There’s a new version of Microsoft Flight Simulator driving a lot of PC gaming attention right now, in part because it’s the first ground-up new entry in the long-running series since 2006. The new version, besides stunning graphics and realistic physics, benefits from being able to stream in real-world cloud-based mapping data in real time, …
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Amazon has hired a former Boeing executive to run its Prime Air drone delivery business, signaling the retail giant’s plans to expand the unit so that it can eventually start flying regular 30-minute shipments to customers’ homes. David Carbon, who left the troubled airline manufacturer amid problems at the factory he ran, joined Amazon this month, according to a company …
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UPS said Tuesday that it’s expanding its drone delivery service after it received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate a drone airline. UPS subsidiary Flight Forward was awarded a Part 135 Standard certification on Friday, which the company called an aviation first. UPS’ first approved flight, operated under its Flight Forward subsidiary, was launched at the WakeMed hospital …
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Some Macbook Pros have been banned from flights by US aviation safety regulators. The move comes less than two months after Apple recalled the older laptops over a risk of battery fire. The Federal Aviation Administration, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg, said it was “aware of the recalled batteries that are used in some Apple MacBook Pro laptops” and …
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In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo plans to launch a 5G network for business and commercial aircraft in 2021. Gogo will build the new air-to-ground network on top of the company’s existing web of towers and use unlicensed spectrum in the 2.4GHz range, the in-flight internet provider said Wednesday. “We expect to launch Gogo 5G at the same time as the terrestrial …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Are they a danger? If so, how much of a danger? Roberto Machado Noa/Getty It’s a fear many pilots carry with them every day. At some point, their plane may collide with a drone that’s being flown by someone who thinks they’re just having fun. …
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We were promised flying cars. Intel said it’s closer than we think. At CES on Monday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich showed off the Volocopter, an autonomous passenger drone, which he called “essentially a flying car.” The Volocopter comes from a Germany-based company that launched in 2012, with its first flight in 2013. Intel brought it to its stage at CES …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. No more droning under the influence in New Jersey? / Getty Images Do you wonder about some of the people who fly drones in your neighborhood and annoy the living being out of you? Do you feel these people might be not all there — …
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A drone operator is to blame for a collision between a DJI Phantom 4 drone and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The NTSB said, back in September, a drone pilot flew his drone farther than he could see — Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 101 calls for pilots to …
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President Donald Trump has relaxed some of the rules governing commercial use of drones, allowing for greater testing of unmanned aerial vehicles by tech companies such as Amazon and Wing, a unit of Google parent Alphabet. A directive Trump issued Wednesday expands testing for flights over people, nighttime operations and at far greater distances and with packages. The program encourages …
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