Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones(dronexl.co)

673 points by vrganj 4 months ago | 304 comments

DroneXL article reporting that Pokémon Go player scans helped train Niantic's visual navigation technology now being used in military drones.

DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio(dronexl.co)

56 points by daau 2 months ago | 39 comments

Iran-linked hackers have breached FBI director's personal emails(cnn.com)

150 points by vrganj 7 months ago | 67 comments

Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs for Decades, New Report(gizmodo.com)

79 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 57 comments

Drone pilot makes US rescind no-fly zones around unmarked, moving ICE vehicles(arstechnica.com)

173 points by Bender 6 months ago | 57 comments

Patent Spat Leaves DJI Owing Textron $279M(hackaday.com)

28 points by voxadam 3 years ago | 12 comments

Vacate a drone restriction that criminalized recording immigration agents(eff.org)

74 points by hn_acker 1 month ago | 15 comments

EFF article arguing the D.C. Circuit should vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that criminalized recording immigration agents.

The FAA’s flight restriction for drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE(eff.org)

459 points by detaro 6 months ago | 144 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FAA's temporary flight restriction on drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE operations.

Senate Bill to Ban TikTok(congress.gov)

485 points by WUMBOWUMBO 3 years ago | 440 comments

Congress.gov page for S.686, the RESTRICT Act, a 118th Congress Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, introduced March 7, 2023 and referred to the Commerce Committee.

Illinois prohibits weapons, facial recognition on police drones(ilga.gov)

422 points by Kon-Peki 3 years ago | 236 comments

Full enrolled text of Illinois HB3902, the Drones as First Responders Act, amending the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act governing police drone use.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

Free IRS-run tax filing pilot to be available in 13 states(irs.gov)

823 points by dwynings 3 years ago | 298 comments

IRS news release announcing the Direct File pilot, a free IRS-run tax filing option projected for eligible taxpayers in 13 states for the 2024 season.