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Archives for December 2016

The Verge 2016 tech report card: DronesThe Verge 2016 tech report card: Drones
Amazon patented a fantastical floating airship warehouse for its delivery dronesAmazon patented a fantastical floating airship warehouse for its delivery drones
Your drone looks chilly, does it want this sweater?Your drone looks chilly, does it want this sweater?
7-Eleven beats Google and Amazon to the first regular commercial drone delivery service in the US7-Eleven beats Google and Amazon to the first regular commercial drone delivery service in the US

7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience store chain, shared new numbers from its drone delivery experiment today. Seventy-seven customers in Reno, Nevada, have now received items ordered from 7-Eleven delivered to their doorsteps via drone.

Watch a human-carrying drone lift a snowboarder off a mountainWatch a human-carrying drone lift a snowboarder off a mountain
China will return the US Navy drone it seized earlier this weekChina will return the US Navy drone it seized earlier this week
Urban Outfitters is now selling horribly overpriced ‘designer’ dronesUrban Outfitters is now selling horribly overpriced ‘designer’ drones
Alphabet’s drone delivery marketplace is waiting for one thing: drones that won’t crashAlphabet’s drone delivery marketplace is waiting for one thing: drones that won’t crash

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