Some people are concerned by the presence of drones in the air above them.
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Drones are increasingly being used by law enforcement agencies around the world, but this raises some issues around privacy and regulation.
Drone racing can be done indoors or out, as long as there are obstacles that make the course interesting.
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There’s a new sport in the making, with enthusiasts racing tiny drones through obstacle courses while wearing 3D goggles.
Drone on the loose.
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Drones can be plucked out of the sky but it’s easier to disable them with a signal from the ground.
Who gets to fire the gun? Man or AI-powered machine?
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When it comes to weapons with artificial intelligence, there’s an argument for keeping a human in charge of some of the action.
Yay, a holiday drone! What could possibly go wrong?
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New FAA guidelines call for consumers to register drones over a certain weight. As more and more drones take to the skies, we’ll see how amateur use influences the development of UAS technologies.
Delphi, Greece.
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Modern technology is helping archaeologists to discover buried sites without risking to damage them.
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With drones and modern radar technology it’s possible to target Islamic State’s oil tankers – and strike at the heart of their income stream.
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Ejuba, the drone that was used to research the effectiveness of the cargo-carrying drones, is now being used to transport medical supplies.
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Drones could provide an essential cargo-carrying service in rural areas where there are fewer clinics, less healthcare workers and limited transport services.
Graffiti denouncing strikes by US drones in Yemen.
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Is it enough for the nation’s best newspapers to rely on ‘official sources’ – even when independent investigators say they’re wrong?
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A leak of secret US files reveal details of the drone strike programme. But is this really a ‘new Snowden’?
Not protected by the Geneva Convention?
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How a political theory became a deadly reality for aid groups.
A Phantom drone from Chinese firm DJI. Who’s watching whose watching us?
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Once everyone gets a taste for flying their own drone the skies will be chaos – we need to draw up rules, and enforce them, now.
The face-off between Russia and the West in Syria is giving both sides a chance to try out their new high-tech weaponry.
Pakistan’s first indigenous armed drone.
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Recent targeted killings by Pakistan prove that drone warfare is expanding – and in unpredictable ways. It’s time for the US to reconsider its own policies.
When drones uphold the law, who’s writing the laws on drones?
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Arming police drones could lead to less human error and fewer deaths, but it opens up other possibilities that need careful attention.
A police helicopter and a police drone fly over a street march in Baltimore, Maryland, following the April 2015 death in custody of young black man Freddie Gray.
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The use of drones by authorities has increased around the globe. In the US, drones have been used not only for police surveillance and in operations, but also to patrol its southern borders.
No drone-fly zone.
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Drones are here, carrying cameras, delivering packages and even toting guns. But the laws to govern their use are way behind.
Judge, jury and executioner.
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The deaths of two British men after a drone strike leave David Cameron on questionable ground.
A man inspects the remains of what ISIS militants say was a US drone that crashed in Raqqa in 2014.
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A planned US drone strike program in Syria will waste life, political capital and resources.