Smugglers used drones to bring $79.8 million worth of iPhones into China. They just got busted  CNBC China busts smugglers using drones to transport smartphones: state media  Reuters Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

The world’s largest consumer drone maker wants to be the world’s largest commercial drone maker  Quartz DJI will let developers fully customize its drones  Engadget DJI Gives Drones More Power For Commercial Use  PR Newswire (press release) After Dominating The Consumer Drone Market, DJI Sets Its Sights On The Business World  Fast Company Full coverage Brought to you by […]

China just officially approved drone-based package delivery  Quartz China’s Biggest Courier Firm Could Soon Deliver Parcels by Drone  Bloomberg SF approved to fly drones  ecns Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

Drones Are Spying on Caribou—for Science  National Geographic Caribou drone study finds ‘enormous variation’ within herd  EurekAlert (press release) Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

The Drones are Back  Foreign Policy (blog) Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

Drones delivering contraband to prisons a budding problem  Seattle Times Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

Trending – license test fail, Trudeau’s toddler, drones and Musk deletes FB  Hawaii News Now Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

Amazon patents delivery drones that can react to people screaming and flailing  Los Angeles Times Amazon is issued patent for delivery drones that can react to screaming voices, flailing arms  Washington Post Amazon patents delivery drones that can recognise ‘unwelcoming’ hand gestures  South China Morning Post Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of […]

Your Business Will Employ Drones, Maybe Sooner Than You Think  Forbes COPTRZ launches drone detection system for oil refineries  Hydrocarbon Engineering Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.

Swarming drones could help fight Europe’s megafires  Horizon magazine Full coverage Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here.