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US bans new foreign-made drones and components, the pirate group Anna's Archive scraped Spotify in its entirety, and an NYT investigation found that Uber allows violent felons to drive

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-The Federal Communications Commission has added foreign-made drones and their critical components to the agency’s “Covered List,” making them prohibited to import into the US. In a public notice published by the FCC, it said several national security agencies have determined that unmanned aircraft systems and their critical components produced in foreign countries pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. -Anna's Archive, the open-source search engine for shadow libraries, says it scraped Spotify's entire library of music. The group acquired metadata for around 256 million tracks, with 86 million actual songs, and is just under 300TB in total size. -An investigation by the New York Times into Uber's background checks and safety procedures for its drivers found a patchwork approach that opens the door for violent felons to drive for the ride-hailing platform. Uber outright rejects applicants convicted of murder, sexual assault, kidnapping and terrorism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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US bans new foreign-made drones and components, the pirate group Anna's Archive scraped Spotify in its entirety, and an NYT investigation found that Uber allows violent felons to drive

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