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The FAA is now refunding Americans who registered their drones

The FAA may have collected over $4 million in drone registration fees.

Drones may soon have to identify themselves electronically while in flight

The FAA wants to create a remote drone identification system.

A new drone route is now open in Malawi

Drones can soar over roads in the flood-prone region to help deliver supplies to remote areas.

Facebook’s internet-beaming drone completed its second test flight and landed ‘perfectly’

Its first Aquila flight ended in a crash landing.

MIT is building autonomous drones that can both drive and fly

Flying takes a lot of battery life, but driving means getting stuck in traffic.

Amazon’s idea for a massive drone dock looks like a cross between a beehive and a spaceship

Amazon is interested in moving its future drone delivery fulfillment centers closer to urban centers.

To get more drones in U.S. skies, the industry is asking Trump for something rare: More regulation

The drone industry wants more regulation, not less.

Wireless and drone execs praised President Trump as he pledged to cut down regulations

For the likes of AT&T and PrecisionHawk, the face time with the president offered a chance to push their agendas.

President Trump will talk policy with drone makers, wireless companies and tech investors on Thursday

Here’s the full list of execs headed to the White House, plus their agenda.

Trump is hosting a meeting with drone companies Thursday

Here are four of the drone companies that will be there.

Europe plans to have drone rules in place by 2019

The EU says fragmented drone rules between countries hampers innovation.

Security at the Warriors’ NBA championship parade can detect rogue drones

The parade route is a “no drone zone.”

An Alphabet executive now leads an influential U.S. drone policy association

Laura Ponto is the new chairman of the board of the Commercial Drone Alliance.

Best Buy’s new weapon against Amazon: A try-before-you-buy option

With a little help from San Francisco-based startup Lumoid.

Drones are being used by scientists to collect whale snot

SnotBot.

Alphabet is making a drone-tracking system to one day manage a sky full of flying robots

Project Wing worked with NASA and the FAA to test its new platform.

Trump’s plan to privatize air traffic control could expedite drone delivery in the U.S.

Finding a way to safely integrate drones in U.S. airspace is one of the main issues holding up drone delivery.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich: The full Code interview video

Intel is focused on data, not just components.

How Planned Parenthood is using technology to treat patients

Texting, video calls, apps — and, maybe one day, drones.

CEO Brian Krzanich says Intel is not going to make a consumer drone

Intel is in the entertainment drone business.

Trump wants to be able track and destroy drones flying over the U.S.

The new proposal would allow the government to track, commandeer, disable, hack or destroy drones.

DJI’s new selfie drone is controlled with just a wave of your hand

The Spark is about the size of a can of soda and costs $499.

One of China’s biggest online retailers is building a delivery drone that can carry 2,000 pounds of cargo

It will likely be used to bring food from farms and agricultural warehouses to cities.

Americans no longer have to register non-commercial drones with the FAA

Surprisingly, the drone industry isn’t thrilled.

A drone flew 97 continuous miles to complete one of the longest drone deliveries in the U.S.

It flew for more than two hours.

Parrot is creating a new ‘prosumer’ drone division after cutting a third of its workforce

With three new drones.

There’s a small drone startup helping Facebook build its new internet-beaming helicopter drone

Meet Everfly.

A falling drone probably won’t kill you

It’s still not advised to have a drone fall on your head, though.

Why people get arrested for flying drones

Smuggling, spying and crashing are just a few reasons.

Facebook built a helicopter-drone to provide wireless internet to disaster areas

The unmanned chopper will be tethered to the ground so it can stay airborne for days at a time.

DJI is running away with the drone market

Better products at lower prices are helping China’s drone giant take control of a fast-growing industry.

U.S. drone sales have more than doubled from last year

This despite the fact that most popular devices are pricey.