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Amazon proposes a slice of the sky for commercial drones

Amazon, Google and others are pushing to give drones, like this Parrot device, a bigger piece of the sky. CNET Amazon on Tuesday laid out a proposal for how to regulate commercial drones in the US, suggesting that the government set aside a 200-foot-high stretch of the sky for the devices. The concept, presented at a NASA-hosted conference in the …

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Windows 10: Nine things you need to know

Now playing: Watch this: These are the Windows 10 features you need to know about 1:23 Windows 10 has arrived. I’ve spent the last nine months running the Windows Technical Preview on desktops, laptops and tablets, watching it evolve from interesting concept to my primary operating system. If you’re new to the party and have questions, I’ve got some answers …

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Send self

Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Wish you hadn’t just hit send on a email? Gmail’s Undo Send feature gives you 30 seconds to put a stop to a regrettable email. Really, all it does delay the sending of any email — up to 30 seconds. Chrome extension Dmail provides an alternate way to pull back an email, though it doesn’t cover …

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Facebook shares its diversity training course with all

Facebook is sharing diversity training it provides to its employees with the outside world. Facebook Facebook, the world’s largest social network, wants to eliminate “bias” in the hiring process — and not just at Facebook. Facebook on Tuesday launched a new page called “Managing Unconscious Bias,” which features a training course and several informational videos aimed at improving diversity in …

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