Zipline
Zipline Drone Ends Flight On Houston Highway The Way Amazon's Can't
A Zipline delivery drone came down under its parachute onto Highway 6 in Cypress on Friday. No injuries, no damage, no calls to police, and no cause yet.
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Drone Delivery
Wing Claims Largest US Drone Network As Amazon Promises 500 Cities
Wing says it flies thousands of Walmart drone deliveries a day. Walmart's own quarter backs the rate. Amazon's 500-city map is the counterclaim.
DJI Power
DJI Power 2000 Now Plugs Into Your Wall Socket. Not in America
DJI put the Power 2000 on stage at IFA 2026 as a grid-tied home battery with its first balcony solar kit. US buyers get none of it.
BVLOS
TSA Plans Closed-Door Part 108 Security Talks After the Rule Lands
TSA is recruiting hand-picked operators for closed BVLOS security roundtables that run only after the Part 108 final rule publishes. Deadline October 19.
DJI
DJI Fixes Pocket 4P FrameTap And Mic Conflict, Users Find It First
Pocket 4P owners in Japan discovered DJI's latest firmware lets the FrameTap remote and DJI Mic 3 connect at once. DJI's changelog never mentioned it.
DJI
DJI Takes Pocket 4P to Venice Film Festival, US Still Shut Out
DJI has booked a September 7 Venice Film Festival panel for the Osmo Pocket 4P, its fourth European stage for a camera Americans still cannot buy.
Industry
GoPro CEO Promises 'More Cameras' After Merger, Names None
Woodman's letter says GoPro will keep building cameras after the Starman merger. It names no product, and GoPro's filings say details wait for closing.
Department of Homeland Security
Secret Service Saw Drones Near Obama and Sanders, Then Came Butler
GAO finds the Secret Service logged drone incidents in 2015, 2016 and 2021, changed no civilian drone policy and never wrote down why. Then came Butler.
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