Less expensive and with longer battery life

DJI has officially unveiled the new Avata 2 FPV drone, and, surprisingly, it is not only better but also less expensive than its predecessor. The new drone will have better image quality from its 12MP camera, longer flight time, better transmission range, and more.

You can’t do that Dave

An artificial intelligence-piloted drone turned on its human operator during a simulated mission.

Can find and kill you

New Scientist magazine has found a contract between the US Air Force and a defence firm that shows the government uses reconnaissance and surveillance drones equipped with facial recognition to aid in special operations missions.

In case the Russians invade 

Security outfit Ring has been showing CES the wonders of having your house protected by a flying drone.

Can also pop corn and reheat coffee and pizzas

The Pentagon notified Congress of its purchase of a microwave weapon system designed to knock down swarms of enemy drones with pulses of energy.

Can hunt humanity for longer

A team of boffins which apparently has never seen Terminator has come up with the smallest completely autonomous nano-drone that can control itself without the need for human guidance.

Project Mavan was evil too far

Google’s decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot programme known as Project Maven has angered its staff who have quit rather than work on it.

Hand over private data or we will brick your toys

The maker of expensive drones, DJI is threatening to brick users gadgets if they don’t hand over their personal data. on its website.

It is too expensive to shoot them down

The US Patriot missile batteries might be getting more accurate, but cheaply made drones are fast becoming the battle field kings

Intel Falcon 8+ System is its first commercial drone

Chipzilla has been flat out developing software for the consumer drones and now is set to release a few drones of its own.