The Switch: Innovations: Why drone enthusiasts can be optimistic about the FAA’s proposed rule on line of sight

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Innovations: Why drone enthusiasts can be optimistic about the FAA’s proposed rule on line of sight For the tremendous potential of drones to be fully realized, they’ll have to fly autonomously and out of the view of whomever is responsible for them. But the FAA’s proposed commercial drone rules, released Sunday, require operators to fly in their visual line of sight, which has drawn the ire of some drone advocates.  Read full article »

The NSA has reportedly found ways to avoid even the strongest security measures

The U.S. intelligence community has found ways to avoid even the strongest of security measures and practices, a new report from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab suggests, demonstrating a range of technological accomplishments that place the nation's hackers as among the most sophisticated and well resourced in the world.  Read full article »

Silicon Valley pays less than Bethesda. No, really.

Silicon Valley may have better weather, idealistic start-ups and billion-dollar tech companies, but when it comes to better pay for scientists and engineers, Bethesda is winning.No, really.The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick area features better average pay for those who work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to a ranking by personal finance Web site SmartAsset. The average pay here is $100, 787, which is $463 higher than second-placed San Francisco.  Read full article »

Smaller cable companies hint they’ll sue the FCC on net neutrality, too

The list of potential plaintiffs lining up against the Federal Communications Commission keeps getting longer and longer.On Tuesday, a top lobbyist representing small and rural cable companies said his group is considering litigation to overturn the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules, which aim to stop Internet providers from blocking or slowing Web traffic.  Read full article »

Americans want rich guys like Elon Musk to pay for space travel — not taxpayers

The huge advancements made by commercial space companies, which now fly cargo to the International Space Station and should soon send astronauts there, appear to be winning the trust of the country, according to a new poll.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: The FAA proposes its long-awaited drone regulations

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says. Reuters reports: “Apple is gathering advice on parts and production methods, focusing on electric and connected-car technologies, while studying the potential for automated driving, the source said.”  Read full article »

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