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Sightings of mysterious drones that began in New Jersey mid-November have now reached the state of New York.

Mystery “Car-Sized” Drones Reach the Skies of New York

By Frank Landymore

OpenAI has hopped into bed with Anduril, the killer drone company founded by Oculus' Palmer Luckey that cut its teeth in Ukraine.

OpenAI Strikes Deal With Military Contractor to Provide AI for Attack Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

Wildlife officials in Hawaii are using drones to kill coqui frogs by dumping citric acid on these invasive creatures.

Hawaii Deploying Drones to Kill Hated Frog

By Sharon Adarlo

Ukrainian forces have reportedly brought down a 12-ton, three-crew Russian helicopter using a tiny, two-pound drone.

Ukraine Apparently Blew Up a 12-Ton Russian Helicopter Using a Two-Pound Drone

By Victor Tangermann

If the US Military's Manta Ray drone's size was meant to be a secret, Google Maps whizzes have ensured it won't be for much longer.

Top Secret Aquatic Drone Spotted on Google Maps

By Frank Landymore

The Denver Police Department is planning to deploy aerial drones as 911 first responders, The Denver Post reports. Yes, seriously.

Denver Police Department Wants Drones to Respond to 911 Calls

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New York City police say they plan on deploying drones that can throw down flotation devices to struggling swimmers at city beaches.

NYC Beaches Deploying Drones to Drop Flotation Devices for Drowning Swimmers

By Sharon Adarlo

The former head of the Pentagon's UFO office has admitted that a lot of sightings are likely of this Earth — and top secret.

Pentagon’s Ex-Alien Hunter Admits a Lot of UFO Sightings Are Secret Military Crafts

By Noor Al-Sibai

After a decade of drone dreams, Amazon's "Prime Air" drone delivery service seems to still be barely functional.

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Is a Dismal Failure That Can Only Carry a Single Can of Soup

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eagles and drones go together like pie and ice cream — and in a new video, one raptor shows just how awesome its predatory skills really are.

Amazing Footage Shows Drone Getting Attacked by a Furious Eagle

By Noor Al-Sibai

An Australian woman has pleaded guilty after being caught flying a drone filled with contraband into a prison yard.

Woman Pleads Guilty for Flying Drug- and Porn-Laden Drone Into Prison

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 45-year-old man in New Jersey thought it was hilarious to contaminate nearby pools with packets of Sea Dye using a drone.

Man Arrested for Dropping Chemical Into Swimming Pools Using Drone

By Victor Tangermann

The NYPD plans to use its drone fleet to surveil large crowds this Labor Day weekend, including those congregating at private backyard events.

The NYPD Says It’s Going to Spy on Labor Day Parties Using Drones

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A tiny little winged drone can soar with close to zero throttle, thanks to an impressive algorithm that responds to changing winds.

Scientists Build Drone That Seeks Air Currents Like a Bird, Flying With Almost No Power

By Frank Landymore

A US Air Force Colonel described a simulation in which an AI drone went rogue, but the military claims this was taken out of context.

US Military Denies AI Drone Killed Its Operator During Simulation

By Frank Landymore

This New Delivery Drone Could Be Our Adorable, Awesome Future

This New Delivery Drone Could Be Our Adorable, Awesome Future

By Foster Kamer

Video Shows Russian Jet Showering US Drone With Fuel Before Colliding With It

Video Shows Russian Jet Showering US Drone With Fuel Before Colliding With It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Take some taxidermied bird parts and stick them on a flying machine and voilà: you have a stealthy drone that looks a lot like an actual bird.

Scientists Turn Dead Birds Into Ghoulish Drones That Can Actually Fly

By Frank Landymore

Five hundred drones took to the sky in NYC, not to entertain onlookers with a futuristic dance of lights — but to show them Candy Crush ads.

New Yorkers Furious at Drones Forming Huge “Candy Crush” Ad Over Skyline

By Victor Tangermann

Someone apparently thought it was a great idea to fly 500 drones over NYC as part of an ad experiment without much warning.

Huge Drone Swarm to Form Giant Advertisement Over NYC Skyline

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is once again spouting off on the social platform he's soon to own — and this time, he's asking his followers if he should make drones.

Elon Musk Threatens to “Make Weapons”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ukraine is asking its Western allies for more weapons after accusing Russia of using "kamikaze drones" meant to self-destruct when dropping munitions.

Russia Accused of Pelting Ukraine Capital With “Kamikaze” Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

As seen in two new videos, real-life Green Goblin and drone rider Hunter Kowald took a plunge while playing a round of flying drone basketball.

See a Guy Riding Huge Drone Wipe Out After Trying to Shoot a Hoop

By Victor Tangermann

The nation's leading stungun maker is pulling plans to put Taser drones in schools, but that wasn't enough for most its ethics board, which has resigned.

Most of Company’s Ethics Board Resigns in Disgust Over Taser-Wielding Drones

By Noor Al-Sibai

Days after Gulf States invited rebels from Yemen called the Houthi to sit down for peace talks, the group bombed gas stations with drones and UAVs.

Gas Stations in Yemen Attacked With Drones

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of expert Ukrainian drone pilots called the Aerorozvidka are holding off advancing Russian troops by striking when the invading force sleeps.

Elite Ukrainian Drone Pilots Are Reportedly Making All the Difference

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Pictures being shared online show what appear to be exploded, Russian-made "suicide drones" that can use AI to identify their unsuspecting targets.

Russia May Have Used Terrifying AI-Powered “Suicide Drones” in Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

The United Arab Emirates has announced a total ban on flying consumer drones anywhere within the country after last week's deadly attacks in Abu Dhabi.

UAE Bans Drones After Drone Used in Attack on Oil Facility

By Victor Tangermann

Just over a month after an MIT professor warned of "slaughterbots" being used by civilians, Vice is now reporting that cartels are using them to drop bombs.

Video Appears to Show Drug Cartel Using Drone to Bomb Enemies

By Victor Tangermann

Cheap, lightweight killer robots are just around the corner — and major military powers, including the US, are doing very little to stop them.

Artificial Intelligence

MIT Professor Warns That Cartels Could Use “Slaughterbots” to Evade Justice

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers at Caltech have opened the doors to hell and allowed a creepy robot that can walk on two spindly feet and fly, to enter.

This Scary-Looking Robot Can Walk and Fly

By Victor Tangermann

Drones literally started raining from the sky during a light show in Zhengzhou, a city of 10 million people in the Chinese province of Henan.

Light Show Goes Wrong When Drones Start Plummeting Out of the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic footage from inside a hurricane recorded by a "Saildrone."

Check Out This Awesome Drone Footage From Inside a Hurricane

By Victor Tangermann

A raven in Canberra, Australia, decided it had enough of a local business sending coffee to a customer in the area via a Google delivery drone.

Watch a Raven Attack a Google Coffee Delivery Drone

By Victor Tangermann

Dubai conjured up a much-needed rainstorm thanks to new drones that can fly around and create clouds on command through electrical shocks.

UAE Says Rainstorms Were Caused by Its Cloud Seeding Drones

By Dan Robitzski

50-year-old Wendell Goney from Mount Dora, Florida, shot down a police drone, the property of the local Lake County Sherriff's Office, with a rifle.

Florida Man Shoots Down Police Drone Because It Was “Harassing” Him

By Victor Tangermann

The Marines recently tested a small drone that can carry a live grenade across a battlefield, targeting and detonating precise targets.

Marines Are Testing Tiny Drones That Carry Explosive Grenades

By Dan Robitzski

The Israeli military just tested a plane equipped with a new laser weapon that's capable of burning through drones in midair.

Watch Israel’s Military Shoot Down Drones With a Laser

By Dan Robitzski

A new video going viral on social media shows a helmeted daredevil shooting through Times Square in New York City — while flying on a hoverboard.

Video Shows Man Flying Through Times Square on Giant Drone

By Victor Tangermann

Killer drones are already making airstrikes without any humans involved in the decision making, according to a recent UN report.

Robots and Machines

Academics: Ban the Killer “Slaughterbots” Before We All Die

By Victor Tangermann

Engineers are working on drones that can track people down based on the sound of their screams — scary-sounding tech that could save lives in a disaster.

Engineers Build Drones That Hunt Screaming Humans

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Defense has put out a call for designs of a handheld anti-drone weapon that could shoot down enemy drones from the ground.

The US Military Is Looking for a Drone-Killing Bazooka

By Victor Tangermann

A new video shows off a daring pilot take off using what amounts to be a backpack helicopter — a futuristic blend of a jetpack and drone.

Advanced Transport

Watch a Man Soar Into the Sky With a Helicopter Backpack

By Victor Tangermann

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

Swarm of Drones Creates Huge QR Code in the Sky

By Tony Ho Tran

Over a year after mysterious drone swarms descended on several US states and a federal investigation fell apart, local residents are still seeking answers.

The FBI Investigated Drones That Swarmed Towns in the Midwest

By Dan Robitzski

Startup Epirus has come up with a novel solution to take out enemy drone swarms: a weapon that can blast out beams of high-power microwaves.

Mobile Weapon System Kills Entire Drone Swarms Using Microwaves

By Victor Tangermann

Reports of mysterious swarms of drones hovering above US Navy ships in July 2019 have top military officials puzzled.

Navy Official: Mysterious Drones Are Also Swarming Other Countries’ Ships

By Victor Tangermann

The US military is developing an aircraft carrier loaded up with semi-autonomous drones that flies in the air instead of floating on water.

DARPA Is Working on a Gigantic, Flying Aircraft Carrier

By Dan Robitzski

In recent years, China has exported hundreds of its heavily-armed "Pterodactyl" combat drones to countries around the world.

China Is Selling Deadly “Pterodactyl” Drones Around the World

By Dan Robitzski

The UAE is testing a system that uses drones to electrocute clouds and trigger rainfall in hopes of replenishing dwindling water supplies.

The UAE Is Using Drones to Manipulate Weather

By Dan Robitzski

Kelley Aerospace has developed a combat drone capable of reaching supersonic speeds — and they already have 100 pre-orders for it.

Three Words: Supersonic. Combat. Drones.

By Tony Ho Tran

DARPA is developing new military drones that can fire missiles after being launched out of a fighter or bomber plane at a safe distance.

DARPA Wants Fighter Planes to Launch Drones That Then Launch Missiles

By Dan Robitzski

UK Military Unveils Tiny Spy Drones That Can Travel Over a Mile

UK Military Unveils Tiny Spy Drones That Can Travel Over a Mile

By Dan Robitzski

The Smellicopter, a small autonomous drone that tracks down scents, relies on the biological machinery of a live moth antenna.

Tiny Cyborg Drone Navigates Using Surgically Removed Moth Antenna

By Dan Robitzski

Alabama-based startup Aevum has unveiled a fully autonomous drone designed to release satellite-launching rockets in midair — and its an absolute monster.

This Is the World’s Biggest Drone

By Victor Tangermann

Firefighters across the West Coast are dropping special fireballs from drones to keep an unusually severe wildfire season under control.

Firefighters Are Using Drones That Drop Fireballs

By Victor Tangermann

China has released a video of a test involving an array of 48 weaponized drones launching from the back of a truck and from a helicopter.

Brutal Chinese Weapon Launches Swarm of Explosive Suicide Drones

By Victor Tangermann

The Trump Administration's de facto ban on Chinese-made drones has prevented the Interior Department from starting controlled burns to limit forest fires.

Leaked Memo: Trump’s Chinese Drone Ban Made Wildfire Season Worse

By Dan Robitzski

If bee populations continue to drop, a team of scientists says they can pollinate plants with soap bubble-launching drones.

New Trick Could Save Agriculture Even If All the Bees Keep Dying

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at MIT have developed a Jedi mind control system that allows you to control a drone by just twisting and lifting your forearm.

This System Lets You Fly a Drone With Arm Gestures

By Victor Tangermann

In collaboration with a drone maker, the Westport, Connecticut police department is testing "pandemic drones" that monitor if people are social distancing.

US Police Testing “Pandemic Drones” That Monitor Social Distancing

By Victor Tangermann

In an entertaining video, a caffeine enthusiast picks up a Starbucks coffee with his drone — to the bemusement of a barista.

Watch This Madlad Pick Up a Starbucks Coffee Using a Drone

By Jon Christian

As people are urged to stay in their homes, one man in Cyprus decided to use a remote-controlled drone to walk his dog around town.

Watch a Man Walk a Dog Using a Drone

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers have developed technology that allows a drone to dodge obstacles, including basketballs flung at high speeds.

Watch This Drone Expertly Dodge a Careening Soccer Ball

By Victor Tangermann