DAWN TO DUSK NEWS: drones

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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook-backed Internet.org could put such drones to work as
airborne wireless hotspots.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">SAN FRANCISCO
(AFP) - Facebook is in talks to buy a solar-powered drone startup in what could
lead to making wireless Internet available in regions without online access,
according to technology news website TechCrunch.</span></div>
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cited an unidentified source as disclosing that the leading social network is
considering buying Titan Aerospace for about $60 million.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Facebook
declined to comment Tuesday on what it referred to in an email to AFP as
"rumors and speculation."</span></div>
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makes high-altitude, solar-powered drones that can fly for as long as five
years without touching down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Facebook-backed
Internet.org, which has a stated mission of making online access available
everywhere in the world, could put such drones to work as airborne wireless
hotspots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Aerospace Titan
would start by making about 11,000 drones to fly above Africa and other parts
of the world with minimal to no Internet access, according to TechCrunch.</span></div>
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was founded in 2012 and has its headquarters in the state of New Mexico where
it handles research and development.</span></div>
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if confirmed, would come as Google works on a Project Loon to spread Internet
access using balloons.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Posted by:: Muhammad Usman</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Source: Dunya news</span></b></div>
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Facebook out to buy solar drone maker: report

Facebook-backed Internet.org could put such drones to work as airborne wireless hotspots. SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook is in tal...