Facebook drones to beam internet to entire world

Facebook has completed its first test of a solar-powered drone that carries internet signal in the skies above the UK, the social network’s chief Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

In a blog post, Zuckerberg confirmed the project, which Facebook has been working on as part of its internet.org scheme to get the entire world online, had now seen its first test flight carried out. “As part of our internet.org effort to connect the world, we’ve designed unmanned aircraft that can beam internet access down to people from the sky,” he said.

“Today, I’m excited to share that we’ve successfully completed our first test flight of these aircraft in the UK,” he said.