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Yemen's Houthis: Drone attacked Saudi airport

Reuters
Posted at May 24 12:30 AM

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Thursday launched a drone attack on a Patriot missile battery in the airport of the Saudi city of Najran near the Yemeni border, the group's Al-Masirah TV said on Thursday. Read more »

Like Uber, but for organs: first kidney delivered by drone

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 05:09 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - A kidney needed for transplantation has been delivered by a drone for the first time ever, the University of Maryland Medical Center said, a development that could herald faster and safer organ transport. Read more »

WATCH: Fire sweeps through QC village

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 02:40 AM

MANILA - A huge blaze tore through a crowded neighborhood in Barangay Bahay Toro, Quezon City Tuesday.   Read more »

Drone sighting prompted 30-minute air traffic stoppage at Frankfurt airport

Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 06:00 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany - A drone sighting on Friday prompted a 30-minute stoppage of air traffic at Frankfurt airport, one of the world's busiest, an airport spokesman said. Read more »

Drones, ginagamit na rin sa pagsasaka

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 01:05 AM

Ipinakilala ang teknolohiya sa mga magsasaka sa Hilagang Luzon, pero kakayanin kaya ito ng bulsa ng mga magsasaka? Read more »

Japan to back int'l efforts to regulate AI-equipped 'killer robots'

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 17 12:42 AM

Japan is planning to give its backing to international efforts to regulate the development of lethal weapons controlled by artificial intelligence at a UN conference in Geneva late this month, government sources said Saturday. Read more »

Sri Lanka president Sirisena checks IRRI’s drone seeder

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 11:24 PM

The government of Sri Lanka and the IRRI signed a 5-year work plan that will focus on developing high-yielding and climate-resilient rice varieties. Read more »

London airports order military-grade anti-drone equipment

Kanishka Singh, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 11:06 AM

London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered military-grade anti-drone defenses worth "several million pounds" after drones caused 3 days of disruption at Gatwick last month, the airports confirmed late on Thursday. Read more »

Flights suspended at Britain's Gatwick airport after reports of drones

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:26 AM

Flights at London's Gatwick airport remained suspended early on Thursday, 5 hours after the UK'S second-busiest airport halted them to investigate reports of 2 drones flying over its airfield, inconveniencing passengers days before the Christmas holiday period. Read more »

Flights suspended at Britain's Gatwick airport after reports of drones

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:26 AM

Flights at London's Gatwick airport remained suspended early on Thursday, 5 hours after the UK'S second-busiest airport halted them to investigate reports of 2 drones flying over its airfield, inconveniencing passengers days before the Christmas holiday period. Read more »

Nokia testing emergency drone tech system in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:34 PM

The collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs will use a network of LTE-connected drones equipped with cameras and sensors that can be deployed to disaster areas along with a portable LTE network. Read more »

Cameras, drones: Rio de Janeiro to put electronic eyes on crime

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 08:20 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro state is moving ahead with plans to deploy security cameras and drones to help fight crime, according to its next governor, a far-right politician loyal to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. Read more »

Hi-tech mapping threatens land rights across the ‘digital divide’, say experts

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 27 12:14 AM

The Philippines last December became one of the first nations in Asia to unveil an official policy allowing drone-assisted surveys for land titling. Read more »

Pinakamahabang tulay sa bansa, sumasailalim sa pagsusuri

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 06:03 PM

Ayon sa DPWH, ang gagawing bridge inspection ay gagamitan ng drone technology, at pangangasiwaan ng Japan International Cooperation Agency. Read more »

China steps up drone race with stealth aircraft

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 01:42 PM

ZHUHAI, China - China is unleashing stealth drones and pilotless aircraft fitted with AK-47 rifles onto world markets, racing to catch up to US technology and adding to a fleet that has already seen combat action in the Middle East. Read more »

LOOK: Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 12:24 PM

SINGAPORE - Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia's monster traffic jams. Read more »

DJI Mavic 2 review: New drones feature Hasselblad camera, Hitchcock effect

Kara Santos
Posted at Oct 01 06:38 AM

The Mavic Pro 2 is world's first drone with an integrated Hasselblad camera, while the Mavic 2 Zoom is the world's first foldable consumer drone with optical zoom capability. Read more »

How drones are used to fight tax evasion

Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:31 AM

ATHENS - Greece is using drones to buzz over boats running day trips on the Aegean at the start of a new effort aimed at cracking down on rampant tax evasion at holiday hotspots. Read more »

PANOORIN: Marcos Highway sa Tuba, Benguet matapos lumabas si Ompong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 06:12 PM

Sarado ang Marcos Highway sa Tuba, Benguet habang nililinis pa ng awtoridad ang lupang dumausdos mula sa gilid ng bundok dahil sa hagupit ng bagyong Ompong. Read more »

Venezuela arrests 'terrorists' over Maduro attack as opposition fears reprisals

Alexander Martinez and Margioni Bermudez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 07:02 AM

Six "terrorists and hired killers" have been arrested in Venezuela accused of trying to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro in an alleged drone attack, the government said on Sunday. Read more »