An Oct. 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a 15-minute video about a hurricane called Phoenix heading toward the Tampa Bay region of Florida. The video starts by showing news reports ...

Several years ago, Microsoft Research offered an open-sourced tool called AirSim, which was a simulator for drones, cars and other autonomous vehicles. After years of experimentation, Microsoft ended ...

How do you teach an autonomous drone to fly itself? Practice, practice, practice. Now Microsoft is offering a way to put a drone’s control software through its paces millions of times before the first ...