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Why you're about to see a lot more drones in the sky For decades, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has restricted people's ability to fly drones in shared airspaces or dense neighborhoods. That's made it hard to deliver futuristic ideas like drones delivering our packages. The agency recently granted Amazon's Prime Air program approval to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight in parts of Texas, and also granted similar waivers to hundreds of police departments around the country. It promises to be the most significant drone decision in decades, and one that will decide just how many drones we all can expect to see and hear buzzing above the US on a daily basis. This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly AI newsletter.