Facebook resurrects plan to beam high-speed internet from the sky in new deal with Airbus to test solar-powered drones in Australia Facebook reportedly tested Airbus’ Zephyr S drone in November and December Neither Facebook nor Airbus has confirmed the details of the tests in Australia Facebook grounded its high-speed drone …
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Facebook may have ended its secretive internet-drone project — but that doesn’t mean its attempts to build experimental communications hardware are over. Filings seen by Business Insider show that the California social network has been granted permission by the Federal Communications Commission to build a secretive, previously unreported “hardware prototype …
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A police officer with the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, British territories on the island of Cyprus that house numerous UK military facilities, testing a drone designed to cut down on illegal poaching of migratory birds in 2017.Photo: Petros Karadjias (AP) The British Army is carrying out a …
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