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One Per Cent

15 June 2016

drone flames

Burnin’ higher

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Drone laws

and posted a video online he probably didn’t plan to end up at the centre of a legal case about the future of drone use. Ditto when he uploaded a video of a drone wielding a flamethrower. But his stunts caught the attention of the Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates all non-military aircraft in the US. To date, the legal status of drone use has remained murky. The case, which starts on 6 July, should clear things up.

430k

The number of people who registered to vote in the UK’s EU referendum during the two-day extension period after the site crashed on the final sign-up day.

Snooping landlords

the ability to vet prospective tenants based on their social media activity. The software compiles a dossier that lists a tenant’s friends and interests, their use of words like “loan” and “pregnant” and the probability they will pay their rent reliably.

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