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DHL Testing Drone Delivery To North Sea Island Of Juist

The trial will be the first time in Europe commercial drones will be operated outside the pilot's field of vision, according to DHL

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Google follows Amazon after it confirms it too is developing airborne drones for home deliveries

The US aviation regulator says no one has given Amazon permission to fly delivery drones

Google is giving a new prominence to its wide range of Internet access and power delivery projects, and to vice president Craig Barratt

Google reportedly has an initiative underway to launch a fleet of at least 180 satellites to provide Internet access across the globe

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Facebook buys a small British firm as it investigates drone, satellite and laser technology for its Internet.org push

Potential purchase of drone specialists Titan Aerospace will allow Facebook to further expand its Internet.org connectivity project

The developer of drone autopilot solutions helps fight poaching in Kenya

Robots are here, and so is our quiz!

Hacker shows how to take over a Parrot drone using some cheap equipment and freely-available software

Pilot Wayne Rash shoots down Amazon's ambition to deliver goods by drone

Unmanned aerial vehicles already carry packages weighing up to five pounds

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt says drones operated by members of the public pose a privacy and security risk

Iran claims a known GPS hack brought down a US Sentinel spy plane, but US military says it was just a malfunction

Unknown type of malware detected on US Air Force's Predator and Reaper drones systems