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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich: The full Code interview video

Intel is focused on data, not just components.

How Planned Parenthood is using technology to treat patients

Texting, video calls, apps — and, maybe one day, drones.

CEO Brian Krzanich says Intel is not going to make a consumer drone

Intel is in the entertainment drone business.

Trump wants to be able track and destroy drones flying over the U.S.

The new proposal would allow the government to track, commandeer, disable, hack or destroy drones.

DJI’s new selfie drone is controlled with just a wave of your hand

The Spark is about the size of a can of soda and costs $499.

One of China’s biggest online retailers is building a delivery drone that can carry 2,000 pounds of cargo

It will likely be used to bring food from farms and agricultural warehouses to cities.

Americans no longer have to register non-commercial drones with the FAA

Surprisingly, the drone industry isn’t thrilled.

A drone flew 97 continuous miles to complete one of the longest drone deliveries in the U.S.

It flew for more than two hours.

Parrot is creating a new ‘prosumer’ drone division after cutting a third of its workforce

With three new drones.

There’s a small drone startup helping Facebook build its new internet-beaming helicopter drone

Meet Everfly.

A falling drone probably won’t kill you

It’s still not advised to have a drone fall on your head, though.

Why people get arrested for flying drones

Smuggling, spying and crashing are just a few reasons.

Facebook built a helicopter-drone to provide wireless internet to disaster areas

The unmanned chopper will be tethered to the ground so it can stay airborne for days at a time.

DJI is running away with the drone market

Better products at lower prices are helping China’s drone giant take control of a fast-growing industry.

U.S. drone sales have more than doubled from last year

This despite the fact that most popular devices are pricey.

Police departments are using drones to find and chase down suspects

At least 160 police and fire departments acquired drones in 2016, more than in the past three years combined

The Swiss postal service is using autonomous drones to fly lab samples between two hospitals

An early example of drone delivery in a populated urban area.

Almost 800,000 U.S. drone owners have registered to fly in 15 months

That’s a lot of drones in our skies.

Watch Amazon’s Prime Air make its first public U.S. drone delivery

The aircraft delivered a box of sunscreen at a conference.

Bankrupt drone startup Lily is telling customers it has no time frame for refunding their preorders

Lily hopes to auction off its intellectual property this summer.

Canada passed new laws making it even harder to fly drones for fun

The new rules are more restrictive than in the U.S., and violating them could result in a $3,000 (Canadian) fine.

Federal privacy laws won't necessarily protect you from spying drones

No one wants a drone peering into their bedroom window.

Full transcript: Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo talks life-saving drones on Too Embarrassed to Ask

“Believe me, when we started Zipline, we were not thinking we would be delivering sperm in our planes.”

How 1960s nuclear-fallout math influences today’s drone regulations

Research from drone company DJI details how today’s drone policy involves some questionable assumptions.

Can a drone save my life?

Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo answers your questions about drones that can help people on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Drone startup Lily filed for bankruptcy as preorder customers await their refunds

Over 61,000 people preordered a Lily drone, but none actually shipped.

U.S. airplane pilots are reporting more drone sightings, but no collisions yet

1,274 possible drone sightings were reported.

A company that provides air traffic management for drones just raised money from Microsoft and Airbus

Most major U.S. airports are already using AirMap’s drone software.

UPS thinks it can save money and deliver more packages by launching drones from its trucks

The driver loads the drone from inside the truck.

An Intel drone got the assist on a vicious dunk at the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest

Orlando’s Aaron Gordon used a drone to pass him the ball, and it worked out okay.

Verizon just acquired a drone company

The telecom giant announced last year that it would start providing data plans for drones, too.

Dubai is planning to launch autonomous, one-passenger drone taxis this summer

There’s no one flying the aircraft.