Drone - Facebooks utgave

A rendering of a Facebook drone, which will weigh less than a small car. Facebook hopes to use about 1,000 drones to connect people to the web. Credit Harvest Zhang/Facebook

By QUENTIN HARDY and VINDU GOEL 12:01 AM The New York Times

An unmanned vehicle that has about the wingspan of a Boeing 767 is the centerpiece of the social network’s plans to connect with the five billion or so people it has yet to reach.