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Drone company DJI loses $150 million to corruption

Drone company DJI loses $150 million to corruption

(Reuters) — China’s DJI, the world’s largest maker of consumer drones, has discovered several cases of serious corruption at the company and expects 2018 losses of more than 1 billion yuan ($150 million) as a result, it said on Friday.

The company said it was investigating the cases, which came to light during routine quality control in 2018, and that it had handed a number over to the…

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How drone autonomy unlocks a new era of AI opportunities

How drone autonomy unlocks a new era of AI opportunities

Autonomous drone technology lets us digitize and analyze the physical world, observing and improving our world’s critical infrastructure.Read More

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Flytrex raises $7.5 million to expand drone delivery to North Carolina

Flytrex raises $7.5 million to expand drone delivery to North Carolina

Delivery by drone is big business — potentially in the neighborhood of $29.06 billion by 2027, according to analysts at Research and Markets. It’s no wonder heavy hitters like Google X labs graduate Wing and Amazon are making sizable investments in the technology, in part by piloting drones deliveries in Australia, the U.K., and soon Helsinki. And they’re not the only ones.

Six-year-old Israeli…

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DJI’s Mavic 2 Enterprise is a modular drone for commercial use

DJI’s Mavic 2 Enterprise is a modular drone for commercial use

In August, China-based DJI, which made $2.7 billion in 2017 and accounts for more than 70 percent of the world’s drone market, announced two new additions to its portfolio: the Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom. But both were strictly consumer affairs. Today at DJI AirWorks in Dallas, Texas, the company expanded its lineup with the Mavic 2 Enterprise, a drone made specifically for the private sector.…

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Parrot updates Anafi drone with new HDR and panorama shooting modes

Parrot updates Anafi drone with new HDR and panorama shooting modes

Four short months ago, French company Parrot took the wraps off Anafi, a fold-up, 4K-capable drone that starts at just $700. Parrot has diligently updated the little guy — most recently in August with improved streaming video quality and new photos features. Today, the company announced yet another firmware upgrade, alongside a new SKU — Anafi Extended, which bundles the drone with accessories…

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Apple Watch can now control Skydio’s $2,000 autonomous R1 drone

Apple Watch can now control Skydio’s $2,000 autonomous R1 drone

Three years ago, a startup named Skydio emerged from stealth mode to reveal its AI platform for autonomous drones — sophisticated software that could let a drone user “be a cinematographer, not a pilot.” It took until earlier this year for Skydio to actually release R1, its first drone with the feature, at an eye-watering price of $2,499. Now the company is offering R1 for $500 less, alongside a…

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Samsung debuts a drone-based AI system to remotely adjust 5G towers

Samsung debuts a drone-based AI system to remotely adjust 5G towers

The 5G cellular tower hardware maker will let installers use drones and AI as a safer, faster alternative to climbing towers for network testing.Read More

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How Draganfly brought a ‘pandemic drone’ to the U.S.

How Draganfly brought a ‘pandemic drone’ to the U.S.

Draganfly CEO Cameron Chell tells VentureBeat his drone company has more U.S. pilots across public and private sectors to fight the novel coronavirus.Read More