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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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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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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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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

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Is Technology Taking the Sport Out of Hunting and Fishing? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-05 | get Digital Hunting and Fishing Gear → | tags: drones, sonar, hunting

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Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles (futurism.com)

2026-05-04 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: ukrainian drones, yak-52 aircraft, 11th army aviation brigade

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Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions — $2,000 expendable combat drones cost less than some gaming PCs (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Etiido Uko | get Disposable Drone Kit → | tags: airkamuy, cardboard drones, japan maritime self-defense force

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Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect (techspot.com)

2026-05-03 | get Cardboard Drone Kit → | tags: japan, air kamuy, military drones

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Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone → | tags: pentagon, drones, defense budget

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AI Spy Cameras Suddenly Blanketing America (futurism.com)

2026-04-29 | by Joe Wilkins | get Wireless Hidden Camera Kit → | tags: ai facial recognition, surveillance drones, flock safety

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Anduril isn’t just building the future of warfare; it’s redesigning it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-28 | get Anduril Torch Drone → | tags: anduril, defense tech, drones

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DARPA calls for proposals for autonomous underwater drones — gov't looking for a small, cheap autonomous sub that can be developed and built quickly (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Jowi Morales | get Underwater Drone Kit → | tags: darpa, autonomous underwater drones, auvs

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The Number of Drones Being Deployed to Surveil Anti-Trump Protestors Is Staggering (futurism.com)

2026-04-25 | by Joe Wilkins | get Drone Surveillance Kit → | tags: police drones, los angeles police department, anti-trump protests

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Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-24 | get AI Detection Software Kit → | tags: neukgu, drones, bbc

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The memory dealer of Old Jeddah (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-24 | by Youness | tags: al-shafi’i, biometrics, ministry drones

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Pentagon Wants $54 Billion For Drones (slashdot.org)

2026-04-22 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 → | tags: pentagon, drones, design engineer

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Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-21 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 → | tags: pentagon, drones, autonomous warfare

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Russian-made Shahed drones are ‘disintegrating in the air before reaching their targets’ due to shoddy manufacturing, video shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Drone Repair Kit → | tags: shahed drones, wild hornets, ukrainian sting

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Russian-made Shahed drones are ‘disintegrating in the air before reaching their targets’ due to shoddy manufacturing, video shows — commentators call Russian clones of Iran's drones 'flying garbage' (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Drone Repair Kit → | tags: shahed drones, wild hornets, sting interceptor

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Amazon Delivery Drones Involve a Perilous 10-Foot Drop. Users Are Posting the Apparent Results (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-18 | get Drone Landing Pad → | tags: amazon, delivery drones, blue raspberry syrup

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Zelenskyy Says Drones Are the Future of War After Claiming Robot Unit Captured Russian Troops (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-16 | get Drone Warfare Simulator → | tags: zelenskyy, drones, apple

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The Download: cyberscammers’ banking bypasses, and carbon removal troubles (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-16 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Cybersecurity USB Data Blocker → | tags: united nations, cyberattacks, drones

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Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-16 | by Uri Maoz | get AI Human Oversight Kit → | tags: black boxes, autonomous drones, human oversight

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Ukraine’s military robot surge aims to offset drone risks to humans (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-14 | get Military Robot Model → | tags: ukraine military robots, kharkiv drones, ukrainian assault brigade

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The Download: the state of AI, and protecting bears with drones (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-14 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Drone Camera → | tags: drones, openai, anthropic

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FAA approves military use of drone-killing laser weapons in US airspace — decision comes after it was decided ‘systems do not present an increased risk to the flying public’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-14 | by Mark Tyson | tags: faa, military drones, laser weapons

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Job titles of the future: Wildlife first responder (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-13 | by Emily Senkosky | get Wildlife Rescue Drone → | tags: wildlife, drones, grizzly

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Fly Drones from the Browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get DJI Mini 2 Drone → | tags: drones, fpvsim, google