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Infrastructure
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Rebuilt from the Tech desk's file at every publish · newest filing Sep 16, 2026
The desk’s Infrastructure file
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A camera-drone cleared the FCC on August 9. Its drone half can't ship to L.A.
The HoverAir Versa cleared the Federal Communications Commission on August 9, 2026 as a camera, not a drone. The Verge reported on August 21 that the FCC listing is gone and U.S. backers can no longer add the Flight Kit.
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A Font That Swaps “horse” for “potato” Got Over 90 Percent of Pages Rejected by AI Scrapers in Its Creators' Tests
ShieldFont uses ligatures — not Unicode tricks — to show readers one sentence and hand crawlers another. Ars Technica's August 12, 2026 write-up carries the numbers, and the caveats.
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One Nomination, a 3-1 FCC: The Quorum Math Behind Trump's Empty Fifth Seat
Danielle Thumann Severs would give Chairman Brendan Carr a third Republican vote. The Democratic vacancy stays open — and telecom law is the reason the last Democrat is still there.
Around the tech world
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