A Facebook rendering of the Aquila solar-powered drone. (credit: Facebook) It was supposed to be the future of digital communications, helping to connect the "next five billion people" to the Internet. But Facebook has now shut down its internal effort to build high-altitude solar-powered drones to provide a backbone for Internet connectivity in areas lacking wired infrastructure.
Facebook Drops Solar-powered Internet Drone Business, Cans Aquila
Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 8:05am
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