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Feds might allow drones to fly over crowds

Get ready to see more drones overhead, even after hours. The US Department of Transportation on Monday released proposed regulation that would, for the first time, allow routine drone flights above crowds and at night. It’s all part of an effort to “further integrate drones safely into the national airspace system,” according to a webpage for the Federal Aviation Administration, …

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Brave browser tries fixing online ads so you can have nontoxic websites

What if online ads weren’t the distracting, privacy-invading, malware-laced, battery-gobbling mess they’ve become? What if they could even fund worthy websites? That’s what startup Brave hopes to accomplish with a major new phase of its browser business. Brave began its existence three years ago by blocking all ads by default. On Tuesday, it’ll start offering anyone using the developer version …

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