @alexkantrowitz . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to , @...
Emails reveal how some police officers have become superfans of autonomous drone company Skydio and regularly help to sell or promote its products to colleagues
A drone company called Skydio has managed to get autonomous drones into dozens of police departments by turning cops into their biggest fans. Tweets: @loteck , @hypervisible , @mjgault , and @jason_ko...
A former AI research scientist at Google details how tech companies and the US government hide their surveillance projects in plain sight
Learning about the Pentagon's drone program through FOIA requests and public filings — An MQ-9 Sea Guardian unmanned maritime surveillance drone flies … Tweets: @carnage4life , @theprospect , @_jack...
US drone program taps ten pilot projects to collect data to help make FAA rules for drone integration; Alphabet, Apple, and Microsoft among partners for pilots
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department's 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring …
Alphabet's Titan high-altitude drone program has been shut down after being rolled into X in late 2015; 50+ employees disperse to other units
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