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China Wants to Remotely Recharge ‘Drone Swarms’ From Orbit (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get Satellite Drone Recharging Kit → | tags: china, orbital solar plant, drone swarms

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Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-21 | get External SSD Storage Drive → | tags: macbook, gemma4, nikon z8

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Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-20 | get DroneGuard Security System → | tags: white house, drone port, lockheed martin

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Pentagon taps Shield AI for low-cost drone program as Iran war accelerates demand for cheap drones (cnbc.com)

2026-05-19 | by Samantha Subin | get Shield AI Drone Kit → | tags: shield ai, lucas drones, iran war

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Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording (wired.com)

2026-05-16 | by Andy Greenberg | get Microsoft Teams Recording Device → | tags: microsoft teams, foxconn, nitrogen ransomware

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Apache helicopter's 'loyal wingmen' support drones to be used for precision strikes, other duties — British Army's Project NYX funding money goes to four firms as effort hits new milestone (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Mark Tyson | get Drone Combat Support Kit → | tags: apache, drone, bae systems

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Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-15 | get Drone Pilot Training Kit → | tags: russian universities, drone pilots, bauman moscow

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Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-13 | get Solar Drone Kit → | tags: solar drone, solar impulse 2, skydweller aero

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DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border (wired.com)

2026-05-13 | by Dell Cameron | get Drone Surveillance Kit → | tags: border, drone, drones

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Efficient robot navigation inspired by honeybee learning flights (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-13 | by Ou | get Robot Navigation Kit → | tags: drone, flight, home

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Amazon rolls out its new 30-minute delivery option in a number of cities across the US (engadget.com)

2026-05-12 | by Matt Tate | get Amazon Prime Delivery Drone → | tags: amazon now, prime, drone deliveries

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Amazon accelerates delivery race with 30-minute drop-offs in dozens of U.S. cities (cnbc.com)

2026-05-12 | by Annie Palmer | get Amazon Prime Air Drone → | tags: amazon, amazon now, quick commerce

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Amazon Now promises 30-minute deliveries in the US, but only in these cities (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-12 | get Amazon Prime Now Delivery Kit → | tags: amazon now, 30-minute delivery, drone drop-offs

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Amazon accelerates delivery race with 30-minute dropoffs in dozens of U.S. cities (cnbc.com)

2026-05-12 | by Annie Palmer | get Amazon Prime Now Delivery Kit → | tags: amazon, amazon now, quick commerce

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Daniel Ek-backed defense tech Helsing to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-11 | by Julie Bort | tags: helsing, drone, dragoneer

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Cyber Espionage Group Targets Aviation Firms to Steal Map Data (darkreading.com)

2026-05-11 | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: cyber espionage, aviation firms, gis files

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Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza (wired.com)

2026-05-11 | by Aarian Marshall | get Drone Delivery Tech Kit → | tags: wing, papa johns, alphabet

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Portable 40mm launcher kills drones by firing 6.5-feet-long steel chains at 80 m/s — German researchers' low-tech mechanical 'bola' outshines textile, drops quadcopters without lasers or EMPs (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Luke James | get Drone Defense Bola → | tags: chain, drone, launcher

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Ukraine is testing an AI-guided laser weapon that can destroy drones in seconds (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Laser Drone Defense Kit → | tags: ukraine, ai-guided laser, drone defense

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Japan Deploying Combat Drones Made of Cardboard (futurism.com)

2026-05-10 | by Joe Wilkins | get Cardboard Drone Kit → | tags: airkamuy, japan, combat drones

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Do City Delivery Drones Make Sense? No One Knows, but They're Flying Over NYC (wired.com)

2026-05-10 | by Aarian Marshall | get Drone Delivery Service Kit → | tags: skyports, nyc, drone delivery

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Ukraine’s new AI-guided laser destroys Shahed suicide drones in seconds from 3.1 miles away — also useful for demining operations, trailer-mounted Tryzub system is in final stages of testing (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Mark Tyson | tags: tryzub, celebra tech, shahed drones

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Ukraine’s new AI-guided laser burns holes in Shahed suicide drones in seconds from 3.1 miles away — also useful for demining operations, trailer-mounted Tryzub system is in final stages of testing (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Mark Tyson | tags: tryzub, shahed, celebra tech

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Banned drones and routers in the US will still get critical updates until 2029 (engadget.com)

2026-05-09 | by Jackson Chen | get Drone Firmware Update Subscription → | tags: fcc, drones, routers

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FCC reverses course, allows software updates for foreign-made drones and routers until 2029 — agency says blocking security patches could create cybersecurity risks (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Etiido Uko | get Drone Security Firmware Update Kit → | tags: fcc, drones, firmware

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World’s largest forest research agency faces severe cutback by Trump administration (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-08 | by Chen | get Forest Research Kit → | tags: us forest service, experimental forests, white-nose syndrome

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Watch: Drone delivers first Amazon parcels in UK (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-07 | get DJI Mini Drone → | tags: amazon, drone delivery, darlington

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Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package Into Pond (futurism.com)

2026-05-06 | by Joe Wilkins | get Amazon Prime Drone Kit → | tags: amazon, mk30 drone, prime air

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Robot wars - what an operation in Ukraine tells us about the battlefield of the near future (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-06 | get Drone Warfare Kit → | tags: ukraine, robots, drones

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15 Things About Running A Small Business in 2026 That Are The Same as 2006 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-06 | by Gene Marks | get Small Business Planning Book → | tags: mobile apps, social media, drones