by Mike Ludwig | Aug 10, 2026 | AI, Drones, FAA, Flock Safety, license plate readers, Mass Surveillance, Nashville, New Orleans, News, Policing, Privacy, San Francisco, Surveillance
Police in cities across the U.S. are rolling out a pro-drone PR blitz as hundreds of local police departments prepare to deploy autonomous, AI-driven surveillance drones. The drones are capable of following a single vehicle across an entire city, capturing footage through apartment windows, and generally recording daily life from the sky without being noticed. As of February, more than 1,000…
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by Heather Vogell | Jan 11, 2026 | airplanes, Elon Musk, explosions, FAA, News Analysis, Safety, Sean Duffy, SpaceX
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry. Each time SpaceX did a test run of Starship and its booster, dubbed Super Heavy, the megarocket’s flight path would take it soaring over busy Caribbean airspace before it reached the…
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