Drones

In December 2018, before the Islamic States self-proclaimed caliphate collapsed, Mr. Trump issued his first of several orders to pull all American troops from the country. In turn, the Pentagon tried to shore up a plan to withdraw roughly 1,000 troops while k…

UPS Flight Forward drones might soon delivery CVS products to you home.  UPS The long-awaited dream of getting your toothpaste zipped to you in minutes via drone is one step closer in the US. UPS and CVS on Monday said they're working together to develop d…

Wing, an offshoot of Google parent company Alphabet, officially launched its drone delivery service Friday, delivering a FedEx package -- a birthday gift for Susie Sensmeier from her husband, Paul -- through the air from a distribution center to the couple's …

Drones are badass, right? Something that wouldve been science fiction a decade ago is now generally affordable. You know, like the DJI Mavic Air. This drone lets mere mortals have access to whats basically professional cinematography equipment. And while thi…

In 2018, we were thrilled to share the first peek at Skyward, the brand-new YA book from acclaimed sci-fi and fantasy author Brandon Sanderson(Mistborn, Stormlight Archive). Now, io9 has another treat for Sanderson fans: the exclusive first excerpt from Skywa…

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. The drones. The drones never stop. An endless parade of mindless lasers, twirling through the sky in patterns imprinted on my eyelids. Every day I face …

OpenAIs system consists of a humanoid hand, from UK-based Shadow Robot Company, connected to a powerful computer system and an array of cameras and other sensors. Dactyl figures out how to manipulate something using reinforcement learning, which trains a neur…

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Solving climate change requires drastic action, and the activist group Extinction Rebellion is here for it. The group has exploded on the climate scene in the past year. This week, its leading a coordinated series of actions around the globe that kicked off…