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Flamethrower drone at centre of legal case, snooping landlords could check your social media, and more
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Drone laws

and posted a video online he probably didn鈥檛 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.

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Snooping landlords

the ability to vet prospective tenants based on their social media activity. The software compiles a dossier that lists a tenant鈥檚 friends and interests, their use of words like 鈥渓oan鈥 and 鈥減regnant鈥 and the probability they will pay their rent reliably.

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