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Environment

Drone training in the Piedmont inspires Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon

4:00pm September 10, 2024

A group of nine Indigenous Peruvian young leaders are spending four days learning new technologies to help monitor and protect their Indigenous lands from illegal miners, loggers and narco-traffickers.

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A Ukrainian police officer uses a flashlight to search for drone debris near the site of an explosion following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, its most intense on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of its invasion, military officials said.

World News

Russia says it downed dozens of Moscow-bound Ukrainian drones after it struck Kyiv

9:51am November 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russia says its air defenses intercepted at least 24 Ukrainian drones a day after it launched its largest drone strike on the Ukrainian capital of the war.

The drone uses a mix of artificial intelligence and more conventional programming to fly through a race course.

Science

An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing

6:04pm August 30, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.

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This photo shows a part of an apartment building which was reportedly damaged by Ukrainian drone in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. In Moscow, residents reported hearing explosions and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin later confirmed there had been a drone attack that he said caused "insignificant" damage.

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Russia reports several drone strikes on Moscow buildings as Kyiv is attacked again

5:15am May 30, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Explosions were reported in several districts of Moscow and outlying regions of the city Tuesday as Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine's capital Tuesday that killed at least one person.

Ukrainian Emergency Service rescuers work on a building damaged by shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The attack happened hours before a Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea.

The U.S. said a Russian fighter jet hit American drone over Black Sea

1:35pm March 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet conducting "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept" struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down.

This photo provided by Axon Enterprise depicts a conceptual design through a computer-generated rendering of a taser drone.

National

A firm proposes using Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings

7:08am June 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Axon, which sells Tasers and police body cameras, floated the idea of a new police drone product last year to its AI ethics board, which quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.

A fisherman paddles through mangrove trees at the Tam Giang Lagoon in the Hue province of Vietnam. Mangroves lose all their leaves in winter, exposing their whitish trunks.

Drone Photo Award winners capture a dizzyingly fantastic view of the world

7:09am October 09, 2021

by Suzette Lohmeyer

This year's best pictures include two friends sunbathing on giant shards of ice in Kazakhstan, workers at a red chili factory in Bangladesh and a white mangrove forest in Vietnam.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Jan. 8. A Twitter account believed to be linked to Khamenei was permanently banned Friday after posting a threatening image involving former President Donald Trump. Twitter told The Associated Press the acc

World News

Twitter Bans Account Linked To Iran's Supreme Leader

6:47pm January 22, 2021

by Dustin Jones

An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image also appears on Khameini's website.

Surfer Matt Wilkinson has a close encounter with a shark while surfing at Sharpes Beach in New South Wales.

VIDEO: Australian Surfer Narrowly Escapes Shark After He Was Alerted By Drone

4:55pm October 08, 2020

by Reese Oxner

Drone footage captures the moment a more-than-6-foot shark circles a surfer, coming only inches away from him. It's possible that the drone noise scared the animal away.

The Interior Department is grounding its fleet of drones — including Chinese-made models such as this specialized "government edition" Mavic Pro, made by DJI.

National

Interior Department Grounds All Of Its Drones, Citing Cybersecurity, Other Concerns

5:47pm January 29, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The move is a turnabout for Chinese firms such as drone giant DJI — which made special "government edition" drones that the Interior Department approved last summer.