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Maybe it’s a sign of a more mature market, but there are some pretty good drone deals for Black Friday this year. The best I’ve seen is for the DJI Phantom 3 Standard for $370 in store at Walmart. But if you’d rather shop from your sofa, Parrot has a handful of deals worth considering. …

While it seems every year Best Buy, Target, Walmart and Amazon get all the attention on Black Friday, sites like eBay have plenty of deals, too. As Black Friday approaches, eBay will have a countdown clock to let you know about the latest offers. As always, some deals are better than others, so check out all the Black Friday/Cyber Monday …

Facebook has begun testing a feature that lets you find nearby open Wi-Fi networks through its iOS app, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CNET. The feature is still in early testing, and it’s only available for iOS and only in select countries. To see if you have it, tap the menu icon in the bottom left corner of the app. …

Now playing: Watch this: Facebook drone accident under investigation 1:55 Facebook’s quest to bring broadband internet to all corners of the globe had a bumpy landing in June when its Aquila drone ended its first test flight in Arizona, Bloomberg reported Monday, After a 96-minute flight, the solar-powered aircraft with a wingspan of a Boeing 737 experienced a “structural failure” …

Walmart can’t wait for Cyber Monday, so it’s moving its online sales kickoff up a few days to Black Friday. The retail giant said Monday it will launch a “Cyber Week” of online holiday deals beginning on Friday, the day that post-Thanksgiving Day shoppers typically flock to the retail store to slug it out over merchandise. Cyber Monday is traditionally …

Now playing: Watch this: Wait, how fast can Qualcomm charge a phone? 1:22 Qualcomm says its Quick Charge 4 tech can charge a phone for up to five hours in five minutes. Courtesy of Qualcomm You’ll soon be able to get 5 hours of battery life faster than you can make popcorn. Qualcomm debuted the fourth generation of its super-fast …

#Spectacles isn’t trending because your parents are in need of new magnifiers. Snap’s new Spectacles, glasses that let you record and upload to Snapchat, are white hot right now. We got a pair here at CNET HQ yesterday and CNET’s Lexy Savvides has already given us her first impressions. Our full review is coming soon. What’s amazing is just how …

Random drones buzzing over airports. If you think that sounds like a terrible idea, then the Federal Aviation Administration agrees with you. To find the best tools to keep drones from messing with your takeoffs and landings, the FAA is testing drone-detection technology at the Denver International Airport, the agency said Wednesday. It’s one of six tests the agency will …

I was browsing Twitter earlier and came across a tweet from James Martin, one of our CNET photographers. He was sharing a piece called 12 drone photographers changing the way we see the world from the Feature Shoot website. There are definitely some amazing shots; you should check it out. It got me to thinking that there must be a …

Snapchat Spectacles — you know, the sunglasses that have have built-in cameras that allow you to post directly to Snapchat — are here. So far, the videos captured with them that have been shared online are pretty boring (they mostly revolve around people’s first impressions of the Snap-branded sunnies). But the new circular video format they use is excitingly promising. …